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gee I wonder which one got roots?




good thing this new light has the ability to only turn on 1/2
I think (just under) 200w (draw) should be plenty for VEG and "400w" for flower... MUAHAhahaaa...


<---intraining

Nice lamp....what kind did you get?

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BAM!
almost 50% off





poke through the Bong hitters thread over on MP I posted some about this over there


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sorry, here's what I should have posted...

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they are probably around 385w draw fixtures

they look very similar to my HydroGrow Sol series lights

Ive been eyeing a Sol4 (400w, about $800 ) to cleanup the Sol2 (200w) and Sol1 (100w) jerry-rigged setup I have now.

These seem to be a "twin" of the Sol lights. IDK who came first or whatever but I'm betting they are VERY similar designs.


I want to modify the cooling.

The "COB" design focus the heat VS spread it out over the entire (panel) unit.
My PC building hobby ("extreme" CPU cooling) has some tricks I think I can bring over to this hobby.
The 4-bay fixture should give me enough room to work in.

also, if a planed home renovation comes to fruition, I may just end up with enough space to use (both) of the(se) new fixtures
they HAD 2 in stock @ that price


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More differences than I expected...

Seems to have a very acceptable thermal contact






1st close-up is Apollo
2nd close-up is Hydrogrow











Its the little things like: 3 of the 4 screws holding the LED assembly to the heat sink are the same size and then the 4th is shorter, that make me shake my head.




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This will be my first time taking a clone to flower.

<--- 11/29/14


<--- 12/7/14 (and all below)


The new light seems to overpower my flash WAY more than the Sol's did... IDK, just an observation.






EXPLOSIVE stem development!






I'm planning on rooting a cut from this plant to replace the original "mother" I.C.
(pop a Chucky's Bride and push it into flower after rooting a C'sB clone/mother... yes MORE space I NEED MORE!!!)


EDIT
that's the cycle! I understand now.
Take a cut from mom. root "daughter"... at flower, take a cut from daughter that will become the new mom.
I will flower every other "generation"

<---intraining



EDIT
started a new thread in the Journals section HERE


@Melvan Seems it only took me 7 months to actually understand your advice (post #7 above)... thank you (again... lol)

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whelp, she made just over 7 months...... not real impressive

-but-

I totally succeeded @ stalling this strain from flowering (the whole point to this thread)

and

I learned, A LOT!!!

even from her demise I've learned about the BORG (spider mites)
and root development from the disposal





I was getting very lazy with the upkeep/pruning, those lower stems should have been stripped cleaner than a....
[there just isn't anything with "clean" and "stripper" coming to mind]

anyway...

thanks


<---intraining

Mites are no reason to throw her away....you are correct about the up keep...sorry to say and hear.....
Green mojo ...

I'm taking a nice fresh cutting from IC2 (@ flip) to root-up another, hopefully healthier, mom to carry on the strain.