Mrs. Letitgrow
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I'm like desperately trying to find a bloom capable light on a budget. They are ready but no luck on a decent led.
Newgirl to RIU WOULD LOVE TO GET STARTED ON MY JOURNAL
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GroErr
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Welcome to RIU Letitgrow, What's your budget? I've tried a few cheap chinese LED's and would recommend to stay away from them for flowering, they veg Ok but if you go LED for flowering you will be disappointed with low end LED's. There are a few very good/capable LED's available for small spaces like yours, check out Area 51 (RW150), Onyx (Bloom 200w), or Hans (80w x 2), they're not cheap but they produce well and consistently. Your space is too small for these (I think, 24x36x20" right?) but I've settled on CMH/Philips 315w Elite Agro after a year of trying different things, low heat and power draw like LED's, amazing flowering results. Cheers...
Smokenpassout
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What is your budget, I have some great ideas. If you were in GA Id give you my bloom hand me downs.
Smokenpassout
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I use to use a couple of these monsters to bloom on a budget. $20 a bulb so 2-3 would be good. They do get hot though, so keep youre girls from getting too close! Your circulation fans should be aimed at them moreso than your plants.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002ZPEHZM/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1410906515&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002ZPEHZM/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1410906515&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
AfgooCBD
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Newb here following. We have the same strain going on. Your plants look healthy; better than my single clone. I have serious temps going on (99f in a cab). Best of luck! http://rollitup.org/t/afgoocbds-grow-blue-dream.843931/
Mrs. Letitgrow
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Love the ideas but a lot has happened.
Heres the update, would love to see our pics afgoocbd
I had no budget for lights, or additive for that matter. 5 weeks into veg and in a small cab.
This is my 1st grow and i have impressed myself. my ph is on point. I havent watched ppm or rH at all. so we will see.
I was wasting ac and lightbulb, so today i just on an impulse, switched light schedules. and switched the two 6500 lumen cfls for one 100w 1600 lumen and one 14/60w 800 lumens cool spectrums on both.
This is a substitute until i get my LED in about a week. Do I STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN THE NUTES? Do I use the transition to bloom schedule on my GH nutes??
Which additive and when?
SUGGESTIONS AND HELP. COMMENTS AND CRITICISM.
Heres the update, would love to see our pics afgoocbd
I had no budget for lights, or additive for that matter. 5 weeks into veg and in a small cab.
This is my 1st grow and i have impressed myself. my ph is on point. I havent watched ppm or rH at all. so we will see.
I was wasting ac and lightbulb, so today i just on an impulse, switched light schedules. and switched the two 6500 lumen cfls for one 100w 1600 lumen and one 14/60w 800 lumens cool spectrums on both.
This is a substitute until i get my LED in about a week. Do I STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN THE NUTES? Do I use the transition to bloom schedule on my GH nutes??
Which additive and when?
SUGGESTIONS AND HELP. COMMENTS AND CRITICISM.
Mrs. Letitgrow
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pics to boot
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Mrs. Letitgrow
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBRMQ8S?psc=1 VS http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-Purple-Sun-Spectrum/dp/B00I15WGWQ/ref=pd_sim_lg_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1T5D7WZSEQWQE5BVGFHM VS http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-Purple-Sun-Spectrum/dp/B00I2VLMJ2 WILL DOUBLE REALLY MAKE A DIFFF in a 3x 2 cabinet? will it just burn?
Mrs. Letitgrow
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wow great advice.... =___=
Smokenpassout
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That LED will make a huge difference. Make sure not to hang it too close. LED can bleach plants, if you see bleaching raise it. Also add all your other CFL light to the sides of the plant as close as you can get it. Plants should be observed in the days following nutrient watering. Look for brown leaf tip burn. Start at low (1/4 reccomended) doses and observe. Alternate betwen plain water alone And nutrient water. Again observe closely a few days after each nutrient watering. Nutrients will quickly kill all your hard work. So dont be anxious to increase. Give it a couple weeks on 1/4 strengh before increasing to 1/2 strength. Then observe at 1/2 strength for a couple more weeks before moving to 3/4 and so on. Again remember plain waterings inbetween.
Mrs. Letitgrow
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im having trouble understanding the feeding after switching light cycles.
Mrs. Letitgrow
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ad which led out of what i psted will be ideal?
mr sunshine
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Leds are no good if you're on a budget! Low quality leds suck.. just go with hps..The bills more every month but it's less of a up front cost..
Mrs. Letitgrow
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what if i fed them aggro vegging the night of switching lights??!!
Mrs. Letitgrow
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I STRONGLY DISAGREE Leds allow me to turn my ac off if i choose to grow in the summer where im at, they also have amazing penetration(thats what i said) Budget really meaning, not ready to pour more money in yet, but quality led(250.00) will pay off between product and ac bills/light bills
Mrs. Letitgrow
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hps require A/C in my case. im only wanting quality. if its bunk ill toss it i swear
tekdc911
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watts are watts ....... and a quality led panel is around 90 cents to $1.50 or more a watt ( price range)
alot of people run their HPS at night to save on the cooling bill
this was the point i just added a HPS to the led's 
mr sunshine
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I guess We have different ideas of quality...I haven't bought an led because the one I need cost 2500.....quality leds are not made in China and cost a lot of money ..what i was saying was unless you're willing to spend big bucks on a proper led.....u will never be close to the power hps delivers and as we all know that's what leds strive for....obviously with less heat and energy used!!