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A few more pics to complete my entry.
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43 minutes ago, greenkush said:
Don't buy Grow, get the fish mix. Also your chart is for soil, FF is predominantly coco.
I feed with every watering. Feeding at your current level of 6 is fine, the issue you have is the lack of the nutrients available.
agreed, fishmix for veg, i flip over to grow bloom for flower
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i actually experienced exactly these symptoms after a rather rough and traumatic series of transplants between rockwool blocks and organic soil, once the roots settled and pH stabilised it seems to have come right, will still add some epsom to the next feed just to bump up mg and hence help ca uptake
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What are your cab Temps and how far is your light from your canopy. Looks like light burn to me. Alternatively I have seen root damage cause sporadic damage like that.
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3 minutes ago, GreenthumbHydro said:
So on the one hand you're suggesting not to try do these things unless you have proper lab training and on the other you're offering to source products?
i think he may have been referring to my lurker ass, cant say i have given much content to prove otherwise as yet
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9 minutes ago, 420SA said:
Here we go... just too small at 250ml but Im guessing this is what I should be looking out for? @GreenthumbHydro
http://experilab.co.za/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=991
the condenser on your link seems better than what above stocks sadly
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1 minute ago, 420SA said:
Something like this?
thats how i understood it. actual glassware doesn't appear too excessive, bloody retort stands must be made from unobtanium though
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nicely laid out intro post, welcome bud, enjoy
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On 11/3/2018 at 8:12 AM, S420 said:
Im not sure if what I read was wrong , I read that knat larvae consume roots and plant sap which weaken ur plant and impact its yield. US growers will go through complete tent bleaching and restart their grows to start from scratch cos its the only way to get rid of them. I also did this and since bleaching my tent, using better quality soil/compost with perlite on my top soil, I have no bugs at all in my tent right now. My knat problems started with shitty culterra potting soil/compost which came infested with bugs.
had the same issue with cultera now that you mention it, but at least the cuttworms arent as bad as some locally packaged stuff. never really had an issue with gnats, had them, but didn't develop into anything major. mites are a whole new kettle of fish
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thats actually not that stupidly priced
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27 minutes ago, greenkush said:
I'm referring to these :
https://www.samsung.com/led/lighting/led-modules/industrial-light-module/h-influx/
Then build something like, the last image are the strips in the above link
i get what you are referring to, great in concept i'm sure. doesn't really address any of the questions posed though.
what would that setup set you back and where will it run wattage wise. drivers look pretty small for the size of the array.
i'm working off models you mentioned, checking local availability, price,spec sheets and comparing to my lumiled and cree cob research to gain an actual understanding of price vs performance between cob and smd -
1 hour ago, greenkush said:
Or quantum boards, samsung LM 301B, LM 561 C S6 strips. There are many lighting engines out there.
sorry to hijack this thread, but you have me interested, what price points are we looking at for the samsung products, pro's and cons of them vs 3w full spectrum/cob
the sammy's look to be mid power.this is what i have found locally with a little bit of a google
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5 minutes ago, greenkush said:
Or quantum boards, samsung LM 301B, LM 561 C S6 strips. There are many lighting engines out there.
yeah, basic point is, not that amazon panel.
but lets face it, nothing listed here fits the R1000 budget based on that purchase price.
good leds arent cheap and cheap leds arent good
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with all due respect, that light is great for lettuce, what you are looking at there is severely old technology with only a single lense on the diode with no secondary. this means your spread is going to terrible.
the chips used look to be 3w, probably epileds as i see no mention of better quality being used.(and china would say if they used cree) brand aside rest assured the quality is lower bin, meaning less stringent quality control in general.
the addition of uv and ir seems redundant, its not that they aren't useful, i just wouldn't add them to a panel at the expense of photosynthetic light. a full spectrum white would serve a much more worthy purpose instead for example.
NO mention of used spectrum is suspect, not all reds are created equal, with 660nm being substantially more expensive than 630 if memory serves.IF you need to do led, look at cobs, that said a cree "100w" 3590 chip alone will set you back 500 plus,with no sync or driver so i do understand the attraction.
I speak from experience, experience im now having to fix retrospectively.removing IR and cheap reds and replace with full spectrum on my panel,sourcing better angel lenses etc
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im with the guys above 250w max in that space, best practice (for hid)is mh veg hps flower, have done both ways, prefer the node spacing i get from white(blue) light
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i would say 400w digital ballast, then your choice of 250/400 MH for veg and 400w hps for flower, air cooled hood and relevant ventilation
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At R1000 budget at that site you are looking a cfl only, i have grown with 160w cfl and it taps out in flower, just doesnt have the intensity and coverage.
Cfl has its place in stealth micro cabs and early veg, it is unfortunately not a complete solution.
in the space you are looking at 400w hid would be your next most cost effective, how are you cooling this cab?
McBud's Double D's, Dinafem Remo Chemo and Dutchpassion Jorges Diamonds #1
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Posted · Edited by McB
Additional images, and why does that bastard pic keep re insterting
Greetings 420sa
Long time lurker , thought i would post my latest grow.
4 plant perpetual
Environment:
Genetics:
Medium
Organic soil, own mix based on rev 2.0 base mix
This was mixed let sit, then watered with a compost tea and let sit for another month or so, not pushing for full nute free grow, rather a slightly fortified light soil.
Nutes:
Lighting:
Ventilation:
The Jorges came to me from another grower in rockwool prisons, i nervously hacked them free and transplanted to soil at i would guess 3 weeks from seed judging by nodes and development.
they battled initially with transplant shock and root damage causing some cal/mag issues early on, once transplanted to 10l bags the offset of soil to rockwool seems to have balanced ph better and are now starting to take off nicely.
Transplanted to 10l
Moved to veg tent
Still looked quite pissed off with me at this point
and where we stand today
Remo was a clone gifted to me, sadly came with signs of mites so she went into quarantine and pyrol torture for a week or two. she has recovered nicely and is starting to show some good growth.
Below pic on arrival after first pyrol treatment