LED Grow: 1st grow, 56W max, Northern Lights

[maspino1]

Ok, this is my first ever serious grow, meaning I actually know what I'm doing. As well, I have a green thumb so it isn't my first plant grown.
It will be under LED lights, going up to a maximum of 64W using "china panels" according to stealth (you'll see them in the pics).

For nutes, I'm using Botanicare's Bloom Pro, Liquid Karma and Gro Pro. Pre-mixed nutes:

L>R:bloom, gro, and a tiny bottle for foliar spraying the seedling
all of them also have liquid karma mixed in the water

I started off with cactus soil, and I buried the seed (lol) Sunday, February 3rd. Came out of the ground on February 4th.

I'm gonna use 2 boxes, the one I used to germinate was this one:

and i transferred it to this box as soon as i saw the cotyledons turn green (height=2.333_ ft):


this is before the camera adjusted the lighting, it's not as magenta as the procyon though :S


this is after camer adjustment and ya, it just looks blue:


February 6th:

maspino1 Reviewed by maspino1 on 02-08-2008. LED Grow: 1st grow, 56W max, Northern Lights Ok, this is my first ever serious grow, meaning I actually know what I'm doing. As well, I have a green thumb so it isn't my first plant grown. It will be under LED lights, going up to a maximum of 64W using "china panels" according to stealth (you'll see them in the pics). For nutes, I'm using Botanicare's Bloom Pro, Liquid Karma and Gro Pro. Pre-mixed nutes: http://www.snapdrive.net/files/470781/Grow/pre_nutes.JPG L>R:bloom, gro, and a tiny bottle for foliar spraying the seedling all Rating: 5

[maspino1]

56W meaning 4x13.somethingW panels rounded up to 14W. I'm using 3 right now but I will
be using all of them in later vegging. btw, i got these for a good price at ebay, 4 for like $131CAD.

ok, in reference to tuesday being day 1, now it's friday so it's day 3 and this is what it looks
like:


forgot to mention that i transferred the entire thing to a 14oz white
beer cup and it's in coir now, and i've been foliar feeding it with
the zinfandel bottle's contents (see first post)

[Backpacker420]

Cool, I'm definitely watching this thread.

Anyways, you might wanna install some type of ventilation to your cabinet, I don't think the stale air is good for your little babies...

[maspino1]

already got that on my checklist, i just need money to buy a fan and transformer
you're right though, i already have the soil well below the cup edge.
but i've been opening it up to check on the vin+bs mix (for co2 just in case)

[stinkyattic]

VERY cool but pre-mixing nutes is just begging for trouble. The blue LED light is crazygonuts, now I want them for my living room lol!

[maspino1]

no nooo, the blue lights give me a MASSIVE headache when i get them in my eyes for too long
it's so eerie though because when i get the leaking of the light on white objects it has a
similar glow to a black light's... it's really strange

oh, and why shouldn't i pre-mix nutes?

[stinkyattic]

I posted on the other thread that you put up pics of that vintage of nutes lol but the chemical components can interact in undesirable ways. Theya re intended to be mixed immediately prior to use.

[maspino1]

oh great. i'll have to keep a close watch when i get to using them and act accordingly

[maspino1]

OK, I have a problem now... My first set of leaves is fine but it seems to be drooping, not wilting, drooping.

I think it's either:

1) the baking soda and vinegar mix is setting off fumes that the plant doesn't like
2) the effect is common with LED lights
3) i may have over foliar fed

so far i've taken out the co2 mix but it's only been 15 minutes

[maspino1]

this is kind of what is happening

that isn't my plant obviously but it's got the same thing my leaves are doing
sans discoloration on tips