The UK Growers Thread!

cheers lads, yeah I’m growing with an LED panel. It cost me £400 so not cheap but I’m pleased so far. They’ve not been flipped yet but I’m counting the days till I pull the trigger. 6 weeks veg from seed on saturday, so I might do it then.
 
400 smackers wow ive heard they are a bit on the expensive side what wattage is that then mate and where did you get it from if you dont mind me asking. Been looking into the whole LED thing and im not yet convinced be interesting to see how you get on with it fella, keep us updated wont ya.
 
Yeah I've been following irish's grows for a while, there's a few growers using LEDs with great results so fingers crossed my light can produce the 4/5 oz I need for my percy
My light is quite pricey compared to other, more proven LEDs (like the ones Irish uses) For anyone interested the LED users unite! thread on here is worth persevering with
 
i know a fella thats big into electronics. im going to see if he reckons he can knock one up similar. see how cheap we can get the LED's for a bit of plastic with a wire through it they're fuckin pricey.
 
Cheers griffta mate and good luck with the grow man, gonna ave a butchers at that grow don and then see how griffta gets on definitely think LEDs are gonna be the way to go. Hopefully they well drop in price before i make the plunge lol.
 
Yeah it was only cos I was starting out that I went LED. if I already had HID set up & working then I'd wait, these things are improving all the time. The lights dunit uses are getting rave reviews, they're called the 357 magnum I believe. Worth googling if your interested.
 
Don Gin and Ton said:
i know a fella thats big into electronics. im going to see if he reckons he can knock one up similar. see how cheap we can get the LED's for a bit of plastic with a wire through it they're fuckin pricey.
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i did electronics for 5 years you could knock up a led piece of piss making a decent pcb to solder loads of leds into will be the hardest part / solder overlap.
 
started playing around with my cloner last few days, really wish id paid the extra for the heated one.

Put first lot of cuttings in it sunday night, by monday night they were all dead because the pump had fell over in the water, last night put another round in there and realised that the water is ice cold, emptied it filled it up with warm water and 25mins later its ice cold again :-(
so now ive got to buy a heat mat/aquarium heater methinks, not sure what state the cuttings are in today but wouldnt surprise me if they are dead as well ffs

hmmm back to the drawing board/scouring ebay for parts
 
Saerimmner said:
started playing around with my cloner last few days, really wish id paid the extra for the heated one.

Put first lot of cuttings in it sunday night, by monday night they were all dead because the pump had fell over in the water, last night put another round in there and realised that the water is ice cold, emptied it filled it up with warm water and 25mins later its ice cold again :-(
so now ive got to buy a heat mat/aquarium heater methinks, not sure what state the cuttings are in today but wouldnt surprise me if they are dead as well ffs

hmmm back to the drawing board/scouring ebay for parts
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awww that sucks sae ive been putting of attempting a cutting as ive seen alot of peoples dieing , dont suppose u know what super cropping is ?
 
Saerimmner said:
started playing around with my cloner last few days, really wish id paid the extra for the heated one.

Put first lot of cuttings in it sunday night, by monday night they were all dead because the pump had fell over in the water, last night put another round in there and realised that the water is ice cold, emptied it filled it up with warm water and 25mins later its ice cold again :-(
so now ive got to buy a heat mat/aquarium heater methinks, not sure what state the cuttings are in today but wouldnt surprise me if they are dead as well ffs

hmmm back to the drawing board/scouring ebay for parts
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Never bothered with a heater in my cloner been using a DIY one for years and never had an issue might need to warm it up a bit in the winter but that would depend where the cloner is locate thinks its probably something else mate.IMG_0996.jpgIMG_0999.jpgIMG_1000.jpgIMG_0998.jpgIMG_1002.jpg
 
If its under a 400w hps i have no idea why your water is ice cold man, i have mine under 4 x 3ft fluorescent tubes in a garage where its drafty as hell and ive never encountered such low temps in a cloner or any type of hydro res. Let the water reach room temp then fill it up, 4 degrees under a hid lamp dont make sense mate you sure your thermo is correct.
 
Ontheball said:
arent you supposed to put clones in indirect light ?
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They need to sit under the light and tubes are the best for clones as these can sit a few inches above the clones as they produce very little to no heat at all. Blasting clones with HID light makes little difference all you do is waste leccy, clones cant process all the light form a HID lamp without roots so fluorescents are all thats needed. Ive just checked my cold water from the tap its around 12/13 degrees i used a blue lab meter i would def check your meter saerimmner as it could well be giving you dodgy readings mate.
 
yet ive done top and lst im still debating trimming some fan leafs even tho i know its a bad idea but too many shadows. i could spend an hour tucking tho i guess. but got shit todo today so peace out riu.
 
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