RDWC and LEDs: Various strains

They are 24" above the canopy

Get them as close as possible, I always read in the LED section.
Just as close so that all the plants get light, and there is just a little light going to the sides/walls.

But ask around in the LED section.
They know better then I do. And can give you some good advice.
Make sure you get responses from the right people like Wietefras for example.

I hear with QBs 18-24"

Haven't gotten closer than that.

These plants are little bitches so I have then at 24"

What you could do is fix the Lumen meter in the outer corner of your plants. On the top level of the leaves.
Write down how many Lumen you have now with the lamps at 18-24".
Then lower the lamps and watch if the Lumen get higher.

If so, also measure the temperature in the air and if possible the temperature of your leaves.
Then see how much the humidity is, and you can determine the VPD.
if it is in the right margins, it is ok.

Starting to look good. I raised that one in the lower left so it's at the same height as the rest. That's the only chocolate chunk in flower. The critical hog are the big ones.



Some chocolate chunk still in veg. Been waiting on flowering these until they looked better and I'm currently short on lights. Been waiting almost 3 weeks for these fuckers.


And these are some autos I'm currently torturing.

The clones I took off what's in flower are mostly all rooted.

New light installed (6) 3500k Solstix X2, (6) 2700k, (2) 455/630nm powered by (2) 320h-24a.

About 700w. So now I'm at 50w/sq. ft.

These are the autos now. Went from 11" to 42" in 3 weeks


These are the clones off what's in flower. Looks like #4 is the keeper out of the 5.


This is flower. Doesn't seem to be a huge yielder unfortunately. #4 is way back left, to it's right is #1. 2nd row left is #5, to it's right is #2. 3rd row left is chocolate chunk #1 and to it's right is #3 critical hog.

I'll know better in a couple weeks but #4 is the standout. Fastest growing and is packing on the most weight.


And these are the other two chocolate chunk still in veg. I was going to cull them but decided to revive them with some TLC. Will spray with spinosad and defoliate them a bit before I send them into the flower room. Been delaying on flowering so I can fix the thrip issue I had in flower.

Thrips seem to be gone.

Still could use some 600w Nanolux DE bulbs =]!! I have 2 sets of the dual nanolux DE bulbs 600w dimmable barely used, Ill give you a great deal on them <3. 220v isnt my game, the lights are way too much for my setup but all BS aside this system you have here is impressive my friend.

Vumar said:

Still could use some 600w Nanolux DE bulbs =]!! I have 2 sets of the dual nanolux DE bulbs 600w dimmable barely used, Ill give you a great deal on them <3. 220v isnt my game, the lights are way too much for my setup but all BS aside this system you have here is impressive my friend.

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Thanks buddy. Like seeing a ghost posting, lol. Where the fack ya been? Me and DB are on Overgrow now, we don't much visit here often if him at all. Very good community over there.

Ordered more of those dark star kush.

I'm maxed out on electrics man. I got (2) 315w CMH, 760w QB, 720w solstrips. 18A there and then in summer my chiller and AC take up 16A which kills a whole 20A. I actually have to move a light onto the 15A in there room when all that is running as 18A is too much continuous load for a 20A.

Also I'm geared for 110-120v and would need to add a subpanel.

Eventually I'm going to stop for a bit and get an electrician to upgrade to 150A service.

Good to hear from you. Hope everything has been well

Day 48

The clones I had stretched so much due to being so far away from the light and I'm getting some retarded growth. Not sure WTF is wrong. They look like shit to me. But I'm wicked critical. One day I'll get it all together and have my shit ready.

I've been giving a lot of thought to cab growing in tiers. Problem is DWC isn't a good style of growing for that. Water would heat up. Buckets are too tall and would limit me to 2 tiers.


This is the shitty veg with retarded leaf growth. Almost looks like revegging. They were flipped already when I took them. But 6 weeks after cut seems a bit long of a time to reveg. There's a leaf that's curled like an inchworm.

Never seen anything like this. They looked great two weeks ago before they stretched and got all hungry

This pictures a couple days old. I put a screen in on this frame.

Got my 300g free sample in today. Going to test it out on my veg

This is my veg. Ready to flip. Just need to fit out an area for clones and seeds. A nearby closet will do. Project for tomorrow. Got a 2 tube 4ft t5ho that will be perfect for that.

Day 60 from flip. Will cut this weekend. Not the biggest of buds.

Harvest time.

Reading 58% and slowly rising as they sweat out they are getting sticky again.

I can smell those plants through my screen, damn.

smokebros said:

I can smell those plants through my screen, damn.

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Thanks. They are smelling good. Didn't yield the greatest. Still haven't weighed them up yet. But I anticipate 1gpw. The first half of flower only had 780w. The second half had 1220w. So it's hard to put an accurate gpw figure together. Adding them both and dividing by two gives me 1000w.

I doubt I will get 2# so a little less than 1gpw.

Worst I've done since I started using LED tech

Harvest shots always a pleasure for the eyes, nice grow mate...

Final # were 2.1lb

Not the greatest of yielders.

Running the clones cause they are already week 3 but I won't be running this strain again.

Next on the lineup is strawberry glue from TH seeds

Strawberry cream x gojo glue

TH Seeds Chicle and Dark Star Kush Day 56 from flip. Another 2-3 weeks to go.

Airwalker16 said:

I'm jealous if that pump

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How much air can these AP 100 air pumps push out? I can't find the liters/min on these, or gph,,so I can compare models.