Goober's First Grow - Soil LED 240w

DCobeen · Aug 13, 2014

I cant wait to see those ladies showing there big buds.

Greenhouse;save · Aug 13, 2014

to me and no offence but by the questions hes asking youve made it look like hes to mix his grow..micro..and bloom together but no wot u do is look up the chart for ur nuites u have and go by that ur r only in early veg so only veg nuits untile u r ready to flower when u flower use ur grow nuits for the first 2 weeks then switch to ur flower nuits and wotever additions u have to make ur plant a happy one and only use 50 to 75 % of manufacturers rec dose if u stick by these rules u shouldnt go wrong...

Greenhouse;save · Aug 13, 2014

sorry guys this last post was made when he was just separating in the outher pots their looking well and listen to the guys who r telling u to keep the grow ferts going for the first couple of weeks of flower..very important...

DCobeen · Aug 13, 2014

the reason i would mix 1/2 bloom and 1/2 grow is cause you need N still but say it try it on 1 not all plants. Take notes. Once you learn them you then can do a quick look and know what they want. Patience and love is needed. I keep forgetting to turn the radio on in the room.

oilmaker68 · Aug 13, 2014

DCobeen said:
the reason i would mix 1/2 bloom and 1/2 grow is cause you need N still but say it try it on 1 not all plants. Take notes. Once you learn them you then can do a quick look and know what they want. Patience and love is needed. I keep forgetting to turn the radio on in the room.

Radio ?? Wtf.

UncleReemis · Aug 13, 2014

Greenhouse;save said:
to me and no offence but by the questions hes asking youve made it look like hes to mix his grow..micro..and bloom together but no wot u do is look up the chart for ur nuites u have and go by that ur r only in early veg so only veg nuits untile u r ready to flower when u flower use ur grow nuits for the first 2 weeks then switch to ur flower nuits and wotever additions u have to make ur plant a happy one and only use 50 to 75 % of manufacturers rec dose if u stick by these rules u shouldnt go wrong...

I believe it's a 3-part system, so even if you are following the charts, they're all to be mixed. They have corresponding ratios because, for example: the plants need more than solely nitrogen for veg, just not as much phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium and trace. Most 3-parts don't mix their big three (NPK) in one bottle, leaving you no choice but to use all three in drastic ratios.

extra baked, had a dentist appointment earlier so I took the liberty of much bong to face. Not trying to fight with ya, just my 2 cents *insert RIU catch phrase logo*

rancidbodies · Aug 17, 2014

Goober23 said:
No that was perfect! I've looked at a couple set ups that is the same as you're talking about. Thankfully, Uncle Reemis let me borrow his fan/filter combo last night. Going to get some new ducting and things to hang it with today.But I need to get my own anyway so I may end up trying your suggestion

Thank you for browsing through! Check back every now and then I'm running into a lot of confusion with this being my first grow ever so hopefully with the knowledge in these forums, all will turn out well

I was wondering is that a led setup yu got and how is it going for u as far as canvas penatration

rancidbodies · Aug 17, 2014

Greenhouse;save said:
sorry guys this last post was made when he was just separating in the outher pots their looking well and listen to the guys who r telling u to keep the grow ferts going for the first couple of weeks of flower..very important...

When I switched over I used the grow big for just a week but mixed with the tiger would that be ok just wondering and when would be a good time t add molasses t the feed or do you do it on regular water days ????

Greenhouse;save · Aug 17, 2014

yes the grow mix would b ok as for the molasses ive never used them best get someone who has although the molasses r just pure sugar but i am unsure of the schedual for them but im pretty sure infact im positive its not every watering

Goober23 · Aug 18, 2014

UncleReemis said:
I agree with all of that ^ except without the foliar feeding. They should already be growing at maximum rate possible for your setup if you're doing it right. Giving a young plant food when its already abundant won't un-stunt it. However, magnesium absorbs well topically so you could foliar feed with that if you see calmag deficiencies.

often times its the young runts who turn out to be flourishers

:3:3:3:3:3

Plant 4 was the smallest for a while (therefore, being the runt) and now it's the 2nd biggest xP

rancidbodies · Aug 19, 2014

Goober23 said:
UPDATE #2 FOR TODAY
So... A lot happened today :3 Here we go.

I went out and bought a bunch of 4" ducting so I would have enough (no matter what!)

I bought bungees to hold the filter/fan up.

Bought Perlite - which seems to be the hardest shit in the world to find for me around here.

Bought another 7" mini fan for internal air circulation

Also got two 6" clip fans to help circulate.

Bought a watering can, some gardening gloves, and a Hand Trowel (to help with transplanting).

Those are the things I purchased. Now for what I did in the tent (with PICTURES). All photos were taken after feeding, transplanting, installation, etc.)

I installed the Carbon Filter and Exhaust fan and used ventilation to lead it out of the grow tent and into the room.

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I moved the plant that was near the edge of the bucket to the middle of the bucket.

Plant 1 View attachment 3223508

I transplanted one of the sprouts that was still sharing a bucket into a 5 gallon smart pot.

Plant 2 (After transplanting plant 3, I moved this one into the middle of the bucket) View attachment 3223509

Plant 3 (This was the one that was transplanted to the smart pot) View attachment 3223510

The soil mixture was about 15-20% vermiculite in the bottom half of the bucket. And the rest of it is half/half Perlite/Sta-Green Organic Soil (if that makes sense).

And here is Plant 4, for shits and giggles.

Plant 4 View attachment 3223511

All plants are now in their own container. Hopefully the transplanting went well and we'll see how they are doing once they get reestablished in the soil. Moving every one of them was terrifying, btw

Here is the tent before the fan and 4th smartpot
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Here is the tent with the fan/filter/ventilation and the last smart pot)
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And I can't update without having a question at the end

As you can see, the smart pots and 5 gallon buckets are different heights. Is this a problem for growing or will they just grow at different rates? I could find something to set the smart pots on to make them all an even height maybe?

And lastly, is my light at a good height for the vegetative stage? I haven't properly measured it because I didn't add the light hangers until week 2. Should they go lower or is it good where it's at?

Thanks all!

using that led will that get all three of them plants feed all the way through flower or do you have to add more lights?

Yodaweed · Aug 19, 2014

Use a Cal/mg supplement LEDs make your plant eat a lot more nutrients which can cause problems especially with calmg.

Yodaweed · Aug 19, 2014

Here's a picture of my LED setup second year running it. Two 240w LEDs and one 426w LED w/ UV-B resin booster.

vapesCHRONICally · Aug 19, 2014

I grow fox farm nutes using led. I use 10ml syringes very precise. You can pre-make your nute solution, but because of how the schedule(read the schedule not the back of bottle for FF nutes) works it worked better for me to make batches by the 1/2 gallon, but I only had one plant. Have you moved your lights closer than 3-4 feet yet

rancidbodies · Aug 19, 2014

Yodaweed said:
Here's a picture of my LED setup second year running it. Two 240w LEDs and one 426w LED w/ UV-B resin booster.

did that fixture have a socket in it already or is that a mod

Yodaweed · Aug 19, 2014

Came like that works great just rearranged my grow room today and cut down a plant lots of work but the fun kind

Greenhouse;save · Aug 20, 2014

Clever way that socket is positioned looks like the best of kit that particular unit......

Goober23 · Aug 25, 2014

Hey guys I've been having internet problems lately so sorry for the lack of updates. Ive heard that LED lights can cause RF interference and maybe that would be causing my internet to be shitty. The cable guy comes soon and I don't want him to go in the back and find it. The LED light is several rooms away and has a grounded prong on the cord. Do you think this could be causing it? It is an htg supply 7 band 240w led

Pass it Around · Aug 25, 2014

casper9 said:
You should try a glassless (no reflector) run with the 1000w and compare it to the yield quality and quantity from the LED grow. It'll probably be more cost efficient and yield better results running the HPS.

The only reason he would yield better results is the fact that there is more wattage going to light. That would be the only reason, if he were to get 1,000w of ACTUAL draw from the wall the LED would outyield the hps.

Goober23 · Aug 25, 2014

HEY! Time for an update. Today officially marks the timer being transitioned to 12/12. It will be on for 16 hours for 2 days, 14 hours for 2 days, and then finally 12/12. I will wait a day or two after being at 12/12 to lower the light for flowering. All of these pictures are random and scattered but they are as of 8/24. I'm getting antsy

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