Total 1000W CFL Auto Grow

Looking sweet mate great u gone straight into final pots.ur babies will thank u for this;) top work mate.merry christmas.perfect looking set up.best of luck;)
 
I am loving my CFL grow, low heat, high output, cheap, replacements everywhere, proper spectrum, efficient. I don't know why you switched.
 
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QuickOne auto end of day 6 leaves are looking like the want to curl up a little so raised light to 15".
 
Krypt247 said:
I feel like this is more fire safe, I'll get dense nugs, and just looks nice and clean.

Edit: I'll be glad to see you're grow zero glad to have you here!

Edit 2: Raised light to 15" I think the bigger plant is telling me too the leaves are wanting to curl upwards ever so slightly....
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I'm still on the fence about posting my grow pics. But so far the results are impressive. It's a passive wick watering system so it is always at the perfect moisture level. I don't fertilize either since the soil I use has enough food mixed in for nine months of growing. I added a CO2 bottle and a fan as well. Between that and the timer it's a pretty boring hands off grow. I mist a bit but I could walk away for weeks and it would be fine.
 
nice start there !! :)

Keep us posted. :thumb:

( as others have indicated) ~245W total actual output, but that should be enough for a small grow.


Just a thought...
*** I might consider using car HID (6000K) which are actually fairly inexpensive ( on Ebay) and surprisingly more efficient than larger CFLs.
4200Lm (45W actual) ea x 5 = 225W @ 21,000 Lm total. ***

6 (55W) HIDs would allow 270W actual with 25,200 lm.

The entire system can be run from a 30A 12-15Vdc PSU.
 
Canresearcher said:
nice start there !! :)

Keep us posted. :thumb:

( as others have indicated) ~245W total actual output, but that should be enough for a small grow.


Just a thought...
*** I might consider using car HID (6000K) which are actually fairly inexpensive ( on Ebay) and surprisingly more efficient than larger CFLs.
4200Lm (45W actual) ea x 5 = 225W @ 21,000 Lm total. ***

6 (55W) HIDs would allow 270W actual with 25,200 lm.

The entire system can be run from a 30A 12-15Vdc PSU.
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That would bring a whole new meaning to "Auto Grow"! You can get some nice reflectors too. I wonder what spectra those car light bars are? Those are crazy bright.
 
Z3ro said:
That would bring a whole new meaning to "Auto Grow"! You can get some nice reflectors too. I wonder what spectra those car light bars are? Those are crazy bright.
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The light bars are typically use High power LEDs, and they are fairly mono-chromatic ones at that.
33.33% Red 33.33% Green 33.33% Blue.

Car HID lights are essentially mini-Metal Halide lamps, they have a very slight amount of xenon, but the overall spectra is identical to what you'd see in some of the higher end MH lamps. 6000-8000K bulbs are useful. :Namaste:
The cheaper ballasts are DC output. That's just fine for our use. More expensive ones output AC / even pulsed DC. We don't need those. too expensive.
 
If u ready dropped a litre and a half it should all be wet already.just water when u see thr top layer slightly dry.seedlings dont really drink alot.best of luck mate.how big are ur pots;)?
 
I use that light, they suggested 18 to 24 inches. Just finished my first go around with 600w hps and 2 reflector 96s. I got some really frosty dense kibble.
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