After researching a bit about hydroponics my roomate and I obtained 10 Lemon Skunk seeds. Being a first time grow for both of us this is just a learning experience. My roomate took a hydroponics course back when he was in high school and apparently grew some dank lettuce. Anyhoo We germinated 3 seeds, two of which died as seedlings. The survivor was put in our hydro set-up, where it has been growing healthily for about 3 weeks or so. The set up consists of: -9 Gallon Fish Tank (filled about half way) -Bubble Stone -Air Pump -Standard Flourescent Light. We originally had the plant in a cup that would fit snuggly into a piece of foam that floated on the surface of the water. The roots hung through smalls holes that we poked into the cup. About three weeks later the nutes we ordered came in. We transfered the plant into a bigger planter with perlite, and changed the water in our tank. We then added the nutrients according to the recipe that came with our Nutrient Bundle. I will be posting the pics ASAP. Please comment and give your advice on our set up. I searched everywhere and couldn't find info on a fishtank grow, so we just went ahead and pioneered ourselves. PEACE
Mixed 168LED grow light witha Red and Blue Spectrum. Equivelent to 400watts. It's on it's way, we ordered it yesterday. For now we just have a flourescent light on it.
Our Grow light is now set up. We added a portable heater to keep the area at a good temperature and a pH tablet that nuetralized the pH while we wait for our meter. The pH level is what is causing the brown spots (I think). Please respond with any advice or comments.
Has anyone grown with a similar set up before? Or does anyone know any pros and cons of an LED Grow Light?
I assumed it wouldn't increase yeild to the maximum potential, but LemonSkunk fortunately produces a decent amount of bud to begin with. Something like 4 or more ounces per plant.
The lease of our apartment is up in February and will be relocating. So starting now would be a waste. Originally there were 3 plants but two died as seedlings. The seeds are 90% feminized, so for now I'll keep my fingers crossed until we can determine the sex.
Changed the nutes today and sprayed the plant with Foliar Spray (Thrive Alive B1 Green). Plants respond quickly to nutrients that are applied directly to the leaves.
HAHAH, i was just getting ready to ask you if you spray your plants from looking at the first pics. Plants also get nute and light burn when you spray them Thats whats causing that buddy. Oh about the LED. I personally think that is the future of growing. With LED's you can adjust the wavelength (color) of the lights for each stage of growth. A plant needs different wavelengths at different times. We all know this, only we cant do anything about it cause we are stuck with mh or hps (thats why you use both if you can). Now, the cons about LEDs, as of now they are WAAAAY to expensive to make with any reasonable wattage. Once the price drops and you can get high watt/lumens then we will start to see growing go in a TOTALLLY new direction. We just arent there yet. However, that led you got will be good as added light. I only hope you arent using that as your main and only light. Oh, and another reason i knew you were spraying just by the pics is because it is so wilted. I knew it was either that or you are watering WAY to much or you are watering correctly but that perlite/vermiculite isnt letting the water go anywhere. You got a few things you need to work on then youll be well on your way. Also, that spec you said about growing 4oz a plant. That can be done but you need the right lights, space, and know how which you have none of. No offense, you are just new at it thats all. Im not saying you wont learn, you just dont know as of now. one more small thing. That light isnt equal to a 400w. There ad "slogan" is that the plant can use 100% of the light so its equivalant to a 400w MH which is absolute BULLSHIT. They also claim only 10% of the light from a mh or hps is used. Its all an ad slogan dude. Right now its simply to expensive to make those led lights powerful enough. They make good added lights though. Think about it, that thing cost what? $170 and its equal to a 400w? Come on man. So i spend about 600 on a air cooled 1000w hps when i could have got almost 1200w of low heat, perfect spectrum light for the same price? You gotta learn to watch for slogans dude...its kinda like snake oil (i hope everyone gets that reference cause i dont want to explain
Hey man thanks for the tips, I really appreciate it. We actually haven't sprayed the plant at all until last night, which leads me to belive it might be the perlite not allowing the plant to fully get it's nutrients like you said. The roots are hanging down into the water though so I'm not sure. The pH is at 5.3 as of right now. Also the LED is the only light we planned on using for both vegetative and flowering. Should we scrap that idea and go for the HPS? It said that it can be used for all stages of the plants growth..either that or we fell for the "slogan" haha. The light cost about $40 I believe so we figured since we only had one plant growing that maybe the LED would pull it off, while saving some cash. Oh and another quick question, should we be watering the perlite? I thought that It would get all the water it needs from the tank.
Actually there is an arctical in the jan 2008 hightimes with willie nelson on the cover talking about how LED is now the new thing and produce more bud because the blue and red K that they give out are the PERFECT K for marijuana and HID lights barely produce that exact K. Go check out the article i tried finding it on the site but i couldnt.
I couldn't find it either but I've been reading up on LED. Like I said from the start this is just a learning experience. It was worth a shot to go with the LED so we will just have to wait and see what happens. Keep the comments comming
im interested to see how your setup works, im thinking of growing a couple plants sometime also. how tall do you expect your plants to get?