Think Different 1 Gallon: Topped+LST

HighLowGrow

HighLowGrow

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That is cool with the LEDs. How long have you been using them? Have you compared them to hps and CFLs? What I'm trying to ask is, are the LED lights you have equivalent to a 150 hps, 250, 400, 600? I know LEDs have come a long way. I see some great grows with them. I assume you need to keep them pretty close to the plants.

BTW- Leaves look great.
 
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EverythingsHazy

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Only have t5 h.o. to compare with. The plant is still being slighly bent around to get the maximum amount of even level tops. One main tip of the four broke pretty badly vbut is doing fine with new growth on the and its pointing up and holding itself up easily so it'll be fine.
(crappy focus but you can see most of the budsites..) Each of the four main branches has 5 even level budsites on the midde-end so thats 20 not counting any in the middle

 
MaryJaneAdvocate

MaryJaneAdvocate

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Lookin' good!

@HighLow, I read (and witnessed) that the fine line of distance with the LED is 8" from the top of the plant. At 8" you risk bleaching/burning the top leaves and stressing your plant, but anything lower than that will DEFINITELY burn up your plant. The diodes are pretty intense that close, even though there isn't a lot of heat being emitted. I am comfortable with my plants at about 9-10" away from the light.
 
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EverythingsHazy

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MaryJaneAdvocate said:
Lookin' good!

@HighLow, I read (and witnessed) that the fine line of distance with the LED is 8" from the top of the plant. At 8" you risk bleaching/burning the top leaves and stressing your plant, but anything lower than that will DEFINITELY burn up your plant. The diodes are pretty intense that close, even though there isn't a lot of heat being emitted. I am comfortable with my plants at about 9-10" away from the light.
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Thanks You grow with led's? Which? Also, how dense are your buds?
 
tekdc911

tekdc911

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the led's i have i have to pick up a bit 10-12 inches or so and it seems if i can get them about 18" i dont know if its the colors mixing or what but the responded alot better to it
 
MaryJaneAdvocate

MaryJaneAdvocate

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Thanks Tek!! I'll have to try out lifting them a bit next go around and try to compare by naked eye.

@Everythingshazy Hey man, I have the Advanced LED DS100. It is really nice, from my point of view, and I really like it. Little elevation in temperatures, very bright and it seems my budsites that are lower than the main cola and what not get quite a bit of light still. They penetrate really well. The DS100 is cheap in comparison to a lot of LED lights that I looked at. It has lasted me 2 months 24/7 so that's good, lol. I think it has like a 1 year or 3 year warranty on it, so very forgiving!

My buds, hmmmm. I am not sure as this is my very first grow. So I really can't say just by looking at them. From my POV I think they look dense, but only time will tell when I go to harvest them and check them out if they are or not.
 
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EverythingsHazy

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Thanks tek! And yea, she just started flowering on the first.. so she has like 6.5 weeks left at least hopefully no more than 10 more weeks...
 
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EverythingsHazy

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MaryJaneAdvocate said:
6.5 more weeks, damn. I feel like it will be a heavy load.
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he buds are growing really fast though. Visible growth daily. Some pistils were drying but still white so the plant was lowered a few inches. But yea. 6.5w is just to make it 8w. As long as the buds are growing its not too bad. It's when you have to wait for the trichomes to change and the buds arent really growing anymore that sucks lol

Hopefully all the tops are dense and big and make the lst work worth it. It woudlve been much easier to top it and get 6 big branches but this thing has a ton of budsites on a simllar height level.
 
MaryJaneAdvocate

MaryJaneAdvocate

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Oh shit, I thought you had it going longer... I am actually taking my AKR's for 12 weeks, lol. Not because of the plants necessarily but because of my schedule the next month :/
 
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Valboy

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That bitch is looking good hazy, she will fill out lovely no doubt. My autos seemed to have a week off about 3 weeks into flower for some reason then went wild again. I don't look at them for 2-3 days so it's a nice suprise when they get going.
 
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