Thankyou @Stickylemonz, yes there happily growing along.
Yes sir, not bad. Cheers @MrNice
--== UPDATE ==--
Ok its been 3 weeks since the last update & the plants are several times larger, it's time to transplant. This time instead of jumping to 3.7litres & then to 11l I will go straight into a 11l fabric pot. I will have to be careful not to over water.
Selected 4 for transplant others will be held back as still not sure which ones of the five pack I want to keep. Lined the pot bottoms with 1-2 cms clay pebbles & transplanted, they will veg for another 3 or 4 weeks, canopy is approx 70 x 70 cm so i will continue training as I don't want any runaway tops or oversized plants.
--== ENERGY COST ==--
I've heard @Keeno & others talking about energy prices. I'd like to take a moment to type about the cheap chinese SMD led panel I used to grow these plants and the energy cost, couple pictures below of the light in action.
As you can see it's nothing special, 35 watts & cost 25 euros inc delivery. It's not particularly efficient. With the increases in energy prices I'd like to draw your attention to my power usage to grow these plants, lets breakdown some numbers.
35w X 17 hours on = 595 watts or 0.6KWH per day.
595w X 21 days = 12,495 watts or 12.4KWH per 21 days.
Electrical cost per KWH = 0.21 so my total electrical cost is
0.21 X 12.5 = 2.63
If we now divide the electrical cost by the amount of plants we get energy cost per plant.
2.63 / 7 = 0.38 per plant for 3 week cycle.
Even if we take the horrendous UK october price hike at 37p per KW
4.63 / 7 = 0.66 per plant for 3 week cycle.
66 pence per plant for a 3 week veg is not in any way expensive.
I brought the light originally for use during cloning but instead its been used in a wardrobe as a temporary pre-veg area for starts and clones, I wanted to see what the cheapest white light panel could do. The panel been used for 18 months now, driver & paneel doesn't get too hot during peak summer, I think the diodes are the older SMD 2850 (can't remember exactly).
Note - I could get a little more out of this light if I lined the walls with panda film or mylar.
Note - I have no idea about life expectancy for this panel & driver, probably driver will go first, its survived 18 months (lights on 17 hours) approx 9307 hours use thus far.
Note - I pushed 3 weeks with 7 plants but they were a tiny bit stretchy (sativa leaning), they had outgrew this light at 2 weeks, either less plants or 2 weeks would have produced less stretch/better plants.
Just to be clear I'm NOT recommending this light, it's probably 1.5 - 1.7 mmol so perhaps it is efficient compared to T5 or similar antiquated lighting tech but its very inefficient compared to the newer fixtures boasting 2.8+ mmol, I'm just showing what's possible with organisation, a little money & a tiny bit of skill. I think with more efficient diodes I could have grown better plants with 25W.
Hope that all makes sense & ive not board your pants off. Next update when theres something to show but honestly plain sailing, cruise control for 3-4 weeks. Peace out Growmies.
they look amazing
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