HiloReign
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Aloha
Taking place in a 3'x5'3"x20" mylar lined tent with minor air circulation will be my 2nd overall grow. The tent never gets higher than ~83 degrees, though remains humid (I live in a very rainy town in Hawaii). This modular LED has 60 diodes running at ~2w and their wavelengths are as follows:
7 x 660nm
3 x 630nm
3 x 10000k
1 x 5500k
1 x 2700k
These specifications are per module and the unit contains 4 modules. All diodes have a 90 degree lens. I designed it this way in an attempt to replace blue diodes with white ones and thus I'd hope you'll stick around to find out also.
My 5 seedlings are in my own starter mix in solo cups which I hope to transplant into 3gal Smart Pots (as soon as I get my hands on some) containing CoCo. I will be using House and Gardens CoCo A&B along with some molasses to supplement my nutrients and my light is currently on half strength on a 16/8 schedule. They have been under 12/12 since seed but have not shown any sex yet (its been about 2 weeks?).
The LED switch and lighting schedule change-up will indeed stress them but I have already seen good signs. 20 minutes after turning the LED on in the middle of their 12/12 schedule (as I switched out my 2700k CFLs for my LED), two plants responded to the light within 20 minutes and pointed themselves toward it. Within 45 minutes all 5 had responded to the LED and pointed upwards toward the light. With my CFLs, my plants took anywhere from 45 minutes-2 hours to respond to light, or what some would call the plants "breathing".
I will get a few pictures of the little ones shortly but for now:
Taking place in a 3'x5'3"x20" mylar lined tent with minor air circulation will be my 2nd overall grow. The tent never gets higher than ~83 degrees, though remains humid (I live in a very rainy town in Hawaii). This modular LED has 60 diodes running at ~2w and their wavelengths are as follows:
7 x 660nm
3 x 630nm
3 x 10000k
1 x 5500k
1 x 2700k
These specifications are per module and the unit contains 4 modules. All diodes have a 90 degree lens. I designed it this way in an attempt to replace blue diodes with white ones and thus I'd hope you'll stick around to find out also.
My 5 seedlings are in my own starter mix in solo cups which I hope to transplant into 3gal Smart Pots (as soon as I get my hands on some) containing CoCo. I will be using House and Gardens CoCo A&B along with some molasses to supplement my nutrients and my light is currently on half strength on a 16/8 schedule. They have been under 12/12 since seed but have not shown any sex yet (its been about 2 weeks?).
The LED switch and lighting schedule change-up will indeed stress them but I have already seen good signs. 20 minutes after turning the LED on in the middle of their 12/12 schedule (as I switched out my 2700k CFLs for my LED), two plants responded to the light within 20 minutes and pointed themselves toward it. Within 45 minutes all 5 had responded to the LED and pointed upwards toward the light. With my CFLs, my plants took anywhere from 45 minutes-2 hours to respond to light, or what some would call the plants "breathing".
I will get a few pictures of the little ones shortly but for now:
). The seedlings are still stressin' and one of them started flowering. I'm not sure if it just hasn't had time to revert to the vegetative stage or if it's an auto. Time will tell...
