Marshydro Led grow...

I didn't hit the bloom switch until I switched to flower (which was only 4 days ago)...I was going to switch it earlier but didn't because oilmaker didn't lol... having oilmaker a few weeks ahead of me was very lucky and has been extremely helpful
 
MaryJaneAdvocate said:
Awesome thread, I have been looking at the Marshydro as well. I have been using a Diamond Series DS100 for the past year and really enjoy LED. So do you use the bloom switch now? or are you still on the Veg switch??? The DS100 has the switches like the Marshydro, and I usually keep it on veg until the seedlings turn into juvenile plants, then hit them with both switches... My light is just a baby in comparison though.
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Hi @MaryJaneAdvocate and welcome. Yeah I had a look at your led and it's sweet! I used the veg button until flower then used the bloom button too (both on). So far it's been fantastic. There was a guy on here who said that the bloom stage lets this light down and he was disappointed so as soon as I'm finished and weighed up we'll have a good idea of how it can perform in the hands of an inexperienced grower ;).
 
WazzaX said:
I didn't hit the bloom switch until I switched to flower (which was only 4 days ago)...I was going to switch it earlier but didn't because oilmaker didn't lol... having oilmaker a few weeks ahead of me was very lucky and has been extremely helpful
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Ha ha. I might have got it wrong !!!

No pressure lol. It's been good to have u here @WazzaX very lucky we started about the same time and the same strain lol have some results to compare too
 
Thanks for the reply! Hopefully the flowering does well, I really want to pull the trigger on it so I'll be in and out surely, looks great btw!
 
chadchad said:
@oilmaker68
I know those budmasters you speak of are nearly 4x expensive, how would you compare the marshydro to the budmaster so far?
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BUDMASTER have just upgraded their units with osram gold LEDs which are the bomb. However they are now around 3x as expensive as they were before. The unit I have is the 675w. I've grown 3 plants under it and in all honesty my inexperience let me down. I can't really say how good they are BUT in soft secrets newspaper they do a review on the unit I have and they rave about it. I have another thread which is a BUDMASTER grow but I'm still at the seedling stage.
 
Today is the start of week 3 in flower. I'm still getting potassium deff in the two chronic plants and nothing seems to be solving the issue. I've flushed, dried out and added more potassium but still no joy. The other strains are good and healthy and growing nicely. There are nice white pistils forming. The pineapple chunk are stretchy girls and they are the tallest out of all of the plants. The incredible bulk is really bushy and has the most sites for bud growing.
I'll get some pics up later.
 
I've just solved my potassium problem ........ It's not potassium defficiency !! It's magnesium. What a twat I am. Just double checked my diagnosis with my book and boom! So it seems that all through veg the plants were happy with 1ml magnecal to every L however during flower they are greedy girls and want more. I've now sprayed with Epsom salts and given 2ml/L magnecal. I'll post pics later
 

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Left to right...... Incredible bulk, pineapple chunk, chronic. All plants now showing mg deff. I have soaked with magnecal and sprayed with Epsom salts. Fingers crossed
 

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WazzaX said:
im using 2.5ml / ltr on mine (since the start) with no signs of def
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Said on the label 1ml/L so that's what I gave them. Not enough though. Keep me updated on how your grow goes if you don't get mg def I'll start with 2.5 all through too.
 
So I took a leaf to my hydro guy and asked his opinion. He said I was right on my first diagnosis of potassium deff. So he gave me some potassium to add to my feeding schedule. He also thinks I'm watering toooooo frequently and not letting them dry out enough. I'm gonna leave them a few days to dry out and them hit them with the new feed. 7ml/L ionic flower. 2ml/L magnecal. 20g per L Epsom salt. 3.5ml/L florakleen

Hopefully I sort it out because they looked awesome before this blip.
 
took a pic just before lights on start of week 2 into flower and i think the stretch is starting with a few pistols showing here and there...still on 50/50 veg/bloom nutes for another week...i think i timed the net fill pretty good for my 1st attempt with about 100mm to go before its completely full (still tucking under as required)


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oilmaker68 said:
So I took a leaf to my hydro guy and asked his opinion. He said I was right on my first diagnosis of potassium deff. So he gave me some potassium to add to my feeding schedule. He also thinks I'm watering toooooo frequently and not letting them dry out enough. I'm gonna leave them a few days to dry out and them hit them with the new feed. 7ml/L ionic flower. 2ml/L magnecal. 20g per L Epsom salt. 3.5ml/L florakleen

Hopefully I sort it out because they looked awesome before this blip.
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I hope the 20g/l of Epson is just a typo. I feed at 1g/l and find it plenty. Why Calmag, are you using RO water? I'm not sure you have a mg deff problem in any event. Could be mites or something like that as it appears to start at the bottom and work its way up.
 
DurbanP said:
Oil, any chance we could see some pics of the drip system you have in place?
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just to advise.....i didnt have the drippers set for long enough so the roots grew to the drippers so you need to make sure you get run off
 

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I hope the 20g/l of Epson is just a typo. I feed at 1g/l and find it plenty. Why Calmag, are you using RO water? I'm not sure you have a mg deff problem in any event. Could be mites or something like that as it appears to start at the bottom and work its way up.
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no mate......Box said 20g per liter....

Calmag because i grow under LEDs and have found that without it i get massive deficiencies
 
oilmaker68 said:
no mate......Box said 20g per liter....

Calmag because i grow under LEDs and have found that without it i get massive deficiencies
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Did the box say what the percentage of total mg? Stuff I use is 30%. You don't want to over do the mg as you will cause other lock out problems such as Ca. Calmg is normally only needed in RO and distilled water. For regular city punch mg might be required but not usually Ca as there is plenty normally available. I'm not convinced leds cause more mg usage though I have heard a few postulate that. I adf the same amount of mg to the feed for both led and hps flowering tent. When I first saw the mg problem it was on 1 phenotype growing one in both tents with same mg problem. I have never again seen the problem once I started 1g per liter of 30% mg
 
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