Hi All,
I am by no means an experienced grower, but I thought I'd start a journal to help those considering growing with led and also seek advice.
First a few things about the Hans led panels.
I did not want to over spend on leds, so I decided to dish out 360 euros on 2 Hans panels. I went with Hans panels because they were relatively cheap and I was impressed with his results on Growing Marijuana with LED, Growshow
Furthermore, reviews on his panels are few and far between, however, they are mostly positive.
Unfortunately, up until now (Oct 12th) I am very disappointed with the panels.
First of all, you would expect to receive fully functional panels, but out friend Hans has quality issues with his manufacturing because one of the panels I received was two solder points short of perfect. This meant, I was able to use it in "flowering" mode, but not "seedling" and "mother" mode.
When I notified Hans my panel wasn't working properly, I did not yet know that it was due to those 2 solder points. Instead of offering to replace it, he told me to disassemble the unit.
Now this already was a major pain in the arse, as it's not the customer service that one would expect for 360 euros, but nevermind...
I proceeded to disassemble the unit and immediately realized it was the soldering causing the malfunction. I told Hans I can repair it, but I want a partial refund to cover my costs. Of course he said no and offered to send me a soldering wand instead.
Rubbish customer service so if anyone out there is considering buying his panels then do so at your own risk.
To add insult to injury, you will soon see in the pictures below how "quickly" my girls are growing.
I started germinating the seeds over two weeks ago on the 24th of September.
Grow specs:
Tent: 1.2 x 1.2 x 2m GrowLife tent (solid tent)
lights: 2 x Hans Led panels
Nutes: AN Micro, Bloom and Grow
pots: 9 x 3L air pots
water: RO water (approx 60 µS/cm)
medium: 90% Canna professional plus coco + 10% perlite
I use phosphoric acid to adjust PH levels.
Time line:
24/9 - 6 trainwreck and 7 AK47 seeds germinated
5 trainwrecks and 5 AK47's popped and subsequently planted. 5 Trainwrecks and 4 AK47's survived.
The led panels were on "seedling" mode (predominantly blue light spectrum) on a 24/0 schedule for a week, I then switched to 18/0 when the plants started showing their first pair of leaves. The leds were 20cm above the canopy.
6/10 - I was getting concerned with the rate the plants were growing at, so I switched to flowering mode on the led panels and raised them higher above the canopy.
The plants are fed every second day.
PH ~ 5.5 - 6
EC ~ 200 - 300 µS/cm
I did give 1-2 girls nute burn the other day because I thought they weren't getting enough nitrogen... obviously I was wrong and that isn't the problem.
I hope to be updating this journal on a weekly basis.. maybe even more frequently if you can offer me advice on what the problem is (if it's not just the leds).
Pics to follow.
I am by no means an experienced grower, but I thought I'd start a journal to help those considering growing with led and also seek advice.
First a few things about the Hans led panels.
I did not want to over spend on leds, so I decided to dish out 360 euros on 2 Hans panels. I went with Hans panels because they were relatively cheap and I was impressed with his results on Growing Marijuana with LED, Growshow
Furthermore, reviews on his panels are few and far between, however, they are mostly positive.
Unfortunately, up until now (Oct 12th) I am very disappointed with the panels.
First of all, you would expect to receive fully functional panels, but out friend Hans has quality issues with his manufacturing because one of the panels I received was two solder points short of perfect. This meant, I was able to use it in "flowering" mode, but not "seedling" and "mother" mode.
When I notified Hans my panel wasn't working properly, I did not yet know that it was due to those 2 solder points. Instead of offering to replace it, he told me to disassemble the unit.
Now this already was a major pain in the arse, as it's not the customer service that one would expect for 360 euros, but nevermind...
I proceeded to disassemble the unit and immediately realized it was the soldering causing the malfunction. I told Hans I can repair it, but I want a partial refund to cover my costs. Of course he said no and offered to send me a soldering wand instead.
Rubbish customer service so if anyone out there is considering buying his panels then do so at your own risk.
To add insult to injury, you will soon see in the pictures below how "quickly" my girls are growing.
I started germinating the seeds over two weeks ago on the 24th of September.
Grow specs:
Tent: 1.2 x 1.2 x 2m GrowLife tent (solid tent)
lights: 2 x Hans Led panels
Nutes: AN Micro, Bloom and Grow
pots: 9 x 3L air pots
water: RO water (approx 60 µS/cm)
medium: 90% Canna professional plus coco + 10% perlite
I use phosphoric acid to adjust PH levels.
Time line:
24/9 - 6 trainwreck and 7 AK47 seeds germinated
5 trainwrecks and 5 AK47's popped and subsequently planted. 5 Trainwrecks and 4 AK47's survived.
The led panels were on "seedling" mode (predominantly blue light spectrum) on a 24/0 schedule for a week, I then switched to 18/0 when the plants started showing their first pair of leaves. The leds were 20cm above the canopy.
6/10 - I was getting concerned with the rate the plants were growing at, so I switched to flowering mode on the led panels and raised them higher above the canopy.
The plants are fed every second day.
PH ~ 5.5 - 6
EC ~ 200 - 300 µS/cm
I did give 1-2 girls nute burn the other day because I thought they weren't getting enough nitrogen... obviously I was wrong and that isn't the problem.
I hope to be updating this journal on a weekly basis.. maybe even more frequently if you can offer me advice on what the problem is (if it's not just the leds).
Pics to follow.
