jguit
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Hi guys.. This is my first grow from over a decade of not growing. My previous experience was hydro grows using an NFT system and DWC bubbler buckets. Also, I've previously used 1000w and 600w HPS.
I've decided to go LED and am using x8 Cree 3590 COBs running @ approx 50w a piece (400w driver) in a 3'x3' grow tent.
I've germinated and sprouted x9 of the Bog Bubble seeds and am waiting a few weeks or more until i can sex them.
The plan is to get these little guys sexed and cloned. I'll be growing x9 of the clones in my tent in 3 gallon smart pots to flower.
LED/COBs seem to have a bit of a learning curve to those who are used to HPS/MH/Flouro's. I just got my Apogee DQ-520 USB quantum sensor and just found out i had these poor little guys under approx 700 PPF with the LED's @ approx 2.5' above the tops. I've dimmed the lights to give approx 250+ PPF.
A few of the first leaves are a bit twisty and I'm not sure if it's because i have them growing in FFOF soil (soil too hot?) or because the lights were too close. Maybe a combo of both? Either way, they still look fine to me with the exception of one that was never quite right. I personally never had problems with FFOF and seedlings.
Anyway.. Wish me luck!
I've decided to go LED and am using x8 Cree 3590 COBs running @ approx 50w a piece (400w driver) in a 3'x3' grow tent.
I've germinated and sprouted x9 of the Bog Bubble seeds and am waiting a few weeks or more until i can sex them.
The plan is to get these little guys sexed and cloned. I'll be growing x9 of the clones in my tent in 3 gallon smart pots to flower.
LED/COBs seem to have a bit of a learning curve to those who are used to HPS/MH/Flouro's. I just got my Apogee DQ-520 USB quantum sensor and just found out i had these poor little guys under approx 700 PPF with the LED's @ approx 2.5' above the tops. I've dimmed the lights to give approx 250+ PPF.
A few of the first leaves are a bit twisty and I'm not sure if it's because i have them growing in FFOF soil (soil too hot?) or because the lights were too close. Maybe a combo of both? Either way, they still look fine to me with the exception of one that was never quite right. I personally never had problems with FFOF and seedlings.
Anyway.. Wish me luck!