new LED user and grow
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:17 pmHello, I am very happy to have found this site
please bare with my english as I am a old french granny
and I wish to share some of my experience with lover of LED like me
and want very much to learn from you all
here is a little of what I did until now
I wanted to grow my own herbs and decided it would be with LED
never grow inside or oustide other then tomatoes it will be a great experience
I have a Apollo UFO 180W and a 300W in a 32'' x 24'' x 60'' tent
I read a lot on using LED I have now 4 plants from seeds they are now -+45days
and in blooming mode 12h ( I know I turn them too fast into bloom mode ;-(
I have 2 auto and 2 normal*
>I realise that I need to be taking lots of note as LED are very different way of growing
I had trouble with finding the right level for the LED not to burn the plant
and found out very fast that they need calcium and magn more then all other plants
they are not very strong but nothing stop the auto to grow !!!!
I have the LED now at 22'' of the plants
before the light was at 14'' it was toooooooo low
it burned the leaves even tho they say LED do not make heat
they can burn leaves......
but I am learning making changes here and there..and very pleased
they are suppose to be ready at the end of january hope they grow stronger
since I want to make sure to always have some plant to grow I started some new one
they have 18 days today.... HO and I AM so very proud of them
there is Hawaian Diesel and Red (I am a bit intense I know love my plants) ;-0
my 3 babies are growing under a 180W and WOW all the difference
between these and my first batch they are stronger bigger healthier
I know now that they need even at baby stage to have wind breezing* on them
I know now that there is no need to give all the time water and
to give supplement of calcium and magnesium( I use eggs shell and seafood shell that I gind and mix in the earth ) it is more natural
I know these one will be great when they will turn into blooming mode
I am very interesting to know at what height do you have your LED
since it is not the same if you use a 200w or 400W or 180W
please share with me thank you...
ohhh... couldn't resist I have to present to you my babies..
first pic are my older girls -+45days from seeds til now
you can see the huge difference between my autos and the normal ones
and presenting to you my babies they are so strong
18days from seeds
thank you for letting me express myself her and most of all thank you for reading me and giving me your suggestions
please bare with my english as I am a old french granny
and I wish to share some of my experience with lover of LED like me
and want very much to learn from you all
here is a little of what I did until now
I wanted to grow my own herbs and decided it would be with LED
never grow inside or oustide other then tomatoes it will be a great experience
I have a Apollo UFO 180W and a 300W in a 32'' x 24'' x 60'' tent
I read a lot on using LED I have now 4 plants from seeds they are now -+45days
and in blooming mode 12h ( I know I turn them too fast into bloom mode ;-(
I have 2 auto and 2 normal*
>I realise that I need to be taking lots of note as LED are very different way of growing
I had trouble with finding the right level for the LED not to burn the plant
and found out very fast that they need calcium and magn more then all other plants
they are not very strong but nothing stop the auto to grow !!!!
I have the LED now at 22'' of the plants
before the light was at 14'' it was toooooooo low
it burned the leaves even tho they say LED do not make heat
they can burn leaves......
but I am learning making changes here and there..and very pleased
they are suppose to be ready at the end of january hope they grow stronger
since I want to make sure to always have some plant to grow I started some new one
they have 18 days today
.... HO and I AM so very proud of themthere is Hawaian Diesel and Red (I am a bit intense I know love my plants) ;-0
my 3 babies are growing under a 180W and WOW all the difference
between these and my first batch they are stronger bigger healthier
I know now that they need even at baby stage to have wind breezing* on them
I know now that there is no need to give all the time water and
to give supplement of calcium and magnesium( I use eggs shell and seafood shell that I gind and mix in the earth ) it is more natural
I know these one will be great when they will turn into blooming mode
I am very interesting to know at what height do you have your LED
since it is not the same if you use a 200w or 400W or 180W
please share with me thank you...
ohhh... couldn't resist I have to present to you my babies..
first pic are my older girls -+45days from seeds til now
you can see the huge difference between my autos and the normal ones
- my first try
- 45days-freddy.jpg (614.47 KiB) Viewed 1939 times
and presenting to you my babies they are so strong
18days from seeds
- looking good
- my-babies-18days.jpg (673.07 KiB) Viewed 1939 times
thank you for letting me express myself her and most of all thank you for reading me and giving me your suggestions
