I’ll try to keep this short and sweet. Main tent for flowering is a 4x4. I have 4 hlg qb96 v2 elites powered by 2 hlg-320H-c2800b drivers. This gives me about 600 watts of light. These lights have only seen 1 grow cycle. I know the tech is a little outdated but there’s no reason to replace them right now hopefully. They work fine. I also have 4 hlg qb 132’s that I can supplement with but I need new drivers. They are currently powered by 4 LRS-75-36 drivers but all but 1 aren’t working correctly. The other 3 are running dim. I’ve checked all the wiring and the dimming screw and I can’t seem to find the problem. I’d like to replace with 4 separate drivers so I can keep running them separately. These lights have seen 3 grows. Mine are the first version of those boards so they don’t have the pre drilled holes to fit the driver that HLG recommends. So I’m looking for suggestions for those drivers. Fan is ac infinity 6” in-line fan. I know I need a new carbon filter so I’ll take recommendations for that too, please. Veg tent is 2x4. 4” in-line fan (can’t remember the brand off the top of my head) carbon filter is shot but I’m planning on getting rid of it anyways as it’s just a veg tent and it’s now legal in my state. Lights are 4 qb120’s. They have seen 4 grows. Driver is HLG-240H-C2100A and is broken. I’m planning on replacing it with the same driver except the “B” version that lets you hook up a dimmer switch to it. Unless someone has a better suggestion. I do have a $52 credit at Arrow Electronics. I grow in 5 gallon “hempy” buckets using all perlite and adding air stones. This setup has worked well for me in the past. I use Jacks 321 system for nutrients. This has also worked well for me in the past, but I am open to suggestions. I won’t buy liquid nutrients and I won’t run something that requires me to buy 8 separate additives or whatever. Not knocking anyone who does, but I’m not going to. I have a good ph pen but I haven’t used it in 3 years so I’ll have to see if it still works lol. I have typically very clean well water (not chlorinated) that usually comes in around 7ph and I adjust down to between 5.8 and 6.4ph And, lastly, I could use some suggestions on strains, genetics, breeders and seed banks. I’m kind of out of the loop on that now. I used to use seedsman and ran several of their house strains with fairly good success but that website seems like it’s gone to hell. I also wouldn’t mind finding a US based seed bank. I typically only run photoperiod indoor but I will run autos outside in the summer. Anyways, thanks in advance for any and all input and advice!
You know your stuff by the way your post reads so I wont preach. your 4 qb at 600 watts IMHO is not outdated. greybeard seeds and Growers Choice seeds come to mind. I rec Gorilla Glue 4 to re wet your feet. have fun
actually the whole seed market is a mess with cowboys all over making out landish claims I'd stick to what you know the big advance over the last decade has been the ruderalis moving into the serious markets, Im growing THC bomb autoflower every 2 months with impressive results, thats turning over every 60 days = 6 times a year over the average photo in 5usgal 4x times a year can you imagine 33% thc ? per plant is what we are looking at in the next few months, currently the average autoflower in Europe is 27% thc with about 3-9% cbd as I say its a crazy market as we the grower, can't verify their claims I agree too GG4 (auto) is a good re start good luck