Auto reddwarf + bagseeds on 450w led

BirdIsWord

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Hi everyone,
i've visited many times this forum in the last months and i finally decided to start my first grow.
Using soil bought at garden dep and perlite.
I initially germinated 3 bagseeds (unknown strain but really tasty to smoke...) and put them under two 60w cfls.In the meanwhile i found a cheap led 450w at about 120$ (150 x3w but i consider it a 300w), few years ago i've tried a grow with cfl with poor results so...ok lets try led!
Few days later i've received 3 Red dwarf auto...even if i don't think a 60days auto dwarf could give a massive yield i started them anyway supposing it will be a wise choice when i'll find out that other 3 unknown plants are male lol.

So now the babies are in a 3x2x5 box, in a private terrace.

In a few days i'm impressed by the difference between cfl and led. Plants seem to grow at double speed. Maybe first time with cfl i was too newbie but besides the real speed i see no high temp (65/70 with lights off and 80/88 with lights on).
Maybe will use cfl to continue vegging the 3 bagseeds while flowering the RD (it says 60days from start to flower). I'll try to grow the 6plant together as far as possible but i think i'll leave the RDs alone...too space required for 3 flowering and 3 vegging. I'll eventually veg the unknown strains in another box with 50+60+60+85w cfls (just the time the 3 RD finish).

Ph has been between 6,5/7 since today,i fed only with home water except for the bigger one. Its first leaves were lighting in yellow so i started a little dose of fert (7-2-5) and plant became real greenish in a couple of days.
Some pics are attached below, feel free for comments or hints!
peace
 

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Hey there, finally some updates!

I had problems with bagseed #2, few thrips on two lower leaves. I sprayed it with water and dishsoap 2times, every 4 days. Thrips prob came from the outside balcony ....i noticed many of them on a plant nearby (plant now moved away ;)).
No other thrips seen, but first time i sprayed was 4,30am..i forgot that light time was starting at about 5 so there are burning points on some leaves...blame on me!
Real problem are starting in the last 2 days cause temp is getting incredibly hotter out my kitchen and bigger bagseed #1 has browning and curling tips. During summer it becomes a kind of greenhouse with temps over 90 and cabinet is at 92/94. So i'm moving plants in a room where min 70 max 82, until i find a way to obscure windows in the greenhouse balcony, reaching a max of 84/86.

On the other side, good news about Led!
In this first month there's no comparison with my first indoor exp with Cfls.
With led plants are more bushy, there's no stretching between internodes and many lateral sprouts.

Here some pics:
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20140610_162547.jpg the bushier one

And the 3 red dwarfs at day 13, they seem good :)

See u soon! :peace:
 

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