rkymtnman
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Oh boy I guess I may have let mine veg to long as it was 8.5 weeks 20" in height before I flipped last week???
bubble bags and make hash with fluff bud. waste not, want not.
Oh boy I guess I may have let mine veg to long as it was 8.5 weeks 20" in height before I flipped last week???
For what it's worth, I too use LEDs. I have a 400W OceanRevive panel ($188 from Amazon) and 2 T5HOs hanging on the sides.
FWIW: Assuming the OceanRevive uses 50% watts, that's about 56w/sq ft. You can definitely do well with epi-whatever LEDs if the power is turned up like that. My only point is, for the price of the epi-whatever, you can get T5HO and run slightly less watts (cooler, less costly) and, more importantly, you have a long-term investment (just replace the tubes. No dealing with warranty issues over burned out diodes.).
From a cost-benefit perspective, they don't make a lot of sense. But, definitely, it's not a lot of money to lose (until you start filling a large area with 4-6 of them.). Some people take a real bath on the rebranded epi lights sold at a markup (Kind, Lush, HydroGrowLED). Your $188 light would cost $600 for basically the same results.
Props for sidelighting! I'm totally sold on that. I think it's the most effective thing a person can do.
This is my very first grow and I've invested a decent amount of money into this. There is no way the wife is gonna give the ok to invest even more till we actually have our first harvest. So till then, I'll just have to see what kind of results I can accomplish with the lights I have
Originally we were going to run HID lighting. 1000 watt hps/mh. The reason we decided on LEDS were a)they have a much longer lifespan. B) it's so energy efficient. I understand I'm not gonna be able to achieve the same yield with leds vs hid. But to spend a little more on something that is gonna save you hundreds in the long run, thought it was a no brainer.
I did extensive research on leds before I landed on Mars hydro. They have a ton of great reviews and very few negative.
I'm just curious to see the final results with everything else I have planned. As far as always giving it water within the 6.5-7 ph and using nutes and LST, FIM, scrog. Maybe it's too much for a first timer but I wanna be sure my plants are getting everything they need from grow one
I have seriously thought about adding ufos to the grow. Maybe by the time I'm ready to switch the wife will give me a thumbs up. Maybe add 4. One on each corner?
This is my very first grow and I've invested a decent amount of money into this. There is no way the wife is gonna give the ok to invest even more till we actually have our first harvest. So till then, I'll just have to see what kind of results I can accomplish with the lights I have
It went great. With the 4 plants I had I ended up pulling 12 ounces. I think I got a lil impatient towards the end and cut them down a lil too soon. But this time around I will be more patient. I'm currently growing 2 super lemon haze. About 2 wks in from seed. They are looking healthy. I'm using the same lighting system as last crop. I decided to go with 2 plants this time cause they are sativa. I'm gonna throw a scrog net into the mix this time around. So hopefully I'll have the screen filled out in a few wks. Gonna be looking to pick up 4 more lights and a propagation tray. Definitely had a blast growing my first crop and can't wait will these girls mature more so I can be in my tent more often. It's rather boring in the beginning lol. But thanks for checking up.Hey bud, how'd this grow end up going? What lighting systems do you use now? Is your wife happy with the harvest at all? Lol.