Looking forward to the "after" pics!
West Hippie 420 OG Clones LED Hydro
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Myself, wished I could use the hps for the whole 12 hours! The leds will have to do in this heat.
Got all 22 gallons on 6.8 ph ready to get her done in the morning .
Damn I fell behind! Your plants are looking great @West Hippie 
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Day 22 of 12/12 MC
Outside temp 82 humidity 76% SSW 4 mph
Building temp 75.6 humidity 53%
Tent temp 76.1 humidity 54% fans light and variable.
Water temp 67.2
TDS 1282 ppm high because of all the acid !
20 gallons of city water 335 ppm, ph 8.3 , added 20 mL acid to each 5 gallon bucket. Got 6.7-6.9 in ph and went with that !
Added 100 grams of Mega Crop 9-16-17 , mixed with the wave maker dissolved it in five minutes!
Ph only made it to 6.0
These girls hasn’t had a drink since 6 this morning .
Outside temp 82 humidity 76% SSW 4 mph
Building temp 75.6 humidity 53%
Tent temp 76.1 humidity 54% fans light and variable.
Water temp 67.2
TDS 1282 ppm high because of all the acid !
20 gallons of city water 335 ppm, ph 8.3 , added 20 mL acid to each 5 gallon bucket. Got 6.7-6.9 in ph and went with that !
Added 100 grams of Mega Crop 9-16-17 , mixed with the wave maker dissolved it in five minutes!
Ph only made it to 6.0
These girls hasn’t had a drink since 6 this morning .
It’s starting to get really exciting!! 
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This is day 21 of the hps lighting from the last grow .
This is day 21 of the hps lighting from the last grow .
Damn man! Ain’t nothing like HPS! Can’t be beat! Will you go back to hps after this grow? Or continue with LED?
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As soon as it cools down at the end of October maybe November! I’m gonna finish this grow and head to the mountains for vacation! This grow should be over middle of September. More candy kush coming then !
Skybound
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I wonder how a 600w HPS in the center surrounded by 18 COBs would fare in a 9'x9' room? I was planning to start with only half the room till I can buy a big QB, but I already have 3 600w HIDs on the shelf collecting dust.
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After running that 1000 watt hps I believe 600 was all I needed ! From what I see on your grow is those cobs does a hell of a job ! Three 600 hps for me I’d have to shoot for 5 to 6 pounds in that grow .
Skybound
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That's about my goal, 5 or 6 pounds from 9 plants, 1 harvested weekly. The COBs have a nice punch to them as well as much more preferable colors both seen and unseen, but the smarter money is in QBs generally. Still, no one can ever deny that HPS delivers something in the yield department that LEDs still seem to struggle with. All in all, I would just use the HID for a couple weeks, till I could get up enough to buy a nice QB or something like that. It's all about inching forward, right?
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I like the idea about the cobs surround the hps, that’s six on each light . At my age inching forward is all I got !
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Day 23 of 12/12 MC
Outside temp 86 humidity 68% S2 mph
Building temp 75.4 humidity 69%
Tent temp 77.7 humidity 66%
Canopy temp 81.2 back by the Kind led
Water temp 70.8 down 2-1/4 gallons Falling
TDS 1037 ppm was 1282 ppm Falling
Falling just like the last water and nutrients change 250 ppm used I can’t find it that high of an intake in one day in any of my journals! It’s like it just waits for fresh nutrients!
The buds filled in more last night !
Pics
Outside temp 86 humidity 68% S2 mph
Building temp 75.4 humidity 69%
Tent temp 77.7 humidity 66%
Canopy temp 81.2 back by the Kind led
Water temp 70.8 down 2-1/4 gallons Falling
TDS 1037 ppm was 1282 ppm Falling
Falling just like the last water and nutrients change 250 ppm used I can’t find it that high of an intake in one day in any of my journals! It’s like it just waits for fresh nutrients!
The buds filled in more last night !
Pics
Grow baby grow!! 
I can't say for sure, but I wonder how many people replace a 600w HPS with 600w LED at the wall.
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Hungry gals ! Loving that city water !
I can't say for sure, but I wonder how many people replace a 600w HPS with 600w LED at the wall.
I have a 1000 hps at the wall, each Viparspectra 600s 2 amps each then the Kind 750 is 4.68 . 8.68x120= 1040 watts
Skybound
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I can't say for sure, but I wonder how many people replace a 600w HPS with 600w LED at the wall.
I went from 600 down to 480 and can only drive it a little harder than 50% due to lack of active cooling. Perhaps I would have better results if I used the full power from the driver? I'll be able to safely test that in a few months after I build a bigger room that will have it's own mini split.
Right! To get 600 wall watts on a QB or strip build you would need to have to build a system over 750 watts to run it at 80%. No one runs their drivers flat out.
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Day 24 of 12/12 MC
Outside temp 85 humidity 67% S 5 mph
Building temp 74 humidity 66%
Tent temp 78.9 humidity 64%
Canopy temp 83.3 highest
Water temp 70.1 down 2 gallons Falling
TDS 999 ppm was 1031 ppm Falling settled down in one night !
Ph 5.8 Static
Girls didn’t munch like yesterday, looks like ph are at the correct level says more food though!
Good pics this morning.
That’s over a week and no deficiency with city water !
Next water and nutrients change will go to there full bloom 6 grams per gallon or should I add it now ?????????? Since it’s asking for the MC on our hydro chart . Pics
Outside temp 85 humidity 67% S 5 mph
Building temp 74 humidity 66%
Tent temp 78.9 humidity 64%
Canopy temp 83.3 highest
Water temp 70.1 down 2 gallons Falling
TDS 999 ppm was 1031 ppm Falling settled down in one night !
Ph 5.8 Static
Girls didn’t munch like yesterday, looks like ph are at the correct level says more food though!
Good pics this morning.
That’s over a week and no deficiency with city water !
Next water and nutrients change will go to there full bloom 6 grams per gallon or should I add it now ?????????? Since it’s asking for the MC on our hydro chart . Pics
Most of us keep bumping our grams in flower until we see the tips complain and then back it off to the last happy place. My AK-47 is happy at 5.5g/gal but I'm at 6.5g on others.