LED Grow Light Forum

revgreen wrote:

MissingCow wrote:
Hi MC,

Thanks for the thoughts. I agree that they looked to be stretching a bit so I moved the light down to around 16 inches above - they seem to be happier but would you suggest getting the light closer?

Great tip about transplanting - does it make sense to slice the stem a bit with a razor before adding the clonex?

And yes, fan is on - I place it close to the hole in the tent near the corner so that it pulls in outside air. Happy to take a pic.

As to your last question, I am simply putting on a filter from my camera phone - thought the original purple made the plants harder to see

RG

I think that 16" should be a good distance. If the temp at your canopy doesn't get too hot you're good. Those LEDs are pretty great about directing the heat away from the plants, so you won't need to worry about he radiant part of the heat as much as with HID.

When I used the Clonex in transplant, I gently scraped the back of a razor against the stem, not cutting exactly, but more scratching. Like you would use your fingernail to scratch a bug bite. I have no doubt that cutting to some degree would help the clonex, but I'd think they'd have to be very tiny cuts to not damage the delicate stem. When cloning from a mother, the entire principle behind the cut is to increase surface area from which roots can develop. So when cloning, a diagonal cut and a vertical cut down the stem are a great idea. Since your seedlings already have roots, there's no reason to go as far as a full on slice. You don't want them to stress too much, just shoot some roots sideways! IMHO.

Use your judgement though, and maybe something duller than a razor (like sterilized trim scissors) would scratch nicely without cutting.

You don't need to take a picture for proof, I believe you on your fan. actually though I would be interested to see the rest of your tent if you get a chance. Is the fan just a table oscillating unit near a vent in the ground? The way I'm imagining this, you have a HPS flower tent, and a LED veg tent... But you pull air through the flower tent to the LED tent, and then vent? And is that a vent-only cooled SunSystems hood I see?

Forgive all my questions. Just want to know more about your grow, and how you your control heat. Always an interesting topic for me.

Cool cell phone trick. If it's an iPhone, I wish I knew about the trick about 4 months ago back when I started taking pictures of my LED stuff. Now I'm back to HPS and they're just yellow. So Blasé. Ha ha ha!

MissingCow wrote:

revgreen wrote:

MissingCow wrote:
Hi MC,

Thanks for the thoughts. I agree that they looked to be stretching a bit so I moved the light down to around 16 inches above - they seem to be happier but would you suggest getting the light closer?

Great tip about transplanting - does it make sense to slice the stem a bit with a razor before adding the clonex?

And yes, fan is on - I place it close to the hole in the tent near the corner so that it pulls in outside air. Happy to take a pic.

As to your last question, I am simply putting on a filter from my camera phone - thought the original purple made the plants harder to see

RG

I think that 16" should be a good distance. If the temp at your canopy doesn't get too hot you're good. Those LEDs are pretty great about directing the heat away from the plants, so you won't need to worry about he radiant part of the heat as much as with HID.

When I used the Clonex in transplant, I gently scraped the back of a razor against the stem, not cutting exactly, but more scratching. Like you would use your fingernail to scratch a bug bite. I have no doubt that cutting to some degree would help the clonex, but I'd think they'd have to be very tiny cuts to not damage the delicate stem. When cloning from a mother, the entire principle behind the cut is to increase surface area from which roots can develop. So when cloning, a diagonal cut and a vertical cut down the stem are a great idea. Since your seedlings already have roots, there's no reason to go as far as a full on slice. You don't want them to stress too much, just shoot some roots sideways! IMHO.

Use your judgement though, and maybe something duller than a razor (like sterilized trim scissors) would scratch nicely without cutting.

You don't need to take a picture for proof, I believe you on your fan. actually though I would be interested to see the rest of your tent if you get a chance. Is the fan just a table oscillating unit near a vent in the ground? The way I'm imagining this, you have a HPS flower tent, and a LED veg tent... But you pull air through the flower tent to the LED tent, and then vent? And is that a vent-only cooled SunSystems hood I see?

Forgive all my questions. Just want to know more about your grow, and how you your control heat. Always an interesting topic for me.

Cool cell phone trick. If it's an iPhone, I wish I knew about the trick about 4 months ago back when I started taking pictures of my LED stuff. Now I'm back to HPS and they're just yellow. So Blasé. Ha ha ha!

Great, that makes sense with the razor - thanks for the excellent tip!

I do have a tent with a 400 watt solar system light and a fan that pulls hot air out to an open window - this tent is daisy chained to my solar system tent to pull air through. I live in New England so this time of year keeping the temps high enough becomes more the issue. In the summer, the hps tent can get up to 90-95. I attempt to keep this down by adjusting fan speed as well as adjusting windows in the space. This time of year I use a small space heater in the room to keep tent temps above 70 degrees. When I get a chance, I'll take some more shots of how things are set up.

rg

Transplanted everyone to 1 gallon containers (pictures below). The plant in the lower right that is larger than the rest was started before I received the solarstorm, but has been vegging happily under it since then - putting her (sage n sour) into my 12/12 tent tonight.

The second photo is a close up of satori (mandala seeds).
Rg

Everyone is really starting to take off

Keep on keeping on...

I'm really interested in seeing how that Mandala Satori. I've heard good things about Mandala, but haven't grown them. Do you have experience growing them out before?

MC

MissingCow wrote:I'm really interested in seeing how that Mandala Satori. I've heard good things about Mandala, but haven't grown them. Do you have experience growing them out before?

MC

Hi MC,

I have grown satori before and it is hands down one of my favorite strains. I've heard reports of euphoria/bliss, which is somewhat true. For me, as someone who experiences depression, social anxiety, and lethargy, this strain cures them all. I obviously recommend it, especially if you like functional and focused sativas

RG

Switched the light over to bloom mode and am now a couple of days into 12/12. Had i minor hiccup which resulted in some slight leaf wilting, but everything is back on track and clipping along.

3 of the plants are feminised (2 Hawaiian Wave from Ripper Seeds; 1 Sage n Sour from T.H.seeds). The rest are an assortment of sativa dominant strains from Mandala Seeds. Once I know who is male/female in 2 weeks or so, I'll post the names of the female plants

RG

a few have shown female...just waiting on the rest. Plan to repot soon

How are they doing?