Retired Live Stoners Gossip April May 2017

[F.N.]

TOP OF THE AFTERNOON

 

[F.N.]

@Frankthetank nice AVATAR choice bro

 

[Ripper]

Morning Stoners! All this talk about cobs and no money to spend. I watched the video yesterday on converting marshydro lights to cobs, it didn't look too hard.

It isn't at all I just sold the three I had done on eBay... used them and sold them for 125.00 each.. got that money hiding from omnthe wife in my PayPal... I recon mephisto will get some of it... haha

 

[Ripper]

I would go with four Cobs that @BigSm0 is making that way you can adjust accordingly to the size of the plant you are growing under it.

Correct with 4 adjustable light you always have an even canopy haha

 

[F.N.]

It isn't at all I just sold the three I had done on eBay... used them and sold them for 125.00 each.. got that money hiding from omnthe wife in my PayPal... I recon mephisto will get some of it... haha

VERY WISE My man

 

[White Punk on Dope]

Don't worry @guerillagrower#65 your plants look great and will be just fine. The new AutoCob isn't your daddy's old car. It's a super version of light that produces less heat and is by far more efficient. Less cost to run and more light for energy used. I run four in a 3 x 4. Just checked the temps a minute ago. They are perfect.

 

[pop22]

its getting interesting, trying to make reccomendations. I guess we now need a qaulifier, what's your goal? Max production or just looking for top quality bud and weight of harvest just a bonus? But for a range in a 4'x4' tent its looking like as little as 200 watts of COB lighting up to maybe 600 watts, without using CO2. My QB light, which is just another form of COB tech, is pulling 363 watts at the wall, including the driver. I'm hoping we can start getting people to look at PPF and PPFD numbers rather than watts. Why? My old Mars Hydro "300" watt pulled 180 at the wall. but it put out only 1/3 the light my pair of Autocobs do! 22% efficiency vs 47-49% for the cobs. so watts are meaning
Photon Flux Density, or PPFD, which measures the light that actually arrives at the plant. This measurement is expressed by scientists and light engineers as: μmol/m2/s.

The Mars light's output in ppfd is 98ppfd. Autocobs put out 220ppfd ( ~umoles @24") PER cob!
People are beggining to see 2 grams per watt and more as they gain experience in using this tech I'm hoping my QB light at 350 watts will give me a pound of top qaulity bud, as I am expecting to to do at least that. And I'm grown under COB for a while now, and the bud is amazing! Trichrome coverage needs to be seen to be believed!

Hey,
@Benjamin Squier I agree with @Frankthetank the four "Autocobs" would be about perfect. I say that because I just bought a set for my 4x4. They look great.

 

[F.N.]

When running LED you want a minimum temp of 82 degrees. The hps it is 75 to 78 degrees. Make sure to keep the ambient temps up for best results with LED

 

[Rev. Green Genes]

My DWC rez is causing me fits. the pH does not want to settle in. And the amounts I normally would use yo drop 1 point for example, are not working. I calibrated my pen, and checked its readings against a liquid indicator. This is getting frustrating. I dumped the rez and started over, and I'm only adding one cupful at a time of Earth Juice Double Down, and it looks good. I come back in an hour and it's back up.... WTF!

 

[9bear]

I would love to buy 4 from @Slowmo but the shipping to Canada would be greater than the cost of the fixtures .