SOIL Fat Banana Grow Diary/ Viparspectra R900 VS. Lumatek Attis 300W

[AccidentalGardener]

Everything goes with Dr. Pepper! Lookin' mighty fine in ye ole greenhouse!

 

[AccidentalGardener]

Oooo. It's what's for breakfast. Those are b-e-a-Yoo-ti-ful!

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Thank you guys😃

Lovely high, good taste also. I have weighed in 7 plants now. It’s on 285,18 grams. Still have the biggest one on the drying rack and I still have one in the tent, finishing in 3-4 days.

Maybe 350 in total to will end with. 50 grams less than I expected. But let’s see when the last two plants are ready for the weight scale

 

[dphipps1020]

Thank you.

 

[JDU]

That makes me so sad.
A White Widow is one of those I had to snip 2wks before the window opened. 😭😭😭

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Sorry to hear JDU😕

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Lumatek no 4
so we are officially done with the grow.
next couple of weeks I will have the total weight of all plants.

and I will have a review ready on both lamps 👍🏻

happy growing captain

And ! Picture of all the new pots with 8 cookies gelato👍🏻 And the middle pot is an auto lemon skunk. Exciting new grow 🤟🏻

 

[buds73]

Thanks for the Diary. For me personally it's been a good one to follow with lots of pics to compare mine to which is perfect for me as a beginner.
You've gotten some nice buds off all by the looks of things. Like how the buds in the last couple pics got that banana end look lol.

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Many thanks for the nice words !

Well maybe I could have detailed the grow a little bit more. But i kept an update every Sunday almost for 18 weeks.
I’m glad maybe it helped you.
Yea I got some nice buds, but way too many small. Next time I know I can cut of more buds of down the stem, on a mainline.

 

[JohnEmad]

I look forward to your comments on the light comparison.
looks like a very nice harvest for you either way.
Congrats.

 

[buds73]

Your welcome. The info and pics were more than enough.

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Thank You JohnEmad. I have some free time tomorrow I will do the review there I think

Buds73 I’m glad the pics could help a little 😎

 

[lalaland]

Smoking it right off the branches as soon as it’s dry enough😂😂 Not because I’ve run out, just because I wanted to try it!

 

[lalaland]

White widows a true classic! And hardy!!! Was the only plant to make it to the harvest window from my disastrous first indoor grow. Definitely one of my picks for next years outdoor season

 

[lalaland]

Those look 😋

 

[JohnEmad]

Just had time to look at Lumatek and found out they are a long time player in the horticultural lighting game.
They recently opened up shop in N A under the name PHOTONTEK. Impressive LED lights they offer.

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Hey guys! Sorry for the long waiting review on the lamps !
But I ended up in a lot of private problems, so I needed some time off the forum..
nevertheless!

Lumatek Attis 300W
After my judgment it’s clearly the winner of the grow. Why?
It makes literally no sound at all.
Faster and bigger veg grow, even though it uses less watt than the viper.
easy to clean.
Choices to dimm the light from 20-40-60-80-100 %
Better spread of the light, it reaches a bigger area.
Same size buds all over both lamps - which is good when it used less energy than the viparspectra.
Perfect light for seedlings also, or clones with the dimm option down to 20% of light.

Viparspectra R900.
good beginner light. The price for this lamp and what it can do is good, honestly.
very hard to clean
should could replace a HPS 600W - which I think it clearly don’t do.
not enough spread of light.
Makes a lot of noise with the build in fans.
More easy to “burn” the plants than with the lumatek.
Half the price than the Lumatek which I think it’s a good beginner lamp no doubt.

my conclusion is
it seems the plants like the lumatek light much more than the blue/purple/red spectrum from the vipar.
the new plants is in week 2 now and again the lumatek plants are way bigger and growing way faster.
which I why I think the lumatek is the winner.

totalt yield for the grow was 388 grams. 12 grams from my goal.

happy growing captain !

 

[lalaland]

Thanks for the review Captain!
Your plants were gorgeous, and YAY!! 😃 on getting so close to your target!!

 

[CaptainWiese91]

Muito obrigado 🙏🏻
The grow I just started my goal is 400 again. Need to reach it before I can stretch the goal again 🤣.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Thank you for the journal CaptainWiese91. I gotta say the longer i've used my Vipars and the more i see this new tech type of LED makes me wish for new. Love the long colas and rock hard buds