Comparison grow coming soon 🤪

[Jimboss83]

Hey crew
My first post using the new forum so thought I’d stir the pot and hopefully come up with some answers !

just went and bought theHLG 260v2 LED to trial

HLG 260 V2 RED SPEC DIY LED Grow Light Kit RSPEC Quantum Board LM301H

READY TO ASSEMBLE 260W LED BOARD KIT Top Features Dimmable (driver) from 135-285 Watts 500 watt HID replacement (use 2 kits to flower a 4' x 4' space) Veg Footprint 4' x 4' (16 sq ft) Recommended Flower Footprint 3' x 3' (9 sq ft) or 2' x 4' (8 sq ft) 3000K or 4000K (choose above) white light...

www.quickbloomlights.com.au

I’ve Only ever used 600w HPS the last 2 years - I’m still a novice grower but I’d like to think I’m slowly evolving into a Green Thumb . I’ve tried straight coco, perlite, perlite coco mix, dwc, vermiculite perlite and now I’m back to coco with 30 percent perlite - it’s what works for me anyway.
Been running some 90x90cm tents- veg with MH 600 conversions and bloom with 600hps digital ballasts . I’ve been getting anywhere between 10-15 pedros per tent .
Veg times are around 4 weeks from clone with a rough 8-10 week flower depending on strain .

im going to have the seperate tents , but with the same nutrients and environmental factors ... all identical except for the lighting . (Within reason I’m not a science lab)
scrog set up with roughly 3-4 week veg time from clone - all the same clones(strain) in 2x 50L pots per tent drain to waste on an auto feed system for 1min a day about 5-8L a feed (total guess I’ve never measured it )

anyway I’ve got about a month till I’m set up and will keep ya updated
Stay safe

Jimboss

 

[Porky]

Looking forward to mate.
I’ll make the first prediction.
I think you will the same or maybe more buds your getting now with less than half the power.

 

[frankreynolds]

best of luck, hopefully gonna use cuttings of same plant?

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Ditching my 600w retro fit mh and using the 600w HPS for veg was a huge improvement. Double the light intensity was more beneficial than a "better" spectrum.

I'm keen to watch this too.

 

[frankreynolds]

Is that running a mh on magnetic HPS ballast?

I still like running mh on my digi which runs both

 

[Jimboss83]

Ye

best of luck, hopefully gonna use cuttings of same plant?

hey frank
Yeah mate gonna run cuttings all of the same plant - it’s one I had last grow that performed pretty well some sort of Super Skunk hybrid an old mate has been growing for years . I’ve got a mother plant of it now and just started rooting in the aero cloner so I’ll pot them all into little pots soon under my 250w MH HID so they are all same veg time etc - I’ll count veg time once I’ve put them into their 50L pots and once the net is 3/4 full
I find the little bit of stretch works well to fill the tent

 

[Deleted member cpr]

Is that running a mh on magnetic HPS ballast?

Yep.

 

[Gazza]

How good does this sound, im subbed in

 

[Jimboss83]

Current grow under 600s - mega bud in a 50L and 2 OG kush in 27s
Next strain will be super skunk in both tents though !

 

[thedrunk]

Next strain will be super skunk in both tents though !

Super Skunk from which breeder?

 

[Jimboss83]

Super Skunk from which breeder?

A mates had the strain growing the last couple of years so not exactly sure what breeder but it was great smoke - couldn’t get hold of another clone last time cause I had a power outage and forgot to reply in my aero cloner - checked 2 days later and the clones were dead lucky I’d popped a few seeds which got me running this round
Not making that mistake this time haha

 

[pug]

mmm ... super skunk ... i can smell it from here ... nice one.

 

[Jimboss83]

So I’ve just transferred a few clones in the red plastic beer pong style cups with some perlite on the bottom , a coco perlite mix through the guts and a bit of perlite on top . I usually do this in my grows to help keep the bottom and top dry to avoid fungus gnat infestations.

justthought of something which has probably been done but I’ve never read anyone doing it . - if I used clear plastic cups instead then I could watch the root formation and know when to transplant but put them inside a red cup so the light won’t get to the roots etc ?

 

[Jimboss83]

Just put the new HLG260 into its new home for the comparison grow.
these buds were under a 600hps the last 7 weeks so ARE NOT the result of this light .......
finished wiring and putting it in an hour ago. Going to finish the rest of this grow under it anyway cause I was too excited to see how it would look .

looking forward to it !

 

[Defsnotacop]

Subbed in.

I have clear seedling pots, helps me know when the buggers are growing decent roots.