BotanyIsFun
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first grow journal here at RIU.
I've been growing for about 7 years now, first as a patient in California, and now for recreation in Oregon. I've been following LED technology for about 3 years or so. After reaching a plateau of 8 oz per harvest with my old 400w HID set up, I finally decided to see what all of the LED hype was about.
The Strains: 3 clones of OG and one of Gorilla Glue #4. All planted in 4 gallon RootTrapper air pots.
The Environment: Simple closet set up... One wall mounted fan, one smaller clip fan, and a scrog screen with inner dimensions of roughly 18x32" using jute twine for the grid. With the addition of some moderate FIM'ing.
The Light: After much debate I decided to go with the ViparSpectra 900w Reflector Series LED panel. There were two different 900w models, and I decided to go with the older model as the design fits my ScrOG perfectly. The light uses 180 x 5w LED's, and from the various reviews I've read, draws around 425-450w at the wall. My hopes are, with this light is that I'll be able to double the yield of my old HPS set up.
The Soil: It's an organic super soil from Better Urban Dirt, funny enough with the acronym of B.U.D. They're a company based out of Salem, OR, and I must say it's pretty awesome stuff! They have a few different lines of soil, I go with the premium and it sometimes, can be a little hot for clones, though, whenever I've cloned directly into the soil, I've had a 100% success rate, and the plants loved it. The only thing that gets added is some washed white sand to keep the top layer of soil more dry than the rest, which helps to prevent those pesky little fungus gnats from taking a liking to the soil.
Nutrients: None, LOL! Just good 'ol organic, un-sulfured molasses to keep those microbes nice and happy!
I've been growing for about 7 years now, first as a patient in California, and now for recreation in Oregon. I've been following LED technology for about 3 years or so. After reaching a plateau of 8 oz per harvest with my old 400w HID set up, I finally decided to see what all of the LED hype was about.
The Strains: 3 clones of OG and one of Gorilla Glue #4. All planted in 4 gallon RootTrapper air pots.
The Environment: Simple closet set up... One wall mounted fan, one smaller clip fan, and a scrog screen with inner dimensions of roughly 18x32" using jute twine for the grid. With the addition of some moderate FIM'ing.
The Light: After much debate I decided to go with the ViparSpectra 900w Reflector Series LED panel. There were two different 900w models, and I decided to go with the older model as the design fits my ScrOG perfectly. The light uses 180 x 5w LED's, and from the various reviews I've read, draws around 425-450w at the wall. My hopes are, with this light is that I'll be able to double the yield of my old HPS set up.
The Soil: It's an organic super soil from Better Urban Dirt, funny enough with the acronym of B.U.D. They're a company based out of Salem, OR, and I must say it's pretty awesome stuff! They have a few different lines of soil, I go with the premium and it sometimes, can be a little hot for clones, though, whenever I've cloned directly into the soil, I've had a 100% success rate, and the plants loved it. The only thing that gets added is some washed white sand to keep the top layer of soil more dry than the rest, which helps to prevent those pesky little fungus gnats from taking a liking to the soil.
Nutrients: None, LOL! Just good 'ol organic, un-sulfured molasses to keep those microbes nice and happy!
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