NEW Closet Set Up for L.E.D. Stealth Grow
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Serapis
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awww damn.
I thought this was an already completed grow
Time for an update me thinks
LOL, sorry.... We have several weeks to go. ..
I just ordered Open Sesame, Beastie Bloomz and Cha ching water soluables for the flowering phase of this grow.
I don't have much to update, Currently, I have 4 seedlings just entering week 2. They have developed the first node and some new growth indicates the second node is starting to emerge. I'll take some pictures this weekend, but trust me, these are kids, nothing to get excited about yet.
For those joining late, this will be an all LED grow, except for the first two weeks in the nursery under Flouro's. A word about seedling light cycles: I was going to leave the flouro's on 24/7 until doing some reading about plants breaking down sugar and using it. I decided to give them 4 hours of darkness a day now, and the first dark period surprised the hell out of me. It looked like a full day's growth had occurred in just 4 hours! I'm convinced plants need some sleep in veg mode. It gives them a chance to use the carbohydrates created during the day. I now have 3 timers in my grow area
one for flouro's, one for LED's and one for air intake and exhaust.I can't wait for some decent leaves to mist with seltzer water.
blueberryblitz
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Sub'd for sure! I absolutely love your setup and hope in my next house to arrange something like that, very cool my man. Also Im super interested in the LED's... Want to keep temps down and electricity low due to recent 30% hikes etc.. Anyways my first grow which is going now is 2 150 watt CFLs and the 2 26watt aerogarden lights in the hood, so I need to upgrade and felt the UFO might be good for me, but seeing as how they are new everyone seems to not be sold on them. So I will love watching yours and so when I return from my honeymoon in OCT and get ready to start grow number 2 maybe I will switch to LED... Yes people I know.. HPS and MH let me type them ahead of time for you guys so you can save the finger time.... I dont want to step up to all the extras I need with that, I like my ventilation system right now and would rather add something not emitting so much heat.
Serapis
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Update
Yesterday, while preparing the flower chamber to act as a vegger, I decided to toss the last peat pellet and ungerminated seed and wash the domed nursery and put it away for future use. As I picked up the peat pellet, I noticed it was kind of loose inside. I decided to take a look at the dead seed and see if it had cracked and dried out or what, just for educational purposes. I held it under a lamp and kinda split the peat open with my fingers. Lo and behold, the seed had split and it's tap root was out about 1/4". I soaked the peat and gently compacted it back towards the center and placed it back in the dome, just to see what would happen.
This morning after the lights came on, I decided to check on the ladies since the previous day was their first drink of Grow Big and Big Bloom combined. They looked fine. Looking in on the recently revived runt seed, I saw the seed leaf and stem getting ready to pop out of the soil and start it's slow arduous journey skyward. After 9 days, we now have 100% Germination for this strain of bubblegum from Nirvana. Once potted, this one will get a tag so we can follow along and see what she can do. She is nearly a week behind her siblings.
5 for 5! Let's hope all 5 move on to the 24 LED veg stage.
Yesterday, while preparing the flower chamber to act as a vegger, I decided to toss the last peat pellet and ungerminated seed and wash the domed nursery and put it away for future use. As I picked up the peat pellet, I noticed it was kind of loose inside. I decided to take a look at the dead seed and see if it had cracked and dried out or what, just for educational purposes. I held it under a lamp and kinda split the peat open with my fingers. Lo and behold, the seed had split and it's tap root was out about 1/4". I soaked the peat and gently compacted it back towards the center and placed it back in the dome, just to see what would happen.
This morning after the lights came on, I decided to check on the ladies since the previous day was their first drink of Grow Big and Big Bloom combined. They looked fine. Looking in on the recently revived runt seed, I saw the seed leaf and stem getting ready to pop out of the soil and start it's slow arduous journey skyward. After 9 days, we now have 100% Germination for this strain of bubblegum from Nirvana. Once potted, this one will get a tag so we can follow along and see what she can do. She is nearly a week behind her siblings.
5 for 5! Let's hope all 5 move on to the 24 LED veg stage.
tendran
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LED's are now conquering home use as well. The household bulbs are still quite pricey, but when that price comes down I will definitely outfit my house 6w-9w led bulbs.
Glad to hear about the germination rate. I've heard good things about nirvana and I can't wait to receive those Blue Mystics.
Definitely get some pics up this weekend so I can compare. I know our schedules are pretty close together.
Serapis
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First to congrat me on my new daughter gets a +rep!.. Thanks!
/me hands out pink cigars
Serapis
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If you got the auto-flower variety contact Alice at the Help Desk. There is a quality problem with them.
bigill
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congratulations! now you'll have to worry about her finding your stash haha. and whats so good about auto-flower? dont they all flower on their own?
Serapis
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+REP for you too!
As for auto-flower, who said anything about auto-flower? If I did, I was referring to something else, not my girls. I've not tried auto-flower yet. I assume it is from seeds induced late in the flowering cycle? I know they show their sex within 2 weeks of veg. Thats all I kow about em. I like feminized seeds. I'm in no rush
I may now have a scrog of 5! That seems like 2 too many for a 2' x 4.5'.blueberryblitz
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Congrats man! What's the lil ones name? Anyways I'm sure your stoked and prolly not on here but anyway wanted to say congrats and wish you a healthy beautiful child.
Retris
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How much did just the lighting/ LED's run you for your op?
And how long do you have until the LED's burn out when you are using them for growing?
Very good stuff. I will follow to finish. I am a newb but would love to start with LED. http://bit.ly/9LjLy6 is the only 3-watt diode UFO I can find on the market, except for the others on the site listed in the auction. Would it be worth the extra cash to upgrade to a 90w, 3 watt diode system or just go with a 90 w, 1 watt diode. The 135, 3w in the link seems overkill as the plan is for a small, 2x4x4 closet operation and I think the 90w, either 1 or 3 diode would be sufficient. Thanks
Serapis
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This set up was about $700 for lights. The LEDs are rated for 100,000 hours, there are 8544 hours in a year, I expect to use them for at least 5 years before possibly looking into newer technology. Before you respond that it was way more costlier than HID lighting, take into account the power usage as well. I have this entire set up on a single 15a service, and have no heat issues. Watt vs watt, LEDs will win.
Serapis
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I wouldn't be in a rush to hit on the 3w LEDs yet. I've read studies showing that the 1w LED is more efficient. It could be why only one seller on eBay has 3w LED lights he claims are for growing. Stick with HTGSupply 1w LEDS for now. And skip on the UFO. Look for the tri band 120w. I won one in auction for $250.... well worth the extra $70
Thanks for following my grow.
Retris
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Hah, I wasn't going to bash it at all. This was my first post of this forum so I am very new at all of this. I have been smoking for a long time but am just now thinking about growing and am trying to learn as much as possible before having to learn the hard way y'know?
Serapis
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It's cool!
LOL... It looked like you were setting me up for a follow up question that was going to bash LEDs.... If you have a few months before you start growing, sub this thread and kick back and let's see what the lights can do together.- Status