re: Brightlight's Strain Fest - Organics & LED
I've seen that ratio used a bit, g/w. Always wondered though because it looks like the results can be largely skewed without grow time taken into account.
If just measuring against each other g/w ratio, how does it account for someone who vegged for 4 weeks vs someone who only vegged for 1 week? Obviously the guy who vegged 4 weeks is going to see a HUGE difference over someone who only vegged 1 week
At the end of the day, gm/watt still in play... so you only VEG'd a plant a week and I did 6 weeks. Same thing happens with a different lamp. I mean hey, IF I was using HID and only VEG'd a week, still the same thing to me.
It's not about the method of growing, its about the output from the method. That can be weighed on a scale and the watts measured... The only difference with different methods is the weight. gm/watt ... same thing for everyone. Different road to get there is all.
Time to get there is a thing.... I guess I could mainline a plant and grow it in a scrog for 9 months and kill it.
I get what you're saying tho.. but we can use that argument across the board for everything... I guess why BL likes to use PPFD as a way to measure the light intensity as it relates to plants growth.
Here's my deal... I just put in 2 1750K COBs in the grow room along side 3K COBs, they don't measure the same PPFD as my 3K COBs but I've seen the results from an all 1750K COB grow and I think the grower got 1 gm/watt and it was a pretty big room.
My thought is that we are really just getting going with LED tech for growing (finally). Several things that are driving the advances:
Money
Money
Money
as always.... and that's pretty much why I like to use the gm/watt measurement... that can easily be converted to the almighty $$.
I run 1250 watts of COB in my grow room, 1250 grams dry @ 1g/w = 44ish zips.... that's pretty easy to figure out. A lot of weed too for a small room. I did just pull 11 zips off 1 plant this last round tho. That would put me on par with 1g/w. Consistency...is a thing. I wish I had it.
I went from 3-4 zips per plant (older versions of LEDs) to 7-10 zips per plant last round, changing to COBs and lowered my electric bill AND heat output.
I'm a hobby grower and growing perpetual so nothing finishes at the same time or rarely and next round wont be the same. I wish I got 1g/w... and then trim, careful what I wish for.
BL congrats on your harvests ... pulling those plants in that short span of time is a lot of work. Your strain selection is stellar, as is your grow results.
I wish I had smell-a-internet so I could get a nice big huff of that terpine lady! .... I'm getting dizzy thinking about it.
How was the trim session? A great plant with lots of terpines and trimming, I always get blasted to outer space then nappy time.
Pic of my 3K and the 1750K COB lamp - the 1750K are the COBs with the slight red/orange glow... they don't have the Umols the 3K do. The 1750s are the redish ones in the middle of each row. Plant I think is done stretch. Last round they grew right past the lamps that were all 3K..... ???? hmmmm These are clones.. as were the last round.
Skunk Werks said:
What I wanted to say, before I got sidetracked was, the cannabis from those warehouse grows one sees pimped out on YouTube, yeah they produce... What's the word I'm looking for here? Garbage? Yeah, "garbage" will do.
A "professional" room isn't one that answers to investors, period. Once "ROI" officially enters the picture the fat lady has already sung.
ROI ... is a thing. Only thing investors are looking at and its all B/S. All that is, trying to get the hobbyist growers out of the market. We are the first line and BigAg with Government want us out of the way so the masses can puff Cannaboro, its already a thing.
And agreed 100%... and..... wait for it:
Skunks... don't get me started bro. I'm full of all sorts of sheets! I'll catch up to BL's journal .. I was busy for the last 2 days trimming... 1 plant.
Trimmer and hired:
