The First LED Grow Box

nice ... were started ... clearer pics would be cool but we will take what we can get ... good work on germinating the beans ... score 1 for nirvana .
what strain is it again ?

pdillo said:

Well hey, being posititve, you DO gotta nice cab. If the grow results in a dime bag, just swap out the LEDs with a 150w HPS, MH or CFL… or hey, even some 18inch T8's might provide somthing smokable. Use the LEDs for suplemental lighting, or maybe it would work with clones and seedlings. Also, dude, you posted an LED grow box, what do you expect? Of course people are going to hate! Ha! But as u can tell by the 14 pages of replies, people are curious. Can't wait to see pics, fail or pass, either way, you have an audience waiting.

peace, good luck,
-p

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I have other lights they are at the ready in this first run at most they will be the supplemental This is the Leds Show they are the ones on trial here. I agree that it might be counter productive to only have Leds but the shit took off so fast I never got a chance to mention them they are the color stix 18" and theres a 4' unit aswell but its my 5500K source for my Darkroom I'm hoping not to have to use it. Those plants in the Led ref photos are the wrong strains for Leds, The plants I have grown in previous experiments (search Dropping outbreak was still having trouble with pix at the time.) have branches about every inch. That was the nice part about nirvana I was able to choose strains that were best suited for this enviorment. But again I gotta smoke the results if this aint working out don't expect me to try and prove a point, I need Bud
I did notice the number of views was getting up there 1500 at last check the 14 pages are mostly hate its too bad

Phinxter said:

nice ... were started ... clearer pics would be cool but we will take what we can get ... good work on germinating the beans ... score 1 for nirvana .
what strain is it again ?

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3 white widow 4 Northern Lights Sorry I still shoot film The only digital I have is the shitty phone, Digital is a 2500 investment I had to curb the spending to get there , one of the reasons for the box actually

Phinxter said:

what movie is playing ? ... all that popcorn is making me want to see a movie ... please pass the soda ... did that popcorn come with extra butter ?
seriously tho this guy said he cracked some beans . soooo ? where in fuk are the pics ? lets get this LED grow underway so we can see the proof in the pudding

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Did you say pudding? mmmmmm.... hehe

I can see LED being the wave of the future, just not now. Still a few years away from making a led that can produce the same intensity of a HID or even CFL (from some grows I have seen).

HollywoodRpi69 said:

After all the most I'm gonna grow is a half once tops in the State of NewYork thats a 100.00 fine a Room like his though that will get you time. I'm a one man operation trying to save myself some cash.

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1100 bucks and 3+ months labour for half an ounce, that's saving cash?
You're mad!

fitzyno1 said:

1100 bucks and 3+ months labour for half an ounce, that's saving cash?
You're mad!

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No but the 1/2 is all anyone is telling me I'm gonna get so not much to worry about
I'll correct my speech thx

I am not trying to be an ass, but if that is all that you expect out of that grow then all of these comments are....well..pretty founded. With that kind of space you should be getting a lot more than that.

I mean don't get me wrong, I hope you end up with as much as possible but I am curious why you went the more expensive route?

Also, what do you mean about a digital camera is a 2500 investment? Maybe I am misunderstanding it but digital cameras are cheap. Shit you could probably find someone to give you their old ones and it would be more than enough for weed pics. Not necessarily good macros but whatever.

Including shipping and the $250+ meter I have spent around $1200. I could have easily saved a good $400 off of that if I compromised on what I wanted, but I chose to pay extra for the speed and anonymity and returnable products if shit happened. Good luck on your harvest. Just don't skip out on us halfway through. I want to see the progress.

Return of the Spork said:

I am not trying to be an ass, but if that is all that you expect out of that grow then all of these comments are....well..pretty founded. With that kind of space you should be getting a lot more than that.

I mean don't get me wrong, I hope you end up with as much as possible but I am curious why you went the more expensive route?

Also, what do you mean about a digital camera is a 2500 investment? Maybe I am misunderstanding it but digital cameras are cheap. Shit you could probably find someone to give you their old ones and it would be more than enough for weed pics. Not necessarily good macros but whatever.

Including shipping and the $250+ meter I have spent around $1200. I could have easily saved a good $400 off of that if I compromised on what I wanted, but I chose to pay extra for the speed and anonymity and returnable products if shit happened. Good luck on your harvest. Just don't skip out on us halfway through. I want to see the progress.

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Your right I went back and corrected my self What I was trying to say was that if thats all they say I'm going the get Then I really have No worries. The Digital bit is Simple Uptil now I shoot a Mamiya RZ6x7p2 and have the film scanned. Digital Cameras have really just broken the quality / price barrier; Film level was in the $10,000 and up range until the Canon 5D
Body Only thats 2500. I've really had no use for one until now; I'll pick something up this week assuming I still have a job.
If you want to see my work go here be carful it takes a few minutes to load,
http://www.myspace.com/alanritterproductions

As far as the expense question for what I'm doing I still feel fine, Where I live there can't be any leaks, smells, heat etc better safe than sorry but again I got back up lighting at the ready. I didn't have to buy I chose to

Ah I got ya. I am just a civilian in photography. Give me a few megapixels and a zoom and I am happy. The quality of pics that I have in my grow thread are really all I personally need. I still say pick up a cheap digital though, unless you are planning to drop some on one soon. Mainly because a cheap digital, while maybe not better than film, is still better than scanned film.

Have fun bud.

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Ah I got ya. I am just a civilian in photography. Give me a few megapixels and a zoom and I am happy. The quality of pics that I have in my grow thread are really all I personally need. I still say pick up a cheap digital though, unless you are planning to drop some on one soon. Mainly because a cheap digital, while maybe not better than film, is still better than scanned film.

Have fun bud.

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As long as it starts with film it will always be better than current digital; But I hear what your saying Ladies Don't worry theres nothing adult on My link

ummmmmmmmmmmmm............ok

+rep for continuing posting through other peoples not so easy comments. Its like your standing in a shit storm with 100 mile an hour winds.
oh yeah, i wanna see more rebecca too.

Sorry that should say day 5, day 4 would have been pics of foam....Anyway Sprouts, Three have sprouted the other 4 are fat veins just below the surface of the foam working on a new Camera (& more Rebecca thx for the post)


Over all Grow goal is 2 to 4 onces every six weeks

Al B. Fuct said:

Problem is that cannabis plants have certain lighting requirements. LEDs don't make enough light to cause the plant to grow properly. We already know what will happen. It's hardly novel nor much of an experiment to give a plant insufficient light. You could just as validly 'experiment' with glyphosate as a fertiliser. It'd surely be new, but would it be 'cool' or 'stupid'? Most people don't have to jump off a cliff to prove they can't fly.

LEDs sold for growing plants is nothing short of theft. LEDs sold as a SUPERIOR light source for growing plants is theft by deception.

No one likes to admit they've been suckered. The response of people who have bought LEDs & Aerogardens (and amazingly in this case, BOTH) for growing cannabis is usually first that they think they've found the holy grail and are under obligation to educate the stodgy curmudgeons who obviously have overlooked such manna. It doesn't usually take long for phase two- disappointment that the old farts were actually right. One would hope that the lesson would be learned with some grace, but some suckers have to lash out at everyone else over their own susceptibility to suggestion.

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i disagree i am sure if i pick up say 10 or 12 ufo's i could get a couple of plants to produce some find buds.
so let me see 12ufo's at 500 each
for a total of 1200 watts. = 6000 bucks
plus ventilation and a tent

shit who in there right mind would mess with hps?

catnips said:

i'm hearing there's been some new technology with respect to the red leds. Look forward to your future postings and photos. Cheers!

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led's wank wank wank....see my other thread and link on the subject

buy a back up cfl just incase your led fails your plants bro, just to be safe and not sorry

JennyJan said:

It is relatively simple to be snarky, mean, and dismissive. It is not impressive, regardless of how smart or right you are. I would expect a certain mannered "Noblesse oblige" from the more experienced set, especially one who is clearly not a runny nosed teen trying to hide his pot grow from mom. Grown ups know how to argue without bragging and belittling. It is sad.

I would like to see some pics as the LED grow gets going. I would be interested weather it works or not (true "science" honors its failures as well as its sucesses no?). That one set of LED grow pics, those are not your plants right. Those are depressing gah.

Al your grow looks very high end, that must be fun. What on earth do you do with all that pot, that is like a lifetime supply. I grow to avoid feeding the criminal system (wish it was not criminal but, alas) while still being able to have a little nightcap here and there. I like seeing simple, small, subtle set ups.

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you do sound bitter, what did he forget to tip when he slipped out in the morning? bisnarky??

mrbuzzsaw said:

i disagree i am sure if i pick up say 10 or 12 ufo's i could get a couple of plants to produce some find buds.
so let me see 12ufo's at 500 each
for a total of 1200 watts. = 6000 bucks
plus ventilation and a tent

shit who in there right mind would mess with hps?

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dude shut the fuck up, why would you waste that much money obessed with trying to make somethin thats proven to fail work? your an idiot, 1 ufo is the same cost of a nice hid.. 12 ufo's is the cost of 5 of my grow room sog with 2 lbs every 2 weeks, which includes co2

250 watt hps light + 250 watt mh + 20ft of white polyfilm + 2 265 cfm fans + can filter + 465 cfm fan + 25 ft hose + hydroponic dwc system + nutes for 5 years + RO machine + flourescent lighting + propagation tray + measuring spoons + measureing cup + 2 5 gal glass carboys for mixing + ph probe + N-P-K pens + little glass for smaple +back up ph drops + cops clipboard to keep stats + waterproof space pen+ misc grow media + 3 packs of feminized seeds + misc electrical equip + comcast ondemand membership so idont have to leave the house much + gym membership so i dont get fat + skateboard to get to gym = a bigger more effective grow op for a fraction of your cost.
WHO IN THIER RIGHT MIND WOULD GO LED?? seriously 1728 dollars was the final cost of everything, i kept recipts, and just added em up for ya. go ahead spend 6k on a system everyone but you knows is a wate of time and effort. a grow store near me has 4 ufo's, just for show, they dont sell em, they're there to show people not to buy them. use your fucking head

I am fairly sure the dude was being sarcastic, especially since his post made no sense.