New Grower How soon ... stunted ?

[Chester]

Thanks Nam ... When $$ gets a little looser I may hire an electrician to run a dedicated line to the closet because this is really frustrating w/ a new house ... so far the Big Ass LED hasn't tripped the circuit breaker today but I'm not sure the plants look happier under it ... I'm beginning to think that 30 watts / sq' is actually the sweet spot not 60 like this light provides ...

 

[Nam80232]

When $$ gets a little looser I may hire an electrician to run a dedicated line to the closet because this is really frustrating w/ a new house

When you hire him just have him run a dedicated 30amp circuit for a small appliance like a mini fridge, that way you get #10awg for wire and and per code NO AFCI breaker. Or if you really want to think ahead have him run two circuits to the location that way if you want to run 240v to REALLY save money you can without him coming back over to install another circuit. You think 120v is all good now, but growing is ADDICTIVE!!!!!

 

[Chester]

All three of my lights will run on 220v ... wouldn't mind if they were more efficient ... It seems as long as I turn off either the veg or flower switch while I'm Vaping it works OK ... until the wife comes in and turns on the TV and then all goes dark ...


Hopefully I can complete this grow w/ the ds400; then use it for a winter grow ... once it's produced a couple grows it's paid for itself and I can sell it and not care about a small loss ...
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[Chester]

I think heat is an issue as the temps in my grow space run about 88F degrees ... All three are budding nicely and are thick and healthy but I think they are staying short due to heat ... the plants love this light but I'm running out of headroom ... feeding them full strength BPN Farmer's Pride Organic along w/ purified water and Cal/Mag ...
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Week 4 ...

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[Chester]

Week five update ... Not much to tell ... the Big Ass LED trips the breaker about once a day ... plants got an extra 7 hours of darkness last time ... lights are 24" above tops and when the room gets hot in the afternoon I run just the flowering lights ... no frost yet but they are budding very nicely ... there is a learning curve to these big LEDs and I'm behind it ... plants are staying short ... not a bad thing, just unexpected ... if Budhead were my neighbor I'd have him come over and show me a little selective trimming ... the foliage is thicker than I am accustomed to and I think they would benefit from opening up but maybe on the next grow ... showing a little sign of Mag deficiency on one plant ... feeding 5mg Cal/Mag per gallon w/ each feed and water ... The NL is not budding as well as the Blue Mystics but it is a very healthy plant ... soil ph 6.6-6.8 ... the small amount of Coast of Maine Quoddy soil I used has been the most incredible buffer I've ever experienced ...
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Five Weeks ...

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[Chester]

Week Six ...

Fighting a yellowing problem. Used RO water since day one along w/ Cal/Mag Plus. Been feeding Farmer's Pride Organic at full strength for a couple weeks but I have not been impressed w/ the results. Switched to Botanicare Pro Bloom Soil w/ Liquid Karma today ... about 3/4 strength ... went with Botanicare because I had it, I haven't been impressed w/ it in the past. Taking care of the electric problem next week so I may get to add a fan ... I removed about a dozen yellow leaves prior to photographing ... ph pegged at 6.6 ... I've never had ph stay so level ... I attribute this to about a quart of 'Quoddy' from 'Coast of Maine' in each 3 gal pot ... Lights on temps have been about 85* / 78* with them off ... Plants w/ the better buds are Blue Mystics, they are also the plants that are suffering from the most yellowing.
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Week 6 ...

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[Chester]

Electric problem fixed by swapping AFCI for Old School Breaker switches ... Cool:

 

[Boogieman]

Nice plants...stylez rasta smoke

 

[Chester]

Nice plants...stylez rasta smoke

Thanks ... Cool:

 

[VapedAs]

Just found and caught up man. Plants are looking GREAT and well into budding, glade your electrical prob has been solved, not being able to vape and grow at the same time would drive me nuts. Had a point when both lights and fan were on there was no sockets left to vape with:no:

Subbing up for the rest of this grow, goodluck and green karma to ya!