**ULTIMATE LED TEST** *GLH Spectra 290* VS *Blackstar 500* VS *Hydro Grow LED 336X*

WeJuana

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Thank you!

I was curious myself what they would be and I am glad they are all within such a close proximity of draw, seeing as there is no "standard" of wattage draw across the LED lighting companies' models.
 

WeJuana

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I'ts been 3 days since the clones went into the EZ Cloner so I checked two of the clones and didn't see any real root growth. I added a little KLN to the water and I am sure that should help speed things up.

**Anyone had experiences with an EZ Cloner before?

I followed the directions of the rooting compound given with the system, which simply said dip and insert in clone machine.

I'm curious to hear if others used as a different method and what that might be.. or how long the process took for you.
 

WeJuana

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Thanks. I put the KLN in and like 6-8 hours later checked and saw little white spots forming so I believe the rooting is starting (:
 

Scrogreen

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Oh I forgot to ask you if you have used Dyna-gro b4? I have been thinking about changing over to them. All I hear is good things and read a good grow journal on it. Witch products do you use?
 

Scrogreen

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Also how many plants are you putting under each light? Do you have a guess on how will win this led shoot out? I will give my prediction after I hear how many plants and how long you plan to veg for. Also are you planing on just letting them grow tall? Top? FIM?
 

WeJuana

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Oh I forgot to ask you if you have used Dyna-gro b4? I have been thinking about changing over to them. All I hear is good things and read a good grow journal on it. Witch products do you use?

Also how many plants are you putting under each light? Do you have a guess on how will win this led shoot out? I will give my prediction after I hear how many plants and how long you plan to veg for. Also are you planing on just letting them grow tall? Top? FIM?
I was using Advanced Nutrients, and then I tried Dyna-Gro and I was hooked. I like it because its a one part solution and its real affordable!

I use the whole line, Dyna-Gro Pro-Foliage, Bloom, Pro-Tekt, Pro-Mag, and now KLN on the clones.

The LED shootout wont necessarily have a winner per say.. as I am not here to act as a judge on the companies or viewers behalf. I just want to provide factual data as far as yield etc, however I will give a smoke report and inform on whether there is any noticeable difference in taste or quality.

Depending on how the grow and thread go, I may turn this into a perpetual grow, entering new clones into each tent cut from the same mother at the same time.

To begin the test, once the clones are rooted, there will be 2 in each tent.

I will be letting the plants grow naturally, no topping, fimming, etc. The most I will be doing is plucking dead/dying leaves as I normally would on my grow, because yellow spreads yellow.
 

trx250x7

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Can you also post the price of the units? it looks like I could get 3 of the black star 500 or Spectra 500''s for the price of one Penetrator 336X. Not sure if i am correct though
 

trx250x7

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Thanks! I am looking to switch over to LED soon, I will be following very close! thank you for posting
 

Scrogreen

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I was using Advanced Nutrients, and then I tried Dyna-Gro and I was hooked. I like it because its a one part solution and its real affordable!

I use the whole line, Dyna-Gro Pro-Foliage, Bloom, Pro-Tekt, Pro-Mag, and now KLN on the clones.

The LED shootout wont necessarily have a winner per say.. as I am not here to act as a judge on the companies or viewers behalf. I just want to provide factual data as far as yield etc, however I will give a smoke report and inform on whether there is any noticeable difference in taste or quality.


Depending on how the grow and thread go, I may turn this into a perpetual grow, entering new clones into each tent cut from the same mother at the same time.

To begin the test, once the clones are rooted, there will be 2 in each tent.

I will be letting the plants grow naturally, no topping, fimming, etc. The most I will be doing is plucking dead/dying leaves as I normally would on my grow, because yellow spreads yellow.
Well I will be looking for the one with the most weight but I guess if the the smoke is better in another I will be rethinking what to get. Letting them grow naturally will really help in seeing how close the bud sites stay together. I cant wait to see em in there tents!
 

WeJuana

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All the clones have little white spots on the stems below the sleeve, which is the starting of the roots.

I will try to post up some pics later.. its pretty interesting to be able to see the rooting process from start to finish, instead of waiting over a week before seeing root tips poking out of rockwool cubes (which I used prior to getting this easy clone machine).
 

puffenuff

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How many clones are going to be in each tent? and how long will they have been vegged for? and if you have how tall they are that would be some good info to include too.
 

sen.c

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Subbed, but from the looks of the picture you need to move you light alot closer to the canopy like within 6".

Wish you would have had a ProSource in the mix.
 

curly604

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i thin thats a common misconception with leds , some work best at 48" away some at 36" i thought it was a little high too but im stoaked to see how this goes .....subbed as well
 

WeJuana

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How many clones are going to be in each tent? and how long will they have been vegged for? and if you have how tall they are that would be some good info to include too.
I went into this a little bit on the last page, but depending on how the grow and thread go, I may turn this into a perpetual grow, entering new clones into each tent cut from the same mother at the same time. This also ensures a more fair experiment by having more than one trial.

To begin the test, once the clones are rooted, there will be 2 in each tent. I will be vegging for 2-3 weeks depending on growth rate, because I am aiming to keep all the lights @ 55"

Regarding the comments as far as light distance, I have 2 240s running. If I was only using one, I personally would ideally keep it about 24" off the canopy, since I have two, I can get away with more height. These things use 3w bulbs and I made the mistake of putting it too close (about 12" from canopy) to the clones last time and the leaves started bleaching.
 
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