126W LED Grow from Seed (SLH)

Ok, I recently purchased an LED (Light Emitting Diode) grow light after following the results of an LED proponent who was posting them here in the forum, and decided (after watching so much drama on that thread) that I would like to do an independent study of my own and grow some Super Lemon Haze from seed under these lights to really see how it goes from start to finish.

I am usually very lazy when it comes to taking pictures, but in this case I will be doing my best to take a daily photo of each plant's progress, and posting those photos here.

On October 15th two SLH seeds were germinated using the wet paper towel method and placed in cups of soil (fox farm). the next day they had pushed their way out of the soil and the first picture included here was taken on October 18th, two days later.

This is not a comparison grow and in no way is my purpose to demonstrate that one thing is better than another thing or how well one thing works compared to another when all other factors are equal. This is simply a photo journal, of sorts, of two happy Super Lemon Haze plants and how they grow from day to day under this particular LED grow light...

Looks good welcome to the group

I will be watching this thread, I am also using an LED for the 1st time myself

T

TCurtiss said:

Looks good welcome to the group

I will be watching this thread, I am also using an LED for the 1st time myself

T

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Thanks T, I'm looking forward to having a nice, clean, drama free grow. lots of knowledge shared and hopefully I will learn a lot of lessons as I go.

Lesson one: take pictures using full spectrum light. camera still sees things the same even though my eyes have adjusted. And then it takes a minute for it to adjust back... anyone know if this will have a negative effect on my eyesight? I'm willing to be the guinea pig...

T: what LED are you trying out?

Pro source 180W UFO

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/239311-growing-whirlpool-fridge.html

Fujin said:

Thanks T, I'm looking forward to having a nice, clean, drama free grow. lots of knowledge shared and hopefully I will learn a lot of lessons as I go.

Lesson one: take pictures using full spectrum light. camera still sees things the same even though my eyes have adjusted. And then it takes a minute for it to adjust back... anyone know if this will have a negative effect on my eyesight? I'm willing to be the guinea pig...

T: what LED are you trying out?

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Ya those lights are funky that is for sure

Since the new addition of the cfl lights to my grow things are kind of back to normal

You can see in the last couple picture I have posted

Good Luck I'll be watching I need to compare other LED' so I can try and pick the better one

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/252115-new-led.html

KenWood

Pictures from tonight. held up a cfl to take a picture with fuller spectrum light, it was quick and simple and these pictures are much easier on the eyes...

as you can see, all is well in SLH seed land.
more tomorrow...

Fujin said:

Pictures from tonight. held up a cfl to take a picture with fuller spectrum light, it was quick and simple and these pictures are much easier on the eyes...

as you can see, all is well in SLH seed land.
more tomorrow...

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AH the little ones. What nutes are you going to use

KenWood said:

AH the little ones. What nutes are you going to use

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Advanced Nutrients organic products (not the full line-up), and I also want to give the Wet Betty foliar spray a try, as well a mychorrizal amendment.

How high is the light? During the seedling stage, I'd keep it around 6-8", until it starts to grow a couple sets of leaves. Then you can adjust it up more if you desire more stretch

Here are the pictures from last night. It looks like I will be traveling to SoHum this week for at least four days; I will try to have a friend come over and take a few pictures while I'm gone but tis the season and all... The light is 8" from the tops of the plants right now, and I will continue to keep it in that range...

anyway, I'm off! I'll post again when I return, thanks all...

Fujin said:

Here are the pictures from last night. It looks like I will be traveling to SoHum this week for at least four days; I will try to have a friend come over and take a few pictures while I'm gone but tis the season and all... The light is 8" from the tops of the plants right now, and I will continue to keep it in that range...

anyway, I'm off! I'll post again when I return, thanks all...

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I try and keep mine around 6"

Back from the Redwoods. What a stressful and successful trip... here are the shots from the 22nd, the night after I left. Unfortunately no one was able to photo-document the plants during that time (sorry) but at least the young'ns survived me being away...

...and from tonight. Six days later but I'm sure you can fill in the blanks.

One of SLH1's roots had found its way out the bottom of the cup so I had to pinch it back and I'm waiting to see how much it will stress the plant. Otherwise all was under control when I came back.
So we are at two weeks (tomorrow) since these two ladies pushed up out of the soil...

Fujin said:

...and from tonight. Six days later but I'm sure you can fill in the blanks.

One of SLH1's roots had found its way out the bottom of the cup so I had to pinch it back and I'm waiting to see how much it will stress the plant. Otherwise all was under control when I came back.
So we are at two weeks (tomorrow) since these two ladies pushed up out of the soil...

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So are they still doing good.

I just bought my first led 90w ufo and hope to have it started in about a week. I have used cfl and 400w hps so I am so excited to start with a new source. i am going to follow your experiment here! looks good so far. I am curious the difference in the end result but I am in desperate need for a cooler environment for my babies...i have spent more time, effort, and money trying to resolve the heat issue in my closet grow so i am super excited.

DrGreenBox said:

I just bought my first led 90w ufo and hope to have it started in about a week. I have used cfl and 400w hps so I am so excited to start with a new source. i am going to follow your experiment here! looks good so far. I am curious the difference in the end result but I am in desperate need for a cooler environment for my babies...i have spent more time, effort, and money trying to resolve the heat issue in my closet grow so i am super excited.

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Man you sound excited for sure. Just make sure you keep the UFO pretty close to the plants to get the maximum effect. You won't burn em. This is a buddy's grow.
(Hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting this here, I'm new.)

I am really interested in LEDs and I think in 5 years they will pretty much replace all growlights. But, I am still not sure whether I want to give em a try yet. Seems like every year they get better and cheaper. I guess if you have crazy good results you will convince me =) Mikedigital, does your friend notice smaller buds from his LEDs? From what I've seen, LEDs are great for vegging but are lackluster at flowering.

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Mikedigital, does your friend notice smaller buds from his LEDs? From what I've seen, LEDs are great for vegging but are lackluster at flowering.

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Like some other posts have stated, They will be smaller, but not small. It doesn't sound like an endorsement but if you keep the lights tight you can pull off some nice buds... I've smoked them, matter of fact I'm still smoking them, no complaints here!

Really lookin' forward to your progress Fujin...

I haven't see but one complete Grow Journal using LED lighting.