300w LED + Alien Blackberry grow

[Kill a Watt]

flushed for the past few days and chopped off the tops. the really large ones were getting bud rot from the density. i lost out on some nice buds.

 

[JustAnotherAntMarching]

I doubt the bud rot is from density.... Prob more to do with lack of air movement or air exchange or your RH is to high....

Do not smoke moldy bud....

 

[Kill a Watt]

choppin today. will post pix of the bounty

 

[Kill a Watt]

so 3.9 oz dried from the tops.


chopped the rest of em here. will weigh the dried stuff after trim. should get at least 8oz dried from this grow.

 

[Kill a Watt]

alright finished trimming what i thought is worth trimming. the rest is gonna be turned into hash.


total dry weight from this grow is 12.9 oz. i think it could have been better but oh wells. i'll live with the results. some of the nugs were really really big.


i foliar fed bloom nutes all the way up to week 4 which i believe helped with this grow. the idea came from sp1 at RIU The Lost Art of Foliar Feeding
there are people for it and against it. i like to try things for myself and see the results before saying it does or doesn't work. air flow is necessary to avoid PM. foliar feeding made a lot of sense as imo it's similar to hydro where you can feed it frequently. in soil you must wait a few days between feedings through the medium. i fed 2 medium feedings through the soil weekly with a watering between. the foliar was fed daily.


if i were to do this again, 1)i would have went with coco as the medium instead of soil as it dries faster. 2) used more blue leds for quicker veg. 3) went with a different strain (it's a indica and the bunched leaf grow really sucked as some of the small fan leaves between the tight budsites died. as a result, the really big dense buds rotted. i know i lost a lot of weight because of this.)


here is the bud porn. thanks for all those who followed along. it has been a ride for me with these leds.

 

[N.E.wguy]

Very nice for a first run with a custom led light. Great diy on the light to. What was the total build time for it any idea ? Enjoy the smoke look forward to any future modifications and grows

 

[7greeneyes]

good grow bud. Love the fact that you DIY'd your light setup. Kudo's on that one.

A grand for a 300w light is outta my budget criteria tho.

Sample any yet?

eace:

 

[Kill a Watt]

Very nice for a first run with a custom led light. Great diy on the light to. What was the total build time for it any idea ? Enjoy the smoke look forward to any future modifications and grows

thanks! it was roughly 12 hours give or take. will let ya know if i do anything new!

 

[Kill a Watt]

good grow bud. Love the fact that you DIY'd your light setup. Kudo's on that one.

A grand for a 300w light is outta my budget criteria tho.

Sample any yet?

eace:

i've smoked this strain before. it was pretty good. i'll sample my own work over the weekend.

you can't go wrong with the led. the beauty of it is, you can build with less leds and add more later.

 

[N.E.wguy]

thanks! it was roughly 12 hours give or take. will let ya know if i do anything new!

should post it in the DIY imo. I'm sure if u pit it there others will try it out GL irl.

 

[Kill a Watt]

is it too late to be moved?

 

[7greeneyes]

maybe pm THG bout it.

 

[Dr. Robertsozki]

congrats on the good smoke 13 Oz plus the rotten buds GREAT RUN!!! foliar feeding is the way to go!

 

[the one]

nice led you made there.

 

[Kill a Watt]

thanks

 

[the one]

I was just talking about you on the first led grow journal. we are wondering is the 300w led close in coverage as a 600w. I think its is since you got such a big yield. what you think I just got me a 90w ufo. we'll see how that goes.
what are you growing with your 300led? I loved those blackberry alien and their purple hair phenomenal . how is the smoke? i bet is very purple kush like no?

 

[Kill a Watt]

don't waste your money on the UFO. i recommend picking quality parts and building your own. you never know what LED you are getting in those chinese fixtures. best of luck with you on that. my friend had ufo and ended up w/ some really stretchy plants

i believe its at least 2-2.5x the stated wattage output. the plants are getting the spectrum they need to grow.

smoke was good. too much of a couch lock for my taste.

led is collecting dust right now. will pull it out in a few months for winter grow

 

[the one]

ii read you paid like 1k on your fixture how much you think it would it be to build my own with around 100 watts only. could it be around a 3rd? thanks I already bought a 90 w led so if is that bad I'll just use it to veg

 

[Kill a Watt]

how many drivers you looking to get? are you looking to add dimmable drivers? a few factors that will affect your overall cost.

 

[the one]

im sorry what are the drivers? and dimmable prob. not since im only trying to spent the least possible