Nutrients Autobot 1st Grow, Biotabs & Mephisto

[RivetGrrl]

It's very easy to figure out how much light you need. How you want to spread it around the space is up to you. You can do that however you like as long as you balance that out. 25w per square foot is a good place to start with autos, much more will just burn the plants anyway. This is not the sometimes posted wattage on the light. I have a Bestva 600w led blurple, I love to use in my tent because it has a great spectrum, but the real wattage is 65w in veg mode and 70w in flower, only 135 when running full spectrum. That covers nearly half the wattage I need until flower phase begins. I use cobs for the rest of my light. I just use a simple lux meter to balance the light in the tent and avoid hotspots.

I can recommend an app, and help you set up your lights and balance them out if you need any help! It's really easy stuff.

I wish I could afford a PAR meter, even a cheaper LED light meter would be fine too. I have a Kill-a-Watt to get my actual watts, but that doesnt mean much with anything but HID lighting. I got three tents going now so I'd like to scale it back but no money for new lights, just bought two CobShop lights maybe next month I can order some parts to start building. I'll PM you so we are not spamming up AJ's thread :smoking: (unless AJ is interested)

@RivetGrrl you've got the right one here. Med will have you sorted and you'll be buying a new light by the end of the day!
I'm hopefully retaining this info for a year from now when I am in the market for a new light lol

Yea...right!!...but at least the info will be here and available to look back on.

Lights and light bills gonna kill me, if my husband doesn't first for tripping the breaker at least once a day

 

[MedCzech]

I wish I could afford a PAR meter, even a cheaper LED light meter would be fine too. I have a Kill-a-Watt to get my actual watts, but that doesnt mean much with anything but HID lighting. I got three tents going now so I'd like to scale it back but no money for new lights, just bought two CobShop lights maybe next month I can order some parts to start building. I'll PM you so we are not spamming up AJ's thread :smoking: (unless AJ is interested)



Lights and light bills gonna kill me, if my husband doesn't first for tripping the breaker at least once a day

I use a free app on my phone to measure lux, so there is no investment there. Cobshop loghts are great, you will see. Once you can, get more of them, it will reduce your electric bill and the draw on the box, you will never need to reset the breaker.

Go to App Store, look up lux meter,...that's it! I am as thrifty as they come. The app works just fine to get a measurement you can balance.

 

[Autobot-J]

I wish I could afford a PAR meter, even a cheaper LED light meter would be fine too. I have a Kill-a-Watt to get my actual watts, but that doesnt mean much with anything but HID lighting. I got three tents going now so I'd like to scale it back but no money for new lights, just bought two CobShop lights maybe next month I can order some parts to start building. I'll PM you so we are not spamming up AJ's thread :smoking: (unless AJ is interested)



Lights and light bills gonna kill me, if my husband doesn't first for tripping the breaker at least once a day

Whatever you guys wanna do! I'm down for the knowledge drops honestly...but won't be upset if you chat solo I enjoy learning all I can about our little hobby!

 

[RivetGrrl]

I use a free app on my phone to measure lux, so there is no investment there. Cobshop loghts are great, you will see. Once you can, get more of them, it will reduce your electric bill and the draw on the box, you will never need to reset the breaker.

Go to App Store, look up lux meter,...that's it! I am as thrifty as they come. The app works just fine to get a measurement you can balance.

I looked up the meter, and see a few apps, is yours a specific app? "Lux Light Meter Pro" seems to be the highest rated.

For the cost of building my own, the CobShop lights are actually almost the same price so I will probably grab two more for the photo tent, and look at QB's for my 2X4 and move my LED strips around.

Whatever you guys wanna do! I'm down for the knowledge drops honestly...but won't be upset if you chat solo I enjoy learning all I can about our little hobby!

I just don't want to derail your thread, I know it can be annoying.

 

[lazylathe]

@RivetGrrl you've got the right one here. Med will have you sorted and you'll be buying a new light by the end of the day!
I'm hopefully retaining this info for a year from now when I am in the market for a new light lol

Yea...right!!...but at least the info will be here and available to look back on.

If you remember about this info....

 

[Autobot-J]

If you remember about this info....

this is a problem too!!

 

[Autobot-J]

Switched to the ole' EYE yesterday Super HPS from here on out. Tent shots will be shitty when I happen to have it on. Everything is still going really well! Got bud formation closeups for all 4 here as well! Starting to get that waxy leaf action! @MedCzech
Frost is coming in nicely! Looks to be a cold summer

 

[MedCzech]

Switched to the ole' EYE yesterday Super HPS from here on out. Tent shots will be shitty when I happen to have it on. Everything is still going really well! Got bud formation closeups for all 4 here as well! Starting to get that waxy leaf action! @MedCzech
Frost is coming in nicely! Looks to be a cold summer
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Looking real good. Time for some PK boost if you have the stuff!!

 

[Autobot-J]

Looking real good. Time for some PK boost if you have the stuff!!

Yea, I've been using it..I have the Bio PK.
No more boom boom or water misting now on right?

 

[MedCzech]

Yea, I've been using it..I have the Bio PK.
No more boom boom or water misting now on right?

Yep, no more boom boom...

Looking good bro! Keep that environment solid and you will get super stacks of nugs!