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my friend gave me 2 dying plants. I thought I'd see how they recover under my new lights, while I'm still setting up. One is in pretty bad shape and I don't think will make it. The other has some hope.
Currently I'm a bitch to the light cycle. I need a decent cheap timer that won't fail. I'll post some pics real soon.
COCO air pots and ScrOG it!!
With all the air movement going on in there and if this is going to be a passive air flow the co2 will just be a waist of $$$ in this small of space, as for the LED looks killer :) I'm doing LED's now too they seem to work but they DO let off heat I've noticed and unlike my HID that I can vent I have to keep the garden cooler with the LED's in there but Nice set-up :harvest: Def. get a ph pen even TDS pen too humidifier/dehumidifier and ScrOG it :)
The LED lights are not the same Lumens/FC as HID lighting, they are PAR so it's more the correct spectrums needed then just the intensity/distance so I don't think the LED fried your ladies because the diode doesn't emit radiant heat as traditional HID lighting
Lots of good advice here? I will be getting a portable meter of some sort. For PH I just been using some of those paper test strips until I get one. Know of a good one?
What did you mean by a passive air flow? Do you mean co2 will spill out the intake vents at the bottom of the tent? I have another (slightly smaller) fan I can hookup to the lower side vent to bring in air and seal the flaps. Do you think it would help.
I just want to be clear I'm not using the Yeast methood. My plan is to get a tank/regulators/monitor/controller setup, sync it to the fans and lights. The Ventilation will only kick on when temps are high, and will automatically shut off the Co2 (lights off will also shut off Co2). I will keep it at 1500PPM. Maybe in the future I'll get an A/C and just run the tent sealed. This rig cost about a grand, but if what I hear is true (improves yields by 25%-30%, especially in aeroponics) Then it should pay for itself.
I do not know what the exact lumens are on my LED. I had one plant sitting a foot under a 520W LED pannel at full blast. I also been letting it get pretty dry by not watering it as much as I should, and not feeding it. So I'm sure that's at least half the problem. I finally fed the plant, turned off half the LEDs and raised the light up a little and it's much happier.
These double-lens directional 3W L.E.D.s are insanely bright. After a short time in my tent, my retina is burned in the spectrums of red and blue. It's funny when I walk out all I can see is the color green. It's like having plant vision. I will be getting some shades to save my eyes.
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