Seed Stockers Blackberry Gum Auto & O.G. Kush Auto with Autopots/Coco/LED QB288

[Bodacious Budmonster]

Hi All

thanks to Seed Stockers for providing these.

i will be growing in 4 x 15L autopots
2 x Blackberry gum and 2 x O.G Kush

LED details (first time using this)
QB288 Samsung lm301B 3000k SK 600W LED Grow Light with XPE 660nm


grow room


seeds have been germinated and are now in their final pots.
coco being used is canna coco professional plus and has some PH5.8 water put through each before seed being planted. i await for them to spout.

i am running a 20/4 light schedule and watching the temps at the moment, as these lights dont generate to much heat especially when i have them running lower

i am using this light all the way through the grow, so need to be careful on the power being used, currently have it on approx 250W, not sure on height but it is a fair bit away, maybe 50" inches or so.

temps with lights off are 22c and temps with lights on are 24c. (~ i believe i need higher temps with LED but i dont want to have to turn on my oil radiator, as that uses more watts than my light )
thanks for looking

 

[Boradan]

Looking good.
That's some beast of a driver for those lights.
What is the controller you are using for the extractor/heater

 

[Bodacious Budmonster]

Hi mate
Driver is HLG 600 54B https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/MEAN-WELL/HLG-600H-54B?qs=5pLaOnqdcwNCvIm/bJMCow== using it with a dimmer which I have marked up for various watt positions.

I am using an ecotechnics evolution fan controller
http://www.ecotechnics.co.uk/fan_speed_contoller.htm

I also have a device that turns the plug on and off dependent on temp, so have my oil radiator come on if it’s lower than 21c in the groom. The remote side (temp reader) is positioned next to where the plants will be

 

[Boradan]

Nice.
I use this for my Oil heater and humidifier:

They can take both heater and cooler, or Humidifier and dehumidifier.
I have the 'cooler' hooked up to an extraction fan, and no dehumidifier hooked up yet.
The heater is hooked up to a 3kW Oil heater running at 1kW. I have it passed through a digital timer so that it turns off at night. Day 25C / night approx 18C.

 

[Bodacious Budmonster]

Nice man.

The dehumidifier I have has a thermostat which comes on depending on the setting.

 

[Bodacious Budmonster]

Update.... what day are we now..... hmm, I think day day 5

I have this on a 20/4 light schedule and I have my led as high as possible. I have turned up the light to approx 450w, and this has raised the temps some what, which is a good thing as I don’t need to use an oil radiator with lights off either.

I have a fan blowing above the heatsink and all that is nice and cool, the driver has heated up to contribute to the room in a positive way and I have the autopot propogator lids on to control the humidity for them and they sit between 70 and 85%

I have various temp and humidity readers around the groom and the attached readings are from my netatmo weather station, outdoor module is at the back near the top of the light and the indoor is at the front to the side out of the light (you can see the results attached)

Next water, I will likely put a low calmag and feed through, Pots still have moisture.

Little vid below