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Yep. Starting my next plants into bloom gets set back a week, too.
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veinz
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You got the corona chimp? Nooooo
I hope your sails get better dude
Ps do you like the 350 cmh?
I hope your sails get better dude
Ps do you like the 350 cmh?
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Hey, good to hear from you 
I don't have medical insurance so I'm not sure, but that works out for me because I don't think the doctors have the test kits, which works out for the doctors because one in five of the tests is inaccurate and that would make them look bad, and that works out for all the medical field because they don't have a vaccine to do anything about it anyway.....
I really like this 315CMH. I've got two now; I replaced my 600w HPS with one, also. It does almost as good as that 600w light did.
I don't have medical insurance so I'm not sure, but that works out for me because I don't think the doctors have the test kits, which works out for the doctors because one in five of the tests is inaccurate and that would make them look bad, and that works out for all the medical field because they don't have a vaccine to do anything about it anyway.....
I really like this 315CMH. I've got two now; I replaced my 600w HPS with one, also. It does almost as good as that 600w light did.
I am glad to hear you like your 315. I was worried you were not digging it when you did your first comparative flower. It seemed like the 600 was winning. I raved about the 315s and really do think they are a solid HID choice.
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It brings the color out more in this Mendocino Purple Kush, for some reason:
The trichs sparkle under this light when they're ready for chop, too.
This Chocolope seems to develop a little color under it:
Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2 (this one leans towards the CA mom):
Nevil's Haze, not quite as thick as if it were grown under my 600w HPS, but close. I'll take the savings in electricity over what little I lose in weight on it:
Headbanger f2 (hair on it):
Ghost Train Haze #1 (gnat on it):
Ghost cut OG Kush:
I just fed my twelve Chemdawg D BX3 seedlings for the first time yesterday. If I get a chance, I'll take a pic of them later.
The trichs sparkle under this light when they're ready for chop, too.
This Chocolope seems to develop a little color under it:
Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2 (this one leans towards the CA mom):
Nevil's Haze, not quite as thick as if it were grown under my 600w HPS, but close. I'll take the savings in electricity over what little I lose in weight on it:
Headbanger f2 (hair on it):
Ghost Train Haze #1 (gnat on it):
Ghost cut OG Kush:
I just fed my twelve Chemdawg D BX3 seedlings for the first time yesterday. If I get a chance, I'll take a pic of them later.
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That Ghost cut I just chopped is reekin'! 
I can't wait to burn a fat blunt of it!
I can't wait to burn a fat blunt of it!
veinz
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Okey dude but glad you made it
And was thinking of changing to cmh
But now im certain thanks man
And was thinking of changing to cmh
But now im certain thanks man
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Been a few days 
I got my LED, but it was two inches too long for the closet I have. Luckily, I cut two holes on each end for ductwork before. I just stuck the light out of both ends of the holes and stapled boxes on each end big enough to cover the holes and keep distant from the light ends. It's not adjustable like that, but it'll have to do. The light itself even with the ballast mounted outside of the grow closet is pretty warm.
I've been tweaking airflow for two days now because with the additional area to cool there's lower CFM to all the other units (I'm running 86 degrees F farthest from the fan). I think I have it figured out, but I'll have to get me another 4" duct collar for my plenum box and use airflow from a passive intake on the closet next to it for my drying box. Then everything will have its own duct run and I won't have air pressure reductions from tees and reducers.
Most of my plants in veg are looking pretty rough from being held back, but I'll get them healthy as soon as I have all this in line and have room to move some plants under the LED; then I can repot (most of them look bad because of that).
I've got a ton of work to catch up on. I'll try to post some pics soon, but it may be a while.
I got my LED, but it was two inches too long for the closet I have. Luckily, I cut two holes on each end for ductwork before. I just stuck the light out of both ends of the holes and stapled boxes on each end big enough to cover the holes and keep distant from the light ends. It's not adjustable like that, but it'll have to do. The light itself even with the ballast mounted outside of the grow closet is pretty warm.I've been tweaking airflow for two days now because with the additional area to cool there's lower CFM to all the other units (I'm running 86 degrees F farthest from the fan). I think I have it figured out, but I'll have to get me another 4" duct collar for my plenum box and use airflow from a passive intake on the closet next to it for my drying box. Then everything will have its own duct run and I won't have air pressure reductions from tees and reducers.
Most of my plants in veg are looking pretty rough from being held back, but I'll get them healthy as soon as I have all this in line and have room to move some plants under the LED; then I can repot (most of them look bad because of that).
I've got a ton of work to catch up on. I'll try to post some pics soon, but it may be a while.
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On a somewhat hot day during daytime -
1) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - 76.0 degrees F
2) 230w LED - approximately 3-1/2' x 2' closet - no thermometer for the closet yet, but feels good
3) 250w MH - 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' tent - 73.7 degrees F
4) 250w MH - top of 2' x 3' closet - comes on in the afternoon so I don't know yet
5) Four 24w t5s - bottom of 2' x 3' closet - afternoon
6) 200w CFL - 1-1/2' x 2' locker - night
7) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - night
I think I'm there. Next I'll check for light leaks.
1) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - 76.0 degrees F
2) 230w LED - approximately 3-1/2' x 2' closet - no thermometer for the closet yet, but feels good
3) 250w MH - 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' tent - 73.7 degrees F
4) 250w MH - top of 2' x 3' closet - comes on in the afternoon so I don't know yet
5) Four 24w t5s - bottom of 2' x 3' closet - afternoon
6) 200w CFL - 1-1/2' x 2' locker - night
7) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - night
I think I'm there. Next I'll check for light leaks.
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4) 250w MH - top of 2' x 3' closet - 81.1 degrees F
5) Four 24w t5s - bottom of 2' x 3' closet - 78 degrees F
6) 200w CFL - 1-1/2' x 2' locker - 74 degrees F
7) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - 75.2 degrees F
4 and 5 are both from the closet I was talking about earlier; that long duct run is killing the airflow. I'm going to add a cooling fan from a gaming PC as an output to the light reflector for the top in addition to the duct pulling air from the grow area and make a pass through to the bottom of the closet. That should bring them both down in temperature. I was going to do it now, but I have to dig out parts for it and I'm tired.
Now my LED closet is too hot (I hung an analog thermometer in there and it read 85 degrees F). That duct run is also too long and I haven't taken the tee off that runs to my drying box yet, so I think I might be okay after I fix that.
Man, it's really hard to balance out all these airflows at once; if you lower one, the other gives.....
It looks like Buckshot Bill climbed into that LED closet with Shotgun Willie and they had it out, there's so many light leaks. I'll fix that tomorrow, too.
5) Four 24w t5s - bottom of 2' x 3' closet - 78 degrees F
6) 200w CFL - 1-1/2' x 2' locker - 74 degrees F
7) 315w CMH - 3' x 3' tent - 75.2 degrees F
4 and 5 are both from the closet I was talking about earlier; that long duct run is killing the airflow. I'm going to add a cooling fan from a gaming PC as an output to the light reflector for the top in addition to the duct pulling air from the grow area and make a pass through to the bottom of the closet. That should bring them both down in temperature. I was going to do it now, but I have to dig out parts for it and I'm tired.
Now my LED closet is too hot (I hung an analog thermometer in there and it read 85 degrees F). That duct run is also too long and I haven't taken the tee off that runs to my drying box yet, so I think I might be okay after I fix that.
Man, it's really hard to balance out all these airflows at once; if you lower one, the other gives.....
It looks like Buckshot Bill climbed into that LED closet with Shotgun Willie and they had it out, there's so many light leaks. I'll fix that tomorrow, too.
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I'm starting to think these Nevil's Haze plants grow better to the side of the light or in the corner instead of directly underneath, like I thought.
One growing directly underneath:
One growing in the corner:
Chocolope (fug dup and fed it yesterday; it's almost done):
Ghost cut OG Kush:
Mendocino Purple Kush:
Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2:
One growing directly underneath:
One growing in the corner:
Chocolope (fug dup and fed it yesterday; it's almost done):
Ghost cut OG Kush:
Mendocino Purple Kush:
Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2:
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I've got to take my portable air compressor inside the house and blow off the tops of all my plants; a lot of dust and dryer lint came out of the ducts I removed and got on them (I use flex ducts for passive air intakes).
GTH#1:
NY47:
Apollo 13 f2, a little dry from the heat put on it the last few days:
Two Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2 plants (I'm gonna reveg the second one and maybe cross it with Apollo 13 again):
Carnival:
I may have one more tee connector to get, even though I took out two, plus two reducers. The trick to getting them all down in temps was that I needed to restrict the airflow from the larger ducts, so I took out all but one passive air intake on my tents (they all had three each). More air started pulling from the smaller units, so now the only grow area I have left that's too hot is the LED closet (79 degrees F still). I just now did another change, but I won't know how much it affected that closet until tomorrow, so if I have to, I can get a tee and put it on my 4" duct running to my locker (which has more than enough airflow) and put a second duct pulling air out. Most everything is back to around 74-76 degrees F now.
GTH#1:
NY47:
Apollo 13 f2, a little dry from the heat put on it the last few days:
Two Cannabis Afghanica x Apollo 13 f2 plants (I'm gonna reveg the second one and maybe cross it with Apollo 13 again):
Carnival:
I may have one more tee connector to get, even though I took out two, plus two reducers. The trick to getting them all down in temps was that I needed to restrict the airflow from the larger ducts, so I took out all but one passive air intake on my tents (they all had three each). More air started pulling from the smaller units, so now the only grow area I have left that's too hot is the LED closet (79 degrees F still). I just now did another change, but I won't know how much it affected that closet until tomorrow, so if I have to, I can get a tee and put it on my 4" duct running to my locker (which has more than enough airflow) and put a second duct pulling air out. Most everything is back to around 74-76 degrees F now.
Dankman_420
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Your garden is looking great 
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Thanks I gotta lay off using that chicken poop towards the end, though. Too dark of a green for my liking.
I gotta lay off using that chicken poop towards the end, though. Too dark of a green for my liking.
Dankman_420
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I do love seeing the fade Are you back to feeling 100% now
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Nope. Mostly, though. It feels like a long pneumonia recovery. I just got done watering the plants.
That's a pretty slick system you have with the plenum and all the passive intakes. It reminds me of a well-built fireplace flue with the damper and sealed door and the fresh air intake. It sounds like you can actually tune it - kewl!
That's what that thing of mine in December was like - pneumonia with a long trailing fatigue.
Dunno. Now I'm thinking it wasn't the chinee one. Doesn't matter. *shrug*
That's what that thing of mine in December was like - pneumonia with a long trailing fatigue.
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I wish I would have thought of closing off passive air intakes to increase airflow before, but once I did I managed to work things out. The downside is that if the fan goes, I lose a lot (if not everything). I'm wondering if someone makes automatic power shut-offs for when temps go too high in a situation like this.
I'm going to have to get a Y connector for the LED unit; it's still running a little too hot.
I'm going to have to get a Y connector for the LED unit; it's still running a little too hot.
Look at some of the InkBird environmental controllers. They're pretty inexpensive and do things like turn a fan or A/C on/off based on temp, etc.
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Thanks. I'd like to have one hooked up to every light I have if they were cheap enough.
I'm going with a last resort here on the problem of controlling temps with air movement. I realized something when I was effing around right now. The problem is in two enclosed grow areas, and both lights are too much for the cubic footage. The 250w MH I have in my 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' x 5' tent is perfect, but enclosing a 250w MH in a 2' x 3' x 4-1/2' closet with three concrete walls creates a heat problem (I never did overcome that problem with my 600w HPS in a 3' x 3' x 7' tent), as well as putting that SP 250 in a 3-1/3' x 2' x 5' wooden closet does. I didn't want to mess with it, but I'm going to dial down the output on the SP 250 until I get 77-78 degrees F.
And when I get about 150 bucks, I'm gonna replace my 250w MH for the same reason; it can be dialed down to compensate for the long duct length and the excessive light coverage causing that problem.
I'm going with a last resort here on the problem of controlling temps with air movement. I realized something when I was effing around right now. The problem is in two enclosed grow areas, and both lights are too much for the cubic footage. The 250w MH I have in my 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' x 5' tent is perfect, but enclosing a 250w MH in a 2' x 3' x 4-1/2' closet with three concrete walls creates a heat problem (I never did overcome that problem with my 600w HPS in a 3' x 3' x 7' tent), as well as putting that SP 250 in a 3-1/3' x 2' x 5' wooden closet does. I didn't want to mess with it, but I'm going to dial down the output on the SP 250 until I get 77-78 degrees F.
And when I get about 150 bucks, I'm gonna replace my 250w MH for the same reason; it can be dialed down to compensate for the long duct length and the excessive light coverage causing that problem.