greenpenguin
Active member
Hi all,
Just to be clear, I didn't win any contest for this light system, I bought it myself, it's a 1st Gen version of the 126W model which is supposed to provide the equivalent PAR as a 400W HPS. I've been impressed with the scientific data that LEDGirl provided on her light systems and decided to go for it, especially due to the fact that I want to be able to grow in during the summer.
Usually I Veg with 156W of CFLs and Flower with a 250W CMH. It's funny because I started out with a 250W HPS and got sold on CMH, and now here I am again sold on yet another light system. I still believe the CMH has benefits over HPS, and I also believe that this LED system will provide benefits over my CMH, I really hope I'm right.
Now for info on the rest of my setup:
I have a cabinet i got from homedepot and customized to fit my needs, for the most part I'm pretty into the DIY model of things, I just recently started doing Low Pressure Aeroponics, I love not having to deal with any medium, it keeps my pH super stable and I can easily see how my roots are growing. Maybe one day I'll do TAG but for now this is fine for me. The only downside is that if I have extended power outages or forget to plug my pump back in after some maintenance, I'll have just killed my plants.
I also employ LST during veg and SCRoG during flower. For this grow I'm also going to try my hand at FIM during veg and possibly in the beginning of flower.
For nutes I use the 3 part GH flora series but using the lucas system with tap water.
The strain I am growing is Strawberry Diesel. I got these from a reputable club in clone form as I had trouble locating seeds of these genetics, I believe the Strawberry Diesel has a 65-70 flower period, I'm currently still in Veg. I started Veg using my flouros but starting today I'm using my LED lights since it just arrived. I currently have them under a 16/8 light schedule.
Now onto the pics....
I received my lights on friday, shipped in discreet packaging. It's pretty heaving and I'm hoping that my hangers wont have problems holding it up.
When I got it I plugged it in to make sure it worked, there's a bit of a delay when you first switch it and before the lights come on. I didn't know this and I thought it was broken so I brought it to my face and it suddenly came on with me looking straight at it. That shit hurt my eyes!
Here are my Strawberry Diesel clones from when I first brought them home about 25 days ago.
about 12 days ago under flouros
And here they are about 4 days ago
Finally this is them today under the LED lights.
They are the ones on the left hand side, the right hand side are some clones I have of Vanilluna. I have two other Vanilluna clones under 12/12 sexing right now. Once those are sexed I'll take two SD clones and then toss these current ones into the flower room under the LED lights and start scroging them. We'll see though, I kind of like the challenge of growing just one plant and pulling as much as I can from just one plant in scrog.
Feel free to take a seat , ask questions, provide suggestions, etc. I'm just a novice that loves to experiment, and I like to grow strains of beauty like my F13 grow which I feel is one of the most beautiful strains in existence. I really want to grow ACE Panama (red pheno), Oaxacan, Malawi and many other landraces. I'm excited about the Vanilluna and I'm constantly on the lookout for exotic strains to grow, I just wish I had more space to grow it all. I know strawberry diesel isn't exactly exotic but I really like smoking strawberry cough so I was interested in this strain.
Just to be clear, I didn't win any contest for this light system, I bought it myself, it's a 1st Gen version of the 126W model which is supposed to provide the equivalent PAR as a 400W HPS. I've been impressed with the scientific data that LEDGirl provided on her light systems and decided to go for it, especially due to the fact that I want to be able to grow in during the summer.
Usually I Veg with 156W of CFLs and Flower with a 250W CMH. It's funny because I started out with a 250W HPS and got sold on CMH, and now here I am again sold on yet another light system. I still believe the CMH has benefits over HPS, and I also believe that this LED system will provide benefits over my CMH, I really hope I'm right.
Now for info on the rest of my setup:
I have a cabinet i got from homedepot and customized to fit my needs, for the most part I'm pretty into the DIY model of things, I just recently started doing Low Pressure Aeroponics, I love not having to deal with any medium, it keeps my pH super stable and I can easily see how my roots are growing. Maybe one day I'll do TAG but for now this is fine for me. The only downside is that if I have extended power outages or forget to plug my pump back in after some maintenance, I'll have just killed my plants.
I also employ LST during veg and SCRoG during flower. For this grow I'm also going to try my hand at FIM during veg and possibly in the beginning of flower.
For nutes I use the 3 part GH flora series but using the lucas system with tap water.
The strain I am growing is Strawberry Diesel. I got these from a reputable club in clone form as I had trouble locating seeds of these genetics, I believe the Strawberry Diesel has a 65-70 flower period, I'm currently still in Veg. I started Veg using my flouros but starting today I'm using my LED lights since it just arrived. I currently have them under a 16/8 light schedule.
Now onto the pics....
I received my lights on friday, shipped in discreet packaging. It's pretty heaving and I'm hoping that my hangers wont have problems holding it up.
When I got it I plugged it in to make sure it worked, there's a bit of a delay when you first switch it and before the lights come on. I didn't know this and I thought it was broken so I brought it to my face and it suddenly came on with me looking straight at it. That shit hurt my eyes!
Here are my Strawberry Diesel clones from when I first brought them home about 25 days ago.
about 12 days ago under flouros
And here they are about 4 days ago
Finally this is them today under the LED lights.
They are the ones on the left hand side, the right hand side are some clones I have of Vanilluna. I have two other Vanilluna clones under 12/12 sexing right now. Once those are sexed I'll take two SD clones and then toss these current ones into the flower room under the LED lights and start scroging them. We'll see though, I kind of like the challenge of growing just one plant and pulling as much as I can from just one plant in scrog.
Feel free to take a seat , ask questions, provide suggestions, etc. I'm just a novice that loves to experiment, and I like to grow strains of beauty like my F13 grow which I feel is one of the most beautiful strains in existence. I really want to grow ACE Panama (red pheno), Oaxacan, Malawi and many other landraces. I'm excited about the Vanilluna and I'm constantly on the lookout for exotic strains to grow, I just wish I had more space to grow it all. I know strawberry diesel isn't exactly exotic but I really like smoking strawberry cough so I was interested in this strain.