400W LED + 80W CFL Grow Coming to an end. Blue Widow and El Alquimista

BlackWidowGrow

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Alright, my lights are a 300W, 100W Blackstar LED, and 2 40W 2700k CFL bulbs. The 300W LED is from ebay, one of the cheaper ones for $200, and it is performing very well. No LEDs are not working as far as I can tell. The harvest will be the final determination of whether or not these lights are any good. The grow dimensions are 2.5'X4'X4'. The plants are in 10 gallon fabric pots. These pictures are taken a day after 3 weeks of auto-watering and absolutely no care from me. A little bit of nutrient burn, but nothing major, I'm glad they were doing well while I was gone because it was a little worrying. lol.

El Alquimista is the left plant, and Blue Widow is the right plant. I'd say 2 weeks left on the blue widow and 3-4 weeks for El Alquimista


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No close ups of El Alquimista came out clear. Sorry

I'll try to take better Pictures of these girls in a few days, I just changed the timers from 12/12 to 10/14 because I read that speeds up the flowering process, and it seems like LEDs take a little longer than HPS for the trichomes to turn a good milky/amber.
 

BlackWidowGrow

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Lol well I accidentally turned it to 14 hours on and 10 off, for 4 days. Tonight will be the first night of 10 on and 14 off. Now I should be able to observe the sped up finish time. I smoked a sample from the blue widow and it was very good smoke, little harsh, but I am gonna flush the last week of each plant. I'll try to get new photos up in a few days.
 

BlackWidowGrow

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I took a small popcorn bud sample from El Alquimista and it smoked smoother than the BW. The taste is a little on the incense side, personally I like fruity/sweet/skunky flavors. Reminds me of church incense lol. Still looking forward to smoking it though of course! Both of the highs were good, I don't really smoke to get super baked, but I'll let you guys know more details on how these two highs are when I smoke more.
 
How is your El Alquimista? I have one that is almost 4 weeks into 12/12 and I am so anxious to see the end result. Have you harvested yet?
 
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