Thanks Buck, I grew up installing stereos (Decks, door speakers, subs, amps, etc...) building boxes and doing huge installs for guys who compete in that stuff. So I have a basic grasp on Ohms law and parallel and series circuits... I'll refresh my memory and checkout those vids, as well as check all the components necessary for a build. I feel bad now cause I tried that light, and it just won't work for me in my current grow areas... I feel someone else could really use it... so I'm looking at building my own panel to fit my needs perfectly. Thanks for the advice! Ima get my learning hat on after work!
Doc Bud's High Brix Q&A With Pictures
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Thanks Buck, I grew up installing stereos (Decks, door speakers, subs, amps, etc...) building boxes and doing huge installs for guys who compete in that stuff. So I have a basic grasp on Ohms law and parallel and series circuits... I'll refresh my memory and checkout those vids, as well as check all the components necessary for a build. I feel bad now cause I tried that light, and it just won't work for me in my current grow areas... I feel someone else could really use it... so I'm looking at building my own panel to fit my needs perfectly. Thanks for the advice! Ima get my learning hat on after work!
Dajerm, it's crazy easy to put the parts together. All you need are the LED panels and drivers, and maybe heatsinks if you want to drive them hard. The Mean Well drivers are smart, with good fault and heat protection, so they'll even tolerate wiring mistakes. 
And Shiggs found an overseas supplier of panels, so you can easily build a rig for under $1.50/watt. I got 700 watts for about $900 and I have double the panels that I need. I coulda gone cheaper.
And Shiggs found an overseas supplier of panels, so you can easily build a rig for under $1.50/watt. I got 700 watts for about $900 and I have double the panels that I need. I coulda gone cheaper.
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Dajerm, it's crazy easy to put the parts together. All you need are the LED panels and drivers, and maybe heatsinks if you want to drive them hard. The Mean Well drivers are smart, with good fault and heat protection, so they'll even tolerate wiring mistakes.
And Shiggs found an overseas supplier of panels, so you can easily build a rig for under $1.50/watt. I got 700 watts for about $900 and I have double the panels that I need. I coulda gone cheaper.
Damn I need to focus SO Many projects I want to start.
Dajerm, it's crazy easy to put the parts together. All you need are the LED panels and drivers, and maybe heatsinks if you want to drive them hard. The Mean Well drivers are smart, with good fault and heat protection, so they'll even tolerate wiring mistakes.
And Shiggs found an overseas supplier of panels, so you can easily build a rig for under $1.50/watt. I got 700 watts for about $900 and I have double the panels that I need. I coulda gone cheaper.
That's great info, thank you Graytail! I'll be looking into those for sure!
Damn Buck, you weren't kidding... growmau5 has some really great vids! What a great teacher too, he really lays it all out, literally, very easy to understand. Thank you again! Very helpful!
Buckshot317
Plant of the Month: Mar 2018
Yea, he explains very well. I grew up installing car stereos as a kid. My dad was an IASCA judge(can't remember if got letters right), used to go to competitions often.
That was main reason I couldn't use that light either. Supposed to cover a 4x4, too many companies lie about the coverage. Hell I bought 3 of those, and only used one very little.
Can't beat a diy, best light, no prefabs can come close. If ya need good places to sort materials, I can send ya to the good ones. Boards or cobs do great, combination does even better. Greytail has info where you can design whatever you want at a great price. Samsung newest version is about to be released after 1st of the year. It's supposed to be little more efficient
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JustMeds
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Looking good Doc.
You made a post back a bit about the red in the stems. Is there a way other then a couple grows of same strain to know if its genetics or a deficiency? Just for my future knowledge to draw from.
You made a post back a bit about the red in the stems. Is there a way other then a couple grows of same strain to know if its genetics or a deficiency? Just for my future knowledge to draw from.
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Most strains will have bright, lime green stems when brix is up. Most strains (except purple ones) will also have green petioles when things are grooving.
It's hard to completely get rid of the purple petioles....sometimes they're all green, sometimes not. But even if you can keep everything in the zone for a week or two, the end result will be much better.
I find that outdoors in the sun, we don't deal with purple petioles as much as indoors.
As for a deficiency....I'd like to encourage you to try to think about it from a different angle. Namely the root health angle.
I know that without a doubt, the soil lacks nothing. Everything from magnesium to zinc is present in the right amounts. It is impossible to have a deficiency in High Brix soil.
However, when roots aren't quite up to speed, temps are too low/high, plants weren't vegged properly and roots were harmed during transplanting.....the lack of microbial action will manifest itself and we often try to call it a "deficiency." I think that's misleading, because it causes people to think that they must add something to fix it....which won't fix it because the problem is with the roots, not the lack of some mineral in the soil.
When you see a "deficiency" realize that the roots aren't communicating with the soil and aim to fix that....not chase a major or minor element around. Soil health and colonized roots do not have problems! HB soil won't grow plants very well without microbial action.
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Woahhhhh!!...When i say Woah...I mean Woahh!
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-looking awesome, Doc!!
51, Me..
52 You; & the others..
JustMeds
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Sorry about the "D" word... LOL . Love the explanation it helps a lot. My take on your input is for the most part when we see something we don't like the roots are not happy or the bio is being lazy..
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Yep. I know for an absolute fact that HB soil is lacking NOTHING in the way of majors, minors or micro's. However, much of what is in the soil isn't available to the plant short of microbial action....
Focus on roots and soil and the leaves, buds and stems aren't an issue.
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Woahhhhh!!...When i say Woah...I mean Woahh!
-Yosemite Sam
-looking awesome, Doc!!
51, Me..
52 You others..
51, 52? No lo se, amigo.
Buckshot317
Plant of the Month: Mar 2018
Nice explanation doc, it finally clicked. My old way was always a "D", just gotta get used to looking at from different prospective
Dajerm, it's crazy easy to put the parts together. All you need are the LED panels and drivers, and maybe heatsinks if you want to drive them hard. The Mean Well drivers are smart, with good fault and heat protection, so they'll even tolerate wiring mistakes.
And Shiggs found an overseas supplier of panels, so you can easily build a rig for under $1.50/watt. I got 700 watts for about $900 and I have double the panels that I need. I coulda gone cheaper.
With my 12 boards I am running around 1000 watts and I have 8-900 into the build. So less than $1 a watt in my build and I literally had none of the parts on hand and I had to buy some tools. With no experience building anything like this. It took me a while to build but that was more life getting in the way than anything. I watched some Gromau5 vids and got a parts list from shiggs.
Just thought I'd drop in and share arctic bowls nugs.... I'm smoking them now and it really makes me think that the kit is the way for me in 2018
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Just thought I'd drop in and share arctic bowls nugs.... I'm smoking them now and it really makes me think that the kit is the way for me in 2018
That looks delicious. Have you smoked a lot of it?
Coloradokid19
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Hey gang! Got an interesting looking girl, just thought she looked cool
JuanCarlos
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My hypothesis is those nubs indicate that she would be an easy cloner. The knot is likely previous damage in that area.