Marshydro Led grow...

[WazzaX]

Thanks bro.

How you going with yours?

not to bad so far (plants are 1 week apart from each other from seed) ...middle of winter here and heat is my enemy (why i went with led) which is something i will have to work out very quickly before spring/summer

 

[oilmaker68]

not to bad so far (plants are 1 week apart from each other from seed) ...middle of winter here and heat is my enemy (why i went with led) which is something i will have to work out very quickly before spring/summer

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Heat is everyone's enemy bro lol.

Middle of summer here so heat is an issue.

They look nice though and seem to like the led.

Awesome. They all pineapple chunk?

 

[WazzaX]

. They all pineapple chunk?

yeh all the same...i didnt want to make things any harder for my 1st time lol ... ill try mixing strains in the future though

 

[oilmaker68]

yeh all the same...i didnt want to make things any harder for my 1st time lol ... ill try mixing strains in the future though

Ye I don't blame you. I have 3 strains in mine because i wanted to see which one grows best in that room, under that light

 

[oilmaker68]

yeh all the same...i didnt want to make things any harder for my 1st time lol ... ill try mixing strains in the future though

Add any updates you want to, more info on these units the better.

You have the exact same light?

 

[WazzaX]

yeh mate i have the same light...i also have a couple of 130w cfls for flower if needed (except that will add more heat lol )

 

[oilmaker68]

yeh mate i have the same light...i also have a couple of 130w cfls for flower if needed (except that will add more heat lol )

Yeah, slightly concerned over yeild now the unit has been slated but I'm gonna stick with the plan and go all the way through with the led only then compare it with my next grow using the budmaster.

 

[oilmaker68]

Ok, so today I have noticed a tiny amount of nute burn which is a pain in the ass. So I have diluted the res to 1/8 strength rather than 1/4. Hopefully that'll do the trick. Unfortunately I'm away this weekend so won't know until Sunday which is a bit scary. I'm sure it'll be ok. I'll post some pics asap

 

[oilmaker68]

so almost 4 days later im still getting new growth on one plant with nute burn.......i have diluted even further so ill post updated pics of the new growth tomorrow...here are my slightly late weekly pics.....also put 4 clones in and will pic the best two to grow out, i have watered them with 1/2 formulex nutes which are very mild anyway

 

[oilmaker68]

Well fuck shit bastard cunt flaps........turns out the mother of my clones decided to be a male plant. so down to 7 plants but thats how it goes, new growth is STILL showing nute burn on the tips yet the lower leaves have started to yellow ???? hmmm flushed them today with PHd water so ill give it a day or so and start hand watering to see if the drip feed system is at fault.

heres a pic of the mother plant

will post pics of the grow soon not that anyone follows this thread lmao

 

[oilmaker68]

yesterday i noticed that my drip feed system had slowed almost to a stop so i checked the water timer and it appears to be faulty. i have now bought another timer but it still seems slower than when i first installed it. after some tinkering i realised im suffering from a salt build up in the irrigation pipes so i am gonna get some florakleen later and add that to the RES and see if i can get it flowing nicely.

new growth after h2o flush is nute burn free so there must have been a build up in the medium, from now on im going to flush once per week

 

[WazzaX]

great to hear you got your problems sorted...ive read in a few places that pineapple chunk likes to go easy on the nutes with only 900ppm max during full flower

I think this led has been great so far...hopefully will do the job once it goes to flower

 

[oilmaker68]

great to hear you got your problems sorted...ive read in a few places that pineapple chunk likes to go easy on the nutes with only 900ppm max during full flower

I think this led has been great so far...hopefully will do the job once it goes to flower

Yeah the pineapple chunk seemed to be ok it was the incredible bulk one which seemed to struggle. I also noticed a problem with my water timer which had slowed down the flow of nutes so I think it caused a build up of salts and N in the coco. I've replaced the timer and set it to shorter running times but more frequent to try and stop that happening again. On my next grow I'm swapping to smart pots to help with oxygen to the roots. They are highly recommended at the store I use. The light is doing a really good job. Plants are healthy (little yellowing due to flushing and lack of nutes) but they are forming really well with lots of bushy growth. I'll post some pictures later.

How are yours looking? Stick a pic on

 

[oilmaker68]

Noticed a stretch on a couple of plants today. not sure why as the others havent stretched and the light has been 2ft away at all times, also they are directly under the light ? different strains too so that will need some investigation.

 

[oilmaker68]

you can see the nute burn in pic #3

 

[oilmaker68]

Might have a couple of cheese clones coming to fill that gap at the front of the room. Awesome

 

[oilmaker68]

Every thing is looking good today. Would like to see the yellowing leaves at the bottom of the plant start to green up a bit now the nutes are back in the res.

 

[DCobeen]

they will grow em dont worry about that im just a thru and thru hid grower and comparred to them wernt no good but as a personal grow they will do just fine me i aint a fan but every1 has there own way of doing things like my old man still uses fluros

florescent lights can grow great weed if you have enough of them.

 

[oilmaker68]

florescent lights can grow great weed if you have enough of them.

Very true. Hps/MH/cfl all do a job. I just wanted the led because I like to be different lol

 

[DCobeen]

Very true. Hps/MH/cfl all do a job. I just wanted the led because I like to be different lol

I have grown with led. did okay with them. I switched to cmh and super hps for flower and cfl/cmh for veg. I will get florescent lights setup for veg soon since i have 35 of them at my shop and i need to test and make them into super t5's.