Live Stoner Chat First ever grow - Northern Lights by Royal Queen Seeds

[aninooo]

Some better pictures of day 34.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

Some better pictures of day 34.

Look at them ladies...Growth is accelerating

Unfortunately I bought my setup used and it came with a light that does not have a dimmer. Only a Veg and Bloom switch. Its a 2000w light by Kingsled. Honestly probably the weakest link in the setup as it came with this Zazzy tent and a Vivosun inline fan and filter. For $300 I couldn't resist.

I've tried a search on google to find out what's inside the light panel. What I can see it's either an old version with 10W bulb leds or the newer version with the 10W COB leds mounted on a aluminum plate. I doubt these are really 10W as a COB would be 4 times larger then in their pictures. Either way, inside should be a driver board or module mounted on the board since these leds are DC. If you're handy with a soldering iron you could dim that with a triac dimmer. The only question is, and I'm handy with a soldering iron, if it's worth the effort and parts. This light is sold for 120€/$ ish and one can only assume it's very old tech, even the newer COB model.
If I were you I'd invest in a decent lower end light from one of the manufacturers here on the forum. @Marshydro is one of 'm. I've got a TS-1000 inside a 60x60x140cm / 2x2x4.5' tent and only at the peak of veg and beginning of flower do I dial the light up to 100%. This light also uses 150 real Watts.
Oh, and they have a coupon code 'AFN' which takes off some pingping

 

[aninooo]

Look at them ladies...Growth is accelerating



I've tried a search on google to find out what's inside the light panel. What I can see it's either an old version with 10W bulb leds or the newer version with the 10W COB leds mounted on a aluminum plate. I doubt these are really 10W as a COB would be 4 times larger then in their pictures. Either way, inside should be a driver board or module mounted on the board since these leds are DC. If you're handy with a soldering iron you could dim that with a triac dimmer. The only question is, and I'm handy with a soldering iron, if it's worth the effort and parts. This light is sold for 120€/$ ish and one can only assume it's very old tech, even the newer COB model.
If I were you I'd invest in a decent lower end light from one of the manufacturers here on the forum. @Marshydro is one of 'm. I've got a TS-1000 inside a 60x60x140cm / 2x2x4.5' tent and only at the peak of veg and beginning of flower do I dial the light up to 100%. This light also uses 150 real Watts.
Oh, and they have a coupon code 'AFN' which takes off some pingping

Thank you for the info brother. That's wild that you know this. At this point the ladies are doing great i don't think ill play with the light. However, I will look to buy a new one for the next grow. Definitely upgrading from this one. It is definitely older tech. Right now I only have the bloom switch on and the plants seem to like it so Ill just let it be.

So I am on day 36 today and last night I did a heavy defoliation of all 4 plants. I wasnt sure if it was too late to do this since 3 are almost a week into flower but I felt this was my last chance to get rid of all the leaves covering the bud sites. I popcorned everything on the bottom half and only left the bigger branches on that have potential for bud sites.

For me this is experimental because I have never grown anything in my life and its all a learning curve for me.

Let me know what you guys think about this. Today the plants look really happy actually.

 

[Bob's Auto's]

These ladies look great and now will start to benefit from the amount of light. They're about to go into flower so prepare yourself for a nice harvest
You will definitely recuperate your money's worth from the initial investment you made.
Went to a coffeeshop on Friday and got 1.8gr for 20€, feck...I got 100gr last harvest...