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3 top 10 light reviews contradict each other - Please help
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Hello OldBear! appreciate you taking the time so the my light specs! I will follow your recommendation and read up the links provided. thanks again!
Dr Fish
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I prefer lec to led... You need to use something like this if led is what you chose.. Leds scatter light really bad.. Close in reflective panels kick that light back to the plant.... Watt for watt, only the best leds can match lec [cmh] performance... But not their cost..
Advanced led DS-200 185 watt draw $500
315 watt lec $420
Advanced led DS-200 185 watt draw $500
315 watt lec $420
jimmyclone
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The only leds that matter are cobs right now.. And they will beat lec.. Hands down.. There are many comparison threads on riu.. Side by side grows, cobs win everytime.. And if you build yourself, they are not that expensive at all..
jimmyclone
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And im talking about quality cobs.. Cbx cree, vero bridgelux, or citizen clu.. All chinese cob panel are useless
Dr Fish
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I'm not against diy projects, as you can tell by my off topic thread... I find it so much easier to use a razor blade to cut the tape, and take a light out of a box and plug it in....
I find it's more about the grower, than the lights they use... Even the best light won't make you a better grower than you are... Any marginal performance increase i could get with a diy cob, wouldn't be worth my time.... If a cob doesn't have corn on it, it really doesn't interest me very much..
Texasdjj, Using a scrog screen will increase your yield more than anything else you can do... A proper scrog grow isn't just about growing a plant through a screen.. It's about not letting the plant grow through the screen until you let it, with the 12/12 switch....
This thread may not be the best example of a scrog grow, but it's probably about as good as i can do... The yield on that 18"x24" screen was 2 oz a sq ft.. total time 100 days from a clone.. 27 days veg.. The stretch with this plant was the strain... An indica would have been much less..
I find it's more about the grower, than the lights they use... Even the best light won't make you a better grower than you are... Any marginal performance increase i could get with a diy cob, wouldn't be worth my time.... If a cob doesn't have corn on it, it really doesn't interest me very much..
Texasdjj, Using a scrog screen will increase your yield more than anything else you can do... A proper scrog grow isn't just about growing a plant through a screen.. It's about not letting the plant grow through the screen until you let it, with the 12/12 switch....
This thread may not be the best example of a scrog grow, but it's probably about as good as i can do... The yield on that 18"x24" screen was 2 oz a sq ft.. total time 100 days from a clone.. 27 days veg.. The stretch with this plant was the strain... An indica would have been much less..
Saibot
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I pulled nearly a pound out of a 24x 36" scrog with WW autos. Scrogs rock for controlling growth and maximizing yield.
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SCROG SCREENS! That a new one for me! Appreciate the tip. I tried the link you have provided but it took me to a page that had all kinds of Forums, pictures, etc.. I tried to search "scrog screens" from that page and got zero hits..?
I will continue to learn more about it - many thanks!
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Hello Saibot - have you got any pics of your "scrog screen" in action? Also - thanks for sharing your COB / project and pictures. They appear to be all "white" - is that correct? Can you share an approximate cost of what your build was and how much time it took you to complete the project?
Skullman420
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The mars pro II series are amazing. Forget every bad thing you heard about mars lights because they got it right this time. Great quality for a great price
Dr Fish
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Texasdjj, Don't know why that link didn't work... Try the one in my signature.. Thought i copied it right.. sorry about that..
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Hey Dr.Fish - thanks, I began reading the journal and "Page 3" hangs on me. Very Cool "Igloo Contraption" - I don't get it?
Also - 3 pages into the journal and I still have NFI what a scrog net is - but I get that it is something that your tieing down branches with.
I keep at your journal and find the other "guru" that everyone talks about in your journal.
thanks
Also - 3 pages into the journal and I still have NFI what a scrog net is - but I get that it is something that your tieing down branches with.
I keep at your journal and find the other "guru" that everyone talks about in your journal.
thanks
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Hi - thanks for commenting. Crazy thing is that Mars suggested I go with their Epistar vs... that the output was about the same and it was a little more affordable.
thoughts on that?
Cheers,
