630w LEC 4x4 tent Grow

GemuGrows

GemuGrows

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Hey bro i'm running 630w of LEC in my 5x5 hydro and at least for a 5x5 2x LEC315 is not quite enough light.

In your 4x4 it might be awesome, but I suggest you have like 3-4 tops per plant and flower them kinda early.

Also, they make like no heat so don't be afriad to add more light.


But I love the LECs so i'm gonna watch this thread closely!

my tent stays like 63f with lights on o:

Also back on my first LEC run I got light bleaching cuz it was only like 10" from my tops, and that was just with 1 LEC. Theres a perfect height but if u get em too close; even if heat isnt an issue u might run into bleaching.
 
BiG PuFFer

BiG PuFFer

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How is your tent so cool? 63f is to cold imo. I would like to get it cooler in there for flower. I have a 6inch inline hooked up through the filter running about 60% on the speed controller. Temp stays around 82°f. I have 16in clip fan and will probably get one more. The two bottom passive airflow flaps are open. It's 66°f inside the room. If need be i can open the window to get fresh cold air in the room.
I topped a few times and have multiple tops on most of the girls, plus some lst'ing.
 

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GemuGrows

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BiG PuFFer said:
How is your tent so cool? 63f is to cold imo. I would like to get it cooler in there for flower. I have a 6inch inline hooked up through the filter running about 60% on the speed controller. Temp stays around 82°f. I have 16in clip fan and will probably get one more. The two bottom passive airflow flaps are open. It's 66°f inside the room. If need be i can open the window to get fresh cold air in the room.
I topped a few times and have multiple tops on most of the girls, plus some lst'ing.
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Simply winter temps hah. I agree its too cool, makes me wish i didnt drop $400 on a water chiller.

Its in a room with a veg tent and a 1000w hps tent, the 1000w hps stays like 69f. I'll prob add more light to my 5x5 with my LEC cuz like i said, 2x sun system LEC315 is just not quite enough light for a 5x5.

It gets hella cold where I am in the winter. On the bright side all my nugs this winter are pretty damn purple hah
 
BiG PuFFer

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supchaka said:
They look super wilty in ur first pic. Were they like that before? Healthy clones that age wouldn't wilt on a transplant. Were they bone dry?
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I could of over watered. I put this in 5gal bags. I'm used to small plastic containers. I moved the soil around the surface around and under was pretty moist. I have those acu-temp thermometers in there humity was around 26% so i put a humidifier in there this morning.
 
THCbreeder

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You are the first I'm the 2nd on these ... Don't let those chocolopes get to big . I grew one out and she stretched 3x . I got my lec running one side running 315 about 20 inches away . . I'm going from area51 LEDs to the 630 w . I'm gonna leave one rw-150 led in the tent with it for a total of 785watts flowering with 5 CSI humboldt purple snow ( humboldt snow X purple urkel and one Golden Coast Genetics orange chicken ( mandarin indica X abusive OG ). The ppf readings seen a little low for the 630w. Anyhow I excited .
 
GroErr

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BiG PuFFer said:
I got 2 acurite thermometers in there and the heat and humidity are way different on them??
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These are pretty accurate, If you don't mind spending a couple of bucks, I use these La Crosse RF based temp/RH sensors that I can access from a phone, tablet, computer. It also sends you alerts when you set minimum/maximum thresholds for temps and RH. They record up to 2 weeks at a time of readings which you can download in .csv format. Great for dialing in rooms/tents, amazing how much they fluctuate with the seasons considering it's indoor. They're about $100 for the first controller and sensor combo, then $69 for each additional sensor, you can put up to 5 sensors per controller. I've had a couple of them for 3 years and still going strong, just replace a battery once/year.
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BiG PuFFer

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Thats pretty badass. I might have to look into that. Do you need multiple sensors for 1 tent? You 1 for each will do?
 
GroErr

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BiG PuFFer said:
Thats pretty badass. I might have to look into that. Do you need multiple sensors for 1 tent? You 1 for each will do?
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They're handy tools, you see exactly what happens to the environment when you make a change. I have mine set to record a reading every 15 minutes. You just need one of the controller combo which gives you a sensor, that'll do one room/tent. If you wanted say to put another in a veg tent you'd just buy a second sensor for $69.
 
TheChemist77

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GroErr said:
They're handy tools, you see exactly what happens to the environment when you make a change. I have mine set to record a reading every 15 minutes. You just need one of the controller combo which gives you a sensor, that'll do one room/tent. If you wanted say to put another in a veg tent you'd just buy a second sensor for $69.
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sounds like a nice set up, but if your in your room at least once a day to check ph,ec, temps, etc.. i have a thermometer that gives the hi and lo temp every 24 hours or till i reset it wich is usually daily..but that set up would kick ass if on vacation or somthing.. wright now i plan to invest in a cob to do some comparisons..
 
GroErr

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TheChemist77 said:
sounds like a nice set up, but if your in your room at least once a day to check ph,ec, temps, etc.. i have a thermometer that gives the hi and lo temp every 24 hours or till i reset it wich is usually daily..but that set up would kick ass if on vacation or somthing.. wright now i plan to invest in a cob to do some comparisons..
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Yeah I don't necessarily go into the room unless they need watering, but I have multiple rooms and they all need watering on-going. It's just one less thing to worry about for me and travelling I can keep an eye on what's going on. Use the cameras for that too. Gotta prioritize though, COBs will be a good investment for sure. I like the quality of COB buds.
 
BiG PuFFer

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GroErr said:
Yeah I don't necessarily go into the room unless they need watering, but I have multiple rooms and they all need watering on-going. It's just one less thing to worry about for me and travelling I can keep an eye on what's going on. Use the cameras for that too. Gotta prioritize though, COBs will be a good investment for sure. I like the quality of COB buds.
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Yeah. If you have an automated system thats cool. I would probably be checking it all day unable to anything about it if something was off.
 
BiG PuFFer

BiG PuFFer

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BigZcolorado said:
looks good. I prefer cobs but ill keep an eye out see how it goes maybe you can pull some serious weight.
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I'm going for quality first and weight second. I wanted to have more plants in there, and two don't look to hot. We'll see. I'm still tring to hone my grow skills so i can have a run without some crazy shit popping up. I was just running a small tent. Harvest pics comming Sunday. I used to have a duel 400w hood and ballast that i used for a few runs in a closet. That thing just put off soo much heat and took alot of power.
 
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