Frostys DIY Led Swarm SCROG

Frosty69 · Dec 4, 2013

So im just in the process of finishing up my first led grow with my pro grow 260 and half way through flowering I started my first diy led grow light for some added light. Well i enjoyed making it so much i thought i need leds on the sides of my plant to help get better coverage for the side and lower buds. So i bough some more osrams leds, some more drivers some aluminum from the heating section of Home depot and some pvc pipes for my scrog and to hold the leds up and now i have my finished product which has been running smooth for 2 weeks now. I have 2 purple urkles and 1 chem dawg that are ready for this scrog swarm experiment.

As far as leds im using 14 on each side.... what do you guys think?

11 Single Color Red, 625nm
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...GAEpiMZZMurHQmwyojo5Fl1U4uocXl72Q0HOo%2b7LnY=

11 Hyper Red 660nm
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...=sGAEpiMZZMurHQmwyojo5Fl1U4uocXl7x3OUa0O5IuM=

3 Deep Blue, 455nm
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...KtwBXXOM9ZUayVom2Tlkumgnk5aHRtkXG%2bQH%2bRg==

3 Ultra White 6500K
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...Rv6CAOWfgLfUFzq1uFe4VEjHxr7O%2be7Tq0Szchm0cuM

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big bud 56 · Dec 4, 2013

That set up looks nice dude.
How big of a tent is that?
I want to try a scrog.
I just popped 9 seeds of hashberry so hopefully I'll have a few females from them.
I made a scrog net that measures 3ftx3ft so I'm looking to put one of those in my scrog net.
Happy growing,
Peace

Frosty69 · Dec 4, 2013

Also some of those plants on the right hand side are just about to finish up. I cut off most of the tops and now I'm letting the bottoms fill up, but nicer there gone I should have my main light the pro grow 260 directly over the swarm.

Frosty69 · Dec 4, 2013

Hey thanks big bud. So the tent is a 4x4 which is a great size for a hobbyist like me but it does get crowded quickly and last grow the plant were everywhere and she could hold up her branches so I'm hoping the script net helps with the weight.

big bud 56 · Dec 4, 2013

Very nice man.

Frosty69 said:
Hey thanks biggie. So the tent is a 4x4 which is a great size for a hobbyist like me but it does get crowded quickly and last grow the plant were everywhere and she could hold up her branches so I'm hoping the script net helps with the weight.

Frosty69 · Dec 4, 2013

This was my last og kush which was cut down Monday but only the tops. As you can see these branches are to heavy to hold the buds up. Scrog time

Frosty69 · Dec 11, 2013

The plants are doing great and the purple urkles should make it up to the net in about a week.

Decibel · Dec 11, 2013

Why are you not in the net and ar flowering already?

Decibel · Dec 11, 2013

You plan on training nuggets? Lol

Frosty69 · Dec 11, 2013

im waiting till they get bigger and can not support there weight. If I need to I can always raise the plants to the net

kushdaddy1980 · Dec 11, 2013

can you give us a breakdown on how you built your l.e.d setup, wiring and such?..

Frosty69 · Dec 11, 2013

Hey kushdaddy so its all very basic solder and wire each led individually then its wired to my meanwell constant driver. This is my second go at making DIY led lights and im not the most advanced electrical person but theres a ton of great knowledge on RIU. This was the DIY I followed and learned from. https://www.rollitup.org/led-other-lighting/580314-super-easy-diy-led-micro.html

Decibel · Dec 12, 2013

Scrog is a canopy management technique....what you are doing my friend is not scrog.

Frosty69 · Dec 13, 2013

I always thought that the scrog was to hold up the weight of the buds and to help support branches, but this is my first attempt at it and im still learning so thanks for the correct info... I did raise the plants a good 5in so thats should help.

Frosty69 · Dec 13, 2013

updated pics with the plants added height.

foreverflyhi · Jan 26, 2014

Update anytime soon?

Frosty69 · Feb 1, 2014

Hey sorry for the long update. Ive been totally busy with work and snowboarding and my phone broke last month so taking pictures have been an issue. The side leds have helped a bunch. I'm getting thicker buds on my lower sites whack i was really hoping for. I did finish the three plants that were in there and I've now made it wider so i can fit 6 plants in there.

Frosty69 · Feb 1, 2014

here is the new updated side less with some new girls in there.

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