Grow Room #1 — SolarSystem1100 & SolarSystem UVB
In Grow Room #1, plants are spaced wide with a single plant in each Current Culture pot. The growers have used scrogging for horizontal training, and when we compare the wide surface of the canopy with the few pots underneath, it’s clear that they are getting tremendous growth from each individual plant. Jeff is understandably happy with the results.
“You get your maximum yield with these great-looking buds,” he says, “and we’ve got this drop-down [grow light] to give us about 1,000 PAR, so it’s looking really good.”
Grow Room #1 is equipped with our flagship indoor grow light: the SolarSystem 1100. It features an 1800 PPF output and draws 800 watts at full blast (compared to the 1000-watt HPS light it replaces). The 1100 has an efficiency of 2.3 micromoles per joule. In addition to taking advantage of the spectrum control available with this light, Jeff’s team mounted the lights using ratchets so they can adjust the height easily over the course of the growth cycle.
Of course, as a medical marijuana cultivator, Love Buds needs to accomplish more than high yields. They also need high potency, which means high trichome production. For this, the growers use the SolarSystem UVB light, a supplemental 24-watt T5 fluorescent that blasts the plants with UVB radiation at the end of the growth cycle.
