Growing good sorry if there is any confusion with my diary its my first time making a diary, next grow I do from seed ill make the diary as i go i started this diary on week 6. The buds are sticky and getting bigger every day.
@HighRoller909, Thank you 🙏 I hope these buds get large, they aren’t fluffy but not extremely dense either so Hopefully they get dense as well, Thanks for following I will have a video and more pics soon when rain stops and I can get some good sunlight.
Heya,
For the TS-1000 that’s a really decent harvest but I must admit I don’t think your bud density will improve with this light. Sorry to break the bad news.
I just upgraded to the TSL-2000 which according to my wattage meter runs at 307w and am still adding an extra 50w COB LED or two as I found my buds to still be airy. Covered in trich’s, just a little airy.
To be fair I havnt done a full run with the TSL I just used it in the last 4 weeks or so of flower but am awaiting the bud to dry to see if there Is a difference in density and strength. I did get, what I believe to be my biggest harvest from the P.lemonade tho! It was way too big to weigh wet so will have to wait for it to dry and get a dry weight.
Either way, I’m spending a fraction of what I did when I was buying my medicine. It’s crazy expensive in this country AND I’m on a pre-pay electric meter!
P.s. I jut followed your
@Grape_Juice,oh also with Auto IME it REALLY is strain dependent on bud structure. Some breeders absolutely suck whilst some are ace.
I’d def stick with some genetics others people are growing and check out the strain and the harvests section of that specific strain you are going to grow. Find a diary with similar space and lights and away you go.
Oh I also have an unopened 2mx1mx2m tent I’m not using at the mo that the light I’m building was meant to be half lighting but that would then mean my pre-pay lecky bill would be CRAZY so I dunno yet even though I’m sponsored. I dunno, I’m at the stage now where I’m getting enough medicine perpetually and don’t have to worry about light leaks - check my Barneys Ayahuasca Purple! I mean I got half a big mason jars worth of smokable buds and 56g or so of what I like to call cooking bud!
It gets u high as fuck but coz the majority of the trichs were early in development when it found light and started re-vegging I couldn’t do. Hit about it. Oh well, it happens and I’m planning on making dry Sift hash using dry ice and bubble bags so it’s not all bad. Should get quite a lot. Either that or just simple use it as cooking weed. If I bang it inside a canning or Kilner jar and put it in the oven for 1h, totally closed at 100 degrees C then leave it closed to cool after, it will create a suction when you try to open it so I just pry it with a butter knife but because it’s been sealed whilst cooling all the terps re-absorb into the bud and you get a hella tasty product.
@Grape_Juice,it really depends on your budget. I build lights as well. And I am in the process of building a 500w light with 10x 50w+/- 10w.
It’s got 10x Citizen CLU-048 1212 COB’s and two meanwell HLG-240 drivers. I have everything but the second driver at the moment.
It all depends on what size your tent or grow space is really. The handy thing about the light I’m building is the heat sinks are those long thin ones and there are 5 of them connnected via two side panels and screws so you could run them as single strip lights and have the option to either dim the driver or just turn half the light off.
I don’t think I’m going to use it. Chuck us your email and I’ll send u some photos of the frame and I’ll understand….
As for pre-made brands it all depends on the budget and as I said before grow space size.
Let me know a little more info and I’ll give you some info but tbh I get most of my info from this guy on pootube called Migro. He also makes his own lights as well as doing PAR tests of all the most popular lights in xxl using expensive, right down to the cheap Amazon ones! He’s really good. It’s all about umol’s/jewel really.
The higher the umols/j the better the conversion of electricity to light and therefore increased efficiency.
Sorry for the long post. Also iv not heard of the light you suggested but that doesn’t mean much as I’m certainly not expert on expensive lights.
If your going 500w in LED that’s probably equal to either a 750HPS - a thowy! It’s a LOT of light for LED’s
@Rabidreject, thanks man yea my buds are fluffy but they are strong, Im looking at the electric sky lights and a few other things trying to go for something around 500w any suggestions on a brand?