LED grow NO.2, testing the Pro-Grow 260 and Rhino Seeds.

Not sure where you see a photo taken with an electron microscope ? I'm pretty sure I don't have one of them lying around :)

I do have a 400x USB microscope. I take pictures of the quality of the weed my friends get to see if it is contaminated with dangerous material such as silicon or glass.

Attachment 284730 Attachment 284731 These photos are of good weed with no harmful material.

Thanks for your interest in my LED grow logs. I'm glad they are of some use to you.

keep us posted with your grow and be sure to turn off GEO-Tagging if you use a smart phone. Some people got busted this way.

I think it is a shame when someone gets busted for growing a bit of weed for themselves. The good far outweighs the bad done to society to grow your own, for yourself, quietly.

Your light looks great, how is it cooled ? Does it have a few computer fans on the back of it or does it use a heat sink ? Heat sink means that the light runs silent but I think shortens its life.

Anyway, take care and good luck on your grow. Looking forward to seeing some nice pics ;)

S.L.

Just LOOKS like one of those pictures- like an alien microscopic world. Those legit magnified shots are very cool, too.

Boourns Geotagging! That sucks. Good advice.

It's got a fan and a heatsink (Copper too oo-la-la). They are more expensive than the others for the most part, but I just couldn't ignore the lense tech. Too cool. Yours does have that

spectrum switch that is oh-so tantalizing. Gonna have to get a similar sized one at some point

So the little ladies are now 44 days old and are looking great. No issues with any plants.

The plants have all shown their sex now and bloom has officially begun !!

I haven't really started using the seaweed and tomato fertiliser yet, nor the bat guano. I gave them a very dilute mix over the past couple of weeks.

I will begin to make the fert mix stronger soon as bloom has just started. The Pro-Grow LED hasn't left me down so far and give amazing results... Seeing is believing here...

So for 44 days I think they are looking super healthy... 2 of the plants seem to be more indica (front) and the 2 plants behind are a little taller. They have all received the same light.

What do you think of them so far ? They are 1 x Chronic, 1 x Big Bang and 2 x Blue Cheese from the Rhino Seed Company. I think they will be big producers... They are strong growers !!

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So how is the light coming along Lamen ?

Did you buy the Pro-Grow 260 ?

So here we are at day 52... patience really is a big thing when it comes to growing weed :)

The plants get a watering and a mild feeding about every 5 or 6 days. The LED light runs cool so the heat and humidity in the tent is almost the same as outside.

The plants about 1.5 feet tall now and each has an average of 15 nodes. I try to maximise the number of nodes by keeping the light as close as possible.

This keeps the plants short so the light can penetrate the canopy. and also, more nodes = more bud sites ;)

The plants have shown their female bits to me and I'm glad to say that it is a major 'lez-fest' in my grow tent... It's like a Tegan and Sarah concert ! :)

Anyway, hope you enjoy the pictures. I also took a few of my LED light, the Pro-Grow 260. There are 3 possible settings, veg (White), bloom (RED) and both on together.

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Looking Good Mr. Leprechaun, Looking real good. Your plants are so green and vibrant. Man, I love that light. Hate it i can't get it right now. I'm encouraged by your posts, because you have really helped me a lot. Question, I've noticed when fan leaves touch my CFL, there is a slight burn on the leaf. When you say keeping the lights as close as possible, do you ever run into that problem of a small leaf burn due to the CFL's? Looks like your plants are touching the CFL's. Just trying to figure out how close I can get with my CFL's and LED as well.

I'm glad that my grow journals were of some help to you.

The plants are very strong growers. I can almost see the pistils forming :) Yummy !!!

Yeah, I have had quite a few CFL burns in the last grow and I have had one CFL burn in this grow.

I normally keep the bulbs 1.5 inches from the plants and I try not to keep the bulbs directly above the plants. This will prevent them growing into the bulb.

Be careful with the LED light too. If they are too close you can bleach the leaves and even the buds. But try to find a good distance. I would never leave my plants within 8 inches of the LED.

Hope this helps.

I think we will be very close on our harvests :) My plants are in week 2 of bloom. It will be a great time :)

Just planted my 10 x Mataro Blue Autoflower feminised outdoors today :) Got them from the Rhino Seed Company.

Averages 70 grams per plant and will be ready to harvest in around 10 weeks ;) nice !!

So here is a quick update at day 55. (12 days of Bloom)

Bloom is certainly here and my god these plants are blooming fast... They are loving my LED light !

They are powerful strains too. I think a good combination of light intensity and genetics do the trick ! The rest I can take care of :)

So I think the plants are looking great. As you can see I did a little bit of popcorn trimming at the bases of the plants. I think this is important as not only does it help in allowing the plant to focus more energy in producing buds in the higher areas of the plant, it also allows more light to penetrate through the canopy. If I hadn't trimmed the lower, weaker branches the lower leaves would soon wither due to lack of light. Now the tent is illuminated all the way down to the pots.

The plants did a little bit of stretching after trimming the bottom branches I think. Or perhaps I raised the light a little too much. I think it has stopped now. I could use some LSTing but I want to see if I can grow all 4 without much training. It's hard to train 4 plants in a 90cm x 90cm space. (3' x 3').

As bloom has started I added a heaped table spoon of bat guano to the last feeding. I didn't add the seaweed and tomato fertiliser for that feeding. I decided to let the plants have a taste of the bat guano on its own. I won't feed as often or give them as much as my last grow as I experienced a magnesium lock out towards the end of the last grow. I think my soil mixture is hot enough so I think the plants will thank me for it.

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Hey all,

So I decided to go for some low stress training today. It only took 10 minutes but it saved me over 1 foot of head space for the plants and evened out the canopy.
I felt that one or two of the plants were growing a little stronger than the others and were hogging the LED light just a little too much for the others to catch up in height.

The canopy is in good order now and I'll give the plants a couple of days to settle in before I make any more changes. The leaves and branches all need to rearrange themselves towards the light before I get a good idea of the coverage.

I noticed that the inner branches of the plants, mid way up, are all very very short bud sites. The lower branches did make a spurt to reach the canopy alright. Hmm, I think the position the plants are in right now, 90 degrees, will expose those inner branches and promote more growth. I like to see these branches stretch a little as they are good weed producing sites.

I took a few pictures of my simple method of LSTing. It's nothing new to everyone here but maybe someone might be curious.

The tools I use are, small cables ties, fishing line, a Swiss Army Knife and an electrical snips.
The ties are used about 2/3 of the way up the plant. You can usually tell where the plants will bend without breaking or allowing the node to collapse.
The Swiss army knife is used to tidy the tail off the cable tie and the snips is used to mark the cable ties by squeezing the groves so it cannot close too far and strangle the plant !
Then I just tie the fishing line to the cable tie and pull the plant down carefully to make the top horizontal. I attach the other side of the fishing line to the handle of the bucket. And thats's it.
After this is done it is time to position the plants in the tent again in such a way as to maximise the light on each plant. As I have 4 plants I turn them in a square.
Each plants tops are now over the neighbouring plants bucket, etc etc, etc...
Now the plants will begin to develop more 'tops' so to speak, and should in the end produce more of the good stuff.
I wanted to see if I could grow in my tent without training but it didn't work out. I would eventually have to do it so sooner is better than later as the nodes will become more woody soon.

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Hey there SL, nice looking grow ya have rocking in here my friend. I cant use my LED's here in this small apartment, sucks. But im enjoying your grow for sure, it wont be long and them big buds will start to fill up that space.

Also, you have given some good info in your thread too, Rep+:thumbsup:


LSY