Soil to DWC grow

[khyberkitsune]

final weight on the last plant is 6 1/2 ounces. God damn i wish i had a basement full of those monsters.

Off three plants i yeilded a total of about 10 1/2 ounces. Thats with 250 watt MH/HPS and a 94 watt t5 fixture. I think thats not too shabby for a closet grow.

You're pretty close to the ever-ambiguous g/w mark with that grow!

[drudown11]

That 250 watt lumatek really packed a punch too. For a closet its perfect, the heat output is managable and quite honestly Ive never seen closet CFL grows even come close in terms of yield.


I wish i had the funds to give LEDs. I want those dank full light spectrum nugs!

[khyberkitsune]

That 250 watt lumatek really packed a punch too. For a closet its perfect, the heat output is managable and quite honestly Ive never seen closet CFL grows even come close in terms of yield.


I wish i had the funds to give LEDs. I want those dank full light spectrum nugs!

You could find cheaper LED modules for supplementary lighting which should drastically improve your yield and quality. They wouldn't be as effective as mine, but they'd work well enough.

[drudown11]

yea i saw some on ebay, but ive been very cautious about buying low qaulity components. You definatly get what you pay for in my experience.

There was just so much bullshit buds at the bottom that could have grown into good size buds if i only had side lighting. Usually i chop all of the bottom branches off to put more energy into the upper buds but i didnt this time.

[drudown11]

You could find cheaper LED modules for supplementary lighting which should drastically improve your yield and quality. They wouldn't be as effective as mine, but they'd work well enough.

do you make your own?

[khyberkitsune]

"There was just so much bullshit buds at the bottom that could have grown into good size buds if i only had side lighting. Usually i chop all of the bottom branches off to put more energy into the upper buds but i didnt this time. "

That's why I mainly moved to LED, so I could more easily control lighting application and get areas that would lack better exposure without burning the plants. I like the bottom buds, they seem to be sweeter. I wonder if it is because they're closer to the nutrients compared to the colas?

"do you make your own?"

I design them, the Chinese make them for me, but yes, technically I make them and supply them.

[drudown11]

"There was just so much bullshit buds at the bottom that could have grown into good size buds if i only had side lighting. Usually i chop all of the bottom branches off to put more energy into the upper buds but i didnt this time. "

That's why I mainly moved to LED, so I could more easily control lighting application and get areas that would lack better exposure without burning the plants. I like the bottom buds, they seem to be sweeter. I wonder if it is because they're closer to the nutrients compared to the colas?

"do you make your own?"

I design them, the Chinese make them for me, but yes, technically I make them and supply them.

yea its definatly not easy lighting a 5 foot plant on the side. Even with my t5 fixture, fidning a way to hang it side ways is a pain in the ass. LEDS are small(+easy to handle/move around) and from what i understand can be placed extremely close to the plants.

[khyberkitsune]

yea its definatly not easy lighting a 5 foot plant on the side. Even with my t5 fixture, fidning a way to hang it side ways is a pain in the ass. LEDS are small(+easy to handle/move around) and from what i understand can be placed extremely close to the plants.

Mounting a T5 unit isn't that hard assuming it's one of the typical high-bay fixtures. Pull your bulbs, unscrew the reflector, put the high-bay against the wall, mark your holes, drill, set anchors, screw panel in, screw reflector back on, re-insert bulbs. Takes about 5-10 minutes if you've got the right tools at hand. I had mine mounted like that to help provide major side lighting. It's what I did when I started working with T5HO.

LEDs can be placed extremely close, assuming you're not pushing out severe power. What a plant doesn't absorb gets reflected or radiated off as heat, and if you give a plant enough light, no matter the cooling, you'll burn the plant.

[tinytoon]

Nice finish dru :thumbsup: