From outdoor sun to indoor LED

[hollywood33]

Hello everyone.. So this is my first post in any forum ever, im kinda excited about this...

So Ill start off by saying hello to everyone, my names David im very much into the medical marijuana scene and yes I have my card. I hope you guys enjoy my post!

The reason I decided to finally join a forum is because my friend and I have been at each others throats regarding indoor lighting, I personally love growing outdoors but of course he keeps trying to get me to go inside. So I told him, hook me up with some lighting and Ill give it a shot . Next thing I know hes at my door with a white square looking thing and says ok here's your light, I was wtf is this, he said its your light, im thinking ok? So he starts explaining this light to me tells me its all led, and im thinking yeah ok ive seen these on a few websites and read a lot on other forms regarding them with pretty much mixed reviews, he tells me something about how these lights that are red and blue in spectrum are alright and that theirs one new light that has red blue and orange and there a little better than the 2 spectrum light but still not whats needed to grow medical grade cannabis.

So I tell him yo this light looks exactly the same dumba$$ he says yea it is exactly the same till you turn it on, so I grab the thing (which weighed a little more than I thought) and plugged the fu..er in the wall and bam my eyes shut the thing was so fuc.in bright, I ran for my sunglasses and took a minute to adjust my eyes. I start really looking at the led's and notice that theirs a lot more different colors than i expected to see dark blues, blues light blues, yellow/orange, orange/red and dark reds and of course the whole time im thinking pretty but whatever.

He tells me he has been developing this light for the past 3 years after he heard about led's in a high times issue, he said he tested red/blue and the red/blue/orange combination but wasn't fully satisfied compared to his mh and hps combo, he said it was really close but not exactly what he wanted. So he starts by telling me about all this research hes dont and experimented with different nanometer led's and blah blah blah, really I could give a f less just grow my sh.t and make it good.

Any way to make it short he basically tells me he has dialed in a six spectrum led grow light specifically made to grow medical grade cannabis from seedling to beautiful sticky buds. No normally I would be like yeah bro wtf ever take those led's and make some Christmas lights or some sh.t, but since ive known the guy for so long I figured wtf do I have to loose? nothing.

So he gives me a 300w led light and a 4x2x6 grow tent for nothing and tells me the only thing he wants is for me to keep track of the growth of the plants since im the first person besides himself to try this 6 spectrum light out, I tell him sure no problem.

The next day I set up the tent some fans timer and the usual stuff, walk out to my backyard and grab 4 clones that i had planted each in 3 gallon buckets. I got the clones from a dispensary in van nuys about a month ago they have been outside for the whole month and where just barley starting to bud for some reason i sad fu.. it im throwing them in the tent on a 12/12 cycle, I know you guys are thinking no way did he just do that, but yes i did. I have plenty of full grown beautiful plants going the clones where kinda just there and still small so I figured why not.

I started the indoor grow July 4th with the clones, today is the 14 and well what can I say the plants are growing better under the led than the natural sunlight. I am truly amazed so far now its only been 10 days so im not getting my hopes up as of yet but its kinda hard to control myself just by seeing the difference already, I mean its seriously jaw dropping. I was always trying to avoid going indoors cause of numerous factors like high heat, high electricity bills and well you know everything else, but who knows now if they flower like he said I will def go fully inside with his LED light.

Well ill keep you guys posted if you want, i took pictures of the plants on july 4 and pictures of them today so you can see what im talking about I know there nothing to impressive right now. Let me know what your thoughts are, oh and remember regarding the july 4th picture the plants had already been out for a month and about 7 days prior to going under the led light.


Peace people..

hollywood33 Reviewed by hollywood33 on 07-15-2009. From outdoor sun to indoor LED Hello everyone.. So this is my first post in any forum ever, im kinda excited about this... So Ill start off by saying hello to everyone, my names David im very much into the medical marijuana scene and yes I have my card. I hope you guys enjoy my post! The reason I decided to finally join a forum is because my friend and I have been at each others throats regarding indoor lighting, I personally love growing outdoors but of course he keeps trying to get me to go inside. So I told him, Rating: 5

[oldmac]

Hello hollywood33,

Nice to see you trying LEDs, the 2-band tri-band routine seems to be more marketing hype for UFOs the anything else. Procyon 100s use just two color LEDs (Cree's) and work quite well for veg and even flower.

I currently have 2 TI pro-blooms and they conatain a much more diverse mix of LEDs, including UVb. But you would not really want to start vegging seedlings or clones with them, they are really geared to flowering.

You should try putting your 2 short plants up higher. You can use an over turned empty pot to raise them up or make a shelf out of a board and put that on bricks or something. That's just my :twocents: . Good luck, I'll be watching.

[hollywood33]

Hello hollywood33,

Nice to see you trying LEDs, the 2-band tri-band routine seems to be more marketing hype for UFOs the anything else. Procyon 100s use just two color LEDs (Cree's) and work quite well for veg and even flower.

I currently have 2 TI pro-blooms and they conatain a much more diverse mix of LEDs, including UVb. But you would not really want to start vegging seedlings or clones with them, they are really geared to flowering.

You should try putting your 2 short plants up higher. You can use an over turned empty pot to raise them up or make a shelf out of a board and put that on bricks or something. That's just my :twocents: . Good luck, I'll be watching.

Thanks for the good advice I just put the smaller plants up on a shelf the two skunk #1's are growing so much faster than the white widow and trainwreck..

[cptcannabis]

I've also been growing under a 300w LED with just the red & blue LEDs. It works really well once the plants are established (about 2-3 weeks after sprouting), but the 6 seedlings I started just got really long stems and flopped over.

[hollywood33]

I've also been growing under a 300w LED with just the red & blue LEDs. It works really well once the plants are established (about 2-3 weeks after sprouting), but the 6 seedlings I started just got really long stems and flopped over.

When you started the seedlings how far away was the light from the pots? I talked to my buddy about this and he said theirs a reason why they did that, something about a certain color that needs to be present during the sprouting process but he wouldn't tell me which one.. the asshole said it was top secret.. lol.. what happened after they flopped over what did you do?

[oldmac]

Some secret, just read a horticluctrial textbook. It's called blue light, stimulates a hormone in the plant that promotes root growth. That is why most experts suggest fluorescent during seedling stage or for rooting cuttings.

[hollywood33]

Some secret, just read a horticluctrial textbook. It's called blue light, stimulates a hormone in the plant that promotes root growth. That is why most experts suggest fluorescent during seedling stage or for rooting cuttings.

cptcannabis said he used a red and blue light with the seedlings and they just grew long stems and flopped over why do you think that is?

[hollywood33]

Ok people here is my update. This are pics exactly 10 days from the last pictures I posted, I think i took better pics for you guys this time.

The plants seem to be doing good I found one plant with spider might's but so far I have that situation under control. I have been having problems with the heat though, Its been getting over 100 F everyday and im growing in a shed with a tent inside. All I have in the tent is a fan the plants and a light. I know I could be doing a better more articulate job in growing these plants but hey I just wanted to see what this LED light could do.

Well I hope you guys enjoy the pictures, I took some pics outside in natural light and some inside with different exposures and used my flash in some to. let me know what you think.

:rasta:

[hollywood33]

Some more pictures.. Anyone know why the tips look like there burnt on some of the leaves?

[hollywood33]

Just a couple more pics..