cool, i'll be interested to see this progress.
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213 Watt LED Nirvana Northern Lights Grow
- Thread starter GP73LPC
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here's the youngest. hard to see in this pic, but it looks like two small cotyledons yet to open up. not sure if this plant will make it but we will try...
few more pics
a quick question, my air temps at the tub surface is 70°. having only grown with hps in a confined area i have never had this experience.
should i turn off my exhaust fan and warm it up 10° for the youngsters?
flipped them to 12/12 today. i don't want big plants, especially if all six make it...
few more pics
a quick question, my air temps at the tub surface is 70°. having only grown with hps in a confined area i have never had this experience.
should i turn off my exhaust fan and warm it up 10° for the youngsters?
flipped them to 12/12 today. i don't want big plants, especially if all six make it...
woohoo
and one more led grow for 2013
sweet!
looking grrrrrrrrrrreat
and one more led grow for 2013
sweet!
looking grrrrrrrrrrreat
cant wait to see one of the LED masters at work.
Well, you know, this is the disadvantage (neah
), the advantage of the LED grow lights. You can turn of the exhaust fan without any problem in the first week as the plants do not smell to worry about and there is enough CO2 in the air to support their growth. Temps below 77F tend to slow the grow process, so give it a try. If the temperature goes above 80F you can connect your exhaust fan to a timer to remove warm air when necessary.
Well, you know, this is the disadvantage (neah
Temps below 77F tend to slow the grow process, so give it a try. If the temperature goes above 80F you can connect your exhaust fan to a timer to remove warm air when necessary.
thanks man...
but now i see a flaw in the system, at least to start. when i removed the airstones from my pepper plants they were established plants.
i am not getting any roots coming out of the rockwool cubes. i had one but it dried up. the water is probably an inch or so away from the cube. don't think that will cut it. i will add an airstone to create mist bubbles in that 1 inch gap to encourage root expansion away from the moist rockwool cube.
once they are all in the water i can remove the airstone.
oh, i think my runt died. when i install the airstone i will take a closer look.
Why to remove the airtone ? How you keep the water clean without oxygenation ?
P.S You can make a small siphon tube (5-6mm diameter) and pump air and the end submerged on the water, and the air bubbles will lift small amounts of water, enough to keep the rockwool moist until the roots touch the water.
A humidity dome made of clear plastic bottles will be useful for these fragile seedlings.
P.S You can make a small siphon tube (5-6mm diameter) and pump air and the end submerged on the water, and the air bubbles will lift small amounts of water, enough to keep the rockwool moist until the roots touch the water.
A humidity dome made of clear plastic bottles will be useful for these fragile seedlings.
don't have to remove the airstone, just trying to make it as simple and fail proof as possible. and i would not remove the air hose and bubbles, just the airstone.
i've already installed a new airstone i had laying around and moved all plants to one tub.
i still see green on the runt, but it doesn't look good.
thanks for reminding me. a humidity dome is a great idea.
i've already installed a new airstone i had laying around and moved all plants to one tub.
i still see green on the runt, but it doesn't look good.
thanks for reminding me. a humidity dome is a great idea.
I had a runt (germinated on soil) that remained with just cotyledons and half of leaf for about 2 weeks, and she turned out into a beautiful plant.
Don't you think having air bubbling directly into the water will be more noisy than running with airstone ? I remember that many, many years ago I read a book about aquariums and there was a chart with size of air bubbles, distance from the airstone and the aquarium walls and the measured noise, and the smaller the bubbles , the lower the noise. If the airstone or the bubbles do not tuch the reservoir , the sound is bearable.
Don't you think having air bubbling directly into the water will be more noisy than running with airstone ? I remember that many, many years ago I read a book about aquariums and there was a chart with size of air bubbles, distance from the airstone and the aquarium walls and the measured noise, and the smaller the bubbles , the lower the noise. If the airstone or the bubbles do not tuch the reservoir , the sound is bearable.
BrownThumb
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Are you going to pump up your quantity of light when you flower these or are those two lights good enough to do the yob by themselves?
greenpinky
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Very nice gp. I cant wait.. happy to see u at it again
had not planned on it. if i do it will be something like the multiple 25 watter bulbs they sell at lowes or home depot. but to be honest i would love to see what just these two can do.
i think i have what is needed now.
tiny bubbles...
moisture on the bottom of the lid...
and domed seedlings
also instead of cutting back on the exhaust i just adjusted the window unit a bit since it was set fairly low.
temp at plant level now is 82 degrees
tiny bubbles...
moisture on the bottom of the lid...
and domed seedlings
also instead of cutting back on the exhaust i just adjusted the window unit a bit since it was set fairly low.
temp at plant level now is 82 degrees
well good and bad news.
the runt died and when i investigated i did indeed find another plant who's tap root was also dead and cotyledons stuck in a seed. i chock this one up to mother nature.
one other plant is looking bad (on the left in the back in the pic below). no growth, no tap root. this might have been the plant that put out a tap root that dried up (not sure), but i'll take credit for the death that i believe is inevitable.
the remaining 4 plants all have roots (pic below is old). none are in the water yet, but all are wet and growth continues on the seedlings.
the last pic is 4 lady bugs that i believe came into the area with my little seedling tray. two of them look like they are trying to make more.
they are welcome to stay as long as they would like
so at this point looks like i will be running 4 nirvana northern light plants.
oh, i did set the timer for 12/12 but have not turned it on yet. i am giving them more light to get established first.
the runt died and when i investigated i did indeed find another plant who's tap root was also dead and cotyledons stuck in a seed. i chock this one up to mother nature.
one other plant is looking bad (on the left in the back in the pic below). no growth, no tap root. this might have been the plant that put out a tap root that dried up (not sure), but i'll take credit for the death that i believe is inevitable.
the remaining 4 plants all have roots (pic below is old). none are in the water yet, but all are wet and growth continues on the seedlings.
the last pic is 4 lady bugs that i believe came into the area with my little seedling tray. two of them look like they are trying to make more.
they are welcome to stay as long as they would like so at this point looks like i will be running 4 nirvana northern light plants.
oh, i did set the timer for 12/12 but have not turned it on yet. i am giving them more light to get established first.
