Lighting Bambud's next grow - Need advice on what LED to get

[KannibisKing]

Does it have the trademark on the unit? Would u mind taking a pic of the top of it for me? Also should have emailed there website not eBay as I think the email adress's are different I think my friend mentioned.

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Does it have the trademark on the unit? Would u mind taking a pic of the top of it for me? Also should have emailed there website not eBay as I think the email adress's are different I think my friend mentioned.

 

[impulse741]

Got a reply from the viparled website, makes me happy. Anyone planning to purchase a vipar led read below:

"Hi [bambud],

Thanks very much for your message. I can confirm that the Ebay store is part of the VIPAR brand and business. In May, the majority of the products on our Ebay store will be available to order through our website also. We are currently working to create better synergy between both stores and to also update the product information and photos.

Thanks for choosing VIPAR and good luck with your C300, it's a great light! If you have any questions along the way be sure to get in touch.

Kind Regards,

Edward Rickards
Customer Support
www.viparled.co.uk"

They should have all the other models up on their real site soon.

 

[nikki2087]

I went with top led grow lights to replace my 2000w hps/mh system, got a MarsII 400w, a Reflector series 300w and their old model 300w, these are great lights and for the price just can not be beat, with their 3 year warranty on every unit! Do a google search and check em out, promise u, if u do u will not be disappointed.

 

[impulse741]

Anyone got experience using Terpinator?

http://www.terpinator.com/Product_Information.html

Have seen Remo raving on about it on his vids on youtube. He grew some Rockstar, with and without it. Without it, readings came out at 19% THC, with came out at over 23% THC.

My seedlings are doing bit better now, I had a small issue with what I think was a PH problem with the RW cubes making outside of leaves yellow slightly, but they are recovering now with all green new growth. Got an electric propagator too with a 22w heater under the bottom, since turning it on has improved growth considerably, keeping temps at around 21-24 and 75% RH. Think next watering will heavily dilute some of GH's 3 part nutes

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Anyone got experience using Terpinator?

http://www.terpinator.com/Product_Information.html

Have seen Remo raving on about it on his vids on youtube. He grew some Rockstar, with and without it. Without it, readings came out at 19% THC, with came out at over 23% THC.

My seedlings are doing bit better now, I had a small issue with what I think was a PH problem with the RW cubes making outside of leaves yellow slightly, but they are recovering now with all green new growth. Got an electric propagator too with a 22w heater under the bottom, since turning it on has improved growth considerably, keeping temps at around 21-24 and 75% RH. Think next watering will heavily dilute some of GH's 3 part nutes

 

[impulse741]

Hi all,

Little update. Transferred the cubes to the nft system last night. One of the seedlings is slightly mutated, and seems to be growing about 4 tops rather than just one, will see how it progresses, but I'm sure it will grow just fine considering it's in hydro system. Other one is just fine. As you can see there is a slight bit ph damage from before, but shouldn't be a problem as all new growth is nice and green.



Water is about 21.5 degrees C, at roughly 380ppm @5.6 ph

Thanks!

 

[impulse741]

Reduced the PPM to about 250 as was a bit too much. Seems quite a bit better now and the roots are starting to really pick up.

Is it normal for the roots to penetrate through the spreader mat in an NFT system?

 

[impulse741]

Puurdy seedlings got a real good feeling about this grow..

Not sure if the myco is working yet or not, but got some little slimy bits on the rw cubes which am guessing is down to the myco, and plants haven't reacted badly in any way.

 

[impulse741]

Going good

Think I have 2 different phenos going on here, one of them is already developing quite big-little side branches for its age, other seems to just be all normal and healthy! Put some black plastic bags just on the top of the RW cubes to stop the slime growing.

 

[impulse741]

Sorry its been a while since an update... but here it goes anyways, i've not been tracking the days particularly but going by when i updated this thread, they must be into week 10 by now in total, so a little bit behind but should be fine. I think due to me not tracking the days it ive ended up veging it quite a bit, but have now got them both over on full flowering nutes now, with the addition of AN's Bud Candy.

PPM is roughly 500-700, but will be notching it up soon, as have just ordered a second 300W LED panel, which will make it 600 total, or about 360W-380W true draw. Anyways, for the pics, a few nice fat buds starting to develop, one of the plants is a bit further behind the other, but both looking very nice indeed if i may say so myself.

 

[impulse741]

And a few more



I've tried doing something not sure if some of you have done before, with branches that are growing horizontally and producing vertical buds, i've tried to bend the bud branch right over and tied it down to the main stem, so that the lower parts of the bud are getting light exposure. If you look at my second picture of this post, hopefully you can see what I mean.

Causes no harm to the plant at all, and imo a little stress is good for it and causes it to grow back stronger, which is also why ive just completely super-cropped (or just put a 90 degree dink in the branch) a few of the branches that were a bit harder to LST.

With my next grow, to which I think i'll pop the beans in a few weeks, i think im going to place the LED a little bit further from the plants to allow for some stretching, I was a bit hesitant to place it any further this time round due to lack of light from a single LED, although growing super compact like I have has its advantages.... its super hard maintenance, and end up having to chop some of the scraggly branches that arent getting any light.

I really am clueless as to how much im going to yield, as i've never used LED before, or anything of the sort when flowering a plant. For that reason the second 300W panel should put my mind at ease.. and will mean i can get rid of those horrid CFLs which are providing a bit of side lighting atm and raising my room temps. From experience, and looking that the thickness of the branches, im goong to put my guesstimate in at 8-10oz per plant, but who knows i could be a bit off!