5x5 closet grow using SolarStorm 880

5x5

5x5

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Not too much excitement to report. I've been slowly cutting back the nutrients in the flower room in expectation that the flowering period will be ending any time now. All of the trichomes are cloudy by this point, but I have yet to see any amber. I recently read that increasing the dark period to 14 hours can help them finish ripening, so I am going to give that a try starting tonight. I haven't seen any significant increase in either density or trichome levels in the past week and a half. The friend who gave them to me said it was a 10 week flowering period, which will be this saturday. To my eye, they don't quite look like they are quite ready yet. I read on a few other threads that letting them go a full 85 days is recommended. I will probably give them one or two more waterings with weak levels of nutrients (last one I gave them was about 650 us/cm, will probably cut that in half twice), and then flush for a week or however long it takes for them to completely finish. I think they could have turned out much better if I didn't have the heat and water issues, but at this point, I get what I get, and at least the clones were free. From what I've read this is also a difficult strain to grow, so probably not the best choice for the maiden voyage of this space while still working out the kinks and buying equipment as funds allowed. If he hadn't wanted to get rid of them at that specific time I probably would have waited a month and made sure I had all of the proper infrastructure in place before putting any plants into the space. I have a few photos of the room as a whole. They are not the best because they were washed out by the LED, but I don't want to move them out of the room unless necessary because of the way the drip system is set up.
If you check out pictures 3 and 4, you can see two of the same phenotype (I think these are actually Chemdawg), but in photo 3 is the one that started the weird stretching from the top cola and next highest branch, due to the heat, I believe. It has continued to stretch since, gaining at least an inch a week, and threatening to hit the lights. Photo 4 shows another plant that stretched a little bit from the cola, but not that much, and has stopped since I got the heat dialed in to the correct temperature range.

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5x5

5x5

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Sorry for the lack up updates, been busy. Chopped the ladies this last weekend. Sadly, they did not turn out all that great. Plenty of crystals, but very airy, which I think is due to the temperatures being too high during a pretty critical phase of flowering. I also think that they were probably suffering from pretty bad salt buildup, because when I did the first flush with pure water, there was a layer of salt on the top of the soil afterwards. I'm sure this is due to the fact that I was growing them in saucers, which don't let the water drain to waste. Oh well.
I'm disappointed, but not surprised. I kind of expected the first grow to have a steep learning curve (this is my first indoor grow of any scale larger than a single plant in the basement under a MH in college. My other experience was growing outdoor, which is pretty hard to mess up in comparison). I built a platform to act as a drain tray for the next round, just waiting on the tarp. Details in the new journal.

The link to the new journal is:
http://rollitup.org/t/5x5-closet-hashberry-with-solarstorm-880.835136/

I'll post a report with weight and maybe a smoke report (I don't really smoke much, so anything gets me blasted off of one hit, but I'll have some friends try it). I think probably 40-50% of this is going to get turned into bubble hash, though, due to the airiness.


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5x5

5x5

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So I FINALLY finished the manicuring and curing process, and the final weight of the useable medicine was:
1020 grams, or 2 lbs that were a little bit over (460g each) plus 100g of slightly lower quality medicine.
I still have about two entire plants' worth that I plan on turning into extract, the weight of which I will post once I have it processed.
I tried it quite a few times, and the high was pleasant; definitely more of a head high than a body high, and certainly no couchlock if I was smart about my dosage. I overdid it once, but even then it didn't knock me out, just made me feel a bit too 'spaced out' to really get anything accomplished.
Unfortunately, I don't have any third party smoke reports that I can include at this time.
My conclusion is that the light is certainly comparable to at least a 600W HPS if not a 1000W. Out of 18 actually useable plants, I managed to pull 1020 grams, so that works out to 56 grams per plant, or almost exactly 2 ounces. That works out to .816g per watt.
I'm quite pleased with the light and am nearing the end of my first trial run using only LED as a light source. I started another journal, though I will be the first to admit I have been slow on updates (busy), feel free to stop by.
 
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Doh1

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How do u feel about the potency on a grade scale or compared to your other grows with hps lights. Possibly guesses on thc level.
 
5x5

5x5

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I would say (this is just a guess based on visual examination of the crystals) that it is the same or slightly higher (probably due to the UVB).
I basically found that that the light is the equivalent of a 600W HPS, but a little more powerful. It needs to be a little further from the top of the canopy than the HPS (or it will burn the plants). It's probably about the equivalent of a 700w light.
 
DesertGrow89

DesertGrow89

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5x5 said:
Additionally, I have some kind of weird deficiency going on. Since you're reading this thread right now, I figured maybe I could pick someone's brain to see if they had any tips.]
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Potassium was moar than likely locked out of your growing medium. Looks like a badass light system and nice garden.
 
Og Kushman

Og Kushman

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5x5 said:
Not too much excitement to report. I've been slowly cutting back the nutrients in the flower room in expectation that the flowering period will be ending any time now. All of the trichomes are cloudy by this point, but I have yet to see any amber. I recently read that increasing the dark period to 14 hours can help them finish ripening, so I am going to give that a try starting tonight. I haven't seen any significant increase in either density or trichome levels in the past week and a half. The friend who gave them to me said it was a 10 week flowering period, which will be this saturday. To my eye, they don't quite look like they are quite ready yet. I read on a few other threads that letting them go a full 85 days is recommended. I will probably give them one or two more waterings with weak levels of nutrients (last one I gave them was about 650 us/cm, will probably cut that in half twice), and then flush for a week or however long it takes for them to completely finish. I think they could have turned out much better if I didn't have the heat and water issues, but at this point, I get what I get, and at least the clones were free. From what I've read this is also a difficult strain to grow, so probably not the best choice for the maiden voyage of this space while still working out the kinks and buying equipment as funds allowed. If he hadn't wanted to get rid of them at that specific time I probably would have waited a month and made sure I had all of the proper infrastructure in place before putting any plants into the space. I have a few photos of the room as a whole. They are not the best because they were washed out by the LED, but I don't want to move them out of the room unless necessary because of the way the drip system is set up.
If you check out pictures 3 and 4, you can see two of the same phenotype (I think these are actually Chemdawg), but in photo 3 is the one that started the weird stretching from the top cola and next highest branch, due to the heat, I believe. It has continued to stretch since, gaining at least an inch a week, and threatening to hit the lights. Photo 4 shows another plant that stretched a little bit from the cola, but not that much, and has stopped since I got the heat dialed in to the correct temperature range.

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YOur plants foxtailled horribly, im not seeing to many "great grows dude" LOL
 
horribleherk

horribleherk

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I'm on my first led grow & like you I started out with a hps but flipped the day my led arrived 29 days ago I have a Johnson cx6 that is supposed to be a 600w. hps replacement
 

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horribleherk

horribleherk

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Og Kushman said:
Looking good man. What kind of LED?
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Johnson cx- 6 runs 6 Cree 3070 cobs draws 340 watts at the plug supposed to flower 3x3 I'm growing a single plant in a water farm & right now using a 29x29 screen that was under 400w. hps next grow I'm making a larger screen the plant is headband from dark heart nursery I'm still in the learning curve on both the led & the dwc/water farmimage.jpeg
 
Og Kushman

Og Kushman

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horribleherk said:
Johnson cx- 6 runs 6 Cree 3070 cobs draws 340 watts at the plug supposed to flower 3x3 I'm growing a single plant in a water farm & right now using a 29x29 screen that was under 400w. hps next grow I'm making a larger screen the plant is headband from dark heart nursery I'm still in the learning curve on both the led & the dwc/water farmView attachment 3835069
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Is this monster a clone that was taken in flower? That is a pretty expensive light for 340 actual watts I hope it works out for you.
 
horribleherk

horribleherk

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5x5 said:
I would say (this is just a guess based on visual examination of the crystals) that it is the same or slightly higher (probably due to the UVB).
I basically found that that the light is the equivalent of a 600W HPS, but a little more powerful. It needs to be a little further from the top of the canopy than the HPS (or it will burn the plants). It's probably about the equivalent of a 700w light.
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I was eyeballing the clw ss 440 before I bought the one I'm using now
 
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