A Tale of 2 LED Tents Using DIY Mini-Me F & D

PetFlora

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My typical seed popping technique is to simply drop them in water and put the jar in a dark cabinet for 24-48 hours.

Usually after 48 hours most are cracked and have 1/4"+ (~6mm) taps

Not so this time; only 2 did, but most cracked

However, after 2 days there was no tap growth. I tossed more seeds into a second jar; after 48 hours same issue

The seeds were harvested in early July from this plant that I am revegging

Nothing to lose, I put them into starter cubes then in my south facing window

24 hours later the 2 are > 1" but the rest are questionable

Late yesterday afternoon, I decided to put them in my starter tent under 2 white ufos (3500/5000)

This morning, 5 more have broken through- yeah

I am hoping for 2 Big Mex (BM) phenos which yielded 222 dry gms under my first grow using the S600, but was compromised, sharing the 2 x 4 space with the Blueberry Cheesecake (BBCC)that I am revegging. My heavy smokers love the knock-out effects from the Big Mex pheno. I can barely handle the Blueberry Cheesecake. I plan to take a couple clones from her and finish the mother in my small tent

Be interesting to see how well BM does in its' own 3x 3 & 4 x 4 tent. One under the S600, the other under a yet to be determined Solar Spec.
 

GroErr

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I use the old paper towel method, throw it on my router and moisten every 18-24 hrs w/filtered water. I find the only variable really is seed viability. If they're viable they pop within 48-96 hours. Anything beyond that I usually toss. Had some recent crap luck with some seeds I threw in for the 12/12 party cup from seed contest, 2 popped tails, one never made it out of the soil, and I burnt/dried out the only one that could have popped :( Yet, 11 of 12, a mix of strains/breeders, including 3x early DIY seeds that were only 3 weeks old popped and are potential seedlings going strong. Go figure...

Looking forward to your runs with that BML & Solar Spec, from what I remember you've run that BM strain for a while, good indicator and control strain to see how the new lights fare, good luck!
 

PetFlora

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I was given Med-Man Silver Skunk Bx1 in exchange for reporting within Med-Man's IC forum

My previous thread was with this new strain to me, and new light
- a one off, where I selected the spectrums, aside from the 625s, which was fine by me
 

PetFlora

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We're off and running

I moved seedlings from plastic egg crate into net pots filled with polished rock


If need be I can use a meat baster to wet from the top, but it doesn't look that way

If anything I may need to raise them up for a few days so they don't get overly saturated at this stage


Seedlings in Igloo.JPG
 

PetFlora

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I took 3 clones from the BBCC mother yesterday.

Found a use for my 1 liter APs... turned upside down they make great clone holders

I cut the clone stems long enough to clear the top of the AP, plus long enough to be slightly submerged in the bubble grid

Insert the clone stems into the upside down AP as it has an open grid like bottom.

Place AP onto the bubble grid

Covered with a 4 liter plastic jug (cut bottom off), cap removed allows air, breathing and spraying water. Fits great over the AP.

Day 2 and zero wilt

Pics tomorrow
 

PetFlora

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Reveg seems to have plateaued over the last couple days (~ 450ppm), so I upped nutes to ~ 550 this morning

Both tents are up.

The 50 x 50 x 78 is huge. I will subdivide it until I get a SS 1000 to fill it with light

Seedlings are doing well- more than I need, but that lets me pick the best


Clones look fine, too

FYI McCree Graph is the guide for proper spectrum balance

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PetFlora

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I've been thinking about the pumps I have. It occurred to me they should be fine as a 2 way. Once the pump is off the nutes should drain back into the rez from the supply tubing= a true F & D

I found nothing in the pamphlet they come with, so tried it this morning.

YEP

Anybody know whether this might hurt the pump?
 

PetFlora

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Seedlings/clones tent

I changed nutes (still ~ 250) and cleaned up the algae

I replaced the large cylinder air stones with new flat disks to cover more surface area with bubbles

While I was there, I saw larger volume net pots, which could replace the need for 4 liter AP to stabilize, but will require a lot more stones


Roots already exiting the fastest plant to show a tap root

Reveg is taking off again. Needed higher ppms

Conversion to an actual F & D works great

It is now a super simple DIY system

Magnets now affect nutes in and out


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mc130p

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Hi man, I was just wondering, what is the purpose of the magnets, and where are they located?
 

PetFlora

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Hey, thanks for asking. It's not mainstream. Many would say voodoo science, but that's where I play

Double click on the rez pic and you will see 2 donut magnets with 2 metal nuts between them. Magnets are in repulse. If you've ever tried to push 2 magnets together that are in repulse, you will feel a strong field between them. The nutes are traveling through this field, both to and from feeding the plant


I will take a closeup pic for my next update

Do a YT search for magnetic structured water.

Quite fascinating


FYI USPS tracking says Solar Spec panels will be here Wednesday
 

PetFlora

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It's a new day. It's a new dawn, and I'm feelin good


According to USPS 2 Solar Spec panels will be delivered today

I took a pic of the seedlings and clones which have been doing well under the 2 white ufos I was gifted last November. Together they are probably 100w

One of the SS panels is 150w. It will go into the seedling/clone tent. Depending on how much light it has I may disconnect the 2 ufos

The other panel is a SS260 which I will use over one of the seedlings once it is big enough to go into the 3 x 3 tent

I will probably keep the BBCC Reveg under the S600 for now. She is much fuller than when I first harvested her. Reveg seems to have agreed with her

I also took a close up of the magnets just above the rez. Nutes flow through and back every hour


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PetFlora

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You can count on USPS to get it wrong. On the 15th USPS track said delivery on 9/17- didn't happen

10am this morning USPS Track updated to say delivery tomorrow

They came today!

Here are a couple pics of the highly anticipated Amare Technologies Solar Spec 150

It comes nicely packed with power cord, hanging hooks AND adjustable hangers- nice touch BUT, no piggyback cord. Yes, I only got one panel, but how will they know when not to ship with piggyback cord?

Well packed inside with cut to size foam for safe shipping. Should be able to withstand really rough handling

I put the SS 150 in place of the 3500K ufo, and now turned off the 5000 as well= 100% SS 150

Interesting that the pics show more red than I see with both switches on. To my eyes the light looks white with just a touch of pink bouncing off the reflective walls

Will put up the SS 260 later- no immediate need


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GroErr

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You can count on USPS to get it wrong. On the 15th USPS track said delivery on 9/17- didn't happen

10am this morning USPS Track updated to say delivery tomorrow

They came today!

Here are a couple pics of the highly anticipated Amare Technologies Solar Spec 150

It comes nicely packed with power cord, hanging hooks AND adjustable hangers- nice touch BUT, no piggyback cord. Yes, I only got one panel, but how will they know when not to ship with piggyback cord?

Well packed inside with cut to size foam for safe shipping. Should be able to withstand really rough handling

I put the SS 150 in place of the 3500K ufo, and now turned off the 5000 as well= 100% SS 150

Interesting that the pics show more red than I see with both switches on. To my eyes the light looks white with just a touch of pink bouncing off the reflective walls

Will put up the SS 260 later- no immediate need
Looks awesome, they're 3w diode builds right? Hard to find specs/info but found a reference on another site saying they were 3w diodes, interesting for a new light. Couple of nice new toys you got there Pet, enjoy, let's see them grow some budz! ;)
 

Yodaweed

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Awesome light man, never seen/heard of those before, any info on the specs? Those got some really funky looking lenses do you have a lux/par meter to measure intensity?
 

PetFlora

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Hey guys, their www should be live soon to answer many, if not all your questions

Sorry Yoda, no meters here


Currently SS 150 is ~ 14" above canopy

I decided to give seedings/clones more veg light during the day, then go full late in the day


Don't know whether that will help, but I think it will hep plants get used to the new lights intensity

I am told the boxes are for computers, which is unusual for shipping led panels
 

PetFlora

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BBCC is now showing pistils

Moved her to the larger tent

Unpacked the SS 260 from laptop computer type packing

Note all the goodies

Hung the SS 260 and took pics.

This one is chrome, which is no longer available due to inconsitent plating

Alas, the power cord is right angle and directly over the 2 light buttons

Hopefully, this minor issue can be corrected in production

Again, the light does not look this red to my eyes

The SS 260 is much brighter than the SPYDR 600

Much brighter than the S600 :mrgreen:
 

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PSUAGRO.

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You can count on USPS to get it wrong. On the 15th USPS track said delivery on 9/17- didn't happen

10am this morning USPS Track updated to say delivery tomorrow

They came today!

Here are a couple pics of the highly anticipated Amare Technologies Solar Spec 150

It comes nicely packed with power cord, hanging hooks AND adjustable hangers- nice touch BUT, no piggyback cord. Yes, I only got one panel, but how will they know when not to ship with piggyback cord?

Well packed inside with cut to size foam for safe shipping. Should be able to withstand really rough handling

I put the SS 150 in place of the 3500K ufo, and now turned off the 5000 as well= 100% SS 150

Interesting that the pics show more red than I see with both switches on. To my eyes the light looks white with just a touch of pink bouncing off the reflective walls

Will put up the SS 260 later- no immediate need


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If I'm not mistaken but those secondary optics where used on magnum panels two years ago.......terribly inefficient as the pics suggest(light permeating through them)

Well will see what they do.......have fun pet.
 
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