New tent setup, lightning?

[Frank Reynolds]

Hey mate,

 

Splitting off a tent sounds hard as you want to keep the flowering area light proof. 

 

Otherwise I have a spiderfarmer 4000 set up, havent grown with it yet. I got it from an Australian ebay seller, although it worked out to a very similar price although quick shipping.

[Westoz1987]

Yeah I actually might just leave it open as one unit, could help with keeping the temp down too. Those spiderfarmer lights look the goods. So I was going to grow with a soilless medium, Coco, perlite, and maybe peat moss and just hand water the plants. I've seen a few different feeding methods for your plants but just want to keep it simple to get me started.

[Frank Reynolds]

I personally can't recommend these spider farmers yet as I haven't used them i would want to complete a harvest before recommending., but do know they are knock off's which most likely means the diodes won't be as efficient, but the spectrum seems very good. 

 

As for the medium, I think your plan sounds good but it's not the only choice, lots of members can help you with an organic potting mix with all nutrients included if you just want to add water, not my personal style but I've come to realization that coco can be hard to manage for some people. 

Edited February 16, 2020 by Frank Reynolds

[Westoz1987]

Hard to manage in what way mate ? So you can buy medium that just requires water and no nutrients ? That sounds even better for myself being a newbie to the indoor scene.

[Frank Reynolds]

Honestly not too sure, but it seems a lot of people have had trouble with it and hate the medium Personally only ever grown in coco never had issues. 

 

You can not sure the name of the companys selling the stuff, sure some others can help you mix your own too. 

[Westoz1987]

Is this the kind of stuff your talking about mate ?

https://www.hydroexperts.com.au/Dr-Greenthumbs-Turbodirt-Water-Only-Soil-30L-Organic-Nutrient-Kit

Also is there any difference between the blocks of Coco and the premixed stuff in a bag ?

[Frank Reynolds]

Not too sure, about the organics.

 

There is no difference between for example canna brand blocks and bagged stuff, you would just need to add water to the block to expand it. 

 

But the bricked stuff at bunnings is not suitable for hydroponics unless treated first. You want to be getting washed and buffered coco regardless of brick or bagged

[Lockymoejoe]

I personally can't recommend these spider farmers yet as I haven't used them i would want to complete a harvest before recommending., but do know they are knock off's which most likely means the diodes won't be as efficient, but the spectrum seems very good.

 

As for the medium, I think your plan sounds good but it's not the only choice, lots of members can help you with an organic potting mix with all nutrients included if you just want to add water, not my personal style but I've come to realization that coco can be hard to manage for some people.

They still use the same Samsung leds as the original mob (HLG?), so hopefully efficiency will be the same, unless its to do with the driver?

 

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[Frank Reynolds]

Yeh they claim they do, from reading around the internet I've seen forum posts of people in contact with sansumg who claim that no chinese company has an open contract with them. As well as looking into the chinese import taxes, it would be impossible for them to import real samsung diodes then charge half the price. In saying that, it seems that these knockoff diodes are very similar just lack as much efficiency as the real ones. Again take it all with a grain of salt i have no solid imformation.

 

I will try and get my hands on a good light meter to test this led out myself.

[Porky 1982]

https://www.supertechledgrowlights.com.au/store/p11/Quantum_Sun_-_3.html

 

Anyone have feedback on these lights

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