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They look super cool, amazing the evolution of them. Truly inspirational for us "other" growers. I do have a point/question/suggestion. If you had those strips also at mid level and canopy level but dialled in so they were less tahn above to avoid strange stretching would you get more at canopy level. I truly believe if you had some horizontal supplemental lighting your yield would be double or therabouts.
thanks...i am running the 8week schedule and yes i will be applying the Top Booster on week 5....since a packet of Shooting Powder is more than i need to finish one grow i did give the current grow 1/2tsp/gal of Shooting Powder just to see how they react to a small dose...the feed formula calls for 1tsp/gal then 2tsp/gal the last 2 weeks....and i beleive it has helped them pack on some weight...but i will know more as i complete the first tray on the entire formula :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by demoreal
Hey Str8, was curious what the ingredients are for the Shooting Powder but all I could come up with is this:
Shooting Powder Info - UK House and Garden
Does it mention ingredients and/or breakdown on the bag?
yes..and it is 0-9-20 it says derived from pottasium sulfate, pottasium carbonate, potassium phosphate :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
the stuff looks like tang :jointsmile:
I'm new so be gentle please :P
Do the plants require a mixture of light or can you simply use one colour during each stage? I mean can you use only blue light at 460nm for the veg stage and then red light at 660 nm for the flowering stage? Or do you need a bit of blue light during the veg stage as well?
Thanks.
the main needs of a plant are reds and blues so it is not a good idea to do one color only...in either flower or veg...you need both for a healthy plant:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleMeh1
Ahh so traditional MH and sodium lamps produce light in both wavelengths? So during flowering do you use LED lights with more red in them and during veg you use more blue, or you just use a mixed light for both?
Thanks for the help, think i'll have a few more questions no doubt. I wrecked my spine a few months back and buying my medicine is costing a fortune.
actually i run the same amount of blue in each flower and veg...the reds are not as critical in veg as 630nm will work but will not perform well in flower...a deeper red of 660nm is needed for good performance in flower:jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleMeh1
I see, so you can use the same lights in veg and flower you just need the appropriate red spectrum. So if you were running your grow via clones you could keep your mother plants alive with the same lights used in the flowering phase?
What would you recommend regarding ratio of red to blue? I see some companies selling 8:2 (red:blue) and 7:1 (red:blue).
Sorry for so many questions :)
outstanding !!! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by stra8outtaWeed
thanks GP :D
dm~mine are a full spectrum and 3w diodes...so i think it does help in covering the fringe spectrum needs...i have noticed that plants under the light with 80% 630nm reds do not have as large of flowers as the lights with more 660nm deep red. So i have taken it out and put one of the full spectrum models in its place and after this run i will replace the other one in this tray also :jointsmile:
Full spectrum? Does that include some UV light as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by stra8outtaWeed
Would a grow suffer from being provided only 460nm and 660nm light?
if you look at Weezard's albums he has built his own units using only 660/460 and has done quite well!:thumbsup:
Man stra8 them babe's look so nice. I tried to get you on yahoo, but took too long for the page to load. Id like some info on the lights and i know ya got it. Might need to change up a few things if i move and heat is my big issue, so LED would solve that.
Anyway il catch up with you at some point here and im not in a rush now with my outdoor getting ready to go out. Got cold as heck here this weekend, so that put me a couple days behind, but im cool.:cool:
Keep er green man,:rasta:
thanks bro...i tried your yahoo and it wouldn't let me thru :smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by LetsSeeYa
nice looking plants bro ! I always thought LED's werent very good but you have not only proved me wrong but have inspired me to buy some ! Could you reccomend a 90watt rectangular model ? and what light spectrum i should use as i found chosing one very confusing !!
Keep up the good work
thanks for checking out my thread...i would mainly say look for 660nm in the red and 440-460nm in the blue...those are the most important colors...the 660nm reds are the more expensive of the diodes :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
:smokin:
Thanks for such a quick reply !
I understand the light thing a bit better now. Im very worried about buying a dodgy one of ebay. This being because I could buy this from a shop Quality LED Grow Lighting Online Shop 300w 120w 90w 50w 15w - Grow Light UK - Store which i would think is the real thing or i could buy of ebay from honk kong :S hong kong being the home of imitations im not too sure ? pay an extra £100 or buy a cheap one ! What would you do ? Did you buy yours of ebay ?
sorry about all the questions but i really wana get my own led grow show going ;)
Cheers
unless you find a specific model on ebay i would stay away from buying just price unless it is going to be strictly a veg light....i checked the link and i would ask how many 660 reds...if less than 50% then keep looking:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
I will do, cheers again
back again ! ok I think i found the best option, these are hand built to order but i'm still not sure which other options i need apart from the extra 660 nm's. Which options would you select ? (all options at the bottom of the page) 120w led grow light | CTLEDLIGHT.CO.UK
advice much appreciated :D
i tried to read what the UV option was but could not find anything on it...i would call about that...but i would get the 660nm, 8:2, and 60 degree focus :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
where in nocal can i find these lights ?
hit my skype, yahoo, or email me my screen name @gmail.com :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ultrabd
day 27 and the House & Garden nutes formula is doing well so far :jointsmile:
gave these girls the last feeding...flush on friday~chop next tuesday night!:smokin:
Looking great.
Would love to see ya do a heavily indica grow with the LED's. You've got me curious, but startup cost is too high right now. Just spent a year saving for a Vapor Tower for my wife...would be somewhere around June 2015 before I could save enough for LED's, lol.
Good job though. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
i would like to find a good indica :D
thanks for the props....LED's are only going to get better in the future so they'll be waiting for you :jointsmile:
They look good!!!!!
You, bigtopspin, and me are about to harvest... :)
Rusty had a great idea. It would be amazing if you found a good indica. I would love to see how fat you could make a bud. The lights have Sativa length down good.
Stra8, they look amazing man:thumbsup:. I will be waiting on Tue. for a harvest pic, if your not to busy. I just luv those lights man and plus your skills to get such a nice grow. Its just not the lights that made your grow, its the skills ya got from experience and reading.
REP+
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Mmmm those look tasty. I can only hope that since I had to stop the PC box grow and move those two plants down with the krusty and DWC that I can get them looking that nice.
very nice stra8 !!! :thumbsup:
thanks for the props all....do appreciate everyone's comment and participation in my thread :D
harvest party demo :jointsmile:
Str8......those girls really are all woman!!! As you know, I am a very new newbie lol, so always doing the reading and researching bit, and I am very much liking your LED grow! Until reading your log, I had kinda skipped by the LED threads. Almost wish I had read them before planning our setup! But maybe I'm too keen and need to get a few grows under my belt before looking at buying LEDs myself. By then I might understand more about the LED system, not being very technical minded I would probably end up with the shittiest LEDs available lol. I've had a tentative look at some LEDs available on a certain auction site here in the UK for future reference, but none appear to have the same 'power' as your ones, and seem a bit cheap in price compared to the costs of yours....as I say, I am not technical minded though. When the time and the finances are right, I'd love to have a go with LEDs........and maybe by then someone will have written a 'dummies guide' to growing with them lol. Now there's a little earner for you.....get your pen and notepad ready Str8 lol
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what's good bro? the buds look amazing. what's going on with all the fans though? you've got a lot of discoloration and downward curl. i'm not knocking you, just curious....as we all know, we don't smoke the fans. just my scientific mind at work.
also, is there a piece of glass on the bottom of the LEDs? if so, i wonder how it effects the output. not much obviously, but it has to have some. also, i wonder how much this would effect UV transmission.
keep up the good work bud. i think i might be using one of your lights soon!
-shake
this is why i am switching to a straight coco....with soil some pots are dried out and others get too much water and the fans get droopy...plus this batch was taken care of by a friend in the beginnig and it got over watered in the beginning and it has been a struggle to be honest...but i think it is turning out ok! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by headshake
My fan leaves always look jacked by the end of a grow. I have no idea how to keep them looking good. It does not happen till the last few weeks. Luckily the close up leaves stay happy. I always try to keep the fans happy the last few weeks, but I fail...
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most definitely! like i said, just curious from a scientific point of view.Quote:
Originally Posted by stra8outtaWeed
keep doing what ya do.
-shake
I'd be willing to bet on it!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by headshake
I can't wait
to see str8
grow coco.
This is going to be a most illuminating combination of talent and tools.:cool:
Aloha,
(I see you escaped, old avatar still inna tanglefoot?):D
Wee 'zard
i hear ya loud and clear Weeze. i know these specific LEDs are monochromatic (he's not using white's at all is he?) i was just thinking that getting through the extra glass (or plexiglass) would eat up some of the energy.
the UV statement should have been posed as it's own independent query. i obviously wasn't very thorough. bad shake!
-shake