LED grow NO.2, testing the Pro-Grow 260 and Rhino Seeds.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-01-2012, 05:42

Originally Posted by Kalidank1

How you doing SL well I like the set up great job. And I decided that because of the limit of my space I will be getting the pro grow 260. Really appreciate the help thanx. — kalidank

Great to hear we have a brand new LED fan

Well done, I certainly don't think you will regret buying it. Let the guy know at Hydroponics Hut that I sent you

The Irish grow journal guy, he'll know who you are talking about. Maybe you might get a discount, he is a nice guy like that.

Be sure to start posting your grow... I have to see how you get on ! It was my recommendation after all !

Take care

S.L.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-01-2012, 05:43

Originally Posted by Kalidank1

How you doing SL well I like the set up great job. And I decided that because of the limit of my space I will be getting the pro grow 260. Really appreciate the help thanx. — kalidank

Great to hear we have a brand new LED fan

Well done, I certainly don't think you will regret buying it. Let the guy know at Hydroponics Hut that I sent you

The Irish grow journal guy, he'll know who you are talking about. Maybe you might get a discount, he is a nice guy like that.

Be sure to start posting your grow... I have to see how you get on ! It was my recommendation after all !

Take care

S.L.

**Kalidank1** · Jul-01-2012, 11:39

No doubt SL seeing the results from your first and now second grow I noe I will not have any regrets with it. I will be getting it soon just have to collect more cash for it and some other supplies. I need like inline fan which I need 2 and other things

**LetsSeeYa** · Jul-02-2012, 11:55

Originally Posted by silent leprechaun

You have some great logs there yourself LetsSee !

Interesting re-veg stuff. Never tried that... i would think I would get more bud from a fresh grow. but interesting nonetheless !

Take care

Well SL ya may be surprised with the re veg's and if you can get them outside they get huge. Had i not have gotten ripped off i would have got at least 3-4 more lbs. And if ya like a certain plant after taking a few buds, you can just take your harvest [buds] and leave the the leaf. Put your lights back on a veg cycle and ya have a mom for clones, very easy.

Hey did ya like that site i gave one the LED's, and dont be put off with the actual watts of a light. Some of those watts are being use for fans and such, i know your light and its a very nice one. I need to get rid of both of my LEDs just to small here in this apartment. Hell i only had a chance to grow one crop and didnt get a chance to dial em in, i had them to far away from my plants. But was pretty surprised with the grow as once i raised the plants up to the lights gave me some nice dank buds. So if ya know of anyone who wants them let me know. Man iv started as a mod at a very cool site called Cannabis Gardens dot ya know. You should come on in and get a LED grow on there, we are new but growing, lol. I need to get a grow cab so i can grow here, its just to small for my tent and thats why im selling them, maybe ebay or craigslist.

Nice grow man, i will be watching,

LSY

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-06-2012, 08:38

Hey all,

Day 39 of bloom

So hey all, things are going great in the tent, all is back to normal again. The plant issue I had has stopped after I gave it a semi-flushing. Just a little too much nutes I think.
I'm surprised that my fert is so strong as they have had only 4 feedings... I'll have to ease up on it. At least I know it can stretch further than I thought.

So the plants are all looking healthy with no more issues. It was only the one plant that had an issue.
The Plants are 2 x Blue Cheese, 1 x Big Bang 2 and 1 x Chronic. I got them from the Rhino Seed company and they are very nice growers... I'm going to have a great yield...
And also an interesting one as I have 3 strains ! I'm looking forward to trying the Blue Cheese, I have heard lots of good things about it..

So here are some pics so far, I turned off the LED so the 4 x 65w CFLs would give you all a better look at the trichs

Pity its not possible to get a good zoom on... Maybe copy and paste.

These ladies sure are looking fine, fine, fine !!! The hemp fibre from these plants should be made into parking tickets... because they've got 'fine' written all over them

**Kalidank1** · Jul-06-2012, 13:34

They are looking beautifully SL great job. U said u got your seeds from rhino. I had a question if they deliver to the states or just the uk

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-06-2012, 14:53

Glad you are liking the grow

I'm enjoying it for sure

Have a chat with the member 'Cannabis Seeds'. There is a whole section on the bottom of the main forum page for this member.

He/She will let you know the story on US seeds.

Take care

**cannabis-seeds** · Jul-06-2012, 18:50

Originally Posted by Kalidank1

They are looking beautifully SL great job. U said u got your seeds from rhino. I had a question if they deliver to the states or just the uk

Right now, we have two brands that we can ship to the US - Advanced Female Seeds & Feminised Seeds.

From this grow log, Big Bang 2 & Chronic are both Feminised Seeds' beans.
Big Bang 2 is one of our best sellers. In fact, we sold out of them about a month ago and just got a brand-new shipment in so they're extra fresh right now.

Here's a link to our Feminised Seeds page - Feminised Seeds
Here's the same for Advanced Female Seeds - Advanced Female Seeds

Blue Cheese is Barney's Farm - we can't ship these to the US at this time.

**Derrail32** · Jul-09-2012, 20:58

Hey S.L. your grow looks great! I read through your whole grow log there was alot of good info! I didn't know smart phones can get ya busted until you stated it on this thread, thanks S.L. I've

been thinking about buying a smartphone. Anyway, I hope you yield a massive amount of bud!

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-11-2012, 10:20

Thanks Derrail

Things are going great in the grow. I can see growth speeding up.

I can already see a massive amount of buds !!

You can also check out my first grow. it's in my signature below. There is much more info in there as I was getting organised then.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-13-2012, 16:25

Day 46 of bloom

Hey all,

So here is my official weekly update

I hope some people are still interested. If you have any input I would be happy to hear it !

So bud formation is really picking up pace... The buds are at least 4 - 5 times thicker than they were a week or two ago.

One plant seems to have been getting a raw deal when it come to the light. The three other plants grew much stronger. I think I will have to bloom even earlier in future to keep them shorter. It isn't the plants fault at all, it's the space and the light management, only 3' x 3'. But there are still some nice buds nonetheless.

One plant is giving me issues with leaf discolouration and some nasty brown spots on them. I gave the plant a semi-flushing last week and it seemed to help. But after a few days it came back again. I think it is an over nute issue as I fed them a couple of days ago with seaweed and tomato organic fert and 5 heaped spoons of bat guano in a soup.

Some of the buds are very big already. I hope you enjoy the pictures

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**Kalidank1** · Jul-13-2012, 23:09

That is looking great SL never dissapointed with your grow man that bud formation is crazy. Great job man

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-14-2012, 09:40

Originally Posted by Kalidank1

That is looking great SL never dissapointed with your grow man that bud formation is crazy. Great job man

Thanks Kalidank

Nice to see that people are interested in the grow. It's always good to get some feedback from fellow growers, good and bad...

I started using turbo yeast a few weeks ago. I think since then the areas where the 4 x 5mm tubing came down have shown great growth.

I think I will always use CO2 in future grows as it is so easy to set up. Of course the added 260w of 2700k CFL would also have had a great effect.

**cannabis-seeds** · Jul-14-2012, 13:16

we used turbo yeast in a non-cannabis project one year.

that stuff is crazy if it's the same thing.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-14-2012, 16:09

Originally Posted by cannabis-seeds

we used turbo yeast in a non-cannabis project one year.

that stuff is crazy if it's the same thing.

Yep, this is the same stuff ! It's a great producer of CO2 ! Even at room temperature it releases much more than the regular yeast.

The areas where the 5mm tubing drop down from the tent ceiling have much bigger buds ! I really like the idea of Turbo Yeast, it will always be in my grows !

**cannabis-seeds** · Jul-14-2012, 20:54

so, what do you do with it? just put it in warm sugar water to activate & let it do its thing?

how often do you change it out? if I remember correctly, it's about 5X the price of regular yeast per packet.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-14-2012, 21:21

I think I paid about $1.50 for each packet. The postage was about $2.50

I bought about 5 packs and each pack has about 8 hits, i read the hit quantity online, so I doubled it

So, I divide a pack into 4 equal bags, and then I add 8-10 big spoons of sugar to 1.5L of warm water. This is enough to create lots of CO2 !

I have a valve to release the CO2 in a slow fashion so when I give the 2L bottle a shake I can see the bottle's sides expand under the pressure...

It has had an amazing effect on my grow

It is so easy to set up it's crazy not to use the simple system.

I will be changing the yeast every 5 days or less. So I can do a whole bloom with 5 packets or so... it's cheap as chips so why not invest in it !

But really, there is a lot of CO2 coming out of that simple 2L bottle... More than you can imagine !

**cannabis-seeds** · Jul-15-2012, 08:47

It sounds like what you got was repackaged for your specific use.

What we bought was about $5 for a huge packet of turbo yeast that you dump all at once into a 5-gallon vat to make something entirely different with - drink rather than smoke - no cannabis involved.

Might work out to the same price per unit because I could see where you would only use a small bit at a time.

We also buy pressurized C02 for a kegerator - much more expensive. I think it costs us abut $25 for either 5 or 10 gallons - can't remember what the tank holds.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-15-2012, 12:52

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-18-2012, 07:11

Day 51 of bloom

So I have been having some small issues with the humidity here in Ireland.

Humidity is in the 80s and 90s ! 90% humidity makes it difficult to grow indoors in a tent. The humidity has created some bud rot !! not happy about it at all...

I took down 2 large buds from the Chronic plant... My god that plant is a complete animal at growing buds.. Unfortunately the large, thick buds were the perfect breeding ground...

So I took down about 70g wet so this will end up as about 20g dried... how bad... I stopped the bud rot from spreading much further I believe... damn stuff...

The weather conditions are just terrible here... it has rained all summer "without a break" ! Every single day, rain, rain and more rain...

My outdoor crop will suffer greatly too... The outdoor hasn't bloomed yet so they are still safe, but if this weather doesn't clear up for August and September I fear doom is upon me...

Check out the humidity levels in Ireland below ! I realise that the photo shows 0% rainfall for today... But seriously, even the farmers are in big trouble because of this wet weather...

There hasn't been a break in the rain for them. The cows are being taken in to be fed in mid July... This is unheard of...

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**Michael Oliver** · Jul-18-2012, 15:10

My (Net) Five are entering 12th week now. Recently added the CO2 and i believe it's making quite the difference, however mine were "stunted" early on by limiting Container size! Looks Good!

**EasyToRemember** · Jul-20-2012, 13:13

That's some crazy humidity; so glad it's so uncharacteristically not humid here in S. Ontario.

I assumed that it was gonna get close to 100% here, so I bought a little Eva-Dry dehumidifier. It's not like the classic dehumidifier design (think it's non-freon) and only raises the temp in

the tent about 5-10F. I know that you're trying to keep heat down, but it beats bud rot.

Or hopefully the balmy weather just pisses off

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-22-2012, 12:57

So all is well again in the tent. There are no more signs of the dreaded bud rot ! So all in all I lost only a few grams to the rot as I caught it early, always look for those brown bud leaves !

After all that happened I only cut out 3 buds. Two were side buds that developed well due to the LSTing I gave the plants, the third bud was a main cola on the Chronic plant

After cutting these 3 buds prematurely I got about 25 - 28 grams dry from them. I was also careful to remove any areas which contained signs of bud rot as it can be dangerous when inhaled.

So an ounce already and there is plenty left in the tent still growing.

To combat the the bud rot I simply left the circulating fan on 24/7 and also the extractor. I also didn't water the plants for a few days to help the larger buds to dry up a little.

I was away for the past 3 days as I was painting my sisters house. I came back an checked the buds for rot but thankfully they showed no signs of further destruction !

So take care all and thank for your concern Easy

S.L.

**silent leprechaun** · Jul-28-2012, 10:14

Day 61 of bloom

So here is another photo update of the progress so far.

As I mentioned, the bud rot has stopped in its tracks and I have started to feed the plants a little more than usual over the past few weeks.

It is clear to see by the pictures that there are bus sites all over the tent... Buds are everywhere ! And I still have maybe another 5 weeks left in bloom...

I say another 5 weeks as this is what I learned from my last grow. It seems that under LED the plants take much longer to bloom. I don't really mind though.

What I also learned from the last grow was the buds pack on more during the last 5 weeks. I think I can wait a little longer.

The buds I took from the Chronic plant were very, very nice. There were premature but they pack a good kick in them already... I enjoy the stone from them, its a functional high and rather happy. There is no couch lock. I understand the buds were premature and the trichomes were mostly clear so this adds up to me.

Anyway, I have started to use a lot more of the bat guano and seaweed and tomato fertiliser. The Chronic is a real bud stacker and also the Big Bang. I found the Blue Cheese don't produce as much as the others but there is still a lot of good bud on it and it smells fantastic ! I can't wait to try the Blue Cheese out ! Mmmmm !
I got the seeds from the Rhino Seed company and I definitely think I will be growing a lot more of the Chronic in the future ! It is a big yielder !

So thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the pictures !

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**PhatJay** · Aug-01-2012, 13:56

Those look rubbish, you should stick to potatoes.

Kidding of course....

Looking nice, bet you can't wait to get them ladies chopped down.

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