Well we got some buds! The pistils are forming rapidly and building up some mass to form some nugs! It’s looking like a great start of flowering to me. The plant is super healthy and growing like a weed!(pun intended) it stretched a lot recently when going into flowering.
I think the COB light is really putting in some work and over driving the growth on the whole garden! It really is a jungle in there. It looks amazing in the garden !
Constructing the ULTIMATE Light!
Required Items:
* 10 CXB3590 3500K
* 10 Ideal Solderless Holder
* 10 lenses or reflectors
* 10 thermal pads or thermal paste
* 10 heatsinks 120mm
* 2 Meanwell driver HLG-240H-C1400B
* 2 10K potentiometer
* 2 electrical connecters
* 2 electrical grounded plugs
* 16 gauge(1/16”) angled aluminum
* 18 gauge solid core wire 30’
* Power drill
* Drill bits - various
* Chop saw or hack saw
* Wrench / Ratchet
* Measuring tape
* Marker
* Rope ratchet hangers
* Wire nuts
* Zip ties
* Bolts
* Nuts
* Washers
* Money, lots.
*Note - All the electrical parts can be sourced from alibaba.com for a decent price or you can alternatively find pre-made DIY kits on EBay with a markup. I recommend sourcing the remaining items from a hardware store like Lowe’s or HomeDepot. You can also buy a prefabricated light like this from timbergrowlights.com but you will pay double to triple the price.*
I highly recommend watching videos on YouTube by “LEDGardener” or “GrowMau5”.
Their videos helped immensely with the project and if they somehow see this - I owe you guys one! Both of them have great instructional videos on the DIY process and core required knowledge.
Phase One - The Frame:
1. Visit the hardware store and get the stuff. You will need time and a place to work on this as well. It will take multiple hours.
2. Measure, mark and cut your 16 gauge angled aluminum to desired lengths. I highly recommend a chop saw .. it makes quick work (I made my light 3’x3’ - so I needed eight 3’ pieces.)
3. Do a rough build of your project , line up the pieces to make the shape on your desired frame. Mark where you will need holes to assemble the frame. Make sure to take accurate measurements here .. you need EVERYTHING to line up.
4. Drill your holes. I recommend starting with a small drill bit like 3/16” and progressing up in size to the desired size needed. If you have a drill press your life will be easy - if not a standard power drill and muscle will work too.
5. Assemble the frame loosely - hopefully you were careful - everything should line up!
6. Get your passive heat sinks and place them around your frame , try to get it symmetrical for even light coverage.
7. Once you have your light placement figured out , get out that trusty marker and mark where you need to drill holes to secure the heat sink/COBs.
8. Disassemble the frame and take back the aluminum pieces to the drill and make the holes.
9. Build the frame this time - securely. Then drop in those heat sinks. Hopefully these all line up too!
10. If they line up, great .. now I recommend working on Phase Two - The Electrical!
Ok that’s this is where we will stop for this week! I think that’s enough information for everybody to absorb for a week and get started..
Stay tuned because next week we go over the COBs, electrical work and assembly!
You’ll wanna see this stuff too, trust me!
Happy Growing!
-TheWeedMan
Its Charles Parato....I have one question about WEEK 1 your feeding during that week...how many days after you planted did you wait for the first nutrient feeding? I think I am going to use this feeding schedule for Fast Buds Zkittlez...in the germination process now....will have a diary started next week or so...already putting together some videos and photos....probably post my diary a week behind my actual process...more or less I want to know HOW SOON CAN I USE THE RAPID START???
@@TheWeedMan, well I jumped the gun loaded my first diary....I didnt know you could easily edit it for each week....I will add a Day-7 slide show of each plant again....THEY LOVED THE 1ML CALMAG & RAPID START each..green'ed right up even started TINY TINY TINY little serrated leaves in like NO TIME FLAT....they were looking a bit purple...on the first round leaves......BUT GOING GREAT.....got what 14-15 likes on my diary in my first hour....THANKS AGAIN YOU DID A GREAT JOB LETTING SOMEONE TEACH THEMSELVES.....im going to nail this thing,,,,I DONT HAVE ANYHTING ELSE TO DO BUT GIVE PLASMA TWICE A WEEK AND PLAY ICE HOCKEY TWICE A WEEK....well thats my physical therapy...Ice Hockey....payed for it all with BLOOD MONEY from the Plasma center...O'yeah that reminds me I need to list my expenses for my $1000 4x8 tent budget grow....this new light I think even you would approve of....I LOVE IT...so much better....photos of it in the TENT SET UP SLIDE SHOW....totally impressed...compared to the others I thought were good....brighter to the eyes, and better spectrum according to the camera
https://www.amazon.com/Anjeet-Hydroponic-System-Spectrum-Replace/dp/B01LPVGBVY/ref=sr_1_57?keywords=1200W+LED+Plant+Grow+Light+Full+Spectrum+for+Greenhouse+and+Indoor+Plants+Veg+and&qid=1558815421&s=gateway&sr=8-57
@@TheWeedMan, whelp I said "FUCK IT" which is actually a BOOK TITLE I started....I said all 8 look great its day 3.5-4 lets go for it....so I hit them with a light quick watering at Ph 5.8 with 1ml Rapid Start & 1ml CalMag both GHE....based on the color...RAPID START is just more Magnesium in it...TOTAL RIP OFF....but I got it for $7 so im not going to complain....WOW THAT TOOK MY Ph WAY DOWN...had to check three times before I had the right amount of Ph UP in there to put it at 5.7-6.0....I CANT AFFORD A QUALITY Ph meter and the cheap one NOT GOOD AT ALL...so using the chemical Ph test kit....but rinsing things off...My R/O/ water is already perfect at 6.0 so I have to love that for $0.87 a gallon from the store...have to see how my tap water is after my R/O filter system arrives...BUT FOR $90 it will pay for itself in under a month.....GOT 8 UP ALL ABOUT 2 INCHES...LOOKING REALLY GOOD...should have a diary worth looking at come Tuesday night Wednesday afternoon....I THINK IVE GOT IT....went all Zkittlez figured trying to deal with four different genetics to soon would be a disaster for at least half the plants...I have to heavy's and two moderate to light eaters....LOOKING GOOD....hope they can handle the CalMag & Rapid Start...1ml each to about 1.3 gallons...BUT VERY LIGHT WATERING......will Ph water again later to make sure it hasn't changed to much....but I use a CHEMICAL PUMP SPRAYER...they work great nice reach controlled flow and precision watering...not to mention great reach in tough places....JUST TAKE THE TIP OFF ITS A REGULAR WATERER....I love them for $10 use those to RAISE HUMIDITY in my tubs for Boomer Asiansan's
@@TheWeedMan, Welp, got all 8 up and growing...about one inch each...3 are still kicking the seed shell off...day 2 since they all broke the surface.....looking good so far...not bad for a first time rookie...gotta get through this first week they seem to all be responding well to the coco I placed them in...nice dark green leaves....first diary will go up on Tuesday or Wednesday....that first 24 hour part is nerve wrecking
@OutForReal, training works great. I haven’t done any other plant training as I worry it may stunt growth. But with aggressive LST training I got these lovely plants 👊🏻👍🏻🇨🇦