Milky Weed
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lookin good man! dang look how skinny those sativa leaves are on the one cultivar!
Rocket Souls led lab
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Rocket Soul
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La Bella / Reina Madre have the full sativa thing going on, stretchy, thin leaves and an incredible energetic anti procrastination high - all in a fast flowering package, 8 weeks normally.
I think my buddy wants to do a cross with this and one of the phenos in the tent, not sure if this run pr the next.
Rocket Soul
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Been in touch with my growbuddy over the weekend for sone details on the uv configuration; my buddy is doing a deep dive into it woth his new ai agent. We also talked a bit about IR diodes and testing things out. No pics until Wednesday/4 week update but main take away is that the bud development is going really fast and my guy is very excited about the grow and the results.
This is infact one of the main design points or goals with designing this light:
It has to feel exciting to grow with it, feel like the plants act and grow differently - better - than any light you tried before. I think its achieving this so very happy about how things are going
This is infact one of the main design points or goals with designing this light:
It has to feel exciting to grow with it, feel like the plants act and grow differently - better - than any light you tried before. I think its achieving this so very happy about how things are going
Rocket Soul
Lighting the Way
4 week update 28 days in. Grow is at +1300ppfd, heat wave here in spain with peaks of 33C in the tent is unfortunate but hard to avoid during the summer.
Also hard to get decent pics with the almost blurple spectrum.
Left 680: looks a bit better developed but no real difference in smells
Right side 660 is no slouch. Dominated by the front sativa.
Assorted bud shots:
The resin coverage looks great for 4 weeks only - its partly genetic partly the light. Uvb has been upped to 125mA (150mA is max) over 16 diodes total for 4 x 20 mins around midday.
Also hard to get decent pics with the almost blurple spectrum.
Left 680: looks a bit better developed but no real difference in smells
Right side 660 is no slouch. Dominated by the front sativa.
Assorted bud shots:
The resin coverage looks great for 4 weeks only - its partly genetic partly the light. Uvb has been upped to 125mA (150mA is max) over 16 diodes total for 4 x 20 mins around midday.
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Rocket Soul
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Change of pace tonight
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Rocket Soul
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Its hot AF here, yesterday i had an impulse: since its about 27C or more why not try out the strips thermals since this is pretty much what they would encounter in a growspace. Took 3 strips and connected it to my 300w meanwell - the lit up wo bright i had stars on the inside of my eyelid for 20mins. That old familiar feeling 
Strips and sinks heated up a fair bit: they were definitely hot to touch but not ouch hot - easily doable and within spec but outside of what i would call comfortable. Maybe with 3mm thick profiles instead of 2mm.
But good to know that the possibility is there.
Strips and sinks heated up a fair bit: they were definitely hot to touch but not ouch hot - easily doable and within spec but outside of what i would call comfortable. Maybe with 3mm thick profiles instead of 2mm.
But good to know that the possibility is there.
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Rocket Soul
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Wednesday update, 5 weeks/35 days- the pics are in. The intense heat wave has messed with VPD a bit, some tacoing and La Bella has some tip burn, shes a light feeder comparatively with the rest of the tent.
My buddy describes leftside/680 as "just a bit better in anyway he can think of"
Ppfd around 1325 in hw centre with sides and corners around +1000.
Front:
Left side/680
Rightside 660
Corner to corner shots
Its worth mentioning that mono supplemention is not the only difference between left and right: left side uses mixed standard 90cri with s90 narrowbands: this generates a slight peak around 630-640nm which makes it the highest peak in the spectrum. It also boosts green a slight bit.
Assorted budshots:
This one looks almost done at 5 weeks! though id need to confirm: some phenos throw orange pistils that later turn brown, might be just a mirage.
Edit: my buddy confirms this is his most fast flowering pheno, its almost an auto which sometimes, if left too long as mother, will throw preflowers in 18/6 veg cycle. It will be left to over mature a bit.
Still a bit to go, and you can see some unhappy leaves from la bella
Lots of resin rails.
My buddy describes leftside/680 as "just a bit better in anyway he can think of"
Ppfd around 1325 in hw centre with sides and corners around +1000.
Front:
Left side/680
Corner to corner shots
Its worth mentioning that mono supplemention is not the only difference between left and right: left side uses mixed standard 90cri with s90 narrowbands: this generates a slight peak around 630-640nm which makes it the highest peak in the spectrum. It also boosts green a slight bit.
Assorted budshots:
This one looks almost done at 5 weeks! though id need to confirm: some phenos throw orange pistils that later turn brown, might be just a mirage.
Edit: my buddy confirms this is his most fast flowering pheno, its almost an auto which sometimes, if left too long as mother, will throw preflowers in 18/6 veg cycle. It will be left to over mature a bit.
Still a bit to go, and you can see some unhappy leaves from la bella
Lots of resin rails.
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Rocket Soul
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Another 2-2.5 weeks left with maybe another week for la bella.
the pink hue that light gives off reminds me of the HLG scorpion x
Rocket Soul
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I agree, these ones are likely even worse in blurpeness. Generally the less green in your light the more it gets affected.
Hillbill
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The first LED panel that I actually grew fair amounts was a 357 Magnum which had a lot of blues and more 630nm and 660nm as well as a few greens they called “white”, I think that light had 6 loud fans. Made very frosty nugs but nothing to compare to nowadays. That was like 2012ish.
Rocket Soul
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This would be before my time in the led world, never seen that light before but it seems to get quite a bit of love from old posters. Spectrum coverage all the way up to 680nm is a nice flex for a 2010ish led light.
Rocket Soul
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6 week update / 42 days - the grow looks mostly finished which is a bit bonkers. Ppfd in 1350s, 31 C /50Rh
Nute burn problem has been reigned in, la Bella is now on separate and slightly lighter nutes. Harvest on sunday next week, cant wait.
Front view
Left /680
Right 660 - my buddy comments that 660 side looks clearly slower and somewhat lighter buds. Will check in person and possibly exchange the strips for 2700k 90 cri + 2x640 + 680: next challenger up.
Budshots
Its very hard to get a real representation of color due to all the reds and blues.
Enjoy
Nute burn problem has been reigned in, la Bella is now on separate and slightly lighter nutes. Harvest on sunday next week, cant wait.
Front view
Left /680
Right 660 - my buddy comments that 660 side looks clearly slower and somewhat lighter buds. Will check in person and possibly exchange the strips for 2700k 90 cri + 2x640 + 680: next challenger up.
Budshots
Its very hard to get a real representation of color due to all the reds and blues.
Enjoy
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Damn that's gorgeous!
Rocket Soul
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Thankk you
Theres some burn but buds look really nice. Some of them will turn purple.
Not much more time now...
Lights out flash photography would be welcome!
Rocket Soul
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I may try to setup just a neutral white light bulb in there. Remember that photos show much more color than what you see irl.
Rocket Soul
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7 weeks / 49 days update.
Ppfd lowered to around 1100 by reducing whites/reds on both sides - full blue/uva for finishing. Not sure about uvb protocol but i know its been on the increase as we finish up.
Edit: uvb is at 125mA per diode for approx 25mW x 16 of output, for 2hr total in 30min bursts.
Theres been a lot more heat, up to 36, and a power failure which messed up the portable ac sensor for a bit. Not ideal and it will likely hit yield somewhat but under control now. La Bella has had her longer top buds tied up a bit and is gaining weight but will take a week and a bit to finish up.
By eye and without any numbers in: The left/680 is not a clear winner anymore as the right/660 side has been catching up and fattening out buds. But the 680 side is more matured and finished. Will be exciting to see and smell in person next week. Here are the pics:
Frontview
Leftside and left diagonal
Rightside and right diagonal, La bella takes up a lot of space and got burnt from over transpiration. This grow has combined new lights with lower green and higher potential for photo transpiration with new location in much dryer environment and a couple of heat waves; overfeeding due to much more aggressive transpiration has been an issue. Last place was so humid that adding rh was never an issue. Humidfier and likely also a new watering system is coming up for next round.
Heres the budshots with decent color
Enjoy
Ppfd lowered to around 1100 by reducing whites/reds on both sides - full blue/uva for finishing. Not sure about uvb protocol but i know its been on the increase as we finish up.
Edit: uvb is at 125mA per diode for approx 25mW x 16 of output, for 2hr total in 30min bursts.
Theres been a lot more heat, up to 36, and a power failure which messed up the portable ac sensor for a bit. Not ideal and it will likely hit yield somewhat but under control now. La Bella has had her longer top buds tied up a bit and is gaining weight but will take a week and a bit to finish up.
By eye and without any numbers in: The left/680 is not a clear winner anymore as the right/660 side has been catching up and fattening out buds. But the 680 side is more matured and finished. Will be exciting to see and smell in person next week. Here are the pics:
Frontview
Leftside and left diagonal
Rightside and right diagonal, La bella takes up a lot of space and got burnt from over transpiration. This grow has combined new lights with lower green and higher potential for photo transpiration with new location in much dryer environment and a couple of heat waves; overfeeding due to much more aggressive transpiration has been an issue. Last place was so humid that adding rh was never an issue. Humidfier and likely also a new watering system is coming up for next round.
Heres the budshots with decent color
Enjoy
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Milky Weed
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man i know these pics cant do it justice, really nice stuff.
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