DIYJay
Active Member
I joined RIU after spending literally about a week straight of reading LED basics and learning the general steps to a first soil grow. Once I'm an established member I'll start a grow journal. My goal was to go as frugal as possible on this first run while still having a half way decent setup. If it goes well and I enjoy it then there may be some upgrades down the line.
Tent:
$50 ebay 2 x 3 x 5. Cheap quality but it works.
LED - 181 actual watts.
7 Cree CXA 2530s on 3 bars driven by Meanwell 185-700. Cobs running at ~ 40% efficiency I believe. One long Bar that is the length of the tent with a COB positioned approximately over where each girl sits. 2 side bars with 2 cobs each. Cost to build was $171 for the COBs, driver, heatsinks, wire, and COB holders.
Ventilation:
2 clip on fans
1 ventech 4" duct fan - this was my biggest regret. the product is absolute crap. will be my first upgrade.
1 4" carbon filter
Ladies: I'm growing all autos for ease of first grow and also because of the extra CBD from ruderalis. On any given day I have muscle soreness and joint pain from years and years of sports and my current training. I'm growing:
1 Crop Circle Amphetamine (NYC Diesel X Ruderalis)
1 Dutch Passion Think Different
1 Crop Circle Cash Crop (NL x Big Bud)
Any and all feedback is welcome! I'm at day 30 of the grow, attaching a few pics of the setup and the girls. The girls photos are when they were 2 weeks old except for the full shot of my tent, that's from now at day 30. I'll add more photos once I'm established
![IMG_1579.JPG](/data/attachments/2880/2880477-598fb2c9faf0a4db3dbcd098cef06f3e.jpg)
Tent:
$50 ebay 2 x 3 x 5. Cheap quality but it works.
LED - 181 actual watts.
7 Cree CXA 2530s on 3 bars driven by Meanwell 185-700. Cobs running at ~ 40% efficiency I believe. One long Bar that is the length of the tent with a COB positioned approximately over where each girl sits. 2 side bars with 2 cobs each. Cost to build was $171 for the COBs, driver, heatsinks, wire, and COB holders.
Ventilation:
2 clip on fans
1 ventech 4" duct fan - this was my biggest regret. the product is absolute crap. will be my first upgrade.
1 4" carbon filter
Ladies: I'm growing all autos for ease of first grow and also because of the extra CBD from ruderalis. On any given day I have muscle soreness and joint pain from years and years of sports and my current training. I'm growing:
1 Crop Circle Amphetamine (NYC Diesel X Ruderalis)
1 Dutch Passion Think Different
1 Crop Circle Cash Crop (NL x Big Bud)
Any and all feedback is welcome! I'm at day 30 of the grow, attaching a few pics of the setup and the girls. The girls photos are when they were 2 weeks old except for the full shot of my tent, that's from now at day 30. I'll add more photos once I'm established
![IMG_1404.jpg](/data/attachments/2880/2880471-bbc2f8ab9e01385bb52b3e4d591d680a.jpg)
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![IMG_1578.JPG](/data/attachments/2880/2880476-f6cd29250494f4e8c75b858be6b05bfb.jpg)
![IMG_1579.JPG](/data/attachments/2880/2880477-598fb2c9faf0a4db3dbcd098cef06f3e.jpg)