Bassman59's 1st Grow - DWC/LED - Pray For Me!

Happy holidays to my southern friends, enjoy some quality time with friends and family as that's all that matters in the end!
Thanks for the reply and hope you're feeling better soon.
Pictures are tasty, especially love the frosty coating even on the stems of the larger leaves, will "leave" you with some high quality trim! ok that sucked...
Still a little premature, but can I pick your brain about the LED you're using, I've only supplemented with a couple of 100W ufo type units (higher end units but still "cheap" compared to the 1K+ pricetag of yours) with my 600W dimmable hps main light.
I'm looking at moving a setup into my basement and am not comfortable running a hps light in a closet or wardrobe. Are you pleased with the performance/price/heat aspects enough to say you'd do the same setup again or would you change something? A little vague I know, but at the end of the day its quite an investment (on that same note I don't recall the warranty period, but couldn't see myself parting with that much scratch for less than a five year replacement period)
thoughts?
and I know you're a hurtin' unit but I know I'm speaking for many with the request for more bud porn!
thanks!
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Tweed
p.s. used the AN Ph perfect series 3 part in my last (first) grow and have to say was more than pleased with the results, and will be using them again.
 
I have multiple answers. :bravo:


If I were to do it again I might go for 2 x 300w from GS. Nothing wrong with the 600w, just having the ability to have 3rd off overlap effect and being able to adjust height between the two tubs when they were so different would be nice.

I also am thinking about buying another after this grow. Much depends on what I decide to do. But I am thinking the new 900w when it comes out for another tent in say 5x5 or something. Or possibly 2 x 300w's for another tent.

I'm really undecided on how/if I'll expand. But I am obviously happy with the product.

The lights are backed by a 2yr warranty. I'm ok with that I guess. But sure I'd love to see 5yrs. I honestly don't know off hand what the "standard" is.

As for heat, I am pleased. Very little. Of course there is some as there would be with any light. Even a cfl will produce a little. But not to the point it heats the plants per se. Just a lil bit more ambient.

I agree they are hard as hell on the pocket book. But long term I think that if it lasts 5 yrs I will have saved a ton of $$ in replacement hid's and my utility bills, as well as the other peripherals we would use with hid. The term investment certainly applies.

Hope that helps. Feel free to ask if you have questions.

Here's a link to Growstealth if ya need. Take a look around. I heard the 900w is coming soon, but no dates I know of.
 
Thanks JJ,

This is muscle-nerve type pull rather than joint. Hurts like a SOB! To cap it off, I think I have a hernia from recent. Never had one but it's in the right spot and damn I wish I was 22 again. SO much I would do differently if I had those 30yrs back.
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Switch my timer to 11/13 yesterday. Maybe go to 13.5 or 14hrs of dark in 2 weeks.
 
Propa Gator said:
Getting old is not for the faint hearted :green_heart:
Life's a bitch, Dog. Let's howl at the moon :)
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I was howling this evening. Being the hard headed bastard I am, I went downstairs to try to tote 2 x 5gal RO water containers up for res change tomorrow. My back was still hurtin like a sob but I wasn't going to say no.

But my back did! Holy shit 1 lift of the jug and I was writhing in pain. All muscle pain. I musta tweaked it purty bad. I'm basically out of commission now. Heating pads, tylenol, ice, whatever. I need to kick this soon and get back to movin asap. My elderly mother depends on me to take care of her.
 
I was only going to carry one. I would really feels like a lazy ass if I used that pump all the way to upstairs grow room rather then hike them upstairs.
 
Take care that back my friend. I threw mine out in the summer and i was like "Are you serious??? I am getting old!!!!" Took weeks to heal up compared to youth days of maybe a couple days. Went to chiropractor 2x and got a massage 1x. get well my friend, at least this medicine helps a bit.:Namaste:
 
@jjames, my understanding is more mimicking towards the longer nights/shorter days and urgency to flower. Possibly even shortening the flower period just a tad. Which is something I need. If I can be totally done before xmas, I really need that if possible.

@KB, thanks for the well wishes Kola. I dont actually indulge personally. I havent in 35 yrs now. Since back in the days when $20 got ya a bad ass oz of columbian (which I understand wouldnt even comapre to todays thc%). This is being done as a caretaker for my elderly mother in hopes it helps her with Alzeimers and a couple other things going on. Which reminds me I'm going to have start reading up on cooking soon as it's highly unlikely I'll have her smoking. I did take 2 of mild non narcotic pain medicine and a tylenol pm. This gave me some comfort when I went to bed for a while. 5-6 hrs later now I'm up out of bed, walked to kitchen good, sat down at computer with heating pad and now the pain is returned.

Being this back thing is 100% muscle-tendon thing, I am sure a massage would do wonders. Just too broke atm to afford one.
 
Bassman59 said:
@KB, thanks for the well wishes Kola. I dont actually indulge personally. I havent in 35 yrs now.
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I was gonna make a comment about you probably having something available to help with that pain, but I figured I'd hold off.

Hope you feel better, man. Lifting 5-gal bottles up stairs is no joke.
 
thats respectable that youre goin thru all this to help out your mother... ive had my ups an downs in our relationship(downs now unfrtntly), but if i had a chance to help even a little id drop everything... i hope what youre doing here will help her immensely and she is comfortable!
for your back, id just try an alternate heat with ice and not move while doin it for awhile, but everyones a dr right? an noone has time to kick their feet up... just tryin to make a cple sugg but im sure youve probably heard it all, i know what its like, take it easy... at least youve got some flowering girls to take your mind off of it for a min or two...:thumb:
 
Time for a 1/2 ass update.

Day 35 in flower approximately

So normally I would have prepped nutrients last night and done a res change today. But with my back hurting so bad I can't lug the water up. Hopefully in a day or two, or if I get my nephew to come over and drag it up I can mix it up and get him to help me drain/replenish.

In the meantime I did take some pics of bud porn.

Please disregard the brown spots on some of the leaves. That was from when I let the ph stay 6.1+ too long and had cal deficiency. Everything is good now.

Interestingly there are a couple pics here where it looks like the buds on lower on a top are fattening much faster than some at the top.

At the same time if I am reading it right, the 1st 3 pics are all part of the 4th pic cola, which if it fills out all the way will be one big ass cola! :thumb:

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Hairs a turnin
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