What's the cost for the cob your running? I have been looking to switch from HID to LEDs. What's the difference if any from COB and say a MarsHydro?
Awesome results. Excited to see your clones.
Assuming you have wood and other materials on hand CFL setup is cheap.
Plus fans, a.c. unit and even a "redneck a.c. design"
Leds have no heat better penetration in foliage and the panel has true full spectrum. 18" away gives good coverage area.
Just my two cents
Good luck
Lights CFL setup
2 boards with 32 Lights per board
16 wall sockets with splitters to get 32 lights
So 32 per board 2 boards 64 23 actual watt bulbs
cost $10 here for a 4 package at Home Depot
Thats 16 packs
$160 for bulbs
Splitters are $3 a piece
32 splitters
$96 for splitters
Wall...
Those temps are high, you could do a few other things to cool it down. A 6" fan with Copper tubing running around the outside cage front and back. Then the side on the back is the inlet, opposite side outlet. Run line to a Styrofoam cooler with a small aquarium pump, secure everything dump ice...
Get the 300 watt panel for 70 one plant and go for gold. There's no time like the present and @70 for a light that is both blooming and veg is hard to beat. Especially since there is no heat issues.
Check out this guy's CFL setup. Running 32 x 23 actual watts per board per 3 plants 2 boards. Awesome setup only 1,472 actual watts and it's a huge room. Lumens and PAR are important with leds not watts IMO
I priced them compared to CFL and CFL won by the upfront cost. I am running 250ish actual watts and I have spent 90 on cooling, lights, frame, and sockets.
Amazon has some good deals and I would get a
Light panel with full spectrum and bloom/veg switches. Also the figure is 100,000 lumens per sq ft of grow space, I believe. Google is your friend
@AKGrower907 It's a pantry that I took a shelf out of to make 30ish inches of height. Hence the CFLs, I have two 400 watt Metal Halide lamps that I have been itching to setup. Can't use them because of space and cultivation laws here in Az that I won't go into. Also, in November I plan on...
Soil type and brand? Are you running a mix soil? The nutes are definitely a problem and I would run just clear ph'd water and wait.
As for nutes... Google is your friend...
VEG
High N
Medium P
Low K
SECOND WEEK OF FLOWER
Low N
Medium-High P
Medium-Low K
Now this is where experience and...