220w BloomBooster Grow - All Organic
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 1:40 pm
Recently I received a 220w Solar Flare BloomBooster from CLW as part of the GFP. I'm still in the veg stage but I should be switching over in a few days so this journal will be taking off really soon. I've been using a 125w CFL for almost the entire veg. For the last two days i've had the Solar Flare running on an 18/6 cycle to get the plants ready for flowering and to see how it compares in heat to a CFL. I won't be doing this in the future though, I just wanted to see the results. I also wanted to see how close I could get before the tips started to get bleached.
Initial Impressions
This little thing runs pretty hot, definitely more than expected. Not as bad as a small HPS but definitely hotter than a large CFL.
Veg Cab Temps: CFL (75-86F), LED (83-94F)
My veg cab is about 2' x 1.5' x 3.5' with a 100CFM fan as an exhaust and small PC fan for intake. Ambient temps are around 74-81F.
Hoping the heat drops when I put it into the flower cab which is 3' x 2' x 5'
Heat aside, this is a very bright LED. Even though it's not meant for vegging it does a great job at it. The plants responded better under the LED than the CFL. Bleaching of leaves happens at roughly 8" so be sure to keep it above that. Really looking forward to seeing what it can do.
As for my grow, I have two Ace of Spade plants (both from seed) and a Master Kush clone. One Ace plant is a revegged female, the other still hasnt shown sex. The Master cut is also a reveg. It's small right now but that cut stretches like crazy once in flower. All of them are in airpots. I use Roots Organic soil, straight from the bag. I also use the Roots Organic nutrient line (bottled and a few top dresses). The pesticides I use are Azamax, Neem Oil, and Mighty Wash (all claim to be organic). That's all I can really think to mention right now.
Pictures will be coming soon!
Initial Impressions
This little thing runs pretty hot, definitely more than expected. Not as bad as a small HPS but definitely hotter than a large CFL.
Veg Cab Temps: CFL (75-86F), LED (83-94F)
My veg cab is about 2' x 1.5' x 3.5' with a 100CFM fan as an exhaust and small PC fan for intake. Ambient temps are around 74-81F.
Hoping the heat drops when I put it into the flower cab which is 3' x 2' x 5'
Heat aside, this is a very bright LED. Even though it's not meant for vegging it does a great job at it. The plants responded better under the LED than the CFL. Bleaching of leaves happens at roughly 8" so be sure to keep it above that. Really looking forward to seeing what it can do.
As for my grow, I have two Ace of Spade plants (both from seed) and a Master Kush clone. One Ace plant is a revegged female, the other still hasnt shown sex. The Master cut is also a reveg. It's small right now but that cut stretches like crazy once in flower. All of them are in airpots. I use Roots Organic soil, straight from the bag. I also use the Roots Organic nutrient line (bottled and a few top dresses). The pesticides I use are Azamax, Neem Oil, and Mighty Wash (all claim to be organic). That's all I can really think to mention right now.
Pictures will be coming soon!