LED T5 Stealth Tent Grow - Aeroponic - GrowBox420.com - Perpetual - Harvest Journal
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MonkeyFonics
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@DarthD3vl Thanks for the rep and sub man, I appreciate the support.
@kolz2788 Sup bro. I moved the light around a bit for the pictures just to get good angles, but I keep it very close to the canopy.
NEW LED LIGHT SPECS
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250w LED
20,000 Lumen
3w Chipset (each LED diode is 3w)
UV Spectrum (increases resin)
6 Band
Wavelengths: 425 UV, 460, 630, 660, 730, & 12,000k White/Wide
Mix of 120 & 60 degree angles for red & blue spectrum chips
Jet Black Polished Enclosure
@kolz2788 Sup bro. I moved the light around a bit for the pictures just to get good angles, but I keep it very close to the canopy.
NEW LED LIGHT SPECSGrowBox420.com
250w LED
20,000 Lumen
3w Chipset (each LED diode is 3w)
UV Spectrum (increases resin)
6 Band
Wavelengths: 425 UV, 460, 630, 660, 730, & 12,000k White/Wide
Mix of 120 & 60 degree angles for red & blue spectrum chips
Jet Black Polished Enclosure
joe weed smoker
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Nice grow MonkeyFonics! I was thinking about a tent grow and was just wonderring if i should use LED over HPS, so i went looking through the forums and i found this thread. Well thanks for taking the time to make this thread man +rep looking forawrd to more
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PICS: Flowering Day 9
MonkeyFonics
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New Aeroponic Setup
-Top tank held up on stand
-Now holds 2 separate irrigation systems (only using 1 in the middle now though)
-One for normal flowering, one for flushing
-Easier to switch out water & clean gear, top tanks stay & bottoms slide out
-Top tank held up on stand
-Now holds 2 separate irrigation systems (only using 1 in the middle now though)
-One for normal flowering, one for flushing
-Easier to switch out water & clean gear, top tanks stay & bottoms slide out
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Flowering Day 18
Pineapple Express is only plant with bud clusters, trichomes, & huge hairs.
Jamaican Grape was a hermie and was removed, some pollen was saved.
Super Lemon Haze is taking some time to flower. Misters were left off by mistake for one night period. The SLH looked very stressed and drooping, while the Pineapple looked like nothing happened. The PE is one of the hardiest, strongest plants I have seen.
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Pineapple Express is only plant with bud clusters, trichomes, & huge hairs.
Jamaican Grape was a hermie and was removed, some pollen was saved.
Super Lemon Haze is taking some time to flower. Misters were left off by mistake for one night period. The SLH looked very stressed and drooping, while the Pineapple looked like nothing happened. The PE is one of the hardiest, strongest plants I have seen.
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MonkeyFonics
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Flower Day 28
Added free sample of Great White Shark Mycorhizae & Beneficial Bacteria.
Made root mass increase and is making them whiter, also the tank seems cleaner.
Added free sample of Great White Shark Mycorhizae & Beneficial Bacteria.
Made root mass increase and is making them whiter, also the tank seems cleaner.
MonkeyFonics
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Flowering Day 42
Update:
-New reservoir with 3" grow cups and 6 sites & new sprayers.
-PE & SLH plants died. Irrigation timer was accidentally left off for 2 days, the plants dried up so I decided they had to be cut to salvage what buds were on them before they developed disease. Luckily, I was able to get about 1/4 oz dry of small nugz from the PE plant. They are not fully developed but will hold me down until the perpetual cycle is started again.
-GHS White Rhino is only plant left. It was left in the back of the garden before (not in direct light)
-The White Rhino, despite seeming genetically inferior during veg & early flowering, was able to weather through the dry period and bounced back when the others died.
-Since it was only plant left, I put in in the center under LED, which has given it more sugar coating & thicker growth
-This White Rhino smells strongly like citrus cleaning fluid with a hint of bubblegum
Update:
-New reservoir with 3" grow cups and 6 sites & new sprayers.
-PE & SLH plants died. Irrigation timer was accidentally left off for 2 days, the plants dried up so I decided they had to be cut to salvage what buds were on them before they developed disease. Luckily, I was able to get about 1/4 oz dry of small nugz from the PE plant. They are not fully developed but will hold me down until the perpetual cycle is started again.
-GHS White Rhino is only plant left. It was left in the back of the garden before (not in direct light)
-The White Rhino, despite seeming genetically inferior during veg & early flowering, was able to weather through the dry period and bounced back when the others died.
-Since it was only plant left, I put in in the center under LED, which has given it more sugar coating & thicker growth
-This White Rhino smells strongly like citrus cleaning fluid with a hint of bubblegum
Rutherford the Brave
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Caught this kinda late but glad i found it none the less... Awesome set up bro sorry to here about the girls biting the dust. I'm definitely sub'd to see where you go from here. this is the same set up i am considering. +rep man!
WattSaver
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I started following this thread but dropped out for the last 6 weeks. Sorry to hear about the dehydration, and I wish I could have commented on your light height on that new 3w fixture you got a month ago. I've got a 350w combo 1w & 3w 6 band, and on my last grow I brought the light down on top of the plants just as they came out of veg. I kept it at under 12" for several weeks of 12/12. It stunted the girls growth, stopped em' on the spot, and the budding never really filled in. This grow I took the girls out from under the T8 veg and kept the LED 24" above, and the girls went from pre-teen to advanced puberty in no time flat. 3 plants in this grow were clones of the first so there is no doubt about the comparison. With that full 3w fixture you have I wouldn't let it get closer than 16", I think 20" would be better until maybe the last 10 days and bring it down to maybe 12".
Other than the intensity I believe (just my own thoughts no facts here) that the LED's need a foot or more to just blend the different bands of light together.
Other than the intensity I believe (just my own thoughts no facts here) that the LED's need a foot or more to just blend the different bands of light together.
MonkeyFonics
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@rutherford - thanks for the positive vibes
@wattsaver - i started with the leds pretty close in both phases, i found that further away made them grow taller, and closer was thicker and it didnt burn any of the leaves. then i got the big 250w led, it seemed at least 10x brighter than the 90w, and you can feel the intensity on your hand, not same as hps heat, but like a large laser of energy. when i had my 2 big big super lemon haze and pineapple express plants, i had the 250w led about 2" away from the top of the colas. every few nights the colas would be touching the glass with no noticeable burn. since i lost those plants, i decided the LED would be better off vertical to fill out my white rhino, since it was the only plant that survived the drought and never got to be under direct light until recently. this has payed off as the entire plant now has grown about twice as high and the whole plant has heavy budding and crystals top to bottom. so i would definitely like to see a comparison that can show what the best distance is, but ive had such great crystal action and growth when the lights are as close as possible, i dont think i could try 12"+ without wondering if im losing too much lumen. i have the T5 and LED so close to my white rhino plant that the fan leaves would get burned but the buds got fatter so i didnt mind doing this. i just started the 2 week pre-harvest flush, i decided to trim off the fan leaves and let the buds get more light.
@wattsaver - i started with the leds pretty close in both phases, i found that further away made them grow taller, and closer was thicker and it didnt burn any of the leaves. then i got the big 250w led, it seemed at least 10x brighter than the 90w, and you can feel the intensity on your hand, not same as hps heat, but like a large laser of energy. when i had my 2 big big super lemon haze and pineapple express plants, i had the 250w led about 2" away from the top of the colas. every few nights the colas would be touching the glass with no noticeable burn. since i lost those plants, i decided the LED would be better off vertical to fill out my white rhino, since it was the only plant that survived the drought and never got to be under direct light until recently. this has payed off as the entire plant now has grown about twice as high and the whole plant has heavy budding and crystals top to bottom. so i would definitely like to see a comparison that can show what the best distance is, but ive had such great crystal action and growth when the lights are as close as possible, i dont think i could try 12"+ without wondering if im losing too much lumen. i have the T5 and LED so close to my white rhino plant that the fan leaves would get burned but the buds got fatter so i didnt mind doing this. i just started the 2 week pre-harvest flush, i decided to trim off the fan leaves and let the buds get more light.
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Week 8 Flowering -Flushing & Pruned
Dank pics
White Crystals pics
LED pics
Dank pics
White Crystals pics
LED pics
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Week 9 Flowering - Flushing (water & sugardaddy)
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Lovin the bud porn... She looks fabulous.
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