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Looks like the light isnt covering pointing at the most efficient angle, half the plant isnt covered.
YOU can put the LEDS as CLOSE AS YOU LIKE because heat should simply NOT be an issue and the penetration isn't that strong on LEDs so the closer the better.
otherwise, looking good, I too am very interested to see the results.
Checked out that solaris link. Sounds too good to be true. I still need a yield vs cost comparison.
Keep the documentation coming.
The lights in the photo are just supplementary, there's an array of four LED grow bars 7 inches above the taller plant.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonny
I'm starting to get aroused by your plants and their lights...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crispyfried
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I admit I was impatient in my similar post and didn't look carefully enough. I am so glad you are running this experiment we are all rooting for you and your LEDs let's hope they come through in the flowering stage. So are you using 5 or 6 bars? Four from above and then two supplementing the sides?
I wanna see big colas, cmon man!
Just four bars, all above.
First grow, not too happy...plants left were the only females....been in flower since Feb 19th....soil mixture of MG and Fox Farm plant mix...but Leds can grow decent plants with the right care..
Well the two plants have been under 12/12 for six days now, and the one that's in front of the Buddha seems to be doing quite nicely. I can't take a picture right now because they're in the dark. If the bigger plant is a female I'll pull the smaller plant and move the one CFL out of the main compartment and just use LEDs for the rest of the grow. If the big plant is a male and the smaller one if a female, I guess I'll do the same thing for that plant, but I'll also have to bend it towards the center of the growing area so that it grows under the primary LED array.
I just pulled the smaller plant because it wasn't growing much. I really hope that the one remaining plant is a female. If not, I'll have to start from scratch, but at least now I know how to grow properly with LEDs. I'll post a new picture when I find out the plant's sex.
So yesterday I noticed one very early preflower, but no hairs, so I'm hoping that it grows some hairs soon. It currently does look like a ball on a stick, but from what what I've seen posted about preflowers, it may still turn out to be a female. I'm going to go get a magnifying glass so I can more fully examine the preflower when the lights come back on tonight.
Well sorry to say that my one remaining, quite healthy plant is a dude so I yanked him. This unfortunately means that there are no plants left for my LED grow. So this grow is over, but I can say that the plants seemed to do fine under LEDs with one 42 watt CFL. But it does seem that it is important to place your plants directly under the center of the LED array. Dunno when I'll have time to start another grow, but I'll continue to use my LEDs.
Sorry about that. Thanks for trying. I hope we can see another similar experiment from you.
Wow! what a waste of money and time hps is best for flowering people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but then again this is an experiment rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Treetops
with the grow bars they need to be around 14 inchs away for proper light disfusion
im going to put a picture of my crop on here in a second but first let me explain how i set it up.. i have 2 1,000 watt high presure soidums running in the pic.. i currently now have 8 sodiums running.. i have a CO2 tank with timed release in the room along with fox farm ocean forest soil 24 afgan gooey clones and canna nutrients
:rasta: and the pics are where?:rasta:
that slower growing plant was probably a female.. Males tend to grow bigger and faster then females, u shoulda let that one continue..