UFO's And Strawberry Cough LED Grow

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Well here we go....after a few trials and tribulations, I am underway.:farm:

3 90w LED UFO's and 4 15w LED Mini lights..
8 Strawberry Cough in 3 gal. containers.
A few are Blackgold w/ 0.05% Nitrogin added.
A few are pure organic Blackgold.
A few are left over Promix and perlite.

Ferts and nutes are to be determined. The babies are pure from a pure mother that has NEVER had any fertilizers.

Average room specs are 18"x60" by 60"
temp is average at 70deg. w/ humidity of 36%

ALL FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOME!! :watchplant: :bong:

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3 ufo's! Have some money invested into this? I'll be looking forward to following this grow. I bet it's hard to look in there, i know how bright one ufo is. I'm always interested in seeing led grows. I'm not ready or willing to invest yet though. Very cool to see it though.I hope you have great results.
 
those are some cool colors....pulling up my milk crate to..:watchplant: ..I love pics..and you can upload 12 at a time..well 3. but a total of 12..so the more PORN..the more you will see me..:p ..KEEP M GREEN:D
 
cadlakmike1 said:
3 ufo's! Have some money invested into this? I'll be looking forward to following this grow. I bet it's hard to look in there, i know how bright one ufo is. I'm always interested in seeing led grows. I'm not ready or willing to invest yet though. Very cool to see it though.I hope you have great results.
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If it works...the investment will be well worth it. As far as the light goes, No its not all that bright actualy. Nowhere near as bright as one 600w hps!!
 
well... use whatever ferts u feel like... as for commenting on the lighting... all I can say is... I'm watching too... curious... never watched an LED grow

I'd probably lower the UFO's as close to the girls as I could get them, yet still obtain addaquate coverage....

edit: wow, man... it's almost difficult to look at yer pics... :stoned:
 
maybe im seeing things but is that some extra light on the right side in the third pic??

everytime i open my door to check on my girls i get that same color glow...i love it
 
Right on! I have never seen an LED grow before, so this is going to be interesting. I have also never followed a grow journal all the way through to harvest before, but I'm definitely going to keep checking in on this one. How do those UFO's compare to HPS? Have you used them before? I looked into them, but for an experiment, they're pretty expensive.
 
HIDHUT and The UFO's site claim the UFO"S will do as good as a 400w hps. The footprint from the UFO is MUCH smaller though. LED"S dont penitrate the canopy as well as traditional HID"S. According to advirtisments, I am putting out about the equivelent of 1200 watts of HPS. I DO NOT believe it though. It is my opinion that a UFO is more like a 250w mh with about 1/2 the penitration power. BUT this is only a preliminary opinion. I am optimistic for sure, but I do have some doubts.
 
84VW said:
maybe im seeing things but is that some extra light on the right side in the third pic??

everytime i open my door to check on my girls i get that same color glow...i love it
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Do you mean the 15w led's?
There are 4 of them.
 
The only advantage I see would be the reduction of heat, and that is a huge issue for me. What are your temps like in there?
 
I will be checking in from time to time. Any idea of when you are going to start flower?
 
northernlightssmokn said:
Do you mean the 15w led's?
There are 4 of them.
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i noticed them in the pic but i wasn't sure what kind of light they were

i thought maybe you were supplementing with some other type of light

how much did they cost you and how many actual leds are in each of the enclosures??? are they red or blue? or some other color your playing around with?
 
The UFO's were $539 each and the 15w mini's were $69 each. The second QP I harvest will pay for the lights, not because I would sell it but because I would buy it to smoke anyway. I am hoping to take 6 to flower and get 3/4 oz a plant. The ufo's have 90 led's 70% red and 30% blue. The mini's have 15 LED's 80% red and 20% blue. All are 1w each. The low end spectrum is a purple 405nm.
 
BuddyLuv said:
I will be checking in from time to time. Any idea of when you are going to start flower?
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3 UFO's @ 90w each = 270w
4 mini led's @ 15w each= 60w
TOTAL LIGHT OUTPUT= 330w

330watts to replace 600watts hps OR 1000w MH

Thats 47% to 66% reduction in energy consumption just in lighting. Now that there is practicly no heat build up, I am using a smaller intake fan that uses 1.1 less amps. My smaller exaust fan uses .5 amps less and runs only 60% of the time vrs the 100% of the time to combat heat. I replaced a large oscolating fan for two smaller fans that use 2/3rd the power and run 80% of the time insted of 100% of the time when there was a 600w hps to keep cool. The LED's can be closer to the plants so I gained 9 inches of grow space or a place to hang the drying buds while vegging the new plants. ...

I cut my energy consumtion and amperage by 52% using LED's and udating a few things such as intake/exaust fans. I sleep better knowing that I have ultimate control of the heat.
 
wow thats bannas. for real. i going to be keeping up with this one looks cool, green mojo for ya buddy keep them plants pink, i mean green lol
 
take the less than 60 percent of energy consumption yet over $500 per light times 3 or four then take one 600w hid and the amount it consumes in two months ( for one cycle) then subtract that from the cost.....even if you figure in savings from not running the fans as often....

think about it- but sorry- there is NO savings.

hid espicially a 600w there isnt another alternative to energy savings compared to yeild unless you want to compare the sun and its FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



sorry i have to play devils advocate


LOL

goodluck tho!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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