Moody's first LED grow....

[bigsby]

thanks junglesuperstar! It should just be a few more days now. I'm adding a 2nd light in a few days.....I'm excited to see this take off! :jointsmile:

Damn Moody - you're getting another set? Jealous!! I was hoping you would flower through with the one set so I could gauge my needs. I'm going to go all the way through with one set and see how it goes before I decide to upgrade. I'm aiming for 4 plants on my first grow but I'd like to do 8 which I don't think I can do with the 1 light. Maybe.

Anyway, keep the updates coming. I'm looking forward to seeing these go to flower.

[moody420]

Damn Moody - you're getting another set? Jealous!! I was hoping you would flower through with the one set so I could gauge my needs. I'm going to go all the way through with one set and see how it goes before I decide to upgrade. I'm aiming for 4 plants on my first grow but I'd like to do 8 which I don't think I can do with the 1 light. Maybe.

Anyway, keep the updates coming. I'm looking forward to seeing these go to flower.

Yep, I'm adding the 2nd light for the flower cycle. You can veg more plants under 1 light, but any more than 8 plants you are going to want more light....I have 10 plants going this time with a SOG type setup. If you did 4 plants you will be more than ok with just the 1 light.

I will put up a few pics soon....about another week or less of vegging. I added some mychorrizae to the coco today. It's just a benefical to help the roots take in the nutrients. I should have done it at transplant, but better late than never! :jointsmile: This is my first time using coco and didn't realize that it has no added nutrients like soil does. So I had to add a little of my own. But I do love the coco....it's a pretty cool medium to use. I heard lots of good things about it and so far I am impressed. It aerates the roots better and it seems to retain moisture longer so I'm only feeding about every 4th day.

The show continues....thanks for joining! :jointsmile:

[bigsby]

My setup will be scrog. Seems to make the most sense with LED. Plus I'm space-ally challenged so by far the best set up for my situation. Most I can fit is 3 rows x 4 plants at 1.3' square / plant and that would be t-i-g-h-t tight. I'm thinking the extra LED is on the horizon but for my first grow I'm going to do 4 plants max. If that meets my needs then great. Otherwise I add another panel and bump up to 8 - 12. My biggest issue is that I want to grow stavia heavy strains and... well... that doesn't work with my setup.

[whitem5]

Sorry about the side convo moody lol just really interested in that cooling device.. Your doing an awesome freakn job btw!! Loving the LED's so far :thumbsup: Keep it up!! or should i say keep up the inspiration lol!! (for me at least)

[whitem5]

But where would i go about finding a radiator that size with the ports in that exact location? Do you remember the manufactures' name? Cost is not an issue.. Thnks mayng

[bigsby]

It's called an "ice box" and there are all kinds of attending systems that you need to put in place. Crazy expensive. Run a search on any decent hydro supply site for ice and you'll find it.

[moody420]

looking nice moody :thumbsup:

il defo be keeping an eye on this thread specially when u go into flowering:jointsmile:

are LED lights best for energy consumption?

hey junglesuperstar....i realized i never answered your question. Yes, they are amazingly better for energy consumption. I was running a 600w hps and an 800w portable a/c.....now I'm running 150w and with the new light...a total of 300w. MUCH better than 1400w! I am impressed with them so far, they are using a hell of alot less energy and there is no heat emitting from the light. Can't wait to see what it does for me in flower! :jointsmile:

[khyberkitsune]

It's called an "ice box" and there are all kinds of attending systems that you need to put in place. Crazy expensive. Run a search on any decent hydro supply site for ice and you'll find it.

Actually, you don't need any sort of extra systems if you ran it open flow. All you need is a connect to water and a drain out, that's it. Sure if you wanted to run a closed system you'd need peltier coolers and all other kinds of fun stuff, but otherwise you can just hook water up to those and go, they are that simple.

They are designed to work with ground-pumped water or tap. Ground-pumped water is much better and keeps it much cooler. I'm lucky I can run direct out if I wanted to, though I don't need to since I don't use HID any longer. My community has a water treatment plant so running direct to waste is no issue since our water is constantly recycled. Nice tight system.

[JungleSuperstar]

hey junglesuperstar....i realized i never answered your question. Yes, they are amazingly better for energy consumption. I was running a 600w hps and an 800w portable a/c.....now I'm running 150w and with the new light...a total of 300w. MUCH better than 1400w! I am impressed with them so far, they are using a hell of alot less energy and there is no heat emitting from the light. Can't wait to see what it does for me in flower! :jointsmile:

sounds good i might have to keep that in mind when i go indoors, also il see how urs comes out, id much rather be running 300w than 1400!!! thats insane, it wouldnt be soooo bad if hps didnt fry everything!!!:jointsmile:

happy growing:thumbsup:

[whitem5]

Thanks a lot for the info guys :thumbsup: