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....WAKE & BAKE....
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Fuck permits...just grow it
Well I would if there weren't some issues that prevent me from growing the way I used to with 1000W HIDs. Mainly that I can no longer afford all the expense that comes with it. Fortunately I may have a deal in the works where someone will provide me with a small Grow Tent and LED light setup and if that works out and happens then yeah that's probably exactly what I will do and if it works as well as I hope then I'd likely be selling my HIDs in the not too distant future.
Just remember with LED's there is no replacement for displacement...low wattage LED's make low wattage yield hahaha..1000w is 1000w...I find DE's as efficient as LED's, almost as in real world situations, with modern square sine wave HPS ballasts only loosing out on light put upwards and reflected back down where as LED are all on the downward plane towards the plant and square sine wave DE's as or more efficient in terms of energy loss to heat etc.. That is the only efficiency difference that I see but that is negated by the light source being a whole bunch of small wattage chips, and IME ( i may be wrong) it seems like the LED bar of equivalent wattage is affected more by the inverse square law than the HID's, that the light drop off is sharper because of many multiple small sources of light to make up the wattage, but LED's can spread better if setup right and marginally better efficiency because of no light wasted from only shining downwards..HID is still cheaper to grow per gram of flower taking equipment costs into account contary to what salesmen will tell you..so I'd just grow one 1000w of HID, and grow enough for the year in one go! be cheaper than a fraction of the wattage and crappier quality over a few grows to grow the same amount, nevermind the cost of your time.. Sell enough HID's to get a 4x4 tent and extraction and keep one to light the girls and grow..no one should have to permit you to grow your own smoke, what a joke...I grew for a long time just because I was not permitted to, to make a point LOL now I'm permitted to, it worked!
Well I too grew without permits but not to make a point as much as I just wanted to be my own source and was willing to take the risk. Unfortunately in my State, at least for now, the risk is the same, there is no permit for growing, just buying and even though it's only for Medicinal purposes. Now I never had a huge Array of HID's I have one MH and one HPS both 1000W. The main problem for me these days is that my health has worsened and my budget tighten to the point I would have difficulty managing the physical work of growing and I can't really afford the increased costs to my electric bill to run my HID's even one at a time and I can't afford to run/maintain the fans and carbon scrubber needed to make it all work safely. The limitation's of LED's is sort of news to me as I haven't done much research on them yet but what you're telling me is about what I expected. From what you're telling me though the problem you describe should be solvable by technique. Sure for grow a big bush/small tree then a HID would be the way to go but I would think a SOG or ScROG should be able to do well with LED's. I'm not a super heavy smoker so doing one or two grows with a 1000W HID for flower, two times thru the Fall and Winter gave me enough to smoke with some left over to sell to a good friend or two. Since the heat issue is removed I should be able to run an LED setup year round if I wanted and I would like to believe I could still get enough to satisfy my smoking needs for myself at least?
Island sweet skunk s1 from chimera..puff puff and i'll roll you one and keep puffing this one, its too good!
Pineapple upsidedown cake? What are ur thoughts, how was the morning spliff?
maryjaneismyfire , it's my ( usually ) 5:30-6:30am kick off bowl's for the day of fun in the world of pain but at some point would like something that doesn't make me have to fight off the drowsies,and so far I like the strain with my first morning coffee, it doesn't zonk me out with the can't keep my eyes open blues, but it does provide a little relief from the chaos about to become the rest of my day and allow me to think happy thoughts . As thus, so far, even with the funny name I'd like to get smoe of it
Mainly CBD oil/shatter from harlequin, 30-1 or so,wrapped up in tobacco and a paper! I'm coordinating too much growing, can't get stoned in day times in the week anymore!! After 2 decades of being stoned day and night..in an hour or two i'll whip out some cheese and get proper stoned!
hashplant haze x kali china
an ace strain bought at a disp. here in portland.
uplifting sativa energy, with just a touch of tight diaphragm.
an ace strain bought at a disp. here in portland.
uplifting sativa energy, with just a touch of tight diaphragm.
Between the cake and the crasher, whats ur preference?
Sunshineinabag
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SPAC dead show buds
have Widow cake from peeps and a few other packs...shoreline ...envy and a mass medical bag of goodies
gets me stoned to tha bone Stallone. Oh fahhhhh
have Widow cake from peeps and a few other packs...shoreline ...envy and a mass medical bag of goodies
The Cake
