Cultiuana Lighting Test 2022 Cultiuana Grow and Show - Zeromitch Tests and Reviews CT-660 660Watt Light

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I purchased a inferred heat temp gun to test out this beast of a light's heat output and for when i make infusions, I'll know the exact temp now so dual purpose


I went all around the CT-660 looking for the coolest and hottest spots and this is what i found:


Coolest spot i found but i think i have it aimed on the red led or the heatsink besides the leds which might be cooler, either way nice temp.

Coolest Driver spot I found

Hottest spot I found on the driver

Top part of the led bar temps, hottest i found.

About the avg driver temp is 100F

The hottest spot i found was the LEDs 122F

I'm very impressed, my last led grow lights would burn my hand to the touch, this light has not burned me yet and doubt it will to be honest.

Bottomline, If heat is a issue for you, this light will not hurt you in the heat department, in fact it may drop your tent's overall temps if your current leds were as hot as mine were.

 

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I'll do more of these tests when i have a fresh start on another set plants.

This is a par test using a phone app i have been using to get my par readings it is very accurate for how i use it but it is no apogee so my results are not 100% accurate to @Cultiuana results or a real apogee par meter.

This is the app i use for par readings:

PPFD Meter - Grow Light Meter - Apps on Google Play

Effortless PAR Meter: Elegant, Accurate, Feature-Packed & Insightful

play.google.com

Now on to my results with my currents girls, (4) 6 week old plants and (1) 4 week old plant
Dimmer is set to 100% power
A=autopot B= bottom fed

Bruce banner (A) 13" PAR 1153
Bruce banner (B) 11-12" 1271
Red strawberry banana (A) 18" PAR 1151
Red strawberry banana (B) 10-11" PAR 1137
Skunk Auto (A) 34" PAR 554

Note, i had to tilt the phone towards the camera so i lose some par reading doing this, i am not handy enough to pause the app's recording that i don't use lol just something anyone reading this could improve on to make taking pictures easier

Starting front row left to right staring with Red strawberry banana, the bottom fed girl. She is 10-11 inches away from the light

PAR reading of 1137

Bruce Banner in an autopot, about 13 inches away from the light

PAR reading of 1153

Middle girl is my 4 week old skunk auto plant, 34 inches away from the light

PAR reading of 553

Bruce Banner bottom fed girl, 11-12 inches away from the light

PAR reading of 1271

and last my Red strawberry banana in an autopot 18 inches away from the light

and still getting a PAR reading of 1151

 

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Day 23 on this little Cherry Atomic Sledgehammer photo-period
Day 0 Red gorilla poison

So i planned out a fun grow for us this cycle, i bought a $34 4x4 kiddie pool and cut to fit the poles and setup it up inside my 4x4 tent. i placed 40L or so hydroton clay balls in the bottom of the pool and i have placed an Autovalve to flood the balls and a Autopot XL tray for the Cherry atomic sledgehammer. I placed (4) 5gallon pots in each corner and sowed 5-8 seeds in each pot of my own cross, Red Gorilla Poison (Sweet seed's red gorilla girl xl X red poison)

I transplanted Cherry Atomic Sledgehammer into a 6.6 gallon autopot xl pot, no idea why she is so small, she even topped herself somehow lol

I have a cool Cannacage that i will be using with this plant so like i said this should be a fun grow!

The 5 gallon pots are 35" away from the light giving me 280 PAR and the cherry atomic sledgehammer is 24" away getting 430 PAR

 

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Weights: 862.2g/1.92lb of buds and 130.4 of trim



Well i got way more than i thought i would get and I'm pretty happy about that! i plan on pressing 80% of this and making vape carts from my rosin for outside the house and while I'm home i use my dabpress enail banger in a bong

This @Cultiuana CT-660 light is amazing I'm telling you guys who spend x3 on other brands could save a lot and grow just the same with @Cultiuana led lights (if not better). The light spread and penetration can let me grow shorter and taller plants together even baby plants/clones mixed in with the 2 and still be good, i know i have tried it lol.

Bottom line: This 660w light netted me 862g of buds and i think i can improve on that with tweaking my methods a little

Here is everything but 55g, i pressed it already sorry lol

I used my hand crank trimmer because i decided at the beginning of this grow that my back and hands would not be able to keep up this harvest lol

here is a before trimmed pic

and after 6 spins in the trimmer

Trim from the trimmer after all said and done.

It works pretty good but those little leafs are sticky and not coming off that good but i don't mind them and if i gift any of these buds away i just spend 1 min snipping off a few leafs here and there. I press all my buds into rosin so i am not picky about a few leafs here and there

Here are some buds trimmed up like i would gift to a family member:

and here are the scale weigh-ins with flash and without

flash

I'll start up another batch and go a 3rd round with this light here soon, thanks for watching me grow