Full LED grow room/aeroponic system. first attemp

i got to say led lighting supports very very slow growth. Those things look good man but its been about 35 days since they broke through the surface right.

ya, its been about 35 days since I put the first 2 in. I make a mistake though and put them in the system when they were only about an inch tall, and no roots were showing through the rockwool. Never used rockwool or anything like that so I didnt know what i was supposed to do with it. I've only ever grown outside.lol, who's to say how big they would be right now if I'd waited another 10 days to 2 weeks for them to develop a proper root system first.

One good thing about this experiment is I'm getting to learn how to grow Aeroponically, learning from my mistakes and from all the advice and help I've found on here. But, ultimately my main goal is to see how well I can grow with these lights. I'm pretty sure I wont be depending on them solely for any future grows, lol. but, I will also be trying them in addition to a 200W CFL next, and then a 400W HPS. I also have a 1000W MH, but I wont be using that anytime soon.

Hey, vertise. I just checked out your grow. I dont think i saw it in there, but then again, my eyes are pretty bleary right now (friggin hangover, ouch)
How many plants do you have under that 400? they look real good, I'm just wondering whats a decent amount of plants to put under a 400 as far as the optimum amount of light coverage goes.

Everything is goin good, just a quick update here.

Room temp- 22*C/71.6F
Rez temp- 20C/68F
pH-6.01
nutes-DNF-full strength
Light 24/7
R.H.-44%

I also ordered Juicy Fruit and Kahuna from BCseedking, so this is really cool grow journal for me to check out.

Whats heat like with those led's? could you get them any closer?

I could get them closer but I'd have to rig up a different mounting system for them. I'm gonna see what I can do this weekend.

damn you have those lights on 24h and they still are that small? i also suggest moving close as you can

Ok, once again this is just an experiment, lol. I do keep the lights closer, but I have to move them up to take pics. I cant get my camera in there with the lights at the sides there too. The temp. right under the lights is 22*C or 71.6*F. I keep them about 2 inches from the tops of the plants.

The two plants at the end were put in one week before I should have put them in because I didn't know you should wait for the roots to come through the rockwool. The two in pics up front in pics 3&5 were put in a week later, they weren't showing any roots either. And, I started out using full strength nutes, this is my first Aero/Hydro grow at all and I didn't know till afterwards that you should start with 1/2 or 1/4 strength nutes. Not to mention that I had the lights 6' above them for the first week because I didn't read the information properly and didn't have a proper rig for them anyway.

While I do realize that the lights are probably a contributing factor to the slow growth, I am not disappointed thus far. they are very green, very healthy and I'm learning alot as I go. I'm not growing a cash crop here, I'm just being curious. Like I said earlier in this thread, I'm gonna try them as a supplement next grow and see how that goes too. speed/size/yield and potency.

A lot of ppl on here have expressed their curiosity and interest in this experiment. I'll do my crop outside this summer again, but for now this is keeping me occupied throughout the winter too, hehe. And, who knows? I may get some very interesting bud from it, that would be a bonus.

I bet its really trippy looking at all those plants under those lights and them reflecting off the walls and such. Very cool experiment and wish you all the luck in learning and budding.

good to see everythings still lookin good thunder.

Im still followin this. If you have any questions just post, ill try and help out.

o and from the new pictures it deffently looks like the node spacing is getting much tighter. Lookin good mate

Growers <3

Ok, heres what they look like today, hehe. I've been top feeding them for about 3 days now and they seem to be really liking it so I'll keep it up. I also changed the mount I had for the lights so I could get the lights a bit closer. I took a pic of that for ya, keep in mind I had to raise it a bit to get some shots of the girls.

pH-5.95
Room temp-21.2*C-70.2*F
Rez temp-20*C-68*F
Nutes-Full strength DNF 5ml/L x 38L
R.H.-45%
Lights-24/7
Water cycle-Flush every 10-14 days. (next Thurs.)

lookin good. keep it up.

pH of 9.5?!?!?! i dont grow hydroponically, but that CANT be healthy right?

Duece.

Edit: Just clicked your picture, i think you just made a typo -_-

5.95...look again...anyway, looking green and healthy.
What do you plan on flowering with?

Lol, thanks for the heads up on the ph. I must have missed the 5 in front of it when i was typing, haha.

I'll only be using the LED's, hehe. And, I'll be switching them over to bud on March 14, that will be 8 weeks on the nose and I have to clean and change my rez then anyway. And, yeah. I know they're growing slow, haha.

For flowering I'll be using Dutch Nutrient Formula Bloom A&B.
I'm not sure if I should use BudBlaster or anything like that along with it. I'm going to get an EC pen next Monday then I'll look for some info on here from the other Aero guys.

I'll be doing my next grow with a 400W HPS, lol. I want to see what kind of quality/quantity I can get out of this system.

Hey Thunder,

Nice grow man. I have been researching LED grows for a month now because I wanted to build a LED veg Cabinet. In my case I only have 36' wide by 18' deep.

I looked at those panels on ebay then saw a kit I could build the panel. The panel is much smaller about half the size. That was a pus. They are 14 watt panels.
272 High Brightness 5mm LEDS 25%blue 75% red. I got mine from LED Grow Lights - HomeGrownLights.com

Well I got three kits and built them, then added two 24 inch T5 Flouros in the cabinet.
Temps are reasonable, I dont even need an exaust fan. I have one hooked up to a thermostate but it doesnt come on. I got it set at 85 degrees. I think I heard it once.

I started 6 plants one week ago and they are doing great. 4 fem Snow white and two apollo. I also took a couple clones from my garden (dragons) and got them in there.
One didnt root well but the other is thriving.

I had a problem with low humidity too. I ended up getting a personal humidifer on amazon that works great. ($30) I hooked it up to my watering timer.
Now the girls get a steam bath when the eat. lol

Anyway, just thought I would let you know there are others out there that believe in LEDs and are trying different things too.

Good luck man.

funnily enough, I'm not having a problem with humidity right now. when it snows it crawls up to about 42% and when its warmer and the snow melts a little it had gone as far as 55%, hehe. We'll have to see how it goes in the summer though.

you can buy a dehumidifier, or if you cant afford that, they have those buckets of crystals that soak up humidity for pretty cheap

Duece.

so will they grow my plants? just wopndering, I'm loooking at tomatoes right now, so, but assume they're the same

I wll be curious to see how this turns out as well! good luck.