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Ganjagrowergu
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Just something my dumb android keyboard has. It won't do fractions though, my 2015 not name brand phone would.
Taking My Chances With The Devil: Dark Devil Auto & Devil's Crack Auto
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I had written a partial update yesterday but never took the pics or hit post...
The title of today's update would be Super Crop City, if my updates were titled..
First, some unaltered plants
And then I bent 4 over today
Day before yesterday I bent this one.
Really trying to get my bud density up. I wanted to prune but my wife offered me a look (should be read as "glare") and an explanation about how leaves are the solar panels......... usually I have the same beliefs but also normally don't have this many leaves. I like supercropping anyway so I just did it, topping in veg has been counterproductive for me in the past under my 11/13 from seed schedule.
They seem to appreciate the extra 44w of light.
The title of today's update would be Super Crop City, if my updates were titled..
First, some unaltered plants
And then I bent 4 over today
Day before yesterday I bent this one.
Really trying to get my bud density up. I wanted to prune but my wife offered me a look (should be read as "glare") and an explanation about how leaves are the solar panels......... usually I have the same beliefs but also normally don't have this many leaves. I like supercropping anyway so I just did it, topping in veg has been counterproductive for me in the past under my 11/13 from seed schedule.
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Frosty nugget looks super!
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Thanks. I am so used to just hanging my buds that patience can be elusive. Thing is, the NL x DDA that sat in the fridge for only a week came out so smooth and smelly that my wife insists we continue to do the low and slow despite the obvious odor when I simply pour a glass of juice.. lol.
My inference is that my yield will increase due to the supercropping. Some of my best yielders were supercropped. Not entirely sure why I don't do this regularly. Seems like i should be bending every plant as soon as it finishes the stretch. I have even coverage of quality light, just seems like the QBs have nil penetration. Supercrop is easy enough though, can't say I've ever had one that didn't recover.
My 3w LEDs should be here in the morning. Almost time for another lil DIY. Still working on whether to put that in a thread of it's own, add it to a Journal with Harlequin, or keep Harlequin and the led build right here in conjunction with the "and other stuff" part of the journals title.
Wish I had money for a higher current driver. I have a fan and heatsink that could likely dissipate fast enough for me to be able to drive 2 of these Veros at the standard 1050ma each for about 8000 lumens total, according to Bridgelux data sheets. That's only about 60w+fan. Blabber blabber blabber....was just researching DLI and such. Working to get enough light in the tent to run fewer light hours with no loss of yield.
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Chips arrived today. Very excited to get this going.
My only 2 options for the space bucket were to either disconnect a driver in the Mars300 or to build a custom panel. I chose the hard way I guess.
Now I need to decide whether to pull apart the Mars and mount directly on a heatsink or to scrap my Red cob (removal is equal to destroying due to the adhesive I use) and use that heatsink or to just mount them on a sheet metal panel, or??? I will figure it out, I want them to run warm for the seedlings but not so warm as to fry these cheap diodes. If I had the money I would have gotten cree xlamps.
Nervous about popping all 5 of these Harlequin. All go no quits I guess.
My only 2 options for the space bucket were to either disconnect a driver in the Mars300 or to build a custom panel. I chose the hard way I guess.
Now I need to decide whether to pull apart the Mars and mount directly on a heatsink or to scrap my Red cob (removal is equal to destroying due to the adhesive I use) and use that heatsink or to just mount them on a sheet metal panel, or??? I will figure it out, I want them to run warm for the seedlings but not so warm as to fry these cheap diodes. If I had the money I would have gotten cree xlamps.
Nervous about popping all 5 of these Harlequin. All go no quits I guess.
So using all of those components above will give you a 60w light?
If your plan with the Harlequins is to breed them to make a nice seed stock of the Harlequin seeds then popping all make perfect sense. That gives you the very widest look at the genetics available to you in those 5 seeds/plants to help you make your most educated breeding decision.
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Yeah, I know. I'm getting geared up. PCBs have been glued to the backside of an aluminum mars300 PCB. I will wire them in series tomorrow because of the silicone adhesive's need to cure. She's far from perfectly straight but I think it looks kind of neat. Should work awesome in the space bucket during the first 3 weeks of life or so...
Sorry about the salvation army logo (didn't mean to offend anyone), old work shirt from my days as a custodian at the local HQ.
I think this will work perfectly. 6000-6500k plus 380-840nm should promote some nice vegetative growth. Certainly worth the experience with a price tag of less than $18.
I think this will work perfectly. 6000-6500k plus 380-840nm should promote some nice vegetative growth. Certainly worth the experience with a price tag of less than $18.
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Sorry, didn't catch this. Figuring 3.4v max per chip, 20 chips is 68v, current is max 750ma. So we do 68v x .75amps=51watts maximum draw. You likely didn't need to see the math, but just in a case someone else comes along knowing as little as I knew 6 months ago, I figured I better show my work.
Edit to add; I still know very little
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Forgot to grab the driver out of storage for testing tonight, but she is otherwise ready to go, might wire a 12v fan in to use for ventilation rather than going totally passive, maybe... not sure how big anyone is really going to get with this particular light, hopefully real big lol.
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Bought an 1/8 of budget weed from the store yesterday. I tell you, it's like playing the damn lottery. This stuff is crap. First time I bought the brand I really liked it. Last time was eh... This time, it is unpleasant as all hell.
I found it was getting late, so I pulled a small bud of Punto Rojo x (Mazar x Guerrero) out of the refrigerator and loaded one of my smaller pipes. I finished the first bowl, loaded the second n took 2 Puffs... next thing you know I am writing this. Not quite dry all the way yet so the burn was a little janky. The smoke expands hard in my lungs but not harsh on the throat. Flavor is different but I have to wait until it's done drying to give a more detailed description. Mighty toasty feeling. I think I really like the low and slow dry.
Will hang and test the new light sometime tomorrow. Have to do my periodic ph test as well. I don't think that I like Maxibloom by itself in only flowering either. My sativa leaners love it, but nobody else. Will probably be switching back to half tsp each maxi and mega or maybe tweaking my feed schedule to cut the Mega-Crop off later on in flower.
Peace
I found it was getting late, so I pulled a small bud of Punto Rojo x (Mazar x Guerrero) out of the refrigerator and loaded one of my smaller pipes. I finished the first bowl, loaded the second n took 2 Puffs... next thing you know I am writing this. Not quite dry all the way yet so the burn was a little janky. The smoke expands hard in my lungs but not harsh on the throat. Flavor is different but I have to wait until it's done drying to give a more detailed description. Mighty toasty feeling. I think I really like the low and slow dry.
Will hang and test the new light sometime tomorrow. Have to do my periodic ph test as well. I don't think that I like Maxibloom by itself in only flowering either. My sativa leaners love it, but nobody else. Will probably be switching back to half tsp each maxi and mega or maybe tweaking my feed schedule to cut the Mega-Crop off later on in flower.
Peace
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Light wired and tested... Successful on the first try. Did not catch on fire, electrocute, or burn me. I am confident these will grow a plant nicely in veg.
Scuffed and soaked 5 Harlequin regular seeds and will be placing them in rockwool cubes Monday morning. They will be placed in the extremely budget budget friendly spacebucket under under 24/0 light with my custom spectrum panel.
No plant left behind. All males will pollinate all females to give me the best mix of DNA. They should be pretty stable, but I want to be sure. Also will be cutting clones of the females at week 4 or 5 from seed.
It was a pretty nice birthday present to be able to get this project rolling. This light that cost less than $20 is going to help me reach my 300-500 seed goal.
Scuffed and soaked 5 Harlequin regular seeds and will be placing them in rockwool cubes Monday morning. They will be placed in the extremely budget budget friendly spacebucket under under 24/0 light with my custom spectrum panel.
No plant left behind. All males will pollinate all females to give me the best mix of DNA. They should be pretty stable, but I want to be sure. Also will be cutting clones of the females at week 4 or 5 from seed.
It was a pretty nice birthday present to be able to get this project rolling. This light that cost less than $20 is going to help me reach my 300-500 seed goal.
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Are you going to have a fan circulating air flow through the bucket. Looks great!
That light sure does look bright for that small an area. If you don't mind a suggestion....If you're not able to dim that light I would consider holding two of the Harlequin seedlings in reserve (not in the space bucket) until such time as you've verified the other three are happy under that lighting. At that young age they can be fine one minute and dead the next. But if the three are happy after a day or two by all means toss the other two in there and let them rip.
So what else will you be growing along with the Harlequins?
So what else will you be growing along with the Harlequins?
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I fried two salvage 12v pc fans while trying to add it to the circuit. Both came from a junk computer so, no love was Lost. I'll buy a little muffin fan to put in there when the girls get bigger. I have two more drivers and one working fan, but they have "COB array" written all over them.
I originally had the Mars300 in there. I never tested a plant in there but I know it would have fried anything I put in there. I will take what you said under strong consideration though.
Still figuring that out. I started flushing one of my Devil's Pitchfork x TTB 2 days ago
and the Devil's Pitchfork x NL x GG#4 should start flush in about a week.
I am mostly worried about having space to start running everything. Once I get a few plants out of there I will be able to better decide.
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@beez0404 I can angle the light panel so I can keep the light from pointing directly on the newborns... this was not a consideration during the impromptu design process, but since you mentioned dimming, I guess I have a way. Thank you for making me think.
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That DPF x TTB is a badass plant!
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You might want to try to reveg it. I'd try to keep it around for awhile
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That's the plan that I have brewing up right now.... reveg, cut clones, grow, cut more clones, grow more... don't have room for a mother at the moment, but I can make it work.
Will be my first reveg, fun stuff.