LED growing- An instructional grow log

[maspino1]

this seedling has germinated yesterday and this picture was taken tonight (feb 6th) 2 hours ago. i had it under the LEDs the whole time in dirt from seed to now and i also used liquid karma.


PS> so far it's been 3 days since i popped it into the ground, i think the liquid karma really did a good job but the LEDs sure gave it a hell of a thick stem for a seedling

i'd say go for LED if you want your seedlings to look great and be healthy
i'll update you on the veg part when i can see it's at that state

[denial102]

this seedling has germinated yesterday and this picture was taken tonight (feb 6th) 2 hours ago. i had it under the LEDs the whole time in dirt from seed to now and i also used liquid karma.


PS> so far it's been 3 days since i popped it into the ground, i think the liquid karma really did a good job but the LEDs sure gave it a hell of a thick stem for a seedling

i'd say go for LED if you want your seedlings to look great and be healthy
i'll update you on the veg part when i can see it's at that state

ahh dude, this looks excellent! Well done :-) Thanks for posting this info there are a lot of naysayers out there ya know, I'm on a HPS now, but i'm considering a veg room of LED's for a continual grow.

Peace,
Denial

[maspino1]

don't forget though, i used liquid karma from germination and still am
but anyways, just to give you a good idea of what i used, i have 3 of these 225 (something like that) LED squares (12"x12")

this is the one i'm using now but the other box i used to germinate the plant had 1 extra
square of LEDs above the plant and the walls surrounding it were white

these LED squares can be found on ebay when you search for 'led grow' and they're great
for keeping your germinating seeds or ambient temperature a comfortable warm (i dont' have a thermostat)

[maspino1]

lol i meant therometer not a thermostat

[Opie Yutts]

Now that's what I'm talking about - completely surrounding the plant with LED's. I believe that's what it's going to take. Rep for you.

[New2Dro]

don't forget though, i used liquid karma from germination and still am
but anyways, just to give you a good idea of what i used, i have 3 of these 225 (something like that) LED squares (12"x12")

this is the one i'm using now but the other box i used to germinate the plant had 1 extra
square of LEDs above the plant and the walls surrounding it were white

these LED squares can be found on ebay when you search for 'led grow' and they're great
for keeping your germinating seeds or ambient temperature a comfortable warm (i dont' have a thermostat)

Way cool, i've been looking at those on ebay myself! They aren't very expensive at all... They usually go for around $40 bucks (usd) form my research, on ebay! :rastasmoke:

Keep it up, i'd like to know how it turns out!

[physicsnole]

I was thinking about these blue LED's- LUXEON V High Brightness LEDs

And these red LED's-
LUXEON III LEDs

Just 1 of each would make approx-200lm. Thats alot of light. Now say I had 100 of these LED's. That sould be more than plenty.
However my 1200+ LED array only takes up 12"x12" so putting 5 of these puppis in would make alot of light also. On average the array will make approx 6000cd of light, not mcd, cd. so I am having trouble picking between the two types, 5 mm or class 2 LED's.

[SnSstealth]

unfortunately those are china panels....we had a few of those.....they wont work once your plant start growing man. they arent tuned per frequency either, those are what you hewar people calling "china panels" you need class 2 LEDs. show ya updates on how they my lovely ladies are goin tomorrow....the idea is GREAT finally got other LED growers out there. but can you start your own thread on your grow?...would love to follow it and see how it goes..keep checkin in here...i may do the pics today, but tryin to keep the pics at a week apart for referance

and ryan from HGL said all you need to do for flowering is change the time.

[SnSstealth]

Ive also read you can trigger flowering by shifting the color of the lights from a majority blue to a majority red. have any of you heard of this?

one more on this: I dont believe the removal of wavelengths would change the plants physiology to start flowering when the days get shorter (in the fall). not sure how that would work.:beatdeadhorse:lol

[SnSstealth]

k..heres those pics....they are from yesterday.....it opened more and it seems like we just got 3 full leaves at that node instead of 2...interesting though huh?
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