New Grower 1st grow: Indoor / 90W + 15W LED / Soil / Sweet Tooth auto
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I think there will be limits to what I can buy, since I buy it locally, but I shall keep an eye out for Vitalink. Thanks friend.
Yea, I can get my hands on the Canna series. Let's seego for it bud) il tag along
im going wiith the Canna series..a+b and PK13/14 .. seem to be working for me
..And that would be great! 
Anyways,
Day 52:
The ladies are now 90cm, 45cm and 35cm. I think their veggie growth has stalled in total now. And has been for a few days.
I guess I measured wrong the other day, because one of them is 110cm now. So I had to build a beast today in order to be able to raise the lights more. Now they can reach 2 meters with no problemo.
Today, I bought another grow CFL, so now I have two grow bulbs and the blue spectrum in the LED UFO.
Next week, I will buy two bloom CFLs, so I can switch between grow and bloom light - to some extent. So yea, I ended up with a combined CFL and LED grow. Long story short, then I think the small LED lamps are mainly useful for keeping exotic plants alive during winter times in the high north, or to keep a single clone-mother alive.
This is the current setup with mixed CFL and LED, the LED still delivers the stronger lumen. Not to mention focused spectrum temps.
Skinny bastards those plants, well, let's see what they yield in the end. They're all between 110cm and 50cm right now. They still go by basic all-round nutes. Next time I'm gonna give them specific cannabis nutes and less leca in the soil. I'm gonna change a lot of things. And oh yea, I also switched to 20/4 about a week ago.
Next week, I will buy two bloom CFLs, so I can switch between grow and bloom light - to some extent. So yea, I ended up with a combined CFL and LED grow. Long story short, then I think the small LED lamps are mainly useful for keeping exotic plants alive during winter times in the high north, or to keep a single clone-mother alive.
This is the current setup with mixed CFL and LED, the LED still delivers the stronger lumen. Not to mention focused spectrum temps.
Skinny bastards those plants, well, let's see what they yield in the end. They're all between 110cm and 50cm right now. They still go by basic all-round nutes. Next time I'm gonna give them specific cannabis nutes and less leca in the soil. I'm gonna change a lot of things. And oh yea, I also switched to 20/4 about a week ago.
Darth Vapour
Supreme Commander in Kief
Looks like the Dr prescribed more light! I've never used cfl but I think you could move them closer if possible to get more outta them. All the best bro
I hear ya, friend. Surely the lumen declines with the distance.. But I don't want the CFLs to override the UFO, and they probably will if they get too close you know.. The UFO holds 3600 lumen, and the CFLs hold 2500 combined.. Maybe I could, or should, move them closer. But if I change too many variables along the road, then I will never know what did what. I had problems with the ladies bending for the light when I only used the small 15W, and that scared me a bit - but maybe I dare anyway, maybe
Thanks for the input, Gilly. I love your ST grow.
The doc prescribed even more light now. For flowering. An extra CFL and two home build wooden reflectors that I painted with flat white paint, plus I added the 15W LED to the grow, because I'm in early flowering and the 15W has its focus on 660nm.. I think it's 10 HP * 660 chips, IIRC.
It should be mentioned that my CFLs are for the veggie phase (6400 Kelvin), but well, I'm gonna see how much red/orange light they actually produce now. And 15W +/- in the setup doesn't mean much on the power bill anyway..
So here we are now..
Close up of a lady in early flowering, which is late, due to 22 days under 15W alone..
And I also prescribed more ventiation.. So two small AA battery driven fans by the window to pull in CO2 and oxygen, and then of course the big one that you can't see in this pic, which is on a timer..
(Does anyone not see these pics? It was an issue in a previous post. So please do advise if the pics doesn't show up. They should be 800x600 and 600x800. Cheers!)
It should be mentioned that my CFLs are for the veggie phase (6400 Kelvin), but well, I'm gonna see how much red/orange light they actually produce now. And 15W +/- in the setup doesn't mean much on the power bill anyway..
So here we are now..
Close up of a lady in early flowering, which is late, due to 22 days under 15W alone..
And I also prescribed more ventiation.. So two small AA battery driven fans by the window to pull in CO2 and oxygen, and then of course the big one that you can't see in this pic, which is on a timer..
(Does anyone not see these pics? It was an issue in a previous post. So please do advise if the pics doesn't show up. They should be 800x600 and 600x800. Cheers!)
Calcium defiance!
I'm gonna put some bonemeal in the soil next time. For now, I will add some lemon juice in the water within the next 24h or so. How does that sound?
I'm gonna put some bonemeal in the soil next time. For now, I will add some lemon juice in the water within the next 24h or so. How does that sound?
Darth Vapour
Supreme Commander in Kief
I use lemon juice in gin, guacamole, and ceaser salad.
It sounds good but I have no idea if it's good for plants lol
Looking great Dr!
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I use lemon juice in gin, guacamole, and ceaser salad.
It sounds good but I have no idea if it's good for plants lol
Looking great Dr!
It sounds good but I have no idea if it's good for plants lol
Looking great Dr!
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I use lemon juice in gin, guacamole, and ceaser salad.
It sounds good but I have no idea if it's good for plants lol
Looking great Dr!
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