619ster
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Hello all! I am 619ster, a Cali med patient growing in compliance with Prop 215. Some of you may be familiar with my grows, most of you not. I am sharing my grow using LED panels from growevolution.com, which are 180w LEDs pulling ~130w from the wall each (I'll consider this a 250w grow, and compare to 250w HPS). I have been using LEDs since I started growing 3 years ago (I'm still a newb). I have had experience with a few different LEDs, some great, some pretty miserable. Fortunately for me the good has outweighed the bad by far, and I am a believer in LED tech. I am still not very tech saavy when it comes to specs and science behind LEDs, but I do know what works and what doesn't as far as spectrums are concerned. That said, I am just an unbiased strain/seed junkie and hobby grower on a never ending quest for the best genetics and best lighting I can use to supply my meds. I am using a homemade grow cab with dimensions 27" x 44" x 48". Exhaust is a 160 cfm 6" booster fan, intake is passive. Two small 4" circulation fans. Ambient temps are 75-80F degrees, canopy temps and inside cab are 82-87F degree (good for LEDs, and great that I can keep them in that range with only a booster fan). Medium is first perlite in Hempy cups to get things started, then I go 100% coco coir. Feeding is with Hydroponic Nutrients Veg+Bloom (San Diego tap water formula), and citric acid for ph down. I used Mykos, Great White, and OG Bio War Foliar Pack to innoculate the coco. No boosters, no co2, no fancy anything. Just a poorman's grow if ya will lol. Genetics are 3 plants from clone of my keeper Alien Rock Candy from Alien Genetics, and 1 plant from clone of a keeper Arctic Fallout from House Of Funk. They were started in Rapid Rooters and allowed to veg in cups for 2 weeks with t5. I then moved them under one LED, and transplanted into pure coco coir in Airpots. I kept them vegging in the airpots and did some LST/bondage to keep the squat and bushy as I'm working with VERY stretchy strains. I did not add the second panel until a few days before I began flower period. Veg period was approximately 7 weeks. I'll show a quick picture of where they were shortly before I began bloom:
I did manage to break a mainstem on one of the ladies during the LST, but it healed up just fine so I left her as is. I have pics of progression from when they were small clones up until now, which I'm in 4th week of flower. I can provide those upon request if anybody is interested. But we all know what vegging plants and early flowering plants look like, and LEDs have no problem handling those stages. So I'll get right to the good part! The part we are all concerned about when considering LEDs, and whether or not they can hang with HPS, and possibly even do better. So here we are at week 4 (29 days today, pics are from a couple days ago), and I can say that things have been right on pace with what I'm used to. If they can keep up the pace, and finish rock hard and dense like I'm used to with this particular pheno of ARC, then I'll be quite pleased and even consider getting more of these panels as they are VERY efficient, and have given me no problems whatsoever. I even had the plants right under them at one point before I began the LST, and didn't get any bleaching. Also had the panel at 20" or so above the plants at first and seen no signs of extra stretch or anything. So too much, and too little intensity is not an issue with these. Very user friendly, unlike some other models/brands I've tried. Another interesting thing with these LEDs is that they use 9w diodes, which I think is pretty cool. Anywho, on with the show!:
Now for some closer shots of the two strains. First is Alien Rock Candy. This pheno leans heavily on the Tahoe side of things, but has the wonderful added terpenes of the Sour Dubbs. It's like a flavor enhanced Tahoe OG IME, and will put you on your ass just like Tahoe can do. I love this cut and hope to never lose it!!:
Now this is my first run with this cut of Arctic Fallout in flower. I stress tested her and 2 other phenos during veg, and she was the clear winner, as the others barely even survived the tests. Only the strong survive in my grows. So far I can tell she is Snow Lotus leaning, because she isn't getting that funky Chem smell, plus she's got some running cola action going, and Chem '91 doesn't do running colas:
That's it for now. As I said, I would be happy to share more pics and info upon request. I'll continue to update the progress as we move along. Thanks for anybody who decides to peak in, and all comments, tips, advice and criticism are welcomed. Peace!
I did manage to break a mainstem on one of the ladies during the LST, but it healed up just fine so I left her as is. I have pics of progression from when they were small clones up until now, which I'm in 4th week of flower. I can provide those upon request if anybody is interested. But we all know what vegging plants and early flowering plants look like, and LEDs have no problem handling those stages. So I'll get right to the good part! The part we are all concerned about when considering LEDs, and whether or not they can hang with HPS, and possibly even do better. So here we are at week 4 (29 days today, pics are from a couple days ago), and I can say that things have been right on pace with what I'm used to. If they can keep up the pace, and finish rock hard and dense like I'm used to with this particular pheno of ARC, then I'll be quite pleased and even consider getting more of these panels as they are VERY efficient, and have given me no problems whatsoever. I even had the plants right under them at one point before I began the LST, and didn't get any bleaching. Also had the panel at 20" or so above the plants at first and seen no signs of extra stretch or anything. So too much, and too little intensity is not an issue with these. Very user friendly, unlike some other models/brands I've tried. Another interesting thing with these LEDs is that they use 9w diodes, which I think is pretty cool. Anywho, on with the show!:
Now for some closer shots of the two strains. First is Alien Rock Candy. This pheno leans heavily on the Tahoe side of things, but has the wonderful added terpenes of the Sour Dubbs. It's like a flavor enhanced Tahoe OG IME, and will put you on your ass just like Tahoe can do. I love this cut and hope to never lose it!!:
Now this is my first run with this cut of Arctic Fallout in flower. I stress tested her and 2 other phenos during veg, and she was the clear winner, as the others barely even survived the tests. Only the strong survive in my grows. So far I can tell she is Snow Lotus leaning, because she isn't getting that funky Chem smell, plus she's got some running cola action going, and Chem '91 doesn't do running colas:
That's it for now. As I said, I would be happy to share more pics and info upon request. I'll continue to update the progress as we move along. Thanks for anybody who decides to peak in, and all comments, tips, advice and criticism are welcomed. Peace!
