First Time (More or less...)

[mainegrown]

i will do i ahve to go work for a few hours but when i have time i will pester shovel or one of the other knowledgeable people here and see what they think..
i agree that they seem well formed but very small i have plants started that are half the age with less leaves that are the same size if not bigger,,
and thanks for the info on the UFO.. i think that after i crop-out i will invest in some cool toys like a ufo.. if only for the fun of it.
thanks for the info
-J'Stoned

[Vancefish]

I really looked into the LED thing a few weeks ago. I KNOW the tech is out there to make an LED grow light that works as well or better then MH/HPS. Issue is the cost, and a few companies selling set ups too weak in certain ranges to really produce the way MH/HPS can.

After looking at pics on weedfarmer and seeing the same thing over and over. I decided LED's are OK for supplimental lighting, but just don't have the intesity needed yet. HOWEVER, People who bought the MULTI-thousand doller German made LED panels were FAR FAR better(still not MH/HPS). Issue seems to be part of the spectrum(either orange or UV or both) the plant needs is still not there in LEDs. I'd guess the best thing you can do with LEDs right now is use them to add extra blue and red to your HID set up.

I wish this were not the case. LEDs will improve. I just could not for the life of me find pics of a crop that looked ANYTHING like an HID grow. I hunted for someone using both HID AND LEDs. But I couldn't find anyone doing that either. The spectrum output of both at the same time looks VERY promising.

[krums1000]

I bought the LED primarily because 1) I'm doing small scale, don't plan on having more than 1 or 2 plants at a time and 2) low heat for the small space I'm growing (they produce pretty nearly NO heat). And the ballast the light comes with has small fans built in that add a bit to the circulation.

That said I'll probably add a few CFL's when flower time comes around and I think the two together will be plenty. I can't remember the name but it was a grow log here that ended up selling me on the LED; used first a 90 and then a 180W for veg and flower and had some great plants to show for it.

Hopefully I'll have a success story to share

[EvilCartman]

I can't remember the name but it was a grow log here that ended up selling me on the LED; used first a 90 and then a 180W for veg and flower and had some great plants to show for it.

Hopefully I'll have a success story to share

I'll bet the log your thinking of was by PotofGold, I remember being very impressed with his results.

Yours are well on the way! :thumbsup:

[krums1000]

Good Call EC, was potofgold. Beer can sized buds will def be more than sufficient for me, haha.

Waitin on my new camera to arrive and then I'll take some pics on the last day I have the plants before heading out for xmas for a few weeks (leavin em with a friend). Kind of a mixed feeling on havin to leave em behind but its also nice that I'll be near flower when I get back (Week or so into Jan). Thanks for following folks!

[krums1000]

New camera arrived. Woot. Both plants growing after the second one was near death after the transplant, took a few days but coming around now. The older one is going crazy, new growth constantly and all the nodes have new growth coming in as well.

Doesn't want to let me upload pics so I'll try another post...
Edit: Still nada so I put em in Album

[mainegrown]

hey bro i had the same problem but i opened a new thread and it was working fine for me then so idk how do i look at your album??
thanks -J

[krums1000]

There's a link from my profile but I don't think you're alone in not knowing that so here ya go:

[redtails]

MUCH better, and might I say the ladies are looking nice as well. Now just play around with the cam a bit with different settings and lighting and you can make spectacular shots!

[krums1000]

Blah, my babysitter bailed so now I'm gonna put MiracleGro moisture control to the test...soak the crap out of it, hope my plants don't drown and more importantly hope they survive no new water for a while /sigh.