Gardening Enthusiast
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Howdy everyone,
This post is directed toward those of you who do indoor organic growing with a soil medium and LED'S as your only source of light (particularly Kessil's). I am a fairly seasoned outdoor gardener of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, but the only plants I have ever grown indoors before are windowsill flowers such as orchids, African Violets, Christmas Cactus, Amarylis's etc.... etc.... Therefore you can deduce I do not know jack about the specifics of growing indoors under lights. This is also my first ever cannabis grow. I want to do it right, learn from my mistakes, and prevent as many mistakes as possible through continued learning. Right now I have a 50/50 mix of Happy Frog and Ocean Forest Medium with Roots Organics: Foundation, Grow, and Oregonism dry nutes mixed in. I have 5 bag seed plants( yes I know that is an atrocity and a no-no but I did it because this is a trial run) in a 32 gal brute trash can ( I drilled a lot of wholes in it and added pea-gravel to the soil for drainage). I currently only have one Kessil H150 Purple and one Kessil H350 Deep Purple ( I refuse to use any other form of light! So please do not give me the he said/she said go-around on what else I should use or why. As an electrician if there is one thing I understand, it is the efficiency and return on investment of lights, HVAC etc...) I also use Roots Organics liquid nutes and am currently following their feeding schedule, though I dose it light to play it safe, as I have never used liquid nutes before. My plants are 6wks (from seed) old now. What I really need to know is, and this is why I am asking veteran LED users, how far should I be placing these lights from my plants for optimum effect, How tall can I allow my plants to grow under these kind of lights, How much room between each plant should there be, What is the yeild/potency difference between many small plants vs only several large plants, Are plants better off being in one large container either wide but shallow or narrow but deep, or is it best for them all to be in individual containers of sufficient size( if so what size container is ample adequate for what size mature plant?) I will be building a grow enclosure soon, it will be 6-8ft tall, and 5ft by 5ft floor area, not that I need that much space yet but I like can't help myself from going into overkill mode when I custom build stuff. Also I intend to purchase more LED's as I can afford them. I am open to using other brands if anyone has legit experience with other brands. I would be very interested to hear about/see everyone's LED set up and what they have learned. I realize this is an uber long post and question overload, so I do not expect anyone person to answer all these question, but I do GREATLY APPRECIATE any and all help! THANK YOU MEMBERS! FYI, I know I am yet another annoying newb jerkface who is laughable, but I willing admit that, and am here to learn, so please keep the jarring to a respectful minimum.
This post is directed toward those of you who do indoor organic growing with a soil medium and LED'S as your only source of light (particularly Kessil's). I am a fairly seasoned outdoor gardener of fruits, flowers, and vegetables, but the only plants I have ever grown indoors before are windowsill flowers such as orchids, African Violets, Christmas Cactus, Amarylis's etc.... etc.... Therefore you can deduce I do not know jack about the specifics of growing indoors under lights. This is also my first ever cannabis grow. I want to do it right, learn from my mistakes, and prevent as many mistakes as possible through continued learning. Right now I have a 50/50 mix of Happy Frog and Ocean Forest Medium with Roots Organics: Foundation, Grow, and Oregonism dry nutes mixed in. I have 5 bag seed plants( yes I know that is an atrocity and a no-no but I did it because this is a trial run) in a 32 gal brute trash can ( I drilled a lot of wholes in it and added pea-gravel to the soil for drainage). I currently only have one Kessil H150 Purple and one Kessil H350 Deep Purple ( I refuse to use any other form of light! So please do not give me the he said/she said go-around on what else I should use or why. As an electrician if there is one thing I understand, it is the efficiency and return on investment of lights, HVAC etc...) I also use Roots Organics liquid nutes and am currently following their feeding schedule, though I dose it light to play it safe, as I have never used liquid nutes before. My plants are 6wks (from seed) old now. What I really need to know is, and this is why I am asking veteran LED users, how far should I be placing these lights from my plants for optimum effect, How tall can I allow my plants to grow under these kind of lights, How much room between each plant should there be, What is the yeild/potency difference between many small plants vs only several large plants, Are plants better off being in one large container either wide but shallow or narrow but deep, or is it best for them all to be in individual containers of sufficient size( if so what size container is ample adequate for what size mature plant?) I will be building a grow enclosure soon, it will be 6-8ft tall, and 5ft by 5ft floor area, not that I need that much space yet but I like can't help myself from going into overkill mode when I custom build stuff. Also I intend to purchase more LED's as I can afford them. I am open to using other brands if anyone has legit experience with other brands. I would be very interested to hear about/see everyone's LED set up and what they have learned. I realize this is an uber long post and question overload, so I do not expect anyone person to answer all these question, but I do GREATLY APPRECIATE any and all help! THANK YOU MEMBERS! FYI, I know I am yet another annoying newb jerkface who is laughable, but I willing admit that, and am here to learn, so please keep the jarring to a respectful minimum.