No that's fine, i was thinking of getting some cfl blue bulbs to help with the growth stage myself. If I had a blackstar flowering model it would certainly help and as you say you cant have too much light!!!!!
ograndeviado, i actually joined this thread because you had the exact same query i did. throw in my 2p. i have been interested in indoor/LED for quite a while now. I am onli interested in LED. Just like you, i started researching, few years now, and found that the onli LEDs availiable were those piece of shit prakash (or whatever), the penetrators and magnum series from the usa. Like you i wanted something based in the UK. I stumbled upon Grownorthern purely by chance, maybe a year ago. I contacted them by fone in july they must have missed the initial call and called me back later that morning (i was suprised). I didnt purchase anything but had a lengthy convo with the man. He was super helpful, he was chillin, customer service was a 10, considering, quite quickly he knew there was no chance of an immediate sale (i was asking ALL the what ifs), he answered any and all questions i had with no hesitation and utmost friendly nature. I was throwing curve balls, tryna blindside...photon density, flux, all that, location, payment, delivery, warranty who what where why, i was relentless. Im not gonna go into the raw nitty gritty. but the point is i left the conversation feeling like, when i was ready to get underway, there was no way i WOULDNT be buying grow northern. I dunno about blackstar, but i do know blackstar is not on the same level as the grow northern man. he told me that he sources the leds themselves in USA so they share some of the design of the penetrators (ps the usa made ones need to somehow be coverted to accept our power supply- messy if u ask me), they get pieces made in China, but the design and build goes on here....anyway, ramble over, im not their promotional i dont know them from adam. Im jus saying, some people are talkin a lot of shit on ere, some are talking pure sense. but what it is, is that i know from pure estimation an gut-instinct based on my research. that them guys r the tip of the berg, for LEDS for anyone looking 4 LEDS in the UK, ive searched and not found. but thesae guys have been doin the ting for a while, there known on the commercial grow circuit, so go with your opinion, because i vouch from what youve sed that you know what your looking for these guys talking about blackstar have mitigated the fact that we dont want an american product, although they are supplied here. what the fuck are you gonna do when it needs fixing, send it overseas for 4 months...P>S, the convo may have moved on a little, im responding to like the 1st 3 pages, normaly i wouldnt jump in, but this guys situation was so similar to mine...............respect to the blackstar man, if it works for you dont change, im just so focused on the GN. that's just me..... also the cfl bulb trick is one of the best in the book. i can dig it, finally....no offence to anyone, all casual banter!Hi All ,
First of all I am NOT the owner or anything to do with the company who I enquired about. I am like everybody else a seeker after the best way to grow cannabis. I have smoked for 40 years and grown it on my balcony for many years in a haphazard way, but after having my contract at work terminated due to collapsing unconcious and being hospitalised 3 times in a year due to an as yet unkown affliction, I have decide to grow it properly indoors for economic reasons. When I started doing my research I came across LED lights which interested me but I found it difficult to get any coherent view on them, with opinion bitterly divided. For the last few weeks I have been researching LEDs on the net and come across various options. the Blackstar was one of them, but I was concerned after reading of QC problems and potential design problems as well as having to return them etc. I looked at and liked the US products like the 357 Magnum and the Penetrator series, but I would have ideally preferred to have them available in the UK. After looking through some local Hydroponic retailers in the south of england I noticed the lights I mentioned in my query. Unfortunately I could find nothing on the net about them and in my innocence decided to post on a forum to see if anyone could help me. I thought I was embracing the AFN community, but obviously not, for which I apologise.
I posted the technical blurb on the LEDs in a misguided attempt to make it easier for those who are more technically knowledgable on the subject to give me a considered answer. From the firms r website they have only been in existence for a year or so which may explain why no one has heard of them, if they are kosher then it would be a good thing for the AFN community (or those who are prepared to embrace new technology) to have a european based supplier of quality product. So once again I apologise if I have ruffled feathers with my first ever post on a cannabis forum, I can now see how suspicions could be aroused by my post , but that was the last thing on my mind.
OGV