Dave's Area 51/Inda-gro combination grow

[daveroller]

My second Area 51 light panel arrived today:

It’s the RW-150 model, the one with 2 sets of LEDs, red and white. So I hung it up in my closet:

These 2 panels fit very nicely in my 2’x6’ closet. The old SGS-160 is now over the seedlings with only the white LEDs turned on. And the new RW-150 is above Teeny switched to full power, i.e., all of its LEDs are on.

• I noticed that one of my Tahoe OG seeds is sprouting, so I’ll probably move that and the already-sprouted Liberty Haze into the second bucket tomorrow.

Teeny looks happy:

 

[spazatak]

they dont look that bright Dave... is that just the camera playing tricks...

 

[Chronikool]

The old SGS-160 is now over the seedlings with only the white LEDs turned on.

'The old sgs-160'...hehehe....LED technology marches on....

 

[daveroller]

they dont look that bright Dave... is that just the camera playing tricks...

The light is focused into beams pointing down at the plants, kind of like a flashlight. That's why they don't look so bright from the side.

 

[spazatak]

The light is focused into beams pointing down at the plants, kind of like a flashlight. That's why they don't look so bright from the side.

yeah others I've seen have looked brighter... thats why I thought it might have been the camera

 

[daveroller]

yeah others I've seen have looked brighter... thats why I thought it might have been the camera

You can never go by photos, because the camera adjusts its exposure to the brightness of the lamps. I've seen photos of other LED panels in grow rooms that looked a hell of a lot dimmer. But it was probably just the camera.

 

[greatbranch]

Got a bag seed sprout going on inside that Rapid Rooter. If it's going jump out completely, which I think it will, it will probably be tonight or tomorrow morning.

 

[daveroller]

Got a bag seed sprout going on inside that Rapid Rooter. If it's going jump out completely, which I think it will, it will probably be tonight or tomorrow morning.

Did you just set it in a tray of water like I did?

 

[greatbranch]

Did you just set it in a tray of water like I did?

Soaked the seed for 24 hours. Then, just planted it in a Rapid Rooter that was in a small jelly jar with a few hydroton around to keep it propped up. Sprayed with a squirt bottle until I get some water starting do collect in the bottom (the plug is saturated) twice a day.

Edit: I DID soak the Rapid Rooter prior, but you probably assumed that anyway.

 

[daveroller]

... Edit: I DID soak the Rapid Rooter prior, but you probably assumed that anyway.

Oh... I hope that they don't have the same problem as those Rockwool cubes. You don't have to soak them for a long time, do you? I didn't worry about pH too much with the Rapid Rooters.

 

[daveroller]

One out of the 3 seeds that I put in Rapid Rooters a few days ago is JUST about to pop out the top. Maybe by tomorrow it'll come out. If it does, then I'll put the 2 sprouts in the 2nd bucket.

Sold the Inda-Gro today for $470. Glad I'm done with that. It'll pay for the RW-150. There are so many things I'd like to buy, like a continuous pH & ppm monitor for each bucket and an RO filter. Maybe if I sell more stuff on eBay...

I noticed that the temp in my closet after replacing the Inda-Gro with the RW-150 is about the same as room temp, around 78° F today. With the Inda-Gro it would have been around 83°.

PLUS, I have the exhaust fan set on LOW instead of HIGH! Much appreciated noise reduction.

 

[greatbranch]

Oh... I hope that they don't have the same problem as those Rockwool cubes. You don't have to soak them for a long time, do you? I didn't worry about pH too much with the Rapid Rooters.

No - just re-hydrating...only a few minutes.

 

[daveroller]

Just created a new thread, since this one's name isn't right anymore.

The new thread is here:

Dave's Dual Area 51 Grow

Please follow and create new posts over there instead of here from now on...