I'm Ready- Blue OG, White Lavender, OG #18, and Sour Kush.

Well thankfully for you the big guns always work! I am actually very impressed so far at the white LED's, I went out on a leap of faith to try them since not many have ventured into white territory due to red and blue LEDs being the ones that are promoted. So far I have had great growth!

And i am certainly glad to hear your back on from a break. You dissapeared once things started to get good on my grow haha

wow, nice set up,seems like you know what you are doing, keep us updated,happy growing!

Sub'd. Lookin' good, bro.

g00sEgg said:

Sub'd. Lookin' good, bro.

Click to expand...

Hey goosegg, thanks man. Now you have a first row seat to my craziness! I'm sure I will have some questions for you guys along the way.

lospsi said:

wow, nice set up, seems like you know what you are doing, keep us updated, happy growing!

Click to expand...

Just trying not to kill them! Thanks for dropping by.



Found my first bag seed from some stuff I bought earlier this year before I started growing my own. Popped the seed in some water and the tap root came out this morning. I dropped it into a Dixie cup to see what I can do with it. So now I have 6 seeds into soil.

trueg115 said:

Well thankfully for you the big guns always work! I am actually very impressed so far at the white LED's, I went out on a leap of faith to try them since not many have ventured into white territory due to red and blue LEDs being the ones that are promoted. So far I have had great growth! And i am certainly glad to hear your back on from a break. You dissapeared once things started to get good on my grow haha

Click to expand...

Yeah sorry about that. Without a closet grow in the works I wasn't very motivated to get on RIU. I do like the Toke N Talk section. It's good for a laugh. But without the daily gardening activities I stayed clear of the growing section. But I'm back and you are getting pretty close to harvest.

Did you clone anything or planning to grow from seed? I'm thinking about cloning some of the single strains I'm growing now. I have plenty of AK47 and Pineapple Exp seeds so I didn't clone my first grow. There is also concern about where to build the veg cabinet. I was thinking about using the space where the vaporizer is on the photo above. The shelves pop out and that can give me 4ft by 20" of space. I can also spit it in half and have to 24" x 20" cabinets spaces. Cross that bridge when I get there.

lykarckstar420 said:

I just finished my first indoor tent 400W mh HPS had a few to many plants and didnt know WTF i was doing and ended up with these not unhappy with it but not happy either 182 grams , so not great either , but my 1st time so I aint upset and I can use your set up to help dial in mine.

Click to expand...

Yeah definitely give yourself a break and a pat on the back. I know many growers that would be extremely happy with 182 grams of harvested bud. Anything over zero is a win! Bet you learned a lot along the way. How big were your containers? The photo looks like they were maxed out and could not grow any bigger or maybe you wanted a smaller size?

I'm here to help if I can. And I always have the pros on the friend list that are a great resource for newbs like us.

Great setup, looks like the better homes and gardens version of a stealth grow. Good luck Prosperian

prosperian said:

Yeah sorry about that. Without a closet grow in the works I wasn't very motivated to get on RIU. I do like the Toke N Talk section. It's good for a laugh. But without the daily gardening activities I stayed clear of the growing section. But I'm back and you are getting pretty close to harvest.

Did you clone anything or planning to grow from seed? I'm thinking about cloning some of the single strains I'm growing now. I have plenty of AK47 and Pineapple Exp seeds so I didn't clone my first grow. There is also concern about where to build the veg cabinet. I was thinking about using the space where the vaporizer is on the photo above. The shelves pop out and that can give me 4ft by 20" of space. I can also spit it in half and have to 24" x 20" cabinets spaces. Cross that bridge when I get there.





Yeah definitely give yourself a break and a pat on the back. I know many growers that would be extremely happy with 182 grams of harvested bud. Anything over zero is a win! Bet you learned a lot along the way. How big were your containers? The photo looks like they were maxed out and could not grow any bigger or maybe you wanted a smaller size?

I'm here to help if I can. And I always have the pros on the friend list that are a great resource for newbs like us.

Click to expand...

2 gallon only... real tiny and wasnt sure about plant height in my tent and all that jazz. but now i know I go to 4 / 5 gallon and grow 4 less plants and get more yield.

lykarckstar420 said:

2 gallon only... real tiny and wasnt sure about plant height in my tent and all that jazz. but now i know I go to 4 / 5 gallon and grow 4 less plants and get more yield.

Click to expand...

Yeah, I ran 3 gallon last time. Going bigger 5 gal geo pots. It will be tight in there! You got the right idea, less plants, bigger containers. Should get you where you want to be come harvest time.

Gs3000 said:

Great setup, looks like the better homes and gardens version of a stealth grow. Good luck Prosperian

Click to expand...

What's up GS3000? You got anything in the garden? Decided to pay a visit to the hardware store and walmart for some cfls. Just something to get the seedlings started. Six 100w should be a good start. I will wire these bathroom fixtures into a hanging fixture. I can use them for my cloning cabinet later on when I go Better Homes and Garden phase two. Thanks for the post.

yea they would be great for keeping a mother and clones, I see you have two spare once you could also ways add em to the HPS in flowering for some better spectrum/side lighting ? if temperatures is`t a problem

Yeah, I like that idea about adding some light to the HPS. I read your post on Trueg's thread about the benefits from the LEDs in your garden. Looks like they are working.

prosperian said:

Yeah, I like that idea about adding some light to the HPS. I read your post on Trueg's thread about the benefits from the LEDs in your garden. Looks like they are working.

Click to expand...

they do, Im impressed, dunno whats up with all the people that diss em so much, but then agin, I did set my expectations a little low from the start, and I did wait a year, and got some 3W LEDs and with some White`s mixed in (amazing what can happen in a year, last time I looked it was mostly 1W blue/Red`s I saw around) and I did go for some quality (even tho I have seen even better once after my buy )

my guess is that all them who talked bad about LEDs had cheap blue/red UFO`s from china and/or did`t know how to grow or how to use the LEDs to its maximum

one thing I learned about LEDs is that they actually got great penetration (atleast the 3W with lenses) I almost have the same foot candles as with the 600W but with much better spectrum

but they don't spread out the light much, need to use em in a way so all the Bud´s is located under them (scrog fit perfectly)

well Im sold, no heat, low power (I now use around half of what I used with my 600W set up) and plant`s/Bud`s look so nice, healthy and frosty,
also the safety/stealth me like

LEDS with the HPS ????

HMMM

Alright. Took about an hour to fabricate, but here is my new seedling / cloning fixture. They can be angled about any direction with the adjustable screws on the cross braces.

Lowe's Hardware Bathroom Fixtures $8 ea.
2 Boxes of 100 watt 5K $10 ea
Had the rest of the stuff in my garage of junk.

sweet ! to bad I cant Rep you more

Slipon said:

they do, Im impressed, dunno whats up with all the people that diss em so much ... my guess is that all them who talked bad about LEDs had cheap blue/red UFO`s from china and/or did`t know how to grow or how to use the LEDs to its maximum

one thing I learned about LEDs is that they actually got great penetration (atleast the 3W with lenses) I almost have the same foot candles as with the 600W but with much better spectrum ... but they don't spread out the light much, need to use em in a way so all the Bud´s is located under them (scrog fit perfectly) well Im sold, no heat, low power (I now use around half of what I used with my 600W set up) and plant`s/Bud`s look so nice, healthy and frosty,
also the safety/stealth me like

Click to expand...

I knew you had enough experience to really judge the results of quality LEDs out there. Glad they are working out for you. I've considered doing a SCROG but my limited access makes watering and feeding an obstacle. I am not going to make too many changes this grow so I can learn from each adjustment and see my results.

This round is about using better quality soil (Roots Organics Potting) and LST - Main-lining. https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/542308-main-lining-thread.html

I hope these two additions will increase my production and I will gain some experience with these trimming techniques along the way.

Slipon said:

sweet ! to bad I cant Rep you more

Click to expand...

Rep is not necessary. Just having experienced growers like you keeping an eye on me so I don't f-up too bad is the best.

prosperian said:

Alright. Took about an hour to fabricate, but here is my new seedling / cloning fixture. They can be angled about any direction with the adjustable screws on the cross braces.

Lowe's Hardware Bathroom Fixtures $8 ea.
2 Boxes of 100 watt 5K $10 ea
Had the rest of the stuff in my garage of junk.

Click to expand...

Nice, man! It's always a great feeling when you put an idea on paper and make it reality! That's pretty cool, man. I, too, am going to have to do something for veg/clonging soon. May just have to steal/bogart your idea. lol +rep

Nice little cfl rig you whippped up!Have you seen any of mine?

Sure, seen your cfl collection many times in past posts. You can rock the cfl to harvest which is amazing with yields you crank out. I'm liking the no heat issue with these babies.

The 400w MH is looking sad in the pics above, just sitting there turned off for the moment.

Hey Prosperian, I thinking I might be over doing it with my grow. Might have gotten a little carried away. I'm into week four of my 12/12 flip of my Bubba Kush. I had to move my 2nd grow out of my grow boxes and now I'm using the boxes to flower my two bubbas. I'm setting up a area in my garage to handle the 2nd and 3rd grow. I just transplanted my 2nd batch to Home Depot 5 gallon buckets. The 2nd batch is ten plants which consist of 2 each of white widow, white russian, chernobyl, 3rd dimension and girl scout cookie. They are about 22 inches tall right now, I'm going to giving them two weeks in the buckets and then flip them to 12/12. Probably may try taking some clones first. I'm using two T5 four bulb fixtures with HO 54 watt 5000k tubes for lighting in the new area.

Just picked up a full script of clones for the 3rd grow. The 3rd grow consist of 5 skywalker og, 2 blue dream, 2 lsd, 2 jack the ripper, 2 sharksbreath and 2 chemdawg 4. I think I'm going to try a different nutrients, any recommendations? Currently I'm using FF trio - Grow Big, Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom.

Oh yeah I almost forgot I got 5 northern white ape for grow 2.5

You can check them out with the links below.

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/651168-rowdy-bunch-girls-getting-ready.html

Flowering Bubba Kush

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/651754-bubba-kush-26-days-since-3.html

I will add pictures of the 3rd batch after get them settled in by repotting them and getting them up and growing.

Again good luck - those are some nice looking fixtures you created. Really a classy looking grow area. Keep up the good work!

Subbed. Damn that kicks ass. I try so hard to be clean and then I see this. My wife would love you man.