Growing with LEDs in a 2x4 Tent

[cre8iv fuel]

EDIT: Whoa you posted this huge awesome update while I was posting! Great buds, great shots, great thread synax. Been 'scribed for awhile now but just have to say the plants are looking very healthy and the buds are looking excellent.

You're inspiring me since this is only your second grow.

PS: I hear you on the PNW grayness.

 

[synax]

EDIT: Whoa you posted this huge awesome update while I was posting! Great buds, great shots, great thread synax. Been 'scribed for awhile now but just have to say the plants are looking very healthy and the buds are looking excellent.

You're inspiring me since this is only your second grow.

PS: I hear you on the PNW grayness.

Thanks buddy, appreciate all the good words. I read a shit ton before my first grow and about a quarter as much during this grow. I just fill my brain with everything and just watch the plants. I saw them showing nute burn awhile back but it cleared up and then I just got it again before I flushed. So this time the harder ferts went a bit on the light side while I boosted the organics. We'll see how they respond. I've done my fair share of neglecting the girls as well, I should have caught the mites about 3wks earlier when I noticed the white spots on the leaves but I've been so busy I didn't have much time to spend with the girls.... Sorry for the rambling I just ate one of the tootsie rolls I make for the lady. 1 kicks my ass...

Anyhow, enjoy the evening!

 

[cre8iv fuel]

You're hardly rambling my friend, just providing useful info. Pardon my noob questions, but when you are flushing, do you just go from pot to pot rotating until you've gone through all the water? What are you basing your time to flush on? again sorry if these are general knowledge, I'm trying to read as much as possible as often and as quickly as possible, but there's so much to learn.

 

[synax]

I watered with 32oz cups, 1 after another until 2.5gal then let them drain for a bit while we did another set then took back to the tent. Flush was because I was seeing problems and I had to flush about this time in my last grow but couldn't. So from now on, the water will get ph'd to optimal levels from what I've been reading. You want your h2o/nutes at a ph of 6.3-6.8 for soil from what I've read. Then when you water you want a minimal drop in ph. I'm just now reading into this. I'm teaching the lady to take over as I'm so busy with work. But I really enjoy it so I just research before bed to unwind...

 

[cre8iv fuel]

Thanks so much for explaining that Synax. Yeah, I'm unwinding before bed by reading this too. Only problem is I am totally obsessed and stay up way too late reading every time!

 

[WizeWizo]

Thanks so much for explaining that Synax. Yeah, I'm unwinding before bed by reading this too. Only problem is I am totally obsessed and stay up way too late reading every time!

Thank goodness I'm not the only one.

Girls look purty Syn!

 

[stoney917]

whats up bro my current grow is under indoor hydro under ufo hydro tent and i got a new grow diary with a silvericecream and a nl i just started i ended up adding cfls cause my plants got bushy as hell and no light was penetraing into the lower half stop by lemme know what u think ur grow lookin great 9 plants i would be going crazy with maitnence its a pain in the ass to adjust the ph everyday in the 3 plants left in there but theyre trees now
my blueberry

the yumboldts


r u using any cfls or supplimentary lights of just the leds
keep it up

 

[Roortokeage]

Shit looks good man.

 

[paulo73]

Awesome LED grow.
Gonna grab a chair and watch this one

 

[makowiec]

Well I can say for sure LED can give best performance in meaning of quality for sure. They are really really frosty!!!
But I expect more heavy buds.
Can you tell us which day of flowering it is?
I'm waiting for the results in weight.
Good job all the way bro!
Here in middle europe such leds are still out of reach couse they cost like a 1 month or 1,5 month food for 1 person or even more.

 

[synax]

Sorry for the lack of responses as of late. It's a PIA to sell off all of your belongings prior to a move thats not even completely planned out. Work has also been very crazy and I'm having a few PH problems.

stoney917 - Hey buddy, yeah the 9 up till when I flushed was pretty easy to manage, but thats because I wasn't ph'ing prior to feed/water. Now that I have decided to start this I am running into problems all over the place. It doesn't help that my meter dried out over the summer/fall and its not reading very accurately. Today its getting a cleaning and if it doesn't hold a reading very well its back to PH strips which aren't very accurate for me due to my slight color blindness.

Roortokeage - thanks buddy. With the PH fluctuations and feeding a bit hot for this strain they aren't looking as healthy right now. Hopefully I can grab some updated pics tonight once the lights come on.

paulo73 - thanks buddy, I hope they turn out. And to think this is only my second grow and I'm not giving them all the attention they should get....

makowiec - I agree the buds should be denser but I don't blame all of that on the LED's yea they contribute but you've also got to look at the small container size. the issues I have had both now with the PH fluctuations and also the spider mites. For me the 2 LED's are worth their savings in heat that we had from the 250w hps. my room is now manageable again. That last set of photos was at 37days flowering.

 

[synax]

Here are some pics that I took last Thursday night before what I believe to be my PH swing issue.

Here we are at 40days flowering:

 

[K.J]

Wow, looking stellar for 40 days of flowering. Very happy to see the great progress. They do look a little on the light side, but we'll see how the next 30 days plays out.

 

[synax]

45 Days into Flower Tonight the girls got fed water with 1TBL Blackstrap Molasses and 5ml Cal/Mag PH'd to 6.4 with the ph strips as my hanna pen is acting up.

It appears I had a ph fluctuation or I'm not reading the leaves correctly.

Anyhow onto the pics:

 

[Roortokeage]

Shit looks good. Just not enuff Penetration in the LEDS, alot of stretch. ALll in alll its looks great and got alot of good lookn frosty buddah!

 

[cre8iv fuel]

Baaaliiinn with the two 126w. No glad to hear about the Hanna meter nor working though. Are you sure it's not a calibration issue? Which model is it? I have the basic red one, still in the package, never used it. Hope it's not a POS.

 

[Mobotany]

Looks great Synax. L.e.d.s will be my next light purchase.

 

[hazy]

I must be obsessed myself to be posting here at 3 in the morning. Pretty nice looking buds. pretty normal to get some yellowing etc after 45 days. A lot of times you'll get a bit of nute buildup that'll drop your pH in the medium a bit.
I'll be trying out an led light soon, so i'm interested.

 

[kushkid420]

I like that last picture. The plants look so much alike! Nice grow

 

[cre8iv fuel]

Looking good and healthy! Definitely quality there.