Pineapple Express Auto – 70W mini first/legal grow

Cannaloni At last. Legalization in Germany. Who would have ever thought that? I’ve been researching this topic at irregular intervals for a good 25 years. :) I’d say I’m still an occasional researcher and should be able to manage with 1-2 small grows per year. (loose) I ordered my first strains right at the start on April 1st... but unfortunately they didn’t arrive for ages. But I had a good 5 weeks until I managed to get a second order from Barney's Farm and was able to think in detail about what kind of setup I actually wanted to grow in. Now that it’s legal, I thought it would be nice to be able to watch the plants grow and not hide them away in a tent or storage room. I don’t have that much space in my apartment, which is why I wanted to integrate the “box” in a nicer way. After seeing some beautiful glass cabinets at the confectioner’s, the idea quickly came up to have the whole grow take place in one of these and the choice was made pretty quickly on a model from the yellow and blue Swedish furniture store. So I went to the online second-hand market and bought one of these showcases for a hundred. :) Now I just need some light. But grow lights were unfortunately hard to come by from 1.4 onwards. (who would have thought it?) or were sold at pharmacy prices on the second-hand market. So we had to find an alternative. The only thing that was clear was that we wanted LED lights. Unfortunately, until then I had no idea about LEDs and plant growth. So I opened my laptop and researched again. PPFD, PAR, DLI, which wavelength ranges are responsible for what, what are the differences between blurple and full spectrum when growing and so on and so forth. I’ll keep my personal conclusion short: 1. the best light is sunlight 2. the LED lighting should at least be similar to sunlight 3. I need around 50-100W of power 4. the lighting must be on for at least 16 hours a day. So I made a few phone calls and organized Ledxon track lights in 3000K, CRI97 from a friend. (thx B.) At the beginning a little smaller ones and after a few weeks the larger TL1, which had exactly the same light colors and LED chips. After comparing the relative spectral light distribution with that of a popular Austrian brand, I was relatively certain that these LEDs would also work well. Here are a few more thoughts on the spectral distribution of the LED lights used: 1. not too high blue component - less height growth -- small cabinet! 2. good green range - better penetration of the upper foliage -- also exists in nature (Sunlight is still the best) :) 3. fairly good red range - promotes flower growth -- hopefully it will work. :) 4. and even in the deep red range, the LED chips used seem to emit quite well. So, that’s enough talk... let’s get started....