Crawdaddy's Fall 2013 TopLED COB Grow

Crawdaddy said:
I would say to late to spray your plants. From the little I know about predator mites they take a few weeks to be effective, so I think too late for you too. The cold will keep spider mites from reproducing real fast too. I would just keep eye on them, look underneath the leaves with 30 X mag. Are there a lot of eggs too? If not I bet you be fine.
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You were 100% right, I think the cold got to the mites. I can't find any now. I am super relieved. Good to know the predators take a while to fight the good fight.

I was thinking the same exact thing as B.real wouldn't clawing be the first sign of too much N? That and very dark green? I can't remember where I read it, but I swear somebody said not to combine those two soils for some reason. I did find FFOF to be hot early in my grow. Maybe the info was in one of DocBud's threads. I would shoot him a PM with a pic of the leaves and a link to the journal in the email, and see what he thinks. It may have been him that mentioned that the combo was quite hot. I wish I could be more help.
 
Good to hear that your mites are not a problem, they love the arm/dry so not the best environment for them this time of year.

I think I have knocked them down enough on this grow, no signs of them as of now. going to continue to keep eye out and using pre-cautionary anti-mite sprays on my vegging stuff.

Just heard from my g/f the 200 W Diamond Series has arrived, I want to go set it up, but got 2 more hours of work to kill first :(
 
So home now and got the brand new Advanced Diamond Series 200W light all unpacked and set up. Removed the 4 foot T5 fluorescent and replaced it with the 100W Dimond Series.

in the box...
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side by side with 100W, the 200W is obviously same as 2X100W side by side ..
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all setup, not on too bright for this camera.
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and the 100W in closet.
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I think this 200W will be perfect for this tent. Time well tell. now need to veg these ladies a bit more to fill up screen, then it flip time. :)
 
b.real said:
damn that thing looks bright. hope it gives you good harvests :)
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Me too ;)

CareStaker said:
Looking good! I have 2 of the 100s, and they work well. I used them once for Veg, and a few times for flower. The 200 is supposed to penetrate better, and give some decent PAR numbers. Hoping for a big harvest for you!:high-five::peace:
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Yea I loved the 100W, so the 200W should be twice as good right?

EyeDooIt said:
Feels like Christmas opening it up right?
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you know it :thumb:
 
RainStacks said:
That new light looks so sweet! I think a tent and LED will be my next purchases. Hopefully the funds will come before the indoor gang is ready to go into flower :)
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You will be happy when you get there, I love my tents. Just do not go cheap you will regret it in the end. Better to save a little more money and get stuff that last long then to buy cheaper versions to early, IMO.
 
Good Morning Crawdaddy,
Hey thats an awesome new light there! I'm jealous-:cheesygrinsmiley::cheesygrinsmiley::cheesygrinsmiley: (Gotta start saving up for one.)
Bet your girls are going to love it.
Have a great day!:ciao:
 
Flower Child said:
Good Morning Crawdaddy,
Hey thats an awesome new light there! I'm jealous-:cheesygrinsmiley::cheesygrinsmiley::cheesygrinsmiley: (Gotta start saving up for one.)
Bet your girls are going to love it.
Have a great day!:ciao:
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They seem to be loving it already :) Filling up the screen.

Harley001 said:
Movin on up! Lookin good Craw. Your plants are gonna love that new light. Is it 11 spectrums?
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Yep, I am pretty sure all the Diamond Series are 11 Spectrums. From their website...
11+ Wavelengths of Color Output: 760nm, 740nm, 720nm, 660nm, 630nm, 615nm-480nm, 460nm, 440nm, 415nm, 380nm

I really like the spectrum balance of this light. Unlike the TOP LED COB, which seems to only have two. But you can not beat the cost per watt of the Top LED lights. I just think they need more balance in their spectrum. But they are trying, I think. Getting the free UFO light today from Top LED today to help balance spectrum from the COB light.
 
So got another new light today, this one was free though :)

TopLED provided COB customers with a free UFO supplemental LED with mostly blues and whites to help add to the limited spectrum of the COB. Their customer service been great so far.

It looks good to me. hung it to side and low and angled to try and get some of its light on opposite plants. if price is right may get 2nd to balance it out. I think it would make a good veg light too.

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Just UFO light..
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COB on too..
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also planted 4 of 5 of last clones I took. Last one has a few roots but not enough to put in soil, maybe tomorrow or Friday for sure.

ROOTS!!!!!!!
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you f*cker, gimme that free light! lol just kidding. I need to try and root some snow white clones. I saw someones on here that truly flowered faster!
 
Loving the healthy roots! lovin the ufo light, generally lovin your work so just keep the good show coming.
 
I agree with your advice 100%. I think like you. I would rather wait to buy what I really want. The problem is I have really expensive taste sometimes!

Wow, things are looking great. I am happy to hear the screen is filling in well and you are getting some damn good customer service too! Those clones look amazing. Such thick roots for a clone? You giving those things HGH or what? ;)
 
Light Addict said:
Loving the healthy roots! lovin the ufo light, generally lovin your work so just keep the good show coming.
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Thanks man, I will try my best to keep it up. Will have picture update for the 3 SCROG plants under the 200 W Diamond Series tonight, and for the TOP LED COB plants tomorrow night.

RainStacks said:
I agree with your advice 100%. I think like you. I would rather wait to buy what I really want. The problem is I have really expensive taste sometimes!

Wow, things are looking great. I am happy to hear the screen is filling in well and you are getting some damn good customer service too! Those clones look amazing. Such thick roots for a clone? You giving those things HGH or what? ;)
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LOL no HGH, I just use Clonex gel and then Olivia's cloning solution in the water. So far more or less batting 1.000 with the aeroponic cloner. :)
 
Here is the promised update on the 3 plants under 200 W Diamond Series. They are doing real well, very happy with them. Seem to be growing about an inch a day. Thinking I will flip on Sunday, then be 3 weeks behind 4 under Top LED COB light.

First the last clone, a Brainstorm, rooted and got planted, so 5 of 5 love the aeroponic cloner....
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The cat had to check out the baby clones. Some of these will probably be given away. Most are doubles of another.
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And the main event, from left to right it is the Brainstorm, Hawaiian Snow, then the Super cheese....
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they look amazing dude. why is everyone getting better lol? its growing season :thumb:
 
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