Chronikool
Well-Known Member
This has been a long time in the planning thanks to all the RIU LED HEAD crew for the community spirit
go team! 
Special mention to Franjan....my missing floodlight partner in crime..
In my LED experiences and journals I have tried to improve my skills in all my grow room designs and health of my plants and flowers and maybe show someone something along the way.. Im always learning with this hobby and im more addicted to growing, grow room design and LED's then i am smoking this plant....something weird is happening....
Previous grows...(so you can follow along...turn the page at the chime... )
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/553315-chronikool-big-bang-circus-light.html
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/567470-chronikoolz-stripped-lite-peep-show.html
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/600170-chronikool-z-led-organic-sog.html
And of course the jewel in my crown:
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/728449-newest-best-led-panel-company.html
The idea of this cabinet is to provide a good spectrum (im not going to say 'the perfect spectrum' as the jury is still out on what that is...plus i need an excuse to keep playing with LED's
) as the plants progress through their flowering 12/12 cycle.
Station 1 (week 0-2) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00FE4
Went with the neutral white XP-G2 to limit the stretch and to make it easier to transition into the 12/12 schedule.
Station 2 (week 2-4) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00EE7
Start of the warm whites
Station 3 (week 4-6) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00EE7
Used to have a cool white chip at this station to throw in some blue to the grow room, but with the new pontoons having ample neutral white (4000-4200k) XM-L2s positioned, there is ample blue in shining in this flower room.
Station 5 (week 6-
XPG
These are the old XPGs I have been running on the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] version of this grow cabinet. Still going strong so I kept them. Will replace with XP-G2s at some point.
Station 6 (week 8-10) XPG
My finishing station if the plants need it...
Pontoons:
Testing time at the zoo....
XM-L2: (Bin: T5-5B1) 4000-4200k: Went with neutral white to provide more blue and more actual supplemental light to the main boards. 9 of these in total.
660nm: Provide the Hyper red of the setup and one half of the Emerson Effect. One of these mounted on each pontoon.
730nm: Provides the Deep red. First foray into using these. Emerson Effect guff. One on each Pontoon.
UV 380-400nm: Provides UV-A. Looking into the effects of the Crytochromes at the end of flowering (hence their position at 6 weeks and onwards.) and I couldnt afford the UV-B leds so this is just some excuse
5w LEDs: I havent seen anyone use this style of multichip in their setups, though im sure there has been. The 660, 730 and 390nm all have 4 chips. They provide a simpler arrangement to wire so for a crappy solderer like me this is a good thing. The 5 watters give a good amount of power for a relatively low price.
Heatsinks: Running 40mm (width) x 300mm (Length) and 10mm (high)
Drivers:
Main lights: Running a few different currents as this is an experiment for me and the cooling abilities of my old floodlight shells. Probably going to settle on 600-700ma to run the XPGs and XP-G2s.
Pontoons:Running 2 x 700ma 43-75v drivers for the pontoons. The 660 and 730nm are on one driver and a separate timer that will come on 15min before the main lights and other LEDs on the pontoons. The second driver is running the Cree XM-L2s and the UV-As.
Lenses:
No lenses used, as I went for the saturation method in my grow cabinet. I dont have to worry about penetration of the canopy due to the size of my plants and with no lenses I can get my plants closer to the LEDs.
Cabinet:
Placed Panda film over the top of the mylar as the mylar was starting to rip and look tired. Panda film can be cleaned and is stronger
Media:
Comfrey Mulch
Topped off with earth worm castings
A lot of learning has taken place about the soil ive been putting the plantz into and creating the soil from non-hydro shop sources. So im at the second version of: Chroni-kool-dirt (with topping of mulched comfrey covered with a layer of Earth worm castings as I enter 12/12) Recipe available on confirmation of payment
Vessels:
Ended up using standard 2 Litre round pots, but are looking for square pots to fit the area better.
Genetix:
Will be running a selection of:
- G13 Labs Purple haze
- G13 Labs Pineapple Express
- Green House Seeds Big Bang
- Green House Seeds Moby Dick
- Paradise Seeds Nebula
Looking into new genetix will be my next task
So this is a rejinxed cabinet grow...i grow perpetually so there are already some plants in this
Not really sure where i should start this thread now....guess i'll start by following a 'Purple Haze' as it has just developed its 1st flowers.
Special mention to Franjan....my missing floodlight partner in crime..In my LED experiences and journals I have tried to improve my skills in all my grow room designs and health of my plants and flowers and maybe show someone something along the way.. Im always learning with this hobby and im more addicted to growing, grow room design and LED's then i am smoking this plant....something weird is happening....
Previous grows...(so you can follow along...turn the page at the chime...
) https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/553315-chronikool-big-bang-circus-light.html
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/567470-chronikoolz-stripped-lite-peep-show.html
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/600170-chronikool-z-led-organic-sog.html
And of course the jewel in my crown:
https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/728449-newest-best-led-panel-company.html
The idea of this cabinet is to provide a good spectrum (im not going to say 'the perfect spectrum' as the jury is still out on what that is...plus i need an excuse to keep playing with LED's
) as the plants progress through their flowering 12/12 cycle. Station 1 (week 0-2) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00FE4
Went with the neutral white XP-G2 to limit the stretch and to make it easier to transition into the 12/12 schedule.
Station 2 (week 2-4) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00EE7
Start of the warm whites
Station 3 (week 4-6) XP-G2 Bin Number: XPGBWT-L1-0000-00EE7
Used to have a cool white chip at this station to throw in some blue to the grow room, but with the new pontoons having ample neutral white (4000-4200k) XM-L2s positioned, there is ample blue in shining in this flower room.
Station 5 (week 6-
XPG These are the old XPGs I have been running on the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] version of this grow cabinet. Still going strong so I kept them. Will replace with XP-G2s at some point.
Station 6 (week 8-10) XPG
My finishing station if the plants need it...
Pontoons:
Testing time at the zoo....
XM-L2: (Bin: T5-5B1) 4000-4200k: Went with neutral white to provide more blue and more actual supplemental light to the main boards. 9 of these in total.
660nm: Provide the Hyper red of the setup and one half of the Emerson Effect. One of these mounted on each pontoon.
730nm: Provides the Deep red. First foray into using these. Emerson Effect guff. One on each Pontoon.
UV 380-400nm: Provides UV-A. Looking into the effects of the Crytochromes at the end of flowering (hence their position at 6 weeks and onwards.) and I couldnt afford the UV-B leds so this is just some excuse
5w LEDs: I havent seen anyone use this style of multichip in their setups, though im sure there has been. The 660, 730 and 390nm all have 4 chips. They provide a simpler arrangement to wire so for a crappy solderer like me this is a good thing. The 5 watters give a good amount of power for a relatively low price.
Heatsinks: Running 40mm (width) x 300mm (Length) and 10mm (high)
Drivers:
Main lights: Running a few different currents as this is an experiment for me and the cooling abilities of my old floodlight shells. Probably going to settle on 600-700ma to run the XPGs and XP-G2s.
Pontoons:Running 2 x 700ma 43-75v drivers for the pontoons. The 660 and 730nm are on one driver and a separate timer that will come on 15min before the main lights and other LEDs on the pontoons. The second driver is running the Cree XM-L2s and the UV-As.
Lenses:
No lenses used, as I went for the saturation method in my grow cabinet. I dont have to worry about penetration of the canopy due to the size of my plants and with no lenses I can get my plants closer to the LEDs.
Cabinet:
Placed Panda film over the top of the mylar as the mylar was starting to rip and look tired. Panda film can be cleaned and is stronger
Media:
Comfrey Mulch
Topped off with earth worm castings
A lot of learning has taken place about the soil ive been putting the plantz into and creating the soil from non-hydro shop sources. So im at the second version of: Chroni-kool-dirt (with topping of mulched comfrey covered with a layer of Earth worm castings as I enter 12/12) Recipe available on confirmation of payment
Vessels:
Ended up using standard 2 Litre round pots, but are looking for square pots to fit the area better.
Genetix:
Will be running a selection of:
- G13 Labs Purple haze
- G13 Labs Pineapple Express
- Green House Seeds Big Bang
- Green House Seeds Moby Dick
- Paradise Seeds Nebula
Looking into new genetix will be my next task
So this is a rejinxed cabinet grow...i grow perpetually so there are already some plants in this
Not really sure where i should start this thread now....guess i'll start by following a 'Purple Haze' as it has just developed its 1st flowers.
........you've been busy^^^^ 
,the sterile version can be bought though
