mephisto
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Hey guys,
finally all the bits and pieces came together to start this grow off.
we've been really interested to test out led's for awhile, it's not too bad running hps lamps for flowering photoperiods here, having them on at night year round works a treat, in summer it's too hot in the day, and in winter it's too cold at night. Plus In the summer we can dim any ballast and have the option to air cool the shades if necessary (in the flowering room)
but for for autos and wanting to have them on for at least 18 hours for the entirety of the grow cycle during summer it's just too hot without investing a lot of dinero into air conditioning.
so, given recent developments In led technology I wanted to do a side by comparison, as although very expensive initially we could save a lot of electricity costs in the long term and be able to run more plants indoors during the fairer seasons.
we also wanted to break our apprentice unkie szy a.k.a simundo in with a little grow for him to manage and document.
so without further a do, here are the specs:
tent 1 - secret jardin dark room 120 - 120x120x180
lighting - OG parabolic air cooler reflector with phantom adjustable ballast 400-600w
bulb - Philips (used but perfectly functional bulb)
medium - biobizz lightmix
strain - Mephisto genetics sour crack fem x36
pots - 7 litre 20x20cm
Ventilation - 4" temp controlled ruck hi power version - passive intake, one circulatory clip fan
....
tent 2 - secret jardin dark street2 - 120x120x160
lighting - grow northern hs1 x2
medium, strain, ventilation all the same as tent1
......
So I'm officially popping my led cherry.
I'm not sure what the outcome will be... But it should be fun regardless!
Water will be our high ec well water, I don't intend to ph or adjust anything, nutrients will be biobizz grow and bloom, and perhaps a few doses of molasses mid to late bloom.
feeding will be hand watering every 3-4 days when they are in full swing.
off to do some potting now, I'll take some photos and update later!
cheers, mitch
finally all the bits and pieces came together to start this grow off.
we've been really interested to test out led's for awhile, it's not too bad running hps lamps for flowering photoperiods here, having them on at night year round works a treat, in summer it's too hot in the day, and in winter it's too cold at night. Plus In the summer we can dim any ballast and have the option to air cool the shades if necessary (in the flowering room)
but for for autos and wanting to have them on for at least 18 hours for the entirety of the grow cycle during summer it's just too hot without investing a lot of dinero into air conditioning.
so, given recent developments In led technology I wanted to do a side by comparison, as although very expensive initially we could save a lot of electricity costs in the long term and be able to run more plants indoors during the fairer seasons.
we also wanted to break our apprentice unkie szy a.k.a simundo in with a little grow for him to manage and document.
so without further a do, here are the specs:
tent 1 - secret jardin dark room 120 - 120x120x180
lighting - OG parabolic air cooler reflector with phantom adjustable ballast 400-600w
bulb - Philips (used but perfectly functional bulb)
medium - biobizz lightmix
strain - Mephisto genetics sour crack fem x36
pots - 7 litre 20x20cm
Ventilation - 4" temp controlled ruck hi power version - passive intake, one circulatory clip fan
....
tent 2 - secret jardin dark street2 - 120x120x160
lighting - grow northern hs1 x2
medium, strain, ventilation all the same as tent1
......
So I'm officially popping my led cherry.
I'm not sure what the outcome will be... But it should be fun regardless!
Water will be our high ec well water, I don't intend to ph or adjust anything, nutrients will be biobizz grow and bloom, and perhaps a few doses of molasses mid to late bloom.
feeding will be hand watering every 3-4 days when they are in full swing.
off to do some potting now, I'll take some photos and update later!
cheers, mitch
