Viva Las Vegas! Procyon 100 LED Grow Test

[notreallyhere]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

nice light man! you are using the mother of all LED's.
and your plants are looking good at the new height!
I would keep it as close as possible always- plants seem to like LEDs more that way.
cheers

 

[McBudz]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Curious about that led... I'll be watching. Thanks for the journal

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Ok, we are at two weeks and they are still crawling along. I have now raised the light up to 11 inches and may go higher. Time to start getting these babies moving. The dream weaver is looking like she may need some good food, My last one required nutes before the rest too.. So next watering it will start getting the good stuff.. they are a whooping two inches tall.. Here they be, Day 14.

I am a bit suprised out how tight they are growing, most led grows I have seen had problems with stretching..

 

[Boss]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

The spectrum is good. They look pretty good man, have you started with a 4/4/4 or anything yet?

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Nope, not yet.. The next watering the DW will get a small dose of Grow Big 6-4-4 and a little bit of Sea weed.... I want to see if she will have a growth spurt when it gets some good food in it.. I will start the BG on nutes next week sometime..ANy ideas or thoughts Boss?? I know you have some knowledge on LEDS that you want to share with me....

 

[Ms.Fox]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

They're lookin great!

 

[notreallyhere]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

my take is that closer is better... at leas thats what I got out of a couple months using the 1' square panels....

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

I have been reading up and most the test are done with them a minimum of 24" I am about over looking at a 2" plant. I will keep raising the lights in hopes that they will chase the light up... It is a test grow, so gotta try everything I can. Gave them a 1/4 dose of Fish emulsion today.It's all good...The light is now @ 15" and my plan is to see how they react.

 

[Boss]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

I would stay at about 13" off the plant, and start a high N nute dose now at 1/4 and go to half next feeding. I think it will shoot up on it's own.

I love that light dude ;-)

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

I have kept the light @ 14". They seem to be perking up a bit. They will get 1/4 dose grow big in the next watering.. Thought I would throw in a few pics to end the weekend.. Here they be day 16...

The Bubble gum, starting to look good

 

[StonerGrower]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

You would think with an LED you could have the light closer. How much heat does that thing put out...Cant be much right?

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

I can, I have had it down to two inches above the plant and it stayed at 85.. They seem to like it better when it is a foot or so above. I am going to raise it higher in a few days and see what happens. I am just trying to see how the lights and plants interact and see what happens with the light at different heights..

 

[Runamok]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Be IRIE...

I just talked to a pal about your light.
He is a gaffer and a light rigger for a local theater and
although he doesn't grow, he knows a lot about different
kind of lights
.
He told me that most lights (especially LED's) have focal points
where the light is most intense and that you can easily find that point
if you have a light meter of some sort. He suggested you point the
light at a white area and move it different distances and try to measure
the light pattern to determine it's brightest point. I dunno if ya have a light meter,
but I know you have a new camera, so maybe you could utilize that to the same effect ?

I dunno, just figured it was a tidbit of Info you may be able to use.

Peace

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Thank you Run for the info. I do have a little cheapie light reader that I will break out and check some readings on some distances...I have just been keeping an eye on them and letting them tell me if they are happy or not. I will check with the meter.. Thanks again Run, much appreciated...

 

[Pill13]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Is it a bad thing that any time I see "Viva.." anything I think of Viagra?

Nice plants, can't wait to see how they turn out with the LED.

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

OK, update time. Still cruising along, they seemed to have enjoyed the nutes and are picking up the pace a little bit.. The comparison is with the same plant as last time. the little ones are in one gallon pots and the bigger one is in a 3 gal. so here they are on day 18.

 

[karagrows]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Nice. nice.. Lookin good. did you check for the highest intensity as discussed? I am curious the max. lumens at what distance.

 

[Harry Red]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Well, they are growing but clearly not competing with the MH lamp. Being it takes 70+ days to bud, perhaps you have enough time to use the LED during the veg phase. That would save you some money in the long run.



Harry

 

[StonerGrower]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

Looks great man! Ive been thinking about getting some LED panels to add some extra spectrum. But now I want a couple of those things man..

 

[Be Irie]

Re: VIVA LAS VEGAS!! Procyon 100 LED grow test

The intention was to get this for veg, so that I wouldn't have to add anymore lights and my two 400's could be dedicated to the flowering room. I am going to transplant the LED plants into three gallon pots and see how they compare. I am impressed with the tight stacks the LED is producing. The one in the three gal is 11 days older ( thought it was a week older but I was wrong). I would really like to do a head to head same, strains with a 400 MH and the LED. We will have to see how they keep doing over the next few weeks. I still haven't decided if I am going to flower with the LED or not.
I would have to try to steer people away from the panels, IMO they suck big time!!!
My light meter does not read lumens... It is a 1-10 scale. If I didn't spend so much money on lights I could afford a good one.. I will get some distance measurements this weekend...
The babies seem to be doing well they should be getting their second dose of nutes here soon... Thanks for all the comments and intrest and keep the suggestions and ideas coming.. The light is still @ 14 ", think I am going to move it up to 20 to see what happens...