Marshydro Led grow...

[oilmaker68]

hi y'all

today i received my Mars Hydro LED growlight. I have raised my Fem seeds with 2x300w CFLs but felt it lacked power and penetration when it came to veg. I already tried the cfls with 2 x Lemon ice seeds i had and they haven't grown well into veg so decided i needed another LED.

I went for the Mars Hydro because the price of Budmaster II lights (that i flower with) are ridiculous (even though they are phenomenal)

As there is little info available on these specific units i decided to have a punt. Also they have U.S stock which was a bonus.

I am growing 3 strains, all from Amsterdam. I planted them on 24/6/2014 except Incredible Bulk which was planted 4 days later

3x Bulldog Chronic THC - 20% 650gm/m2
3x Pineapple Chunk THC - 25% 650gm/m2
1x incredible Bulk THC - 24% 1000gm/m2 <yes, that's what the breeder claims

I am planning on foliar feeding the "runts" as the experimental feed i have claims it will force the runts to catch up to the bigger plants (i doubt it)

light specs :

• Reflector design 100% LED lumen output to plants
• Glass free design. Glass and extra lenses can diminish lumen output by as much as 20 percent! Our design provides more light for your plants.
• Growth/Bloom switches, Save more power and more efficiency.
• Spectrum: 430~440nm, 450~475nm, 620~630nm, 650~670nm, White, Real Infrared spectrum: 730nm
• LEDs: 192*3WLEDs
• Dimension: 22*19*2inches
• Lumen: 29200lumens
• Coverage: 4*4ft( Veg), 3.5*3.5ft(Flowering)
• Output power: 600Watt
• Power consumption: 110V: 370W-384W/220V: 350W-364W
• Amp: 2.44A/110V, 1.22A/220V
• Worldwide Voltage Capable: AC85~265V
• View Angle of LEDs: 90/120° Mixed
• Lifespan: 50000-100000hours

Light will be kept at 2ft above plants unless stretching appears then it will be alter accordingly

Nutrients :

Magne-cal+ by plant magic 1ml/L
Bio Green Grow 1 1ml/L
Experimental foliar spray 3xpw


Water:

Tap water PH'd to 5.8
Currently hand watered but will be switching to gravity fed drip feed ASAP

Medium :

Amsterdam Gold Label COCO

Temp:

24c - 27c

RH :

50% - 60%

if ive forgotten to mention anything i'll add it later.

heres some Pics to get started



ignore the plants on the right, they are for cloning then the best two will be added to the grow later. I plan to add a gravity fed drip feed system so ill add pics of that next.

ill post new pics and updates as i go, feel free to add any comments or ideas.

 

[oilmaker68]

ok, drip feed system is now in and running 1/4 nutes. had a rearrange now the two big plants have moved on so heres some updated pics

there is now space on the floor but that will have a couple of lemon ice clones in a couple of weeks.

 

[harris hawk]

Thanks; good information - with cfl's would use 500watters, anyway there a a few LED's made here in US, most made in China. What was you cost (led)? Hope cost will come down once LED's catch on

 

[oilmaker68]

Thanks; good information - with cfl's would use 500watters, anyway there a a few LED's made here in US, most made in China. What was you cost (led)? Hope cost will come down once LED's catch on

It cost $255 including shipping. Seems to be solid enough build wise.

CFL'S were 2 x 300w. Which from seed was really good. Very gentle on them. Will use led straight from seed in future.

Costs are high but they have a lifespan of 10yrs. When you add up how many HPS/MH bulbs you'd buy in that time it works out pretty good value.

LEDs change the internal workings of the plant which some people struggle with ie magnesium and calcium uptake increases. So once people adjust their feeding it will explode in popularity.

 

[oilmaker68]

It cost $255 including shipping. Seems to be solid enough build wise.

CFL'S were 2 x 300w. Which from seed was really good. Very gentle on them. Will use led straight from seed in future.

Costs are high but they have a lifespan of 10yrs. When you add up how many HPS/MH bulbs you'd buy in that time it works out pretty good value.

LEDs change the internal workings of the plant which some people struggle with ie magnesium and calcium uptake increases. So once people adjust their feeding it will explode in popularity.

 

[WazzaX]

are you running it with the "veg" only button or the "bloom" aswell ?

 

[oilmaker68]

are you running it with the "veg" only button or the "bloom" aswell ?

Only the veg button so far. Looked too red with the bloom button on. The info that came with it said to only use the veg button and keep it 2 ft away from plants.


Seems to be doing Ok so far.

 

[oilmaker68]

Finally moved my fully vegged lemon ice plant into the flower room so I have room for two clones I am currently growing. Aeroponically but still no roots after 4 days. I think maybe the temp is too hight due tof the pump so I'm gonna add some ice and see how that goes.

I'll add some pics tomoz.

 

[rob333]

hi y'all

today i received my Mars Hydro LED growlight. I have raised my Fem seeds with 2x300w CFLs but felt it lacked power and penetration when it came to veg. I already tried the cfls with 2 x Lemon ice seeds i had and they haven't grown well into veg so decided i needed another LED.

I went for the Mars Hydro because the price of Budmaster II lights (that i flower with) are ridiculous (even though they are phenomenal)

As there is little info available on these specific units i decided to have a punt. Also they have U.S stock which was a bonus.

I am growing 3 strains, all from Amsterdam. I planted them on 24/6/2014 except Incredible Bulk which was planted 4 days later

3x Bulldog Chronic THC - 20% 650gm/m2
3x Pineapple Chunk THC - 25% 650gm/m2
1x incredible Bulk THC - 24% 1000gm/m2 <yes, that's what the breeder claims

I am planning on foliar feeding the "runts" as the experimental feed i have claims it will force the runts to catch up to the bigger plants (i doubt it)

light specs :

• Reflector design 100% LED lumen output to plants
• Glass free design. Glass and extra lenses can diminish lumen output by as much as 20 percent! Our design provides more light for your plants.
• Growth/Bloom switches, Save more power and more efficiency.
• Spectrum: 430~440nm, 450~475nm, 620~630nm, 650~670nm, White, Real Infrared spectrum: 730nm
• LEDs: 192*3WLEDs
• Dimension: 22*19*2inches
• Lumen: 29200lumens
• Coverage: 4*4ft( Veg), 3.5*3.5ft(Flowering)
• Output power: 600Watt
• Power consumption: 110V: 370W-384W/220V: 350W-364W
• Amp: 2.44A/110V, 1.22A/220V
• Worldwide Voltage Capable: AC85~265V
• View Angle of LEDs: 90/120° Mixed
• Lifespan: 50000-100000hours

Light will be kept at 2ft above plants unless stretching appears then it will be alter accordingly

Nutrients :

Magne-cal+ by plant magic 1ml/L
Bio Green Grow 1 1ml/L
Experimental foliar spray 3xpw


Water:

Tap water PH'd to 5.8
Currently hand watered but will be switching to gravity fed drip feed ASAP

Medium :

Amsterdam Gold Label COCO

Temp:

24c - 27c

RH :

50% - 60%

if ive forgotten to mention anything i'll add it later.

heres some Pics to get started
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ignore the plants on the right, they are for cloning then the best two will be added to the grow later. I plan to add a gravity fed drip feed system so ill add pics of that next.

ill post new pics and updates as i go, feel free to add any comments or ideas.

had one of those used it once about 1 year ago been sitting outside as a door wedge for the last 6 months they are poo man i hate to say

 

[rob333]

It cost $255 including shipping. Seems to be solid enough build wise.

CFL'S were 2 x 300w. Which from seed was really good. Very gentle on them. Will use led straight from seed in future.

Costs are high but they have a lifespan of 10yrs. When you add up how many HPS/MH bulbs you'd buy in that time it works out pretty good value.

LEDs change the internal workings of the plant which some people struggle with ie magnesium and calcium uptake increases. So once people adjust their feeding it will explode in popularity.

and btw i have a 1000 watt balist thats 12 years old that i still use and a bulb that has been going strong for 3 years no lose of yeild

 

[WazzaX]

had one of those used it once about 1 year ago been sitting outside as a door wedge for the last 6 months they are poo man i hate to say

hey mate...what made it poo?

 

[rob333]

hey mate...what made it poo?

it was wikked till it came to flower it vegged 6 plants but dident flower them to good think we ended up with about 2 oz per plant very very dismel yeild comparred to the 600 we had running whick yeilded about 5 some 6 oz per plant

 

[oilmaker68]

it was wikked till it came to flower it vegged 6 plants but dident flower them to good think we ended up with about 2 oz per plant very very dismel yeild comparred to the 600 we had running whick yeilded about 5 some 6 oz per plant

A 3 year old bulb with no loss of lumens is impressive.

Like it says in my opening gambit, there is next to no info on these units so it's purely experimental. I also have a budmaster II LED growlight which I'll be running a full grow with in a few weeks to compare results.

Vegging seems to be going well with nice growth and node spacing. I'll post some pics today of the girls..

 

[rob333]

A 3 year old bulb with no loss of lumens is impressive.

Like it says in my opening gambit, there is next to no info on these units so it's purely experimental. I also have a budmaster II LED growlight which I'll be running a full grow with in a few weeks to compare results.

Vegging seems to be going well with nice growth and node spacing. I'll post some pics today of the girls..

they will grow em dont worry about that im just a thru and thru hid grower and comparred to them wernt no good but as a personal grow they will do just fine me i aint a fan but every1 has there own way of doing things like my old man still uses fluros

 

[oilmaker68]

they will grow em dont worry about that im just a thru and thru hid grower and comparred to them wernt no good but as a personal grow they will do just fine me i aint a fan but every1 has there own way of doing things like my old man still uses fluros

Ye I'm not a commercial grower at all. I only grow to make oil for a cancer suffer I know so it's quality over quantity Everytime for me.

If the unit it shite then hopefully my journal/blog/thread will save people a few quid.

I'm hopeful of more than 2oZ per plant tho :/

 

[rob333]

Ye I'm not a commercial grower at all. I only grow to make oil for a cancer suffer I know so it's quality over quantity Everytime for me.

If the unit it shite then hopefully my journal/blog/thread will save people a few quid.

I'm hopeful of more than 2oZ per plant tho :/

hate to say if u want quality go hid u will get way more denser buds and as a oil maker myself i find the hid lights are perfect friend of mine grows with leds i find it very spongy almost have to squeez it out

 

[oilmaker68]

In all honesty that budmaster grew the best buds I've ever seen. They were rock hard. It out grew my previous hps setup easily and converted me to Led. Was looking for a cheaper light as they have just put the price up on the budmaster and now it's way too much.

If the Marshydro led is shite I'll only veg with it and use the budmaster to flower.

I wanted to do a grow with the same plants, nutes, temps etc and compare the results.

Might do a led v hps in the future.

 

[oilmaker68]

here's some pics i just took

looking nice and healthy so far

 

[WazzaX]

awsum pics

 

[oilmaker68]

awsum pics

Thanks bro.

How you going with yours?