First Grow - Pro Grow LED Cabinet Grow

[tlranger]

Very nice, can't hardly wait

tlranger Reviewed by tlranger on 01-26-2014. First Grow - Pro Grow LED Cabinet Grow Hey ladies and gentleman, this is a grow log for my first ever grow. Prior to starting, I read these forums for months and also read through a very comprehensive book that I bought before purchasing anything so I felt relatively aware of the challenges that I would be facing and the patience required. At this point, I am only in the beginning stages of my first grow and am already salivating at the potential outcome. This grow, and all my future grows, will be for personal use and the Rating: 5

[Chromophore]

nice.

[crystaliscious]

Beautiful!

[catbuds]

"bracts" catbuds. Now go the chalkboard and write "bracts are not brackets" until you have filled the board.

I HATE autospell! I'm suprised I haven't been called on what it does to trichromes.... that's trichomes damned it! LOL! But that's not all this thing does. If you type in the first two words from a sentence you've typed before, it jumps into action & spits out the whole sentence. You have to delete that & retype it 2 more times for it to finally leave it as you typed it. Pain in the ass. It would be faster handwritten most of the time.
BRACTS...BRACTS...BRACTS......LOL!

[tlranger]

I have the same problem

[Chromophore]

Yes it's why I occasionally get called "chromosome".

[GrowBitch2013]

Looking really nice d00g... Now u involve my inner nerd with your LED lights.. I will follow this.
BY the way ? Which LED Light do u use ?

[d00g]

Pro Grow 260X from Hydro Hut. I also have one side with a T5 HO 2-bulb, and the other side has 2 DIY-wired light bulb holders with Y-splitters, so 4 CFL's. I am planning on buying a 4-bulb T5HO to replace the CFL's to save probably 2-4 inches on that side. I have learned that every inch of space is valuable when growing in a limited space!

[Chromophore]

OMB convinced me to add T5s to my flower room. I used 4' x 4 bulb ballasts as well. I really like them. Less heat than the HPS and you can control color to a certain extent. The combo of HPS and T5s is working really well. Is the Pro Grow a cfl?

[d00g]

No, Pro Grow is the LED. I have overhead LED and side T5/CFL currently. Because of the confined space, I want to keep the LED as close to the plants as possible without doing any damage and while still allowing room for the light to reach the outer parts of the plant. I was worried that there would not be sufficient light penetration to the lower bud sites. The T5 and CFL's seem to really help because there are some nice lower flowers that look like they will produce well.