Q9550

On 3/9/2019 at 12:32 PM, SkunkPharm said:

What area?

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I'm in fourways.

11 hours ago, 420SA said:

@Q9550 Yes its active but you need 30 posts to be able to gain access. As soon as you've hit 30 posts please PM me

Okay cool thanks. 

Howsit,

Anyone into bass fishing in jhb?

My daily is a bong. Will spark up a joint if company is around and that's the preference for them but yeah nothing hits the spot like a nice ice cooled bong rip. 

This is her when she was new. Not as clean now lol I change water daily but deep clean on the weekend usually. 

Awe members,

Just thought I'd create a thread for when we get baked and need something funny to look at. Share you weed funnies here and let's spread the laughter

 

Yeah you could do exactly that, i've seen a few guys do veg in flower out and vice versa with great success. My only concern would be during the veg out and flower in cycle, depending on the area you in you might bring bugs and pests into the tent which is never a good thing.

I've never used one personally but the Jardin tents look like they worth every cent, looks to be quite a sturdy design.

Are you purchasing locally?

@420SA is this seed exchange live now? Would be interested in swapping some seeds with the community

Howsit man,

How did this grow turn out? I received some autos from biltong n budz recently, would like to see how your grow turned out to see what I can expect with these genetics

Howsit

How much is that tent costing you if you don't mind me asking, don't see pricing on the site...

Have you seen this: https://hydroponic.co.za/hydroponics/mars-grow-tent-1-2m-x-0-6m-x-1-8m/

9 hours ago, CG420za said:

Please explain bruv, coz I use epsom instead of Calmag in FF organic soil with BioBizz nutes as well. Maak ons kak?

If you are using the Epsom salt as a substitute for calmag, that won't work. Epsom does not contain any calcium but it's good for magnesium deficiency.

Howsit man,

I've grown a few autos before and just got some new auto seeds. Going to start my grow soon. I recommend starting in the final pot because autos are quite fragile and even minimal root damage will set you back a few days of growth and with autos you need to get them as big as possible as quick as possible before flower. For watering I recommend during seedling stages you water directly at the base of the stem. I've also used another trick I picked up on another forum. Plant the seed in a solo cup with the bottom of the cup cut off take that cup and bury it about half way into your final pot. During seedling stages you water like you normally would water a seedling in a solo cup. As soon as the plant passes the seedling stage and is ready for more water and nutes you water outside of the solo cup. 

Will try and find a pic and upload it, it might make more sense as I'm quite stoned on some blue cookies right now lol

Welcome man.

Recently joined myself and the forum has been quite helpful thus far. Nice bunch of people here. You growing anything at the moment?

So my seeds finally arrived today from biltong and buds. Everything looks good except one of the tubes were cracked, thankfully the seed is fine. I also got an extra seed of the auto big bud, I'm sure it was an error on their side as I only ordered one of them. Sent them an email asking if I can EFT them the cash if it was an error.

Now to decide what to grow first. I'm thinking the big bud 

Anyone used the cxb3070's. Looking at one on rs at the moment

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Was looking at getting a few of these as well from rs. Would be nice to jave the cxb3590s though. I'm going to do a full cycle light. I saw a mars hydro 80x80x120 for R3000

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@SkunkPharm nice build man. How many watts are the lights? Got a link for the heatsink? Might be what I need. I saw one on rs electronics that I'm interested in as well. 

So i contacted AutoCobs yesterday and unfortunately he does not ship to SA anymore due to the high shipping costs.

13 hours ago, Trailblazer420 said:

I had 2 that don't work so I used them, works great for cooling... Not sure where to get a heatsink...

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I managed to track them down, can be purchased from RS Electronics, the one i saw was R450

5 hours ago, SkunkPharm said:

Has anyone looked at lumileds?

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I see a few guys on the international forums trying to grow with these. Have not done much research on them myself. Can you source them locally for cheap?

4 hours ago, trichomechaser said:

I picked up a COB from Amazon a while back. It was one of the "Galaxy Hydro" lights. They have released a number of COB setups but most were not using any reputable chips. I picked up their 2018 Edition which came with 2x CREE CXA3070. Not quite as good as the CXB3590, but I've been impressed by what this little 110W draw light was able to achieve. I run it in an 80x80 tent.

I don't know if you guys know of the autocobs, the dude has a huge following in the autoflower community in the US, since he's quite active over on autoflower.net - but he ships to S.A and the lights are of great quality. The chips are Citizen CLU 48. 

Yeah autocobs have some decent lights out, interesting choice of drivers being used. Makes the light look very professional.

 

@McB  The FrankenLED looks good, Once i get my grow tent i will convert the PC into a small cloner. This FrankenLED looks like a good cheap option to put into the PC, although i might need to cut it down to my required length.

Welcome man, i recently joined myself.
Any beans jumping at the moment? lol

Hi All,

Was just wondering if anyone considers CRI ratings when building COB fixtures?

I'm currently working on setting up a new 300w LED and have been looking at a few COBs. My previous lights were 20w CXA2530s with an 80CRI. I have been reading a few forums and grows and it seems the guys are now leaning towards the 90 and 95CRI options. Apparently the higher CRI chips tend to grow a bit better although the lumen output is slightly lower, anyone got more info on the subject?

@Trailblazer420 That looks like it could work for me, where did you get the antminer from? I'm running DIY Cree Cxa2530's on individual cpu heatsinks, would prefer to have all 4 on a single heatsink or maybe 2/2 split like yours above. lol yeah i have been burnt by mines a couple of times as well.

 

On 2nd thought, just had a look on google and those miners are kak expensive, anyplace i can get just the heatsinks or is it just a full miner for sale?

1 hour ago, CG420za said:

Awe @Q9550, the okes are right with DIY's, growopz does well with his LED's but something so simple shouldn't have to cost you arms and legs.

Would definitely prefer to do DIY, love that satisfaction of growing with something you built yourself, if only parts and components were a lot cheaper and easier available.

6 minutes ago, greenkush said:

Digikey send direct to your door with UPS World Saver, I've never  had issues bringing in components.

Have never used DigiKey but have heard good things, i got my chips from Mouser the last time and i think i paid around R150 each for 4x CXA2530's, U2 bin, 4000k CCT, the drivers from AliExpress and slapped the chips onto some intel pc heatsinks which i got from work for free.

10 minutes ago, SkunkPharm said:

Have you looked on the mantech site?

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I did have a look there thanks, prices seem to be a bit high though.
I see they opened up a branch in JHB now... Nice

5 minutes ago, McB said:

aside from rs and digikey, any local cob suppliers im missing?

i need supplemental light, and thinking a  single vero cob may fit in budget and heat wise

 

Hi McB,

As far as i know the chips are only available through:

RS Electronics

Mouser

DigiKey

I had a contact that use to work in imports, friend of a cousin, he helped me get my chips from Mouser fo cheaper than local prices. Not sure if he still works there, might need to make a few calls.