Blueberry Skunk grow

[Pedro de Pacas]

Still vegging, replaced the CFL with the UFO and added a extra fan in the cab. I also added a thermomter with hygrometer...somehow the smaller cab seems to accumulate heat very fast.

Current temps & humidity: 86F, 50%.

Pics of the day!

[Pedro de Pacas]

Switched to 12/12 yesterday, as soon as I saw the second set of leaves on "righty". Lefty's stem is thickening nicely but the cabinet's temps worry me a bit: 80F 46% humidity...

a few more pics!

[Coachgee]

How much was the ufo and do you like it better then the cfls...?:thumbsup:

[Pedro de Pacas]

How much was the ufo and do you like it better then the cfls...?:thumbsup:

Hard to tell, it's still in the "experimental" phase...won it off Ebay last year (or was it 2008?) thinking I'd made the deal of the century: quality UFO's can go for as much as $800.00 and I paid $135.00 for it (I won't bring up the triband fiasco - Chinese seller gave me the run around when I wanted to return it...).

Anyway, because of the shape, the sprouts sometimes grow sideways to get to the blue LED's...which is why I still entrust vegging to my power CFL. Mind you, with a couple of Blue PAR38 LED's flanking the UFO I think I'd trust an all LED grow from seed to bloom...

Just beware the cheap knock-offs, I'm learning the hard way that you get what you pay for. If the reds aren't 660nm and the blues 445nm (or within that range) run the other way those lights aren't worth the dough!

I confess, I'm after a bargain like the next guy but with a bit of research it's possible to save dough and get appropriate lighting:

http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponi...rowlights.html

[Coachgee]

Hard to tell, it's still in the "experimental" phase...won it off Ebay last year (or was it 2008?) thinking I'd made the deal of the century: quality UFO's can go for as much as $800.00 and I paid $135.00 for it (I won't bring up the triband fiasco - Chinese seller gave me the run around when I wanted to return it...).

Anyway, because of the shape, the sprouts sometimes grow sideways to get to the blue LED's...which is why I still entrust vegging to my power CFL. Mind you, with a couple of Blue PAR38 LED's flanking the UFO I think I'd trust an all LED grow from seed to bloom...

Just beware the cheap knock-offs, I'm learning the hard way that you get what you pay for. If the reds aren't 660nm and the blues 445nm (or within that range) run the other way those lights aren't worth the dough!

I confess, I'm after a bargain like the next guy but with a bit of research it's possible to save dough and get appropriate lighting:

http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponi...rowlights.html

Wow bro sounds like me trying to get around spending alot of dough I can understand... Well good luck on your grow.:hippy:

[Pedro de Pacas]

Wow bro sounds like me trying to get around spending alot of dough I can understand... Well good luck on your grow.:hippy:

Thanks! Got me a few extra Par38 LED bulbs: 2 blue and one mixed (the same one in the link above) this way I'm covered so the plants grow straight...

So in LED I have my original dual band UFO, I blue panel (garbage), 1 PAR38 red, 3 PAR38 blue (agreed one was my mistake...I bid on 2 bulbs thinking I'd be sniped on 1 and won both, d'oh!) and one mixed red & Blue Par38 ...

Hell, if anyone's interested, I'm ready to get rid of the triband UFO, the LED panel and the extra Blue Par38 for real cheap!

[Pedro de Pacas]

See what I mean by growing sideways to catch the blue spectrum?

[Pedro de Pacas]

My tall crooked one turned out male , so I chopped it up yesterday and planted a new seed in its place (day 0 for that one, day 15 for the short stubby one - it's really thriving under the blue PAR38 LED bulb) ...

Out of 10 Blueberrry skunk seeds, one never germinated, one turned male, one's still growing, one was recently planted and I have 6 on standby...fortunately the BB Skunk seeds weren't that expensive. :hippy:

[Pedro de Pacas]

One of the new PAR38 bulbs delivered today...the blue underfed cabinet has plenty of blue spectrum now! One PAR38 blue bulb per pot (the new seedling will grow staright when it pops out of the soil) and the UFO to provide the necessary reds... check out the pics, nice light show!

[Pedro de Pacas]

And a group picture

Day 2 for the seed and Day 17 for short and bushy!