250w LED Supersoil v. FF Trio

STX.OrganicGuerilla

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Starting my journal, 3 bag seed babes are already in week 2 under a Sunblaze t5 HO-22,18/6 light schedule.
Average temps are between 73-80. RH between 45-55

I started them all in different seedling mixes to see which way would work best.
1. 1/3 FFHF, 1/3 EWC, 1/3 Perlite.
2. 1/6 FFHF, 1/6 FFOF, 1/3 EWC, 1/3 Perlite.
3. 1/3 FFHF, 1/3 Subs Supersoil, 1/3 Perlite.

So far all looking very healthy, no sign of deficiencies.

Tent is set up, waiting for my lamp to arrive.

Pics will all come soon, if someone could help guide me to a way to attach photos, I'm going to make a time lapse of photos.

Welcome to any and all input or suggestions. Lets hope all goes well!
 
morgwar

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Hey good luck man !
What kind of tent/cab/closet/greenhouse etc environment are you working with.
 
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Now I'm vegging under the sunblaze t-5 HO 22' on a shelf in my bedroom. Temps avg between 72-80f and humidity between 40-50. I try getting the humidity up since theyre in veg but they seem like theyre doing good. It's doing better than expected for the seedings. 3x3x5 amazon ordered tent, the cheap one. Now is week 3 from being put into solo cups. Light comes today so they wil get put in the tent soon.
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morgwar

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You're temps and humidity look good I've gone down as low as 35% humidity with no issue in veg.
What kind of light did you order.
You're profile mentions king leds in your profile.
Ive got a king UFO 600 in my breeding bucket that does the trick veg and flower. I never tried pushing for yield with it though, just running seed stock for my personal bank, but they are healthy and respond week to the light. It puts off a some of heat though. Here's some picks of the king ufo. The plants are blue dream hso, and auto blueberry. Each about a foot tall and pretty healthy.
Don't mean to hijack your thread, but the king 600 does a decent job for cheap if your still curious about that brand.
Also check out my grows, you can buy a cheap cob from roleadro or anjit, swap the cob chip easy peasy and have a legit high power light for cheap too.
 

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At the bottom where it says " post reply"
Right next to it, it say upload a file and more options, hit upload file and choose file then select files.
 
STX.OrganicGuerilla

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morgwar said:
You're temps and humidity look good I've gone down as low as 35% humidity with no issue in veg.
What kind of light did you order.
You're profile mentions king leds in your profile.
Ive got a king UFO 600 in my breeding bucket that does the trick veg and flower. I never tried pushing for yield with it though, just running seed stock for my personal bank, but they are healthy and respond week to the light. It puts off a some of heat though. Here's some picks of the king ufo. The plants are blue dream hso, and auto blueberry. Each about a foot tall and pretty healthy.
Don't mean to hijack your thread, but the king 600 does a decent job for cheap if your still curious about that brand.
Also check out my grows, you can buy a cheap cob from roleadro or anjit, swap the cob chip easy peasy and have a legit high power light for cheap too.
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Looks pretty dope bro!
 
morgwar

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Amare will do the job and then some!
The bucket is just for breeding/auto freebees, but I'm gonna replace the fan and french the light cords for stealth. I'm thinking of selling the buckets but I've got allot of improvements to make. I want to be able to cut it in half and lift the top off but still be able to lock it down and move the whole thing in one piece
But I digress, not my thread your show and it's going good. Consider me subbed if I'm welcome. Thanks.
 
morgwar

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Ooh I've never had to do it, but I'd say give em a 6" more for distance to light than you are running em under the flourescents and cut the distance about 2" a day untill you reach the manufacturer recomendation or . but watch em and dial it back if you see negative effects.
I usually hit my seedlings at 18 inches from the light. Yours are more mature so that or less might work.


Anybody else out there in rollitup world got suggestions?
 
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The two on the sides are chemdawg at about 2 weeks old 4 and 6 inches tall. And sitting close to 18 inches to the light. Up top . I moved them there a day after transplant from under the king ufo blurple.
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STX.OrganicGuerilla

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So the light is in the tent. Dry running for a day or two to see the temps.
Looks very bright with only the diodes!
The cobs light shit up though!
Also just got my GH ph up and down and tester + the nutes today.
I need a ff trio schedule. Timing mainly, Im not going to follow directed amounts to use, probably 1/3 the recommended amounts to see how they react.
1st time adding nutes other than molasses or ewc.
 

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Running the light in the tent dry and temps rose to 92. Im guessing air intake and exhaust is necessary. Really didnt want to order more shit..
Any suggestions on temp control?
 
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STX.OrganicGuerilla said:
Running the light in the tent dry and temps rose to 92. Im guessing air intake and exhaust is necessary. Really didnt want to order more shit..
Any suggestions on temp control?
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Hey STX,

Welcome to the "AMARE family"!

You running that 250 in a 3 x 3 you can leave the top part of the door unzipped for an easy fix. I use a 6 inch inline duct fan . You can get them at Home Depot pretty cheap. I run a small piece of flex hose from one of the top ports and attach the fan to the other end. You can then either unzip the bottom of the tent door or open up the screened vent flaps. As for the height of the light here is what I have done. Run your mono's first, and put the light as high as it will go. Wait a couple of hours and see if the leaves turn up towards the light. If they do then lower the light 1/2 the distance, repeat the process until the leaves lay flat. Once you find that height raise the light up a couple of inches. Once they acclimate to the light you can fire up the COB's but then you have to repeat the process of raising the light all the way up. I also would leave the lenses off at first. In that size of a tent you can put them on once you switch to flower. You most likely are going to run the light at the top of the tent. You want at least 18-24 inches of clearance. These light are very powerful and you can burn the tops of your plants if they get to close. Some strains will handle the light better than others. Hope this helps.
 
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Where am I said:
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Hey STX,

Welcome to the "AMARE family"!

You running that 250 in a 3 x 3 you can leave the top part of the door unzipped for an easy fix. I use a 6 inch inline duct fan . You can get them at Home Depot pretty cheap. I run a small piece of flex hose from one of the top ports and attach the fan to the other end. You can then either unzip the bottom of the tent door or open up the screened vent flaps. As for the height of the light here is what I have done. Run your mono's first, and put the light as high as it will go. Wait a couple of hours and see if the leaves turn up towards the light. If they do then lower the light 1/2 the distance, repeat the process until the leaves lay flat. Once you find that height raise the light up a couple of inches. Once they acclimate to the light you can fire up the COB's but then you have to repeat the process of raising the light all the way up. I also would leave the lenses off at first. In that size of a tent you can put them on once you switch to flower. You most likely are going to run the light at the top of the tent. You want at least 18-24 inches of clearance. These light are very powerful and you can burn the tops of your plants if they get to close. Some strains will handle the light better than others. Hope this helps.
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Thats what I've done so far, going to get the vent fan today. I have a small clip fan laying in the top port blowing in cooler air and the floor fan blowing up and it dropped the temp a bit but thats only with the diodes. The cobs add an extra 10 degrees or so.

They were praying pretty hard at this distance but I cant tell if it's stressing them or not. I figured they were old enough to throw under there at recommended distance.

Just gave 1st watering of phd water with 1/4 strength grow big and and some molasses, hopefully they drink up happily.

I did give it to all the plants even though I dont plan on giving them all bloom nutes.

I kinda want to try to flower one in the party cup. We'll see.
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