This tent is a 2x4 by 72 hi. The light I have in there now is a king plus 1000w which pulls 177 at the wall. Last night I ordered that newer Mars Hydro TS with the newer type LEDs 1000w. The reviews claim to be brighter but yet pulling 150 at the wall. These are those the newer LEDs claimed to be much brighter but yet pull 150 at the wall. I’m going to try it to see if it lives up to its claim if not I can return it
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This is the third time this has happened to me. I’m growing White Widow in a very controlled environment inside my tent. I veg the White Widow for about 6 weeks then I switch to flower and after only two and a half weeks I will see the buds starting to turn Amber suggesting that it’s getting time to harvest after approximately three and a half weeks they will all be Amber. I was using General Hydroponics Flora Series for nutrients but last week after a flush I started using tiger bloom and Big Bloom in properly pH water. Friends, I study and study and follow the rules closely. At first I bought two lights off eBay LEDs that said 1000 Watts but we’re only pulling 77 Watts at the wall so after my first grow I bought two Chang plus 1000 Watt lights. I have been using only one king plus lights which pulls 177 at the wall this is just for one plant and this particular tent which is 2 by 4 by 6 foot high. I’ve had my lights always about 8 inches from the top of the plant because heat was not an issue. Today I moved them about 15 in from the top of the plant. I have pictures here I just have to figure out how to post them. My first grow was ak48 from Nirvana and they were crap tiny little buds didn’t work the last three girls were from Growers Choice White Widow this time I started with using a clone. I seem to have a green thumb for clones La have about six of them going right now under T5 lights. My buds are always loaded with the good sticky stuff and after I cure it it will knock you on your ass the potency is there I’m just not getting the nice bigger butts I’m thinking it’s genetics or 177 W is not enough. I’m growing at 77 degrees day 67° night I’ve got everything perfect what the hell am I doing wrong!
If you zoom in on the but you can see that is starting to get Amber Hairs!
This is either genetics or 177 Watts for this one plant is not enough. I posted a few pictures here although only one showed up I think20190513_105737|374x500
Hard to tell with that picture did you look at the trichlomes with a 50x or 60x jeweler’s loop
I’m no expert but I really don’t go by the hairs just the trich they will go from clear to cloudy and then to amber
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It’s your light a real 1000 watt led equilvent would pull 600 to 800watts from the wall even a 400 watt mh hps light would crush everything your getting
White widow is about 9 to 13 weeks in flower. Mine took 12 weeks
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welcome to the forums. lots of great folks with wide ranging knowledge on here. @BamBam i think @ThcinKC has got it right but here is the resident lighting guru for the sight @dbrn32. lots are using quantum boards that they built from parts that he can help you with. he might be able to rig something up with what you have, but if you are getting small buds it is almost gotta be the “amazon leds” that aren’t up to snuff if it’s your 3rd grow.
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@BamBam I merged your topics since they are for the same issue and pretty much have the same title. In the future, please refrain from starting multiple topics for the same issue.
I absolutely agree, it was my first attempt at posting something and it was a bit confusing and I certainly didn’t do that on purpose
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Yes I’m thinking the same thing and so I ordered a new light with newer technology with the latest chips. I did build a cob unit but it ran so damn hot I guess I would have end up needing the fan to cool the heatsink they were cobs that had I guess what you would say a built-in power supply so I didn’t need anything to run it and it had the optical lens on it to magnify it I kind of gave up on that I was worried about the heat situation. This morning I added the second light next to the one that was there and so right now on this one plant at about 15 inches I have approximately 360 Watts at the wall on it right now we’ll see what happens… And as always thank you for responding
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