Lighting closet grow 200 WATT Solarflare

[Jonazz]

Hi,

I just received my Solar Flare 200 watt full cycle and installed it in a small closet. I have done a few grows in a Homebox grow tent with a 400 watt hps before but I was really curious about LED technology.

Finally I decided to buy the Solar Flare 200 watt full cycle at growershouse.com. I live in Europe so I need to use a power converter 230 - 130 volt.

I would like to mention that my grow did not start yet. The plants you see in the picture were growing in front of my window (although it's winter here ) They are now 24 hours under the LED light.

The main purpose was to see the effect on the plants. I must say that till now I'm impressed. Plants seem to do well, almost no noise, no heat..

I'll show you some pics and I'll keep you updated when my real grow starts.

For your information, the plants that you see are 3 polarlight#2 autoflower plants from Dutch Passion and 1 Catha Edulis.

Growspace = Ikea closet, I count in centimeters but I think it's about 2 by 3 feet,roughly calculated.

Carbon filter is not installed yet.

Greetings,

 

[Jonazz]

Hi,

Can anyone advice me the ideal distance to the plants? I have noticed that the leaves are bleaching. Now I went from 12'' to 18''. Par output for the 200 watt solar flare is 1558 at 12 inches and 656 at 18 inches.

Thanks

 

[MrMcbud]

Not really my forte' regarding the LED distance.
but the Catha Edulis certainly caught my eye...where on earth did u find that?

 

[TaNg]

Hi,

Can anyone advice me the ideal distance to the plants? I have noticed that the leaves are bleaching. Now I went from 12'' to 18''. Par output for the 200 watt solar flare is 1558 at 12 inches and 656 at 18 inches.

Thanks

Hay bro welcome to the site,thats a sweet light your rocking. I would have a play with light hight dude I know I can get as close as 12 inches in the flower stage but when they are young I can be as far away as 36 inches. The plants can handle more intensity the more they mature.
I'm gonna move this thread to the lighting section dude,we have loads of LED threads over there.

 

[Jonazz]

Thx for the help, I will experiment a bit and see what happens. Never thought this was possible with LED. Looking forward to it.
For the Catha Edulis, I bought 10 seeds from a website in Africa 2 years ago. 7 seeds germinated but it I made a few mistakes. They really need cactus soil, if the soil holds to much water they lose all of there leaves. Also very hard to make them survive winter. Unfortunately I can't remember the websites name.

 

[VapedAs]

That is a NICE neat setup for the carbon filter! Look forward to watching your new light in action from the get go.:group: Goodluck

 

[Jonazz]

update

Plants are under 12/12 (economical reasons)
Repotted the plants in Biogrow Soil.

Germinated 3 new seeds, from royal queen seeds. (first buy, not in the picture yet)

- quick one
- royal haze automatic
- easy bud

 

[Jonazz]

update

 

[Jonazz]

update

update 01-24-2013, starting to flower

 

[Jonazz]

Nutrient Burn

Is this nutrient Burn?