LED growing- An instructional grow log

[SnSstealth]

they were yellowing from def and Ph being too high...did ya get back that far?...lol We were having issues with that plant, and it was on its way out the door anyway... and we are using 3 100w LEDs...so i dont think 2 would have been better... I understand leaves turn yellow at the end...been doing this a few years:thumbsup: but thanks alot for the interest and looking out:jointsmile:

the last 4 plants that were not affected by the imbalances are doing amazing though...will have a group pic of them up tomorrow
WT

[SyKo]

I still say you should of let her finish out,she was what day 43 flower with what 13 days left? but that just me.I been growing for 17 years and i never taken a plant early yet. lol
I'm not sure if i would buy these lights now knowing you used 3.Thier pretty buds but it still looks like a yield i have gotten from CFL's in the past.



You guys and you damn PH problems i have never had a problem with PH, i dont even check it.i guess im just lucky

[SnSstealth]

we used 3....the room wasnt half full, I can have 1kw HID in there, but if there are only a few plants, at 2ft tall, they still wont harvest too much, better if SOG, but still not too much more...and the plants were all 2ft tall and a few 18"....i appreciate your opinion, but Im not selling these lights, so i dont really care if you buy them or not...this was just an experiment to see if LEDs could grow quality nug...It was also a jack herer cross...which is not a good SOG plant yield wise...si strain had something to do with it...
again I am not selling these lights by any means, they were just the best to use for the experiment...I fully appreciate your opinion, but look at all the facts before passing a judgement...
I am satisfied with the results, and thats all that really matters, right?
WT

[SyKo]

i wasnt passing judgement!!!!!!! Jesus christ you people cant even take advice you been growing a few years kid and you think you know it all lol.What happend to this site in the last couple year damn.People been cracking me up on here lately.

ANd for the record I been reading this thread for awhile now the only thing i missed was you was using 3 lights.The Ph problem could or could not of been the problem people online i notice overthink shit.Keep it simple

[SnSstealth]

hey syko,

we believe it was a ph problem as it was visually evident that once we got the correct levels, the next few days showed mass growth( not swelling). i know there were many ideas but that seemed to be the smoking gun.

when harvested 13 days early the main stem would crush flat with the SLIGHTEST pinch. it was dead and hollow and had not been doing any growing for a week.

and i think our "damn ph problem" is the counties fault not ours:thumbsup:

Any other final thoughts on it? thanks

I fully appreciate your opinion, but look at all the facts before passing a judgement...

thats before we pass judgment, we need all the facts. simply stating that the results are not in and were waiting to make any claims until we see how the healthy group weighs out. thats all, this was not an attack :thumbsup:

thanks again
db:smokin:

[SnSstealth]

update!!! These beautiful girls bounced back GREAT...expecting some MUCH better weight from these...thanks again stinks and WH for helping us get theat Ph shit tackled...
1st pic: bonsai-16in tall
2nd pic: 18in tall..topped once
3rd pic: 20 in tall..single stem
4th pic: 24in tall, topped once, with 12in stragler girl hanging out in the pot with her...lol
last pic is a group shot (WH!)

So for the future syko, I understand we have a somewhat low yield..but shit man, the tallest plant is 2ft...what did you expect us to yield?..we take criticism and advice quite well...but dont tell us we did something wrong with cutting an almost dead plant out, and telling me we have weak buds...I for one will take more resinous or more grams anyday...I grow for personal use, not sale. Our Ph was over 7...so I am pretty sure it was our problem. I am sorry you get so upset when someone doesn't like what you have to say...try calming down a bit...kinda wound up for a stoner...
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[BlueBong]

kinda wound up for a stoner...
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

That's half this board, it seems. You had one mod openly fighting with users the other day, you have another mod who's curiously in love with the political status quo for a MJ board mod and can't seem to pass up a good row over the same old political dog-and-pony shit, and almost constant bickering in threads like this. Some seem jealous of your ability to pay for three $600 lights, (even if you couldn't actually afford it normally) while others seem to just be interested in skimming the details so they can post some profound nugget of wisdom and act insulted when it isn't hungrily gobbled up. Sometimes I wonder if this is even a board for marijuana smokers.. or just a place to bitch-fight. I've seen boards dominated by 13 year olds that were far more civil (and had more intelligent and rational discussions) than this place.



Sure.. I've also voiced some pretty toxic opinions lately, too.. but I'd have kept my mouth shut if I didn't have to spew X number of posts just to be able to give a thumbs-up to the occasional useful thread like this one. I'd have been perfectly content to stick to this thread and the perfect LED light thread otherwise. Yeah, I could've posted more in these two threads to run up my post count, but what's the point of cluttering up useful grow threads with 20 posts (that may just get deleted anyway) saying little more than "good job and good luck"? I'm not an experienced grower yet, (what little experience I have is in growing my own food outdoors) so I can't help you with your pH or disease problems, so what else is left?



Now I expect the chorus at this time will be along the lines of "if you don't like it, leave".. which I'll probably end up doing quietly at some point because I'm tired of all the cat-fighting. I've had over 15 years of that shit on the Internet and I've had enough of it. But the usual "don't like it, leave" chorus is just a lame-assed excuse by lazy irresponsible people to avoid doing anything positive with themselves. Why bother to improve ourselves when it's so much easier to just tell other people to fuck off? Anyway, whether I leave or not, I expect the bitchiness and the pissing contests will continue.



If you're cross-posting this grow somewhere else that's a bit less combattive, I'd like to request a repeat of the link to it if you'd be so kind. I think you mentioned it before, but it's getting over 40 pages now and a little hard to skim through in a hurry. We'll probably just let this account rot once your grow is finished. (assuming the truth doesn't hurt the argumentative mods here too much and the account is silenced) All complaining aside, we (both of us reading this) do still appreciate your efforts in this thread and the other LED thread.

I'd have PMed you this, but.. oh yeah, no PMs. Not at my post count, anyway. No idea if it changes, and it's unlikely I'll find out.

Saved a copy of this one, as I'm sure it will magically disappear soon. Sorry to clutter up your thread temporarily, but I've reached my limit with the shenanigans that go on around here.

[Dogznova]

I would say stealth those are the best pics so far by a long shot...Those girls look awsome.. Thanks for doing this.

[gornik]

Your plants look good. I don't think you're into growing for commercial reasons, in which case yield would be a prime concern. And I don't think you're interested in entering your buds in the Cannabis Cup, which would be fun but who needs it. The real pleasure is in the smoking. And that's what it's all about.

[dgsgandalf]

my camera didn't take good closeups, not even good enough to read.

Hey guys, it seems that a lot of people are having trouble taking good close ups. I played with my camera a little (Canon Power Shot S500 Digital Elph, 2-3 yrs old) and i found that the best close up pics i take are with the close up function turned on, zoomed in as much as the mechanical zoom will go (3x in my case), and with the camera from 2-3 feet or more away from what i'm shooting. Try that and see how it works. You'll rarely ever take good pics with the camera only inches away.

Hope this helps!