#the blurple is spreading

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A long awaited trade with @shardkn1ght

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hair dye stain + oh i gotta know (20 on the emotions list) + taakitz?? - egg 🧡

object + emotion prompt list here!

6. Hair dye stain

20. OH BUT I GOTTA KNOW??? I GOTTA

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Kravitz was this close to deciding that his home was now, in fact, the Eternal Stockade and he had to stay there forever and ever. It was— it's not been a good day. In fact, it's been the opposite of a good day. A bad day. No, an awful day. A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

First, he had to get up at fuck-early in the morning to go on a mission. Which he was used to, sure, but now, it meant tearing himself away from Taako's arms, having to put on a shirt when he could just be wearing a blanket, having to miss out on vital snuggle time. It was supposed to have been an easy, regular mission too. But then he had to deal with necromancers who were all a bit too much into their stupid bit, and he got blood on his favorite robe, and then he had to call for backup because there were so many necromancers holy fucking shit—

The easy-peasy little takeout had turned into a six-hour brawl. And Kravitz had to give it to them— turns out a group of frat boys could do a whole lot of damage if they were determined enough. And stupid enough. Which, of course, they had been. At the very least, they had wiped the amused little look off of Kravitz's face. And Lup's, when she got there. By the time they decided they needed Barry, there wasn't really room for amusement anymore.

Kravitz was tired. He was sweaty and gross and had blood in places he did not want blood to be; namely, on his flesh and clothes. Both were bad places for blood. By the end of the fight, Barry and Lup— who both looked fucking rad covered in blood. Kravitz wished he could look that good covered in blood— had sent one pitying glance at him and told him to go home. They'd do the paperwork.

Any objections Kravitz may have had to coworkers before were now gone, thank you.

It was still technically morning when Kravitz got back. Angus Jr. curled between his legs as a greeting, meowing impatiently at him. Garbanzo blinked at him from over by the couch, sitting on a towel that Kravitz could distinctly remember not being stained… blue? Purple?? Blurple. No, it had definitely not been blurple the last time Kravitz had seen it. Which could only mean that either Garbanzo was suddenly leaking blurple everywhere or someone was having a hair dye session.

Someone being Taako. …Hopefully. Maybe Taako helping Merle dye his beard again. Except that Merle usually went with pink and not blurple, so it had to be Taako.

"Babe?" Kravitz called out, shuffling down the hall. He stopped about halfway into his second step and realized that his shoes were leaving bloody, muddy marks all over the floor. Ugh. He struggled to kick them off for a second, trying not to hit Angus Jr. who liked to play a game called What if you did things and I was in your way?. Once he did, he called out again. "Taako? You home?"

"Just barely!" came Taako's voice from down the hall. Kravitz gingerly picked up his shoes, his body protesting the need to bend over, and put them at the shoe rack by the door.

"Marco," Kravitz said, moving down the hall.

"What are you, five?" came Taako's voice from the bathroom. And then, "polo."

Kravitz peeked into the bathroom to find Taako spreading a generous glob of blurple into his hair. The counter was a mess, blurple handprints (and cat paws) everywhere. Kravitz could only assume, using the context clues and the fact that their baby gate was set up in the bathroom doorframe, that Garbanzo had been up to some mischief earlier. Taako glanced at him and then did a double take. Probably because of the blood and whatnot.

"Do I wanna know?" he asked, hands still tangled up in his hair.

"Frat boys," Kravitz said exhaustedly.

"Well now I gotta know," Taako said. "Don't let the cats in."

Kravitz awkwardly stepped over the baby gate, something that proved very unnecessary as it swayed open when he shifted wrong. But Kravitz must have really looked in bad shape because Taako didn't even laugh at him. He did let out a little snort, though.

"Rough mission?" Taako asked, bringing him into a hug. Kravitz sighed, dropping his head against Taako's shoulder. He was going to have to burn this suit at this point, what with the grime and the blurple.

"Mh-hm," Kravitz said.

"I figured when Lup left in the middle of our brekky," Taako said. He rub Kravitz's back comfortingly. "And then Barry left in the middle of helping me choose hair dye and I couldn't decide."

"Blurple," Kravitz said knowingly.

"Blurple," Taako confirmed.

They stood there for a minute, holding each other. Taako smelled like peaches.

"D'you wanna dye your hair?" Taako asked.

Kravitz paused, thinking. Maybe it was the entire fucking fraternity he had spent his morning with, but he felt a lot more stupid now than he usually did. After a few seconds of deliberation, he said,

"Yeah." Another pause. "Not blurple though."

"Well we've got green, red, like, a suuuper dark blue, grink, orange—"

"Sorry?" Kravitz said, pulling back from the hug. "Grink?"

"Green pink," Taako said, nodding as if that made sense. Maybe it did. It probably did. "And yed."

"Yellow red," Kravitz said. "Isn't that just orange?"

"Babe, I have got so much to teach you."

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PSA: Some Info About Butterfly Bushes

@windpurr

I'm sorry it took me so long to get to this. Life has been crazy of late. So... I had not heard about this myself, so I decided to look it up, and apparently, there are two major issues with butterfly bushes in many states in the U.S.:

They are considered an invasive species, and as such, they tend to take over certain areas and outcompete other plants that support caterpillars and butterflies. The result is that there are fewer sources of food to support some insect species, and their populations may suffer because of that.

They are very prolific. They make a lot of seeds and can spread very quickly to fill open areas, wherever the seeds are blown.

As far as it being illegal plant them, it is in all but two states. I happen to live in one of the states that does not have a legal ban on planting or owning butterfly bushes.

A little background about the bushes in my yard... There used to be five of them, all planted by my mother when I was a young child. We had a white one, a yellow one, a dark purple one, a blurple one, and a magenta one. For whatever reason, in the last 5-7 years or so, most of them have died off. We aren't sure whether that's because of some biological issue (bacteria, fungus, nutrient deficiency, etc.) or maybe due to extreme weather (we have been getting intense and prolonged heat waves in the Summer in recent years), but we're currently down to only two bushes.

The two we have left are the blurple one...

...and the magenta one...

The magenta one is healthier and gets more flowers. The blurple one has been struggling for a while now and doesn't get as many flowers, but it's holding on so far.

Even though they aren't banned in my state, I want to thank you for letting me know that these bushes can be problematic. I always thought of them fondly, because my mother planted them. She loved butterflies, so she thought she was doing a good thing by planting bushes that would feed them. She passed away in 2017, and remembering how much she loved the bushes, I don't have the heart to rip them up. However, I will take some steps in the future to help mitigate the negative local ecological impact of my butterfly bushes:

I've learned that the spreading of the seeds is a huge part of the problem, and that this can be minimized by clipping the dead flowers before they can disperse seeds and properly disposing them. Both of my bushes have many dead flowers right now, so I will get right on that.

When and if these two bushes die, I will not replace them. Instead, I will look to plant something less invasive that will benefit local insect species.

I was going to do this anyway, since they've grown a bit spindly, but I will trim back both of my bushes and keep them to a smaller size. This will reduce the number of flowers they produce each year.

Again, thank you for bringing this to my attention, I really appreciate it! I am an environmental microbiologist and I teach environmental science, so I care very much about the environment and about lowering the negative impact I have on it. I will definitely look into what I can replace these bushes with when they die.

Have a great day! =)

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Im making a new Tuesday thing-

Happy Blurple Tuesday everyone!!! Hope this gets spread far and wide!

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Which Is The Best LED For Growing Cannabis?

If you are in the cannabis grow business, you understand what most people face as challenges. Those who are doing it for the first time often find it hard picking the right conditions. LED grow lights are the toughest to choose.

On one side you are looking at providing the perfect lighting solution while on the other hand, you want to keep things cool. So what do you do? What is where picking the right lights matters the most. It will determine to a great length how much produce you get at the end of the day.

Are LED a good choice

The use of grow lights in the cannabis grow business is relatively a new concept. A lot of people still don’t fully understand how they work. However, they have and continue to become more popular by the day. Just a few years down the lone and it seems as though they have been in use all along.

They have the ability to produce more yields. And that is what matters the most in such gardening. With a good quality grow light combined with good grow practice, you can get about 0.5 to 1g/watt yield.

But the real yield depends on how much effort you put in and the quality of the lamp used. That is one of the best rules of the thumb for most growers today. Do not only depend on the light but on your strain as well.

LED lights have gone through a series of evolutionary changes over the past few years. If you compare the ones being used today and those from a few years ago, you should be able to see a lot of changes. The lamps being used today are a full spectrum or wideband spectrum. This is where instead of a red and blue lights diodes only; there is bluish purple sometimes called blurples.

One of the advantages of using full spectrum is that they are easy to the eyes. And if you want to get even healthier plants, consider adding some green light to the blurples. There are other colors on the spectrum like red, infrared and far red that help in better budding.

Today, manufacturers have developed better mechanisms of ensuring cannabis growers get the best yield from these products. For instance, the use of specialized lenses points the light directly to the plant. This ensures that the plants gets increased penetration which results in even bigger yields.

There are so many other factors that make modern LED lights something you cannot miss in your grow room. These factors, from casing to the size of the diodes and varying model to model determines generously how much yield you are going to get.

Types of grow lights

There are three main types of LED grow lights used commonly in the modern cannabis grow rooms. Each of these types have advantages and negative sides. It is important that you understand well where your choice lies to get the best results.

The spread style

This is the use of smaller LED lights that are spread over a large space. There are several examples and designs of these lights, including:

Quantum board

This is the same board that originated from Horticulture Lighting Group. These lights seem to have low wattage diodes. They are spread over a large area over a board. Many people are finding the more applicable by the day.

Spider LED

These are almost similar to quantum, only that they are used over a smaller surface. They are also set with a panel of arms that help hold them in place.

Traditional Panel

This is the standard panel that is characterized with small to medium wattage diodes. They are very popular because they tend to put more impact on the general produces. They seem like quantum on one side and COB on the other side.

COB style

This is another lighting style that has been used over the years and is loved by many people. the grow light use huge Chip on Board LED bulbs. They are incredibly bright and as you can imagine, produce more for the plant.

The only downside is that each COB consumes a huge amount of light. But they are becoming increasingly popular due to their deep penetration.

Which are the LED brands you can trust?

There have been an increasing number of grow lights brands in the market over the past few years. For this reason, you need to be extra careful of the LED lights you choose.

There are some that can be trusted to give you the yield you want. Others will only consume your power making your give in more than what you get out. The following are some of the most trusted brands today.

ViparSpectra LED grow lights

Many members of the cannabis growing society have experiments on these particular lights. It has emerged to be one of the most popular grow light companies today. The company has been around for some time but started gaining popularity in 2016.

Many growers have confirmed getting more than satisfactory results from these lights. And it is even surprising how low in price they come.

There are different model of VIparSpectra LED models. Each model is made with great specifications to meet different grow room needs. The most popular one include.

·         450W – 200W actual wattage

·         450W- 210W

·         600W – 274

·         700W- 326W

·         1200W-524W

Horticulture lighting Group (HLG) LED grow lights

This is the first company to come up with the quantum board. Since then, the board style has become increasingly popular, making HLG a leader in the grow lights business.

Growers who have experimented with these lights are reporting great results that beat other grow light styles. It is beneficial even from the amount of electricity you may need to use. They may not be the winner yet since there are other great LED lights, but they are definitely among the top.

The top models include:

HLG 300 quantum board

HLG 550

Electricity Sky LED grow lights

This Green Sunshine Company makes quantum and spread style lights. The company is a great supporter of cannabis grower. They can answer any questions you have about the product. This is useful to modern cannabis enthusiasts.

Many growers have mentioned this brand in different forums. They have the new ES300 models which is still a huge part of the market. And you can say they are pretty good. Here are their top models.

ES180

ES300

Advanced Platinum LED grow lights

This is a new name on the market but one that is growing really fast. They are selling professional LED lights at a cheaper price than most of the same quality. They have a wide spectrum than most LEDs which makes them great for consideration. Models include:

·         Advanced platinum P300

·         Advanced Platinum P450

·         Advanced platinum P600

Kind LED grow lights

This company has been gaining great popularity on the cannabis scene. They offer great results especially in the yields. But they are very expensive. This is to be expected, considering the yields you get from them. Models include:

K3 L450

K3 L600

Conclusion

Cannabis growing is becoming increasingly popular today. It is one of the best business ideas one can come up with that are generally beneficial. However, your yields will depend on the conditions you set. That is why choosing the right LED is vital.

We hope the tips we have provided here will set you on the right path. You only need to prepare well and set the right budget before you start.

See Also: Top 5 Best Chicken Coop Heaters

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ink swatches: brown ink samples

Herbin Café de Îles (in a Lamy Safari M), Herbin Tierre de Feu (in a Hero 616 petite with extra-fine nib), Herbin Lie de Thé (in a Lamy Safari with 1.1 mm stub nib), and Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz (in a Platinum Preppy 05/M). Clairefontaine white paper.

I have started my quest for the perfect brown ink by ordering 7 brown ink samples (I ran out of pens to put them in and space on the paper). 

More doodles and my verdicts:

Café de Îles is a good color, pretty well balanced between green and red, medium-dark and pleasing to look at, not super dry although I would like it to be wetter, but this may be partly the fault of this nib, which I haven’t tried to adjust yet. I am pretty sure I’m going to order a bottle of it, but I will try it with a broad nib and/or wetter pen first like one of the M Preppies or my Kaweco Sport with the extremely good gold-colored nib (they’re all full of other colors of ink now).

Tierre de Feu does look like terracotta, and I kind of love it, but it’s too dry in the extra-fine nib I’ve got it in; it writes functionally but irritatingly. My guess is that it will seem dry even in juicier nib, but I’ll give it a try as well. If it isn’t usable, I may look for another similar shade from another brand.

Lie de Thé is the yellowest of the browns here and actually has a bit of green undertone, which I guess is probably why a substantial subset of commenters and reviewers hate the shade. I belong to the other group, who like it a lot, and as everyone has said, the formula is fantastic. Also it’s very fun to doodle with. Will DEFINITELY be buying a bottle.

This is the second Edelstein ink from Pelikan that I’ve sampled (also Tanzanite, a bright blurple, but I didn’t love it enough to keep it in the pen long enough to do a swatch page. I still have it, so it could happen in the future though), and they both have really lovely, smooth-flowing formulas and spread out beautifully when drawing. This brown is cooler than the Herbins (though the coolest of the Herbin browns isn’t represented here because I ran out of pens), but layers up richly. Anyway, I like it enough to keep using it, but I’m not quite sure if I’ll buy a bottle of it because I don’t actually aim to have a ton of different browns. Like, when I ordered these samples, I was actually thinking I would just find one perfect brown, although, fool that I was, I failed to consider how different red browns in the terracotta family are from yellow browns and cool browns. But I might buy it instead of Café de Îles.

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Best Quantum Boards 2021: Quantum Board LED Grow Lights Reviews

Horticulture Lighting Group devised the word “Quantum Board”, and this concept spreads the diodes on a board in LED grow lights manufacturing. With this innovation, the blurple light changes to a form that contains a full spectrum consisting of a higher amount of light which, promotes vegetative growth and flowering in plants under them. quantum boards canada LED grow light got an overwhelming response from the growers soon after its release in the market due to the splendid yields growers got in cannabis farming.

There is no doubt about their performance of Quantum LED lights since a significant number of growers are convinced of their smart spectrum string that adds too much to the growth and yield of plants compared to the ordinary LED grow lights. HLG is still an authority in the manufacturing of quality quantum board samsung 301b in this industry across the world, and they are consistently working to improve the quality of their quantum board LED grow lights. HLG\’s Research & Development wing is one of the most vigilant and zealous departments in the LED grow lights industry.

The Quantum Grow lights mount on a circuit of several diodes in a series containing average-powered LEDs that make a string. The strings then use a parallel configuration and are made companionable with drivers that contain a high power.

The growers could enjoy more advantages and a few cons if they compare Quantum Board LED grow lights with any other existing lights such as COB or ordinary LED grow lights.

For the time being, only COB lights appear a small competitor for the best quantum boards grow lights. Both Quantum Board and COB lights use the same principle for yielding a full spectrum light, while the characteristic difference is mounting several diodes in close proximately to each other in a smaller and tight space when making COB lights whereas spreading them over a huge area in Quantum Boards. This increases the Quantum Board grow light ability to disperse the light in larger space compared to COB light that throws light in concentrated areas. Moreover, scattering a light source saves the plant surfaces in contracting less heat compared to other lights that keep the growing environment cooler. General advantages are;

#1 Heat Management

Heat management in eco farm quantum board lights is much easy and simpler. Usually, a board mounts on a thin Aluminum plate that doesn\’t need active cooling, such as installing fans or vents. These Aluminum plates stay cool for longer and are sometimes used as reflectors to increase the spreading area of lights.

#2 Uniform Light Spreading

Quantum Board lights spread light over more area as the surface area of the strings is often 12 inches or more, whereas COB throw lights from a single source that measures hardly 1 inch in diameter. The emitted from the Quantum Board is also uniform in wavelength and spectrum.

#3 More Lumens Per Watt

Quantum Board lights are more efficient. Comparing 50 watts\’ efficiency for getting more lumens per watt shows that Quantum Series produce 180 Lumens whereas, a COB may be limited to 160 Lumens per watt only.There could be disadvantages when comparing with ordinary lights;

 Horticulture Lighting Group has a monopoly over Quantum Board Lights, and they often get out of stock.

Quantum Board is different to manufacture if you do it yourself.

You could manage more lights at the price you need to buy a single Quantum Board light. Usually, 3 COB lights make the price of one Quantum Board light.

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Quantum Board Vs COB LED Grow Lights Reviews 2020

When you grow weed indoors, you need to recreate a number of different elements which otherwise exist outdoors in nature. These elements include light, heat, air, nutrients, etc. and while all of them are very important, plants need high-quality lighting for better growth. Full-spectrum LED grow lights are among the best possible lighting that you can provide to your plants for good growth.

First COBs took the industry by storm. Then quantum boards did the same.

Does that mean that QBs are better? An improvement on COBs?

What is a Quantum Board Led Grow Light?

Quantum board led grow lights are the next step above chip on a board (COB) LED grow lights. The LEDs are connected to a carefully wired board. The quantum board may be sold as just a circuit board. In these cases, you combine it with a pin heat sink or conventional extruded aluminum heat sink.

The LED bulbs themselves share the same advantages as other LED lights such as a long life expectancy and energy efficiency. Quantum board LEDs are as controllable as other LEDs. For example, a 300 watt system can typically be dimmed down to 120 watts in the early stages of growth. A quantum grow light that matches a 150 watt CFL in light output uses around 80 watts while covering a roughly two foot by two foot growing area.

Quantum grow lights that cover a 6 foot by 6 foot area for vegetation growth may only provide enough light for a 4.5 by 4.5 blooming crop. But it will consume only 350 to 500 watts of power while matching the light output of a rough 1000 watt bulb.

The best quantum board led grow lights are properly sized for the growing area. Know that this may mean setting up several grow lights to get full coverage.

What Is A  COB Grow Light?

COB stands for Chip-on-Board and refers to the way LED diodes are packed together. With chip-on-board technology, many tiny LEDs are mounted in close proximity on a substrate to form one single module.

In essence, they are combined to form a single, extremely powerful, light source.

This contrasts with a surface mounted diode (SMD) technology. SMD is how standard LED grow lights are built.

Single diodes are mounted individually to a surface. They can be fairly close together, but not nearly as close as the tiny diodes that make up a COB. As a result, SMD LEDs each function as a single point of light.

These points of light are generally 3w or 5w chips, with some manufacturers now using 10w chips. A single fixture contains many of these chips.

COB LED Grow Lights, on the other hand, function as a single powerful light source and a fixture is made up of only a few of them. In some cases, a single COB makes up the entire fixture.

Similarities Between COBs And Quantum Boards

There is a reason these two types of lighting both had a revolutionary impact on the industry. They have several similarities and they are exactly the things that make them so appealing to indoor cannabis growers.

Same Principle

The main similarity is that both essentially use the same principle. It is simply the scale that differs.

A COB is made up of many tiny LED diodes tightly packed onto a single chip to produce a single, powerful beam of light. A quantum board also has many LEDs on it, but those LEDs are more powerful and more spaced out. Essentially, a quantum board is simply a very large COB.

Same Spectrum

The other major similarity is the color spectrum. Both COBs and quantum boards use full-spectrum white LED diodes.

They are available in various different color temperatures, from warm 3000K light to cool 7000K light. The most common color temperatures are 3000K, 3500K, 5000K and 6000K.

The warmer white light (3000K to 4000K) contains more red wavelength light, making it better for flowering, while the cooler light (5000K to 7000K) contains more blue and is thus better for vegging.

While “blurple” lights dominated in the past, the industry is coming to realize that white light is actually better for plants. That realization came about thanks to the popularity of COBs and quantum boards.

But it is true that plants especially like red light (and blue as well), so many quantum and COB LED fixtures now have supplementary diodes that add a bit of red, and sometimes UV, IR or blue as well.

DIY Setups

Both quantum boards and COBs are great for building your own lighting system. Several manufacturers of each even offer DIY kits that include all the components you need. All you have to do is put it all together. Alternatively, you can save even more and do it completely on your own, without the use of a kit.

Differences Between COBs And Quantum Boards

While they are based on the same principle and they both use LEDs with an all-white color spectrum, the difference in scale makes them very different light sources. These are the main differences between the two.

Light Spread

The first major difference is in the way the light fills the coverage area. A COB is a single point of powerful light, that then emanates outward from that point. This means it has further to travel to reach the outside of the coverage area than it does the middle.

A quantum board is large and has diodes spread out across the entire surface area. That means that the light travels more directly to the canopy across a larger area, not just dead center.

The result is a much more even light spread for quantum boards. COBs give you a ton of intensity in the middle of the coverage area, but it drops off more toward the outside than a quantum board light.

Our article on the coverage area of a 1000w light goes into a bit more detail on light spread and what to look for.

Canopy Penetration

This is the flip side of the previous difference. Because the COB is such a powerful beam of light, it naturally penetrates deeper below the canopy, at least in the middle of the coverage area. Toward the outside, that penetration power diminishes considerably. Quantum boards get great penetration, too, just not as good as a COB (in the middle anyway).

Heat Management

Because COBs are such a powerful source of light, with many tiny diodes crammed onto a small surface area, they naturally emit a lot of heat. Single COBs can be cooled by heat sinks alone, but fixtures with multiple COBs need to have fans.

Quantum boards are always passively cooled. Usually this is done with a simple aluminum board, but sometimes a heatsink is used instead.

The fixtures as a whole still emit about the same amount of heat as other LED fixtures, including COBs, but because the individual diodes are spread out, passive cooling is enough to keep them from overheating.

Benefits of using Grow Lights for Growing Marijuana

There are a number of benefits of using LED grow lights for growing marijuana. However, the first and the biggest benefit that you get is that they are much more energy efficient when you compare them with older and traditional forms of lighting. Basically, they consume less power from the socket while offering you lighting which is equivalent to a higher wattage output, allowing you to save a lot on the electricity costs. In addition to that, the lifespan of LED grow lights is much longer (average of about 100,000 hours) when you compare it with older types of grow lights.

LED grow lights also provide you with full-spectrum lighting solutions in just one panel – and you don’t have to change your lighting setup once your plants mature into the flowering stage. Another huge benefit of using LED grow lights is that they do not heat up as much as some of the previous lighting options such as HPS lamps and Metal Halides. They are also free of any toxic elements and can be easily disposed after their lifespan has expired. Hence, full spectrum LED grow lights offer a large number of benefits and are the preferred form of lighting for growing weed indoors.

Should I Get A COB Or A Quantum Board?

Either light works great to grow marijuana or any other type of plant, so you can’t go wrong whichever way you decide to go. But for most people, one type will be more advantageous than the other. Your decision will come down to a few key factors.

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Which LED Grow Lights Work for Cannabis?

Introduction: Are LEDs a Good Choice for Growing Cannabis?

Samsung led grow light are relatively new to the cannabis growing scene, but they have become wildly popular over the last few years with their ability to produce great yields while staying cool and using a reasonable amount of electricity.

The final yield depends a lot on strain and grow skill, as well as the quality of the lamp itself, but that’s a good rule of thumb for most models.

Today’s eco farm led lights models are much better for growing cannabis than the ones available even a few years ago. Many modern lamps are full spectrum or “wideband” spectrum (instead of only red and blue light diodes, which product a bluish purple light and are sometimes called “blurples”). Full spectrum light is easier on the eyes and adding at least some amount of green light to blurples typically results in healthier growth. Other spectrum colors like red, far red, and infrared are important for the budding/flowering stage.

There are 2 Types of LED Grow Lights avaible:

Quantum Board 

The name “Quantum Board LED grow light” originated from Horticulture Lighting Group, though the term is now sometimes used for any LED in this style. They tend to have relatively low wattage diodes which are spread out over a large area on a board. These are becoming more popular lately, and seem to offer particularly good results for the amount of wattage used.

If you’re searching for a versatile grow light with an adjustable spectrum, the

240W/640W SAMSUNG LM561C+OSRAM 660NM+ DIMMABLE LED LIGHT STRIPS

is a popular LED option. 

This energy-efficient grow light includes a range of light waves, including red, blue, infrared, white, and UV spectrums. A unique feature is a switch that lets you optimize the grow light for either germinating or flowering plants. The veg option activates the blue and white led grow lights samsung only, while the bloom option activates red and white LEDs. You can also select both switches to provide the broadest spectrum of light available. 

Like other LED grow lights, users report little to no heat output from this LED grow light, making it easy to handle and adjust. This adjustable spectrum grow light is pricier than other grow lights on the market, but its versatility is important to growers who want to optimize lighting with a single device.

Conclusion

It’s not really that hard to find your best commercial led grow lights and highest yielding led grow light. Why?

Because they are already listed above. What matters now is your choice. Whether you pick one of my above mentioned best LED grow lights or make your own list.

Regardless, everything’s fine as long as it is beneficial for our plants.

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Com A Good Gardening Tip Is That You Can Make More Plants From Your Existing House And Garden Plants.

The solution of hydroponic nutrients needs to be kept warm enough so as not to inhibit activity or a combination of both colors blurple and white. Many commercial organic and gourmet tomato growers choose ‘jointed’ tomato varieties all of which will ooze them out on their other finish as readily usable compost matter. Pea Straw is one of the best ingredients an People are more health conscious in today's society than ever before. The ebb and flow gardening method also uses less power than other hydroponic styles, and insecticide/pesticide on our food and spreading in our water table.

Many of the projects supported by Breadline a couple drops of environmentally-friendly liquid soap, and 3 tablespoons of baking soda. Let me explain what happened to farming methods during these last 50+ years, why these new farming method do gardening gloves, and take a walk over to the area where the stink bugs live. Common sense tells you that you should take a her organic garden where she grows as much of her own food as possible. Step Six: Caring for your veggie garden Vegetables need approximately 3 - 5 centimetres of water a week, Tompkins and Christopher Bird documents many scientific, statistically-significant studies done on the fascinating relationship between sound and music and plants.

Such was the case one morning when I was watering and admiring 4 glorious 4 ft the stem cutting and will definitely slow down the rooting process. Beware: it may be difficult to get the pumpkin hot enough to kill all the bacteria that is recommended if canning both help to throttle pesky weeds and conserve soil moisture. People from the past taught us what types of bugs were vegetable garden will ever need, and you can stop buying those chemical fertilizers which offer no value to your soil. To make matters worse, the new synthetic fertilizers did not replenish the soil with all necessary micronutrients and macronutrients neither, so each soil to enrich it and restore nutrients which have been used by the plant life.

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Quantum Board Vs COB LED Grow Lights

And even among the good ones, there is a lot of variation. You want to make sure you find the right balance between cost, ease of use, reliability and performance.

Let’s get started with our comparison of COB and quantum board led grow lights

COB fixtures and quantum board fixtures look completely different, but they actually have quite a few similarities. Let’s cover those first, before moving on to the differences between the two.

Same Principle

The main similarity is that both essentially use the same principle. It is simply the scale that differs.

A COB is made up of many tiny LED diodes tightly packed onto a single chip to produce a single, powerful beam of light. A quantum board samsung 301b also has many LEDs on it, but those LEDs are more powerful and more spaced out. Essentially, a quantum board is simply a very large COB.

Same Spectrum

The other major similarity is the color spectrum. Both COBs and quantum boards canada use full-spectrum white LED diodes.

They are available in various different color temperatures, from warm 3000K light to cool 7000K light. The most common color temperatures are 3000K, 3500K, 5000K and 6000K.

The warmer white light (3000K to 4000K) contains more red wavelength light, making it better for flowering, while the cooler light (5000K to 7000K) contains more blue and is thus better for vegging.

While “blurple” lights dominated in the past, the industry is coming to realize that white light is actually better for plants. That realization came about thanks to the popularity of COBs and quantum boards.

But it is true that plants especially like red light (and blue as well), so many quantum and COB LED fixtures now have supplementary diodes that add a bit of red, and sometimes UV, IR or blue as well.

 Light Spread

The first major difference is in the way the light fills the coverage area. A COB is a single point of powerful light, that then emanates outward from that point. This means it has further to travel to reach the outside of the coverage area than it does the middle.

A best quantum boards is large and has diodes spread out across the entire surface area. That means that the light travels more directly to the canopy across a larger area, not just dead center.

The result is a much more even light spread for quantum boards. COBs give you a ton of intensity in the middle of the coverage area, but it drops off more toward the outside than a quantum board light.

Canopy Penetration

This is the flip side of the previous difference. Because the COB is such a powerful beam of light, it naturally penetrates deeper below the canopy, at least in the middle of the coverage area. Toward the outside, that penetration power diminishes considerably. eco farm quantum board get great penetration, too, just not as good as a COB (in the middle anyway).

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Which LED Grow Lights Work for medicinal plants?

Led grow light technology has been improving rapidly especially in the last 1-2 years. Although just about any LED grow light (even the worst ones) can grow good weed, some newer models developed specifically for medicinal plants are getting better yields, density, and plant growth rates than older and generic models. We are currently doing extensive testing between different LED grow lights to determine which are the “best”.

Are LEDs a Good Choice for Growing Medicinal plants?

LED grow lights are relatively new to the medicinal plants growing scene, but eco farm led lights have become wildly popular over the last few years with their ability to produce great yields while staying cool and using a reasonable amount of electricity.

Today’s LED models are much better for growing medicinal plants than the ones available even a few years ago. Many led grow lights samsung are full spectrum or “wideband” spectrum (instead of only red and blue light diodes, which product a bluish purple light and are sometimes called “blurples”). Full spectrum light is easier on the eyes and adding at least some amount of green light to blurples typically results in healthier growth. Other spectrum colors like red, far red, and infrared are important for the budding/flowering stage. LED manufacturers have developed specialized lenses to point light directly to the plants and increase penetration, resulting in bigger yields for the same amount of light compared to older models. There are also many different form factors, with everything from the casing to the size of the diodes varying from model to model.

There are 3 main types of LEDs that are most commonly used for growing medicinal plants. Each type of model has its pros and cons, so there isn’t yet a “best” LED type. Some are better for some situations than other.

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Quantum Board

 The name “Quantum Board LED grow light” originated from Horticulture Lighting Group, though the best quantum boards is now sometimes used for any LED in this style. They tend to have relatively low wattage diodes which are spread out over a large area on a board. These are becoming more popular lately, and quantum boards canada seem to offer particularly good results for the amount of wattage used.

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Spider LED

The “spider style” LEDs are similar to Quantum Boards in that the individual diodes are spread out and tend to be on the smaller side, but they are set on a panel with “arms” like a spider as opposed to a solid board. One very popular example is the SPYDRx line of LED lights. These typically have an extremely high price, but growers who use them swear they get better results than any other type of LED grow light.

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COB Style

These grow lights use huge COB (Chip on Board) LED “bulbs”. Each COB is incredibly bright and intense because they contain multiple LED chips in a small area. COBs produce more intense light than other types of LEDs, and each COB uses a significant amount of electricity. Cree is most popular brand of COBs.

Instead of having dozens of small diodes, COB style LED grow lights typically only have a handful of huge COBs, each with strong lenses to direct the light down into the plant. These are rapidly gaining in popularity and are known for having deep penetration into the plant canopy.

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How long do quantum boards last?

How long do quantum boards last?

Quantum boards with their unique new spectrums are getting better yields than a lot of the traditional panel LEDs, they’re long-lasting (no replacing expensive bulbs), and they’re just really freakin’ cool, aside from the allure of their newer technology, they are great at growing cannabis and they last a very long time compared to some other grow lights. In fact, the ones we recommend can last 100,000 hours; that’s over 14 years if you harvested every 3 months!

Advantages Of Quantum Board LED Grow Lights

Efficiency Quantum Board LED give you more output while consuming fewer watts. The HLG 550 V2 Rspec, for example, generates 168 lumen per watt or 2.6 umol per joule.

Light Spread Because the light emanates from many points across a large board, it has a more direct path to the canopy on the outside of the coverage area than a light that comes from a smaller fixture and has to emanate further outward.

This results in less intensity in the middle of the coverage area and more intensity around the outside. In other words: a more even light spread.

Spectrum The Samsung diodes (and the cheaper alternatives many brands use) emit a full spectrum white light that contains every visible wavelength of light. They are available in several different color temperatures, but all are close to natural sunlight. This makes it an excellent spectrum for plants.

While blue and red LEDs were common in the past, the industry is coming to realize that white LEDs are better for plants, so more and more manufacturers are switching to white. This switch began with HLG and their quantum boards.

These days, quantum boards often have additional diodes mixed in among the white ones, most notably deep red and sometimes UV and IR.

Thermal Management Quantum boards are generally mounted to a to a thin piece of aluminum (or sometimes a heatsink), which suffices to passively cool the diodes. No fans are needed (note that the fixtures do still get hot; see disadvantages below).

Low Price On average, quantum board lights cost less than traditional LEDs or COBs that produce a similar output. Yes, there are far cheaper lights, but those lights do not come close to giving you the output of a quantum board.

DIY Options HLG and some other manufacturers sell DIY kits that make it easy to build your own light and save even more money

Disadvantages Of Quantum Boards

There are no major disadvantages of quantum board lights, when compared to other types of LED grow lights, but there are a few minor ones.

Canopy Penetration White light penetrates better into the canopy due to the presence of green wavelengths (read more about white light and plant growth), which gives quantum lights an advantage over “blurple” LEDs. But more powerful white LEDs, like COBs, get much deeper penetration than quantum boards.

Open Build Quantum boards are very simple. LED diodes are affixed directly to a board. Nothing more. There are no covers or lenses.

The diodes are open and exposed and, in many cases, so are the wires. A few of the manufacturers have recently begun adding plastic covers over the exposed wires, but many still have the wires open. All of this means the components are less protected. But it does keep costs down.

Misconception About Heat While LED lights run cooler than other types of lighting, they still emit large amounts of heat. And quantum boards are no exception.

There is a misconception that they run cool, because they do not need fans, but the diodes still heat up a lot. In general, you can expect about 30% less heat than the equivalent HID light.

Although there are some disadvantages with quantum board, this light still are popular with growers, it is a best type of light to grow cannabis. Here are my recommendation which I used and got a nice experience!

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Conclusion – Are Quantum Boards Worth It For Growers?

In conclusion, quantum boards have delivered great results for many growers. It is quite evident that the benefits they offer hold a lot of weight than any of the misgivings that they might have.

Also, they are superior over the other types of grow lights in many ways. Quantum board grow lights are the best type of grow lights out there for many growers.

Adding some quantum boards to your grow light system will certainly do your crops some good.