Ok, thats helps cause I was worried about leaving the solution in the bucket for too long like over 7-10 days. But that makes more since with the 5 gal. buckets cause of the volume. I ended up adding about 3 gal. nute solution and its about i inch from the bottom of the net cup leaving about an inch of roots showing. One plants I had to add a little more due to the size of the net cup was smaller. So I'll try leaving the nute solution in the bucket for about a month adding as needed to keep proper level and when I change my formula thats when I change bucket. Cool, thanks for the help man. Also, I need a little guidance in trimming my plants. I clipped some of the lower branches but stopped there. I need to trim some more I think but not sure, but some plants have too much growth and I want to make sure new growth gets light too.
Nice Grow Bro! anyine checked out Gro light specs i bought a LED grow light pretty cheap. first thing i noticed after a week is much hardier stems and a beautiful color to leaves. I was F' ing amazed on how bright the light is for low power. I'm not telling you to get rid of and current equipment, but in my opinion as a 18 year grower is add LED for spectrum u can run the big light less. and for sure you can switch to LED's for small plants and i now use them exclusively for veg. bloom is HPS and now LED enhancement! definitely check them out prices are great. give them light and they will grow! give them love and they will give it back!
Have you got any pics of these LED grown plants & what type of LED are you using ? I talked to a distributor & told him I had a 6x6 veg room. He told me I would need his 600 watt for veg....WTF....Than he told me to flower I would have to do it right with multiple units, multiple 600 watt units. I guess this makes sense since my buddy with the shop told me 9 UFOs over a 4x4 table only produced a 1/4 oz. He said same thing you did. He said they started off great & he was like wow.....Than the growth slowed to almost nothing. The distributor I was talking to was being honest. He knew I was looking for a deal, he is local, & gave it to me straight up. If you wanted to properly flower 6 plants I would need 4- 600 watt units mixed w/ CFLs. If I was to pay retail that would put me at about $10,000 in lights for my vegg & bloom room. I told him what I have now. 1- 1000 watt for flower, and about 600 watts worth of CFLs for vegg. My whole setup runs under 2000 watts right now. This kicks out the energy saving cause of the amount of LEDs you must use in your application. I can run an a/c for under what the LEDs cost to run. LEDs are very expensive 5 times the cost of the top of the line HID/CFL equipment. LEDs lack the warmth the plants need to grow. When the sun hits something what happens ? Whatever it hits warms up, including plants. So plants do need warmth. I'm not out to hate on LEDs. I actually love the idea but the technology is an inch away. After talking to many many people on LEDs I come to find out they are just great for cuttings as they require low light. Maybe if you have the right spectrum & enough power you could probably veg your plants nice, I'm still looking for the LED that will do well for babies, mothers, & teens. If there is one proven I will buy it. They have the right idea but the TV ain't in color yet if you catch my drift. Maybe if they started using 10 watt HO diodes I think it will work. I almost went against what my friend told me & almost bought one. When I talked to the distributor & drillled him, he gave me the real deal on LEDs. I'm glad he was honest, however there are so many types & combinations I do believe someone has the right veg light but who ? I seen peoples popcorn not so dense buds on you tube & pics & you have to sit back & ask, are LEDs worth it yet ? If anyone comes across a proven LED that can handle moms, babies, & teens please show it to me. I wanna buy it. I really did alot of homework as Im in SoCal & it gets hot. I was looking for a way to beat the heat. One of the dispensaries here had a 600 watt over a 4x4 table of cuttings for sale & thats what got me going on research. I did so much research that I can now buy them from China directly for $650 for a 600 watt. Now knowing I need like 4 for my application & wouldn't actually save on wattage I decided against blloming with these & feel a 600 watt to properly veg saves me nothing when the unit is so much. They are almost there but as of right now they are selling a dream. That's just my opinion but I'm also wanting to test it myself. Anyone have any real results that are non bias ?
Dont go for the cheap ones they never do what they say. You want something that will last at least 10 years. The way I look at it do I go out and buy a rice burner or do I go and get a good Almost American bike, there is always something on the bike that is not made in the states. I like to support my country somehow even though the goverment does not. Yes for the good stuff you always have to pay someone some good hard earned cash.
Well my plants are up to 9 inches tall. Still using the cfl's. Moved lights up to a foot above plants tops to make plants grow taller. When they get about a foot I am going to start flower cycle.
OK its been awhile but the plants are doing great. Started flower at 12 inches tall. oOn day 10 of flowering now. The led experience was short lived due to not enough power. Switched to cfl's for veg. and 400 hps for flower. Will post some pics soon hopefully, but all is well here.
I hear that alot w/ LEDs. They just weren't providing the power. Look forward to seeing you pics though.
A new group photo, day 17, plants are loaded with white pistols and starting to form buds. They are about 18"'s to 28"'s tall so far.
Just wanted to let ya'll know I'm on day 25 of flowering and here is a pic. of the Cali hash plant. Also have the purple lady, and 2 reggie plants, all doing good. Sure wish I knew how much they are goiing to yield, I have no idea since its my first grow. Is there anyway to know?
Thanks alot Dude. I can't wait to see of much they will yield and how they smoke and how to learn how to harvest properly, lol. Couldn't have made it this far without GC and all ya'll helping.
lookin good man, Ive been lookin for some way to send ya'll pics of my rooms, I've been keeping a photo jurnal, I take pics every monday, Im on week 16 come mon. When Im more familiar with this site I;ll put a bunch up. grow on brotha!
Yeah I already did some research on it before and its out of the Netherlends, supposedly nothing to worry about. Can't wait to see your pics. I've learned alot this first time, can't wait til next grow, it will be better I'm sure. I'm just waiting to see what kind of yield I will get out of these 4 plants. 2 are dro and 2 reggies.
What's up Petho1 Checkin' out your grow dude, nice.If you want harvesting tips check this out (http://forum.grasscity.com/harvesti...imple-harvest-cure-step-step.html#post5073040). What kind of nute system are you using? I'm a noob to bro, check out my set up (http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-g...idow-power-kush-killa-watt-8.html#post6295469). I'm running 400 watt MH and HPS bulbs. I posted pics through out that thread. Really interested in what nutes you use. I plan on using the Lucas formula that I got off that Rumple thread. My ladies are AK-47's. Been vegging them for just over two months now. Gonna take clones on the first of the year. Good luck with your grow bro!
Using the Flora Series, used all 3 for Vegging and switched to the Lucas Formula when I changed to Flowering. Nothing special just 4 bubble buckets and a 400 hps for flowering and some cfl's for Vegging. I use the LED's on the clones since thats all its good for, lol. Took clones off the Purple Lady and the Cali Hash Plant and those will be ready to go in the Flower room when these finish on out.
Thanks Petho1 I also plan on using my LED for my clones. What kind of CFL's do you use? Want to make sure I'm getting the right thing.
I have a bathroom light fixture with 3 outlets with 3 splitters on each one making a total of 12 bulbs. I use a mixture of 6500k, 5500k, 2700k cfl bulbs. Then a 430 watt sun agro bulb hps with cooltube reflector. The cfl's seem kinda ghetto but really work super. It amazes me how well they bush the plant, takes about a month to get a foot high bush. Then into the flower n room.
Who cares if its ghetto! As long as it does the job bro! Where did you get those 6500k's? Didn't see those in Home Depot. Seen some cfl's at the grow store. They had them in blue and red. Never mind they were $45 bucks!!!
Allgood how big are your plants? You have been vegging for 2 months they must be some monsters would love to se the outcome of those. SWEET!