Good hello, AFN!
I am very pleased to have found you.
Years ago I was a member at the now defunct Overgrow.com.
I have been a stoner & grower for Private Non-sale Use since 1979.
I don't feel it is right for anyone to sell pot but I understand why they do. Hopefully more & more people will simply overgrow what they need and pass on the surplus to others for free.
It's the brotherly thing to do.
It helps make the world a friendlier place.
If this attitude & practise catches on, it will drive the prices down significantly and this will make it less appealing for crime syndicates to exploit.
Governments that say no to legalization are saying YES to organized crime and their tax-free profits of BILLIONS.
I have grown indoors and outdoors...but have always had better results indoors. I used to own a 250 HPS which I bought from Applied Hydroponics in 1989. I wanted to grow plants that would result in one large bud and I achieved that. This was back in the days before the popularity of auto-strains. I would use bagseed Humboldt County Skunk and after the 3rd set of leaves I would cut back the lighting from 18 hours a day to 9 hours, and within a week the plants would start flowering.
The end result would be plants that were about 14 inches tall and one solid bud.
Good stuff, mate!
Nowadays I live in the UK and no longer have the HPS. I recently entered the world of auto-strains and LED. My first and current LED is a UFO 135. My auto strain is LowRyder 2. My first crop was a success---IMO---and I was harvesting the top buds at just 6 weeks from seedling! I harvest when most of the hairs are red.
I have been lurking and researching LEDs at various growsites for many months now. I am shocked by how many LED growers keep their lamps so far from the plants! I keep my lamp as close as possible to the tops and there is NO burning whatsoever. Basically my lamp is always about 2 inches from the tops of the plants. If it's any higher than that then the plants stretch and there is wasted space between the nodes.
I learned from my first LED grow that the penetration from the lamp only extends about 6 inches down.
I am now interested in buying a stronger lamp. I am considering something between 240 - 300 watts. Being un-wealthy at the moment I cannot afford anything bigger. I am seriously considering an Evader 240 (189 quid) as it costs less than a Blackstar 240 (249 quid). The Evader is sold by the same folks who sold me my UFO 135 (99 quid). The UFO is well built and has not given me any problems in the 6 months I have owned it.
I hope to learn from you righteous mofos and I hope to be of assistance as well. I am a bit stubborn in my ways and may not always offer advice that is popular but is nonetheless earned by experience. For one thing, I keep things simple. I don't mess about with fertilizers or PH readings. I use tomato-growbag dirt, water, and light, and that's it. I experimented with fertilizers and found that there truly was no significant increase in yield---perhaps a few grams more, and yet it was easy to over-fertilize and burn the plants. If you want bigger & denser buds, then they need stronger light rather than fertilizer. But, to each his own!
I am also shocked by how many of y'all don't remove your fan leaves...Fan leaves shade the growth below them. This is not good. I am not saying remove all the fan leaves at once! But as each one gets to a certain size it becomes safe and advantageous to remove them. Removing them allows light penetration and stimulates a new branch to grow sooner than if you just leave the fan leaves on.
But again, to each his own!
Any advice on 240 - 300 watt LED lamps sold in the UK will be greatly appreciated!
Cheers, mates!
I am very pleased to have found you.
Years ago I was a member at the now defunct Overgrow.com.
I have been a stoner & grower for Private Non-sale Use since 1979.
I don't feel it is right for anyone to sell pot but I understand why they do. Hopefully more & more people will simply overgrow what they need and pass on the surplus to others for free.
It's the brotherly thing to do.
It helps make the world a friendlier place.
If this attitude & practise catches on, it will drive the prices down significantly and this will make it less appealing for crime syndicates to exploit.
Governments that say no to legalization are saying YES to organized crime and their tax-free profits of BILLIONS.
I have grown indoors and outdoors...but have always had better results indoors. I used to own a 250 HPS which I bought from Applied Hydroponics in 1989. I wanted to grow plants that would result in one large bud and I achieved that. This was back in the days before the popularity of auto-strains. I would use bagseed Humboldt County Skunk and after the 3rd set of leaves I would cut back the lighting from 18 hours a day to 9 hours, and within a week the plants would start flowering.
The end result would be plants that were about 14 inches tall and one solid bud.
Good stuff, mate!
Nowadays I live in the UK and no longer have the HPS. I recently entered the world of auto-strains and LED. My first and current LED is a UFO 135. My auto strain is LowRyder 2. My first crop was a success---IMO---and I was harvesting the top buds at just 6 weeks from seedling! I harvest when most of the hairs are red.
I have been lurking and researching LEDs at various growsites for many months now. I am shocked by how many LED growers keep their lamps so far from the plants! I keep my lamp as close as possible to the tops and there is NO burning whatsoever. Basically my lamp is always about 2 inches from the tops of the plants. If it's any higher than that then the plants stretch and there is wasted space between the nodes.
I learned from my first LED grow that the penetration from the lamp only extends about 6 inches down.
I am now interested in buying a stronger lamp. I am considering something between 240 - 300 watts. Being un-wealthy at the moment I cannot afford anything bigger. I am seriously considering an Evader 240 (189 quid) as it costs less than a Blackstar 240 (249 quid). The Evader is sold by the same folks who sold me my UFO 135 (99 quid). The UFO is well built and has not given me any problems in the 6 months I have owned it.
I hope to learn from you righteous mofos and I hope to be of assistance as well. I am a bit stubborn in my ways and may not always offer advice that is popular but is nonetheless earned by experience. For one thing, I keep things simple. I don't mess about with fertilizers or PH readings. I use tomato-growbag dirt, water, and light, and that's it. I experimented with fertilizers and found that there truly was no significant increase in yield---perhaps a few grams more, and yet it was easy to over-fertilize and burn the plants. If you want bigger & denser buds, then they need stronger light rather than fertilizer. But, to each his own!
I am also shocked by how many of y'all don't remove your fan leaves...Fan leaves shade the growth below them. This is not good. I am not saying remove all the fan leaves at once! But as each one gets to a certain size it becomes safe and advantageous to remove them. Removing them allows light penetration and stimulates a new branch to grow sooner than if you just leave the fan leaves on.
But again, to each his own!
Any advice on 240 - 300 watt LED lamps sold in the UK will be greatly appreciated!
Cheers, mates!
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