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Is it more favorable to run sativa dominant strains under LEDs? I'm not getting the stacking I'm used to seeing under LED that I did with CMH.
 
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Here's one 7 weeks into flower that was vegged for 9 weeks looks like only a 3 oz plant. Branches grew lanky buds are sparse and small.
But to be fair this is my first run under 480 watt QB lights
 

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So my goal is to get back to 400-450 grams per plant with the 480 watt samsung QBs with a 9 week veg

Any suggestions to help meet those goals are appreciated
 
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Is it even possible to hit 400 gram with a 480 watt led? Should I just go back to HID?
 
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login said:
Is it even possible to hit 400 gram with a 480 watt led? Should I just go back to HID?
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From what I've gathered the mark of a 'solid' grow is a gram per watt. Theoretically you can pull well over a gram per watt if you really kill it on everything.

My first grow I got 12oz off a Spider Farmer SF4000 in a 5x5 with 4 plants. Is that a gram per watt? No but it was at least 75% for sure. Second grow is still drying so I don't know how much exactly, but judging from how more I filled out my drying closet it, I'm thinking it's around 15oz. That would put me awfully close to the gram per watt mark.
 
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Right thats what I was thinking about 1 gram per watt is about the best LEDs could do.

How long did you veg out the 4 plants?
 
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They were Blue Dream Autos. We let the run 88-92 days. Quite a few hiccups and mistakes along the way.
 
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i just got 11 oz for a 4x4 tent running SF4000 for first attempt . mine grew in wilma system hydro with 4 weeks veg
 
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login said:
Is it even possible to hit 400 gram with a 480 watt led? Should I just go back to HID?
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Yes , LED are capable to hit even 2grams x watt....ive never got more than 1.6 but the key its the genetic, and nowadays with all this polyhybrids made by pollenchuckers you really need to pop a hundred seeds to get the real game changer strain....
I think you just need to find a good pheno that you like and thats it
 
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Grapefruitroop said:
Yes , LED are capable to hit even 2grams x watt....ive never got more than 1.6 but the key its the genetic, and nowadays with all this polyhybrids made by pollenchuckers you really need to pop a hundred seeds to get the real game changer strain....
I think you just need to find a good pheno that you like and thats it
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Really 2 grams per watt wow! Even 1.6 gpw seems to good to be true.

Anyway that's why I was asking about the more sativa dominant pheons seem to be doing a little better under the leds than the 50/50 hybrids i have goin now.
 
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I always prefer hybrids that lean towards indica for short flowering time and heaviness but thats me...yes folks, keep poppin seeds
Shelf growing, or rack, tiers , however u wana call it, combined with led can even double those numbers by keeping the plants near the light with a very homogeneous spread of diodes, of course with a very good yielding strain...
I was hitting regularly 1.6 with a strain and now i got 0.8 with another one!!😬
 
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Orange glue and gorilla skittles in ea. Orange glue big yielder reccomend tha . First time doing gorilla zkittles.
Under sf4000
 

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Here's one 7 weeks into flower that was vegged for 9 weeks looks like only a 3 oz plant. Branches grew lanky buds are sparse and small.
But to be fair this is my first run under 480 watt QB lights
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Judging from the thin blades and overall lankiness I'd say she's probably a little more sativa dominant than you'd like.

What's your grow space size? Looks like you're in a large room with more than 1 light?
 
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Its a sealed room, plants spaced 48" on center, with co2 burner 2 ton split AC and 200 pints perday quest dehumidifiers.

Everything is automated and set within a 5-10% deadband
 
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Brettdawg said:
Orange glue and gorilla skittles in ea. Orange glue big yielder reccomend tha . First time doing gorilla zkittles.
Under sf4000
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Nice looking buds. How is the trichomes production compared to HID under the LEDs?
 
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Is it even possible to hit 400 gram with a 480 watt led? Should I just go back to HID?
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Yes it's possible. I use 105w(averaged 118w, used a little more during veg))and my wet weight was 1413 from an auto. Est dry 211g @ 15%.
 
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For what it's worth, my last crop, 5 plants in soil in a 4x4 with a long veg stage, yielded 18 ounce (over 500 grams - some of that larfy) from my HLG-600r, which pulls a bit less than 600w from the wall at full power.

I'm nearing harvest now with my first coco grow. Should be interesting to see the weights.
 
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I wonder if a better metric can be used like total kwh or something. With photos my veg watts are different than my flowering watts but DLI I try to match. Some veg for 30 days some ppl veg longer. Flowers can vary by 2 or 3 weeks etc.

My first indoor auto took 102 days and my last one took 76 days. That's a significant electrical difference if just looking at watts per gram in a total sense.

Grams per kwh would seem to make more sense wouldn't it?
 
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