Help on building LED light for 2x2 tent

ChefKimbo

ChefKimbo

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Danielson999 said:
I did veg plants side x side with cfl on one side and led bulbs on the other. Both the cfl and led were rated at 1600 lumens. The led bulbs grew better. Plants grew a bit faster and filled out a bit more. Make sure you get a 4000K or 5000K bulb, I tried 3000K also but the plants really stretched.
I think in your case, 4 of the 16-18w led bulbs would work great to veg with in that space.
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Thanks man i picked 8 of the 9 watt 5000k bulbs for a cfl fixture i had. MUCH more light than i thought it would be this should do well.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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kaptinkush956 said:
HLG has a QB kit 135w. Would that be enough for my tent?
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For a 2x2 tent, yes. I have a 3x3, and I run about 300w of light. That's 33w/sq ft. 4*33 is 132. Same light density.

Current grow: ninja fruit, 4 plants, 2x SIP containers, ~day 33 after flip, ~ 300 watts of light from 2 QB 288's and a dozen xm-l2's.

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Last grow was 3 plants (a combination of bodhi gogi og and ssdd) and it yielded 15 oz's dry.
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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greg nr said:
For a 2x2 tent, yes. I have a 3x3, and I run about 300w of light. That's 33w/sq ft. 4*33 is 132. Same light density.

Current grow: ninja fruit, 4 plants, 2x SIP containers, ~day 33 after flip, ~ 300 watts of light from 2 QB 288's and a dozen xm-l2's.

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Last grow was 3 plants (a combination of bodhi gogi og and ssdd) and it yielded 15 oz's dry.
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15oz of just buds?
I harvested 4 plants the other week and only got like a qp. Just of buds no stems or nothing.
Id love to get 15oz dry of smokeable buds
 
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Wow 15ozs! I think i might just buy the kit.
Danielson999 said:
Yes, it is designed to veg a 3'x3' or flower a 2'x2'. It will dim from 150w down to 60w. Perfect for your tent. There's a QB thread for more info and you can ask when they are in stock, I believe it's in 2 days but not positive.
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HLG website?
 
Rolla J

Rolla J

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greg nr said:
Yes, jar quality bud. I had a lot of larf also that got used for medibles. I didn't lolipop or strip........
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Hell yea! Great job! I can see getting 15oz with a good light, good genetics, being an experienced grower, training and techniques. Man im trying tonget a good harvest like that. How long u veg for?
 
greg nr

greg nr

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Rolla J said:
Hell yea! Great job! I can see getting 15oz with a good light, good genetics, being an experienced grower, training and techniques. Man im trying tonget a good harvest like that. How long u veg for?
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It varies. If I start from seed, usually 60-70 days. I run a two tent cycle. When I flip my big tent to 12x12, I start to think about popping seeds. Then move them into the big tent when that crop is cured (I use the tent to cure).
 
coreywebster

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Danielson999 said:
These are my plants. I legally am not allowed to grow outdoors and indoors at the same time. I use cobs, led bulbs, strips or whatever else I happen to be experimenting with at the time. Recommending a Quantum Board is easy, there are dozens of great grow threads using them. I've bought from Robin and HLG several times so I have personal experience with the company and their product.

What I'm using right now is the sun, not that it makes any difference. The QB has more empirical evidence to back it up than any other LED board in history.

Here's some advice. A person would be a fool to take one persons advice on here and go buy a light. A person would be smart to do his due diligence in researching whatever light catches his attention so he can find out important information about it's quality, about the company and about how well it works in real world applications.

Pointing someone in the right direction is a good thing and what this forum is all about.
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Well said.

But what the hell is that in the 3rd picture?
 
Danielson999

Danielson999

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coreywebster said:
Nice
Never seen anything like it. Do you have any pics of it finished and dry?
I will have to see if its something I can get hold of.
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Most of it is still on the plants outside. I did snip off a few buds to taste. Sorry about pic quality. The pink pistils turn brown so none of that pretty color is in the finished product. Another pic in early flower and one of the trichomes a couple weeks ago.
 

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nfhiggs said:
How much per plant do you generally get? I read about one guy that did a 36 plant SOG in a 2x2.
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It' really depends mate, It's a genetics testing tent where I do a run of strains my patients want before they go into one of my main rooms, The strawberry cough is in the 2nd row on the left and are surrounded by white widows, I wont be running any cough in my rooms from this breeder again, Far to nutrient sensitive and touchy, The WW though, That is going to be a heavy producer with a smell I've never gotten from one before, They will go in next run. I've got some southern oregon seeds "Indiana Bubble Gum " and some seedsman seeds "cbd shark shock " going in next. I dont see any point in trying to pack 36 plants into a 2x2 tent unless they were about 2 inches tall when they were flipped, The current plants in the room were flipped at 6 inches and they are over 18 inches tall now, they were kinda slow to respond to the 12 /12 flip as I'm not using a flower initiator this time around.
Nutria said:
Do you have a link to your grow?
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No mate sorry, I dont really do journals, I have done a few from the past and a few day 40 till harvest threads but really dont have the time to write up through and meaningful journals so I dont :(
 
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