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Post by Justintime on Apr 23, 2017 14:40:32 GMT -5
Old system with and with out leds on. for something that was thrown together in haste and slowly upgraded its done the job well. A glips of the new beast. Just looking at this gives me qaquestions about so many things my planing never addressed. It's going to be interesting.
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Post by amriko on Apr 23, 2017 17:21:30 GMT -5
Nice! What lights are you going to use?
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Post by Justintime on Apr 23, 2017 17:47:58 GMT -5
Well one the leds that are from the old system and some other ones that I have or two
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Post by hackerberry on Apr 23, 2017 19:49:52 GMT -5
Cool, are these the new sunblaster LEDs?
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Post by Justintime on Apr 23, 2017 20:08:30 GMT -5
Look like it I have these ones that I can control red and blue. I'll probably use a combination of the two.
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Post by H2O on Apr 24, 2017 10:23:00 GMT -5
Personal preference for me but even if I got better growth out of LEDs I wouldn't use them. They're just to horrendous to look at. If you're never near your plants that's one thing but I couldn't look at that all day long.
Also nothing beat the good ole sun in a greenhouse right?
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Post by Justintime on Apr 24, 2017 21:52:59 GMT -5
You're a lucky guy! Not many can say they work in a greenhouse with birds, frogs, tortoises, fish flamingos, turtles, iguana, butterflies, moths so many different kinds of plants a natural lowland of nepthes growing all without the need for artificial lighting. Also your sarracenia collection looks awesome and hope to see it next time I'm out there. if anyone else gets the chance to go to Vancouver island I highly suggest the butterfly gardens!! I agree the pinkish light after a year of it grows old but growing inside with lights, power consumption is a big deal! Leds give you more for less. I'm thinking 4 white leds to counter the red and blue leds might Work.
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Post by H2O on Apr 24, 2017 23:08:50 GMT -5
Haha thanks man, the next time you're in town you're invited to come see it.
Some white LEDs would really go a long way to help the light balance. Downside is that it isn't going to help the plants much, it'll be mostly just for you.
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Post by WillyCKH on Apr 25, 2017 10:10:02 GMT -5
Hi Justin, if you add green LEDs it can counter the purple better too. But it needs some adjusting and tweaking. Personally I would just go with whites. Your setup is really neat though, love it! PS: I NEED to visit the butterfly garden, everyone (just talked to Keith the other day) is telling me to go see it! Willy
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