fanofpanic
Well-Known Member
Hello all!
I recently started a post asking about LED panels and got some great advice and have since bought a 65W Hans Panel. I started out a Blimburn Critical Automatic with a 200W 2100K CFL which I had some success with in the past with 2 Royal Queen Diesel Autos. There's a journal somewhere on RIU in the auto section on that one.
But, 'cause my curiosity got the best of me, I decided to try LEDs. Since I grow very few plants at a time and heat is a problem in my neck of the woods, especially in Summer, I decided that a LED might be a good idea.
Anyway...I have a Blimburn Critical Automatic and a small little Easy Bud (which was sent to me to replace the previous one which never germinated) and this is the setup just as I got the HansPanel:
The panel was placed a bit high up for coverage and the little one had just started to sprout. Here's some pictures of them about 11 days ago:
This is the Blimburn Critical Auto at about 30 days. She was first started under the CFL.
and this is the little Easy Bud at about 4 days..
Of course, what happened next is that it got too cold in the room and the girls weren't liking it too much! The Critical Auto and easy bud looked like this after a week:
with the Easy Bud not growing at all and the Critical Auto starting to show signs of cold stress and not enough nutes (which, I admit, was my fault). So, I needed to add something to heat it up in there and not wanting to risk burning the place down with a space heater, I decided to put the 200W 2100K CFL in there...like this:
The Critical Auto was already doing good after the warm up and some flowering nutes:
but the easy bud was her same ole self:![SAM_0151 (600x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109659-3a41e175df1ebb9260ae63287f10d282.jpg)
Now, here are some photos from yesterday of the Critical:
![DSCF8316 (450x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109668-0054b5cae004b32d3c5120f50410f67f.jpg)
and the easy bud...which is slowly but surely starting to recover:
And here is the set up as it now stands:
I am awaiting a little mini 23/32W panel from Plant Photonics for some additional lighting and will probably add a Cidly Apollo 8 with my own specs to this grow. The Photonic panel should arrive within the week!
I recently started a post asking about LED panels and got some great advice and have since bought a 65W Hans Panel. I started out a Blimburn Critical Automatic with a 200W 2100K CFL which I had some success with in the past with 2 Royal Queen Diesel Autos. There's a journal somewhere on RIU in the auto section on that one.
But, 'cause my curiosity got the best of me, I decided to try LEDs. Since I grow very few plants at a time and heat is a problem in my neck of the woods, especially in Summer, I decided that a LED might be a good idea.
Anyway...I have a Blimburn Critical Automatic and a small little Easy Bud (which was sent to me to replace the previous one which never germinated) and this is the setup just as I got the HansPanel:
![DSCF8295.jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109639-be99c0748ea3dc06e8ae4f75bfbf29bc.jpg)
![DSCF8298.jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109641-1b31efcf3a9c5b7708aadd1ecf1374a1.jpg)
![DSCF8299.jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109646-3256f9c8a09cdac2564b2d42db5b8804.jpg)
Of course, what happened next is that it got too cold in the room and the girls weren't liking it too much! The Critical Auto and easy bud looked like this after a week:
![DSCF8301.jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109648-044729e1e7bedd75a57a9cabd1379c7e.jpg)
![SAM_0149 (600x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109654-1af8fbb1b5dbf7e79e96af20b0b1489b.jpg)
![SAM_0150 (600x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109656-136f853ab475f623f440a9d00063a941.jpg)
but the easy bud was her same ole self:
![SAM_0151 (600x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109659-3a41e175df1ebb9260ae63287f10d282.jpg)
Now, here are some photos from yesterday of the Critical:
![DSCF8314 (450x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109666-a8bd7bc6e6ce896cd7810c98df6078ee.jpg)
![DSCF8316 (450x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109668-0054b5cae004b32d3c5120f50410f67f.jpg)
![DSCF8317 (450x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109674-a9b885b2e32ad95164fc1d63d6d59d4f.jpg)
![DSCF8318 (800x449).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109675-6c810c7d4ef136abc137f6e72d8ce672.jpg)
![DSCF8313 (450x800).jpg](/data/attachments/2109/2109678-50c75416cedfb9e1ff83f0480e332122.jpg)
I am awaiting a little mini 23/32W panel from Plant Photonics for some additional lighting and will probably add a Cidly Apollo 8 with my own specs to this grow. The Photonic panel should arrive within the week!