New here -hello

I am new here. I am 8 weeks into flowering an indoor LED cramped cold grow. I seem to be breaking all the "rules". For the doubters, these LED lights are way cheap on the electricity and seem to do pretty well. My past was larger indoor grows using big electricity sucking lights with vents and hydro, humidifiers, etc ad nasum.

I love the way the plants look under LED. Very trippy looking. Also I also am using LED for my veg. I did an experiment with some seedlings. 3 under a 50w blue LED and about 8 under 400w mh. The LED plants grew a lot faster and are now almost twice as big.

Okay, so your statement has me intrigued.

YOu have the unique and rare experience of comparing LED directly to HID. You're saying the LED is equal to the HID?

you're such a rebel.... lol
They look great man.

I too plan on using a Blackdog LED for my first grow... Just havent decided soil or hydro...I keep hearing that Ill have too many issues with hydro...

igro24/8 said:

I too plan on using a Blackdog LED for my first grow... Just havent decided soil or hydro...I keep hearing that Ill have too many issues with hydro...

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Only from the people who suck at hydro.

I am also very interested in how this works for ya.

LOL I like to hear that..Im getting discouraged from hydro cuz I keep hearing "soil is more forgiving"

igro24/8 said:

LOL I like to hear that..Im getting discouraged from hydro cuz I keep hearing "soil is more forgiving"

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Yeah, but in soil if you make a mistake, it's harder to fix. Hydro moves faster, so if you make a mistake it shows up right away and you can fix it right away.

lordjin said:

Yeah, but in soil if you make a mistake, it's harder to fix. Hydro moves faster, so if you make a mistake it shows up right away and you can fix it right away.

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So many conflicting answers...Kinda confuses things for a noob like me...Im completly fascinated with DWC and Bubble buckets...But I keep hearing that soil is more forgiving

igro24/8 said:

So many conflicting answers...Kinda confuses things for a noob like me...Im completly fascinated with DWC and Bubble buckets...But I keep hearing that soil is more forgiving

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Soil is more forgiving in certain ways and hydro is more forgiving in certain ways.

While it's true that you have to stay on top of shit in hydro, I feel that mistakes are easier to correct because indicators show up faster... and so remedies take effect faster. That's how hydro is easier.

In soil, it moves at a slower pace so much more of the process is just sitting back and observing. A lot of soil noobs make the mistake of putting too much shit in the medium, trying to do too much, not fully aware that much of it is a sit and wait process. So they end up overnuting or ph whacking and it results in nutrient lockout that's a bitch and a half to fix.

Sorry to jack ur thread man, but a few questions for those who run LED's during Flowering. Im looking into starting an LED run, anything you guys would recommend?

welcome to riu bro

HippyDip said:

I am new here. I am 8 weeks into flowering an indoor LED cramped cold grow. I seem to be breaking all the "rules". For the doubters, these LED lights are way cheap on the electricity and seem to do pretty well. My past was larger indoor grows using big electricity sucking lights with vents and hydro, humidifiers, etc ad nasum.
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HippyDip said:

I am new here. I am 8 weeks into flowering an indoor LED cramped cold grow. I seem to be breaking all the "rules". For the doubters, these LED lights are way cheap on the electricity and seem to do pretty well. My past was larger indoor grows using big electricity sucking lights with vents and hydro, humidifiers, etc ad nasum.
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I second that welcome - glad you showed up & decided to play with us.
Nice looking plants too.

HippyDip said:

I am new here. I am 8 weeks into flowering an indoor LED cramped cold grow. I seem to be breaking all the "rules". For the doubters, these LED lights are way cheap on the electricity and seem to do pretty well. My past was larger indoor grows using big electricity sucking lights with vents and hydro, humidifiers, etc ad nasum.
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never flowered with LEDs, but you got me curious.. and welcome to RIU!

igro24/8 said:

So many conflicting answers...Kinda confuses things for a noob like me...Im completly fascinated with DWC and Bubble buckets...But I keep hearing that soil is more forgiving

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soil is more forgiving in the sense that everything happens at a slower rate. i personally love playing in the dirt, and would never do hydro out of personal preference. my bestest growing buddy only grows in Hydro, and believe me when i say we have had our share of colorful conversations. the point is, he's never grown in dirt. he did A LOT of reading and asking questions, and then learned by experience and trial and error. so it's surely possible for a noob to learn and be successful with a hydro set up.

really you need to go with what u think is more practical for what you want to do, and you need to read up on both to see which one trips your trigger.

good luck!

lordjin said:

Okay, so your statement has me intrigued.

YOu have the unique and rare experience of comparing LED directly to HID. You're saying the LED is equal to the HID?

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I had the LED sitting right on top of them. Only 50w so it's not hot. I originally got it to do clones but it works for seedlings too. I should have got a bigger one to cover more area.

Ive had a lot of people tell me a lot of bad things about hydro, so i made my own soil mixture of 20% perlite 20% vermiculite and 60% organic soil, im also feeding them general 10-15-10 plant food.
this is also my first grow so tell me how things go

xIAceIx said:

Ive had a lot of people tell me a lot of bad things about hydro, so i made my own soil mixture of 20% perlite 20% vermiculite and 60% organic soil, im also feeding them general 10-15-10 plant food.
this is also my first grow so tell me how things go

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Are you in the vegetative stage or flowering?

Are you guys flowering with the same Led's as veg? Just started my first hydo grow and learning a lot every day from you guys. Thanks!