Led lights topled

[indochronic]

whats upp iv finally picked a led pannel the topled reflector 192x3w it was either that or a marsII. i like the reflector tho with the bloom and veg switch,handy. Now im woundering about starting seedlings with the led, basically using it from start to finish. Can this be done or is the light to strong for the baby plants ?

 

[theengineer]

well, that's what the veg switch is for..

 

[indochronic]

hahah grand so i just didnt want to kill them if the lights to strong even if veg is just on. iv t5s and cfls aswell so i might start with them for a grow, se how things go

 

[theengineer]

you'd be better off using your LED unit on veg mode

 

[Mike Wright]

I would not use the LED for the first 10 days at least. I have started seedings under the 96x3 and they stretch. Last run I started under CFL's and switched to the LED only after a couple of weeks. Much better results.

 

[theengineer]

I've been running 2 beans 12/12 from seed under a PlatinumLED P450, and they're doing better than any plant I had under CFLs - just sayin'...

 

[indochronic]

Both two good answers and from experience aswell. this is why i ask these kinda questions, it works both ways sometimes and i suppose il have to test it for myself maby see if i can stop the strech on the babys without moving the light to close or see how well they grow with cfls at the start .It will be intresting to see. be nice if it wasnt so complicated and there was just the one good way. thanks peps

 

[Mike Wright]

Different light, different characteristics. I'm using the TopLED though. If you put that light too close the spectrums won't integrate. From my experience you wouldn't want to go any closer than fourteen inches. Check out Antics current grow. He is using the TopLED too.

 

[indochronic]

sweet. yea im gona pop over to his journal now and have a look what do u think about the 192x3 led all over ? and what did u use before, did u notice many plant differences ? just curious to know abit about the leds before starting my first grow with leds

 

[Mike Wright]

My 2 96's are basically the equivalent of your 192 I guess

I was using an HPS. I have done a couple of full LED grows but now I'm adding the HPS back in between the two TopLED's. I'm hoping to get the best of both worlds

 

[indochronic]

sounds about right sweet id say u should get nice yields with the HPS and LED. i was looking at ur 3rd N.L grow nice plants i was thinking about trying photo seeds soon, and u got them to a nice size not to big or not to small how long did u veg them for ruffly ? im gona have to read abit about the 12/12 cycle as iv only growen auto so far

 

[Mike Wright]

I've been vegging 6-8 weeks but mostly they are smaller than I plan. Current grow I got almost zero stretch under the LED's, which in a way is good 'cause the nodes are really tight, but I should have vegged maybe two weeks longer to get the size I wanted. My biggest plants were 14" at flip and are only 19" now at 4 weeks flowering. I'm switching to more of a soilless configuration next time to try and get much faster growth in veg. 3 3 footers is my goal for the next one.

 

[indochronic]

thats good to hear it wil just take abit of messing around to getting the vegging right with leds or a mix if its a better result yea thats not to bad, 1 and half foot that sounds a good size id like to get my photos. a nice small bushy indica kush cant wait to get set up again with the new led

 

[Doozy]

Personally i don't think vertical height is what you should look for in a plant. If you can LST, defol and top a plant so it is short, wide and stocky, i can't see any reason why this isn't preferable, especially under LED where height is always an issue if you want the spectrums to work together. My plants are at least twice as wide as they are tall.

Also, i grew under LED straight from seed, and had hardly any stretch at all, which was great. I'm using the Mars IIs by the way,