First LED grow!!

I don't know anything about the results of a led or how to set up but i got a 90watt bloomboss ufo in a 1'x1' grow cab with three little girls in 3gallon pots...Wat do you guys think? I started growing with cfl's so if you got any tips for me please don't hesitate to comment!! Ill set it up went i get home n throw some pics up!

Congrats! What's your room temp?

Sorry my thermostat is out but it is a lot cooler than the cfls for sure! looks a lot nicer too lol! here's some pics n you guys could check it out! what results do you guys get with these lights i hear 50/50 opinions that is awesome and suck but i think its worth a try! what should i do to improve possible results?

What's up? I just started an LED grow as well. come check it out at https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/560930-led-autoflower-grow-1st-time.html
I feel like you may not have enough light to get the penetration you need with 3 plants in there. I have a 350 watt LED that rocks and I worry about growing 6 plants in 3 gallon pots at the same time. My buddy is just finishing his grow with 2 90 watt LED similar to yours and he only has 2 plants in there and the yeild could have been better with more light. Food for thought, but I think your better off just growing 1 or 2 in there.

thanks guys for all the input and yeah i was gonna have a couple cfl's on with the led to help with penetration and temp regulation...i'll probably work on that tonight cuz i gotta reconfigure the light fixtures. about the plant thing i'm thinking about scrogging and it'll probably only be two plants cuz one was sick suffering from neglect when a brother inlaw had it so i took it cuz i wanna see if i could help it recover. the leaves are starting to bleach and they're turning white which i'm thinking is temp stress it started to get better but now all the leaves are suffering from it. well hope it gets better but if it doesn't recover then there will only be two girls.

does anyone now how to warm up night temps while the lights are off?

i think your best bet for night temps would be to make sure the tent isnt on cold cement and use a small space heater set at the temp you want.

Just want to bring it up but shouldn't the room temp be around 85 typically with these lights and most of the spectrum with lower heat? If I'm wrong, I want to be correct(ed), if not, then maybe it helped.

well the tent is on tile in my closet and i think that's worse then cement so i'm gonna put something under it. also i've been seeing guys running this light consistantly pulling around 75 degrees and i hear a lot of growers like to stay around 85 degrees so i'm not too sure either on direct temps but i always just make sure its not too hot or too cold between 75 to 85 although with the four 30watt bulbs it was about 87degrees...

oh okay that sounds smart and i'll take that into consideration but also wanted to let you guys know that i'm gonna pick up an used dresser and turn it into a growbox which is a lot bigger then my current box so i'll see if i wanna stay with the scrogging but most likely cuz they turned out great last grow even though the weren't too nice beeing it was my first grow...i'll be updating with pics weekly due to my available time. thanks again guys i appreciate the info and knowledge!!

Hey guys jus a quick update! I got an used armoire cabinet for $30 n started puting it together!lemme know wat you think! i know i gotta throw some reflective material on the walls but jus put everything in till tomorro...its pretty good for half ass work lol no light leaks so good for now and im gonna throw in a couple cfls later... Oh and the exhuast fans going i. Tomorro but wanted to ses the temp without for the night cuz i got my aircon running in the room...

PetFlora said:

Here are 2 @ 5week old girls (from seed) under my ufo 90 + a few low watt led supplemental lights. Each is already about the overall size of a basketball, and about to get a lot bigger.

I would wait to see

1. if you have any females

2. Which is the dominant female

then scrog it alone.

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Yip PetFlora is on to it! I used a few of these household LED's with some success. Check my sig out for my finished grow. Welcome to the world of LED's Defonest. Solid start there!

Well that seems a bit cool but I've used LED in veg as well as flower (prefer them in flower where my heat tends to run up a bit in some areas of the room)... as supplemtal light. They ALWAYS do a nice job, as long as I can keep the warmth up. Ventilation is another thing but warmth in that cold sounding place may help... a rubber mat, old carpet swatches, a tarp folded many times, something other than tile sounds wise if you are growing in small spaces... I'm really very baked. Am I making sense?

Edit: And Oh! (yeah, I actually typed that) I am enticed by the tones of the LED's. Eventually, if the technology evens out, I may go full LED... I really love the lights but for my configuration and what I grow and want to grow, right now it just seems too hard to switch over. If anything though, I use too much light but I'm never afraid of that.

Chronikool said:

Yip PetFlora is on to it! I used a few of these household LED's with some success. Check my sig out for my finished grow. Welcome to the world of LED's Defonest. Solid start there!

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thanks! something new where i'm from its less common to grow with led's i was lucky enough to find someone who hand carried it back from the states so got luck cuz you can't find grow lights here and the closest thing to a hydro or gardening store is home depot...

FreeStateLumpy said:

Well that seems a bit cool but I've used LED in veg as well as flower (prefer them in flower where my heat tends to run up a bit in some areas of the room)... as supplemtal light. They ALWAYS do a nice job, as long as I can keep the warmth up. Ventilation is another thing but warmth in that cold sounding place may help... a rubber mat, old carpet swatches, a tarp folded many times, something other than tile sounds wise if you are growing in small spaces... I'm really very baked. Am I making sense?

Edit: And Oh! (yeah, I actually typed that) I am enticed by the tones of the LED's. Eventually, if the technology evens out, I may go full LED... I really love the lights but for my configuration and what I grow and want to grow, right now it just seems too hard to switch over. If anything though, I use too much light but I'm never afraid of that.

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thanks for the advice! i got em off the ground and put em in the cab i bought for cheap! it's wood so its not as cold and also i just put in the exhaust fan but i need a couple screws so not finished yet and i opened up intake ports too...i need to get a new thermostat wen i get the flow but right now i'm afraid it's getting too cold wen the lights are off. its in the top cabinet so its away from the cold floor but in an aircon room how would you guys keep the plants warm? would a heat pad under the pots work out or does the room/air temp have to be warmer too? lmk guys thanks!!

i removed the two sickly plants and put them on the window seal...i got one girl in there by herself and she's doing really good! i'll have pics up and an update tonight when i get home...

wow i uploaded a post from the riu app on my phone and nothing went through? damn that was a long post...

anyways guys heres the updated pics from the begining of the week. it's kind of a small process cuz funds are short so just budgeting as much as i can. on the other end i'm slowly purchasing things to build a bubbler DWC with a top dripper. I got about half of the list already and gonna work on the rest little at a time. i still got a lot of time considering the plant is still not gonna be ready for harvest till another few months so i got a lot of time to setup and prepare myself...anyways i had some time to put in an exhaust fan and a fan to circulate the air and put some holes on the base of the cab. i didn't think one fan would be enough but wen i put the curtain down before i close the box up it sucks it in so i gotta rush to close it bu planning on putting some small weights to hold it in place...anyways guys enjoy the pics and give any tips if i need em! thanks all!

Looking sweet. I'm staying tuned. 87 degrees is close but still safe. They like it warm with the led's, or rather that is my experience thus far. I keep them in my flower room as supplemental light because 90 watts kicks some serious ass DENSE bud production into effect when it's near the HPS's. I've used them for closet grows before too and they kick tail! A cold floor can really mess stuph up tho so maybe use the light during the more challenging hours to balance off the temps. During winter I plan on having my HPS's on at night to help because I'm still an ass hole and use big corporate sources of heat (for the time being).

Oh! If you have an old electric blanket or something, that may help too but make sure it isn't TOO HOT! When I used to start from seeds a lot, I used an electric heating pad under my puck trays so I could start them early in the chilly season and get a head start. I kept a cheap digital cooking thermometer under there to make sure it never got too hot, and it didn't. Roots and seeds seemed to do a LOT better in the slightly warmer temps. Electric heating stuff costs a lot and in small spaces can be deadly, especially around water. just throwing that out there as a potential option that may help. Also, any ability to get some more reflective walls? That will absolutely help.