growwithLED
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Hello, first ever post, first ever grow etc etc!
I wanted to do a bit of an experiment using just LED lights to see if they actually worked or not. I guess I'll let the experts on here determine whether they do! As this is only my first time started very small. So two plants, one is a White Widow, the other...well who knows! Wish i had read up more before I started, and these plants have probably been "through hell" - uncontrolled temperature - ranged from between 15 to 35C, humidity bounces between 35~65%. Started them off in the wrong growing medium, watered with tap water, no nutrients, managed to damage the small roots when I transplanted them...went away for a weekend and didn't water them for 4 days across the hottest summer days in the UK for a while...about the only thing that has been controlled is the lights..they are on a timer at 18/6....
The only thing I can say is that the LED's do seem to work very well - these are 150W 9 band units with a switch between almost all red (of varying wavelengths) and a more spread spectrum output containing blue, orange and green - to date have only used the "spread" setting..even though camera looks like its mostly purple in actual fact not as marked as that..
I'm not really in this to see how big I can get them, but it will be interesting to see what I have managed to achieve none the less!
Anyone have any idea what the "bushy" one may be - its been growing pretty well for the last 4 weeks or so, but currently no sign of buds as yet...
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I wanted to do a bit of an experiment using just LED lights to see if they actually worked or not. I guess I'll let the experts on here determine whether they do! As this is only my first time started very small. So two plants, one is a White Widow, the other...well who knows! Wish i had read up more before I started, and these plants have probably been "through hell" - uncontrolled temperature - ranged from between 15 to 35C, humidity bounces between 35~65%. Started them off in the wrong growing medium, watered with tap water, no nutrients, managed to damage the small roots when I transplanted them...went away for a weekend and didn't water them for 4 days across the hottest summer days in the UK for a while...about the only thing that has been controlled is the lights..they are on a timer at 18/6....
The only thing I can say is that the LED's do seem to work very well - these are 150W 9 band units with a switch between almost all red (of varying wavelengths) and a more spread spectrum output containing blue, orange and green - to date have only used the "spread" setting..even though camera looks like its mostly purple in actual fact not as marked as that..
I'm not really in this to see how big I can get them, but it will be interesting to see what I have managed to achieve none the less!
Anyone have any idea what the "bushy" one may be - its been growing pretty well for the last 4 weeks or so, but currently no sign of buds as yet...
