Marshydro Led grow...

sold777 said:

That's a nice job, I love LEDs 10/10

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Hey sold. Welcome and thanks for the likes. .

This is still an ongoing project as I still haven't had a problem free run. Hopefully I'll have it all correct soon and see some really nice results.

What you growing? What light ? Feel free to share on here.

Peace

so today ive abandoned the drip system......i did some thorough inspenction of the plants and it seems the main root growth is all directed at the dripper site. there are barely any roots at the bottom of the pots and its bone dry, i mixed 1/1 nutes and gave them a good flooding so from now on im going to be watering by hand.

ive also added an airstone to the res which im not using now lol it'll come in handy on the next grow when i use autopots

So a couple of days after hand watering and abandoning the drip system the plants are looking fatter. There are also 5 showing nice female preflowers. Makes them 4 weeks into veg which is excellent. Other 2 should show soon as the calyx is there ready to pop open. Happy days.

Heres Today's Pics, i noticed some N curl on a couple of plants so ive cut back the feeding for a day or two,

Hi! I just got the 300 watt version of the light you have, but was wondering how you think the lights will perform at closer than 2 ft from the plants. I am only growing 2 plants, this is my first grow, and want to see if getting them closer, like 1 ft away, would be better, seeing as they produce almost no heat. Do you think the recommended distance of 1.5 to 2 ft is a matter of coverage, heat, or light diffusion to ensure even distribution of light spectrum?

These are the babies, the left is a solo cup seedling from a neighbor when he moved, maybe Purple Creme, and the right is from a seed I found in the Dark Star at work. Been vegging under 13 23watt cfls and just switched to the led on friday.

stenkonia said:

These are the babies, the left is a solo cup seedling from a neighbor when he moved, maybe Purple Creme, and the right is from a seed I found in the Dark Star at work. Been vegging under 13 23watt cfls and just switched to the led on friday.

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First off those plants look great. There are issues with light bleaching I believe. If they get too close. The LEDs are strong but without trying I'm not sure what effect it would have. I did notice as the plant grew that the spectrum separated when the light was less than 2 ft away.

I'd also watch the internodal spacing if you are putting it closer. I'm aiming for 1" between nodes but I did get a stretch for some unknown reason on 3 plants (all different strains) at the same time. 2.5" but it hasnt happened again.

Keep me updated with your progress and thanks for your contribution. I'm hoping more mars hydro growers join the thread!!!

love it hoping my LEDS will pull this off for me

luciferi said:

love it hoping my LEDS will pull this off for me

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I'm sure they will bro. Just checked out your journal. It's good Did you wait for preflowers before you flowered ?

nope i jumped into flowering room after vegged for 4weeks

Thanks for your input! I think I'm gonna keep it at 1.5 ft and see how it goes. Im throwing them into flower in a couple of days, I'm hoping to get something decent out of my first grow!

luciferi said:

nope i jumped into flowering room after vegged for 4weeks

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Ok, i would've waited until preflowers had shown on all the plants at least ! it signals sexual maturity in the plant. also it can cause hermies i believe.

Looking good though

stenkonia said:

Thanks for your input! I think I'm gonna keep it at 1.5 ft and see how it goes. Im throwing them into flower in a couple of days, I'm hoping to get something decent out of my first grow!

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How long have you vegged for ?

Put pics up and keep us updated.

Well, like I said earlier, been vegging roughly 5-6 weeks under thirteen 23watt cfls, female preflowers on both. Just replaced the cfls with the led, but kept 4 cfls for supplemental lighting. Here are some pics of the progression

oilmaker68 said:

Ok, i would've waited until preflowers had shown on all the plants at least ! it signals sexual maturity in the plant. also it can cause hermies i believe.

Looking good though

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Thanks for advice... maybe will wait for preflowers next time

stenkonia said:

Well, like I said earlier, been vegging roughly 5-6 weeks under thirteen 23watt cfls, female preflowers on both. Just replaced the cfls with the led, but kept 4 cfls for supplemental lighting. Here are some pics of the progression

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yes you did say, apologies stenk

they have progressed nicely under the cfls, cant wait to see them under the LED !!!!

No probs OM68 lol, like I always tell my customers, I never begrudge anyone for being forgetful in the cannabis game, and I hope they do the same for me!
Ill keep you posted, I might start a new grow journal thread for my first grow, but I just started school and I hate typing lol, so we'll see if I find time to post something comprehensive.

Here a few pics I took today. The hand watering has really brought the plants on!!

Not sure if any one else reads the "soft secrets" publication but there is finally a decent piece on LEDs in there. They use a BUDMASTER II and get superior results. I'll see if there is someway to link it

Today is five weeks in veg for my little ladies and each plant has shown their preflowers. weve just moved on to full strength nutes and every plant is over 18" tall so ive switched to 12/12 photoperiod. Very exciting moment i have to say, I did take a couple of clones from the pineapple chunk plant to keep as a mother plant so hopefully they take well and we get some nice mothers. ive also just planted a Critical Super Silver Haze seed and 5 further Incredible bulk seeds for my next grow that i hope to scrog under a 675w Budmaster LED which ill start a new thread on.