Insight: Amare Tech Solar Spec LED Panels

Yodaweed

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I have an A51 SGS160 and it kicks ass but no where near intensity as a 600w HID or 1000w HID....they just aren't made that way....just take a lux meter and measure if you don't agree.
 

hyroot

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Par does not measure intensity
Lumens - visible light to the human eye - intensities adjusted to the human photopic luminosity function. They have little bearing on how a plant will respond to the intensities being emitted in visual regions.


Par - Measures light intensity for plants but not photon count


Yoda do some reading.
 

PetFlora

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Yoda, would you please start your own thread?

See the thread subject, and note you have strayed far and wide
 

PetFlora

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and now, back to my thread's purpose...

I thought yesterday was Saturday, and took pics a day sooner since adjusting the panel height


Oh that's right I couldn't post them

Will they ever get File Uploader stabilized?

Babies look much better today


In conversations with Amare, he's looking into making it dimable

 

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Mechmike

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and now, back to my thread's purpose...

I thought yesterday was Saturday, and took pics a day sooner since adjusting the panel height


Oh that's right I couldn't post them

Will they ever get File Uploader stabilized?

Babies look much better today


In conversations with Amare, he's looking into making it dimable
It looks like your plants have a bit of a Magnesium deficiency. I've seen that same look in my garden which is aero using ro water.. Those yellowing leaves are a pretty clear indicator. Maybe time for some calmag. I have noticed that as I increased the intensity of my lighting I also needed to increase the calmag and I also add a in about 50ppm epsom salt to the nutrient reservior for a bit more magnesium.
 
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PetFlora

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Thanks MM, I'll keep that in mind

If you look farther back in the nursery, you will see nice normal green healthy plants, as well as Big Baby on the left.

Both tote/trays are feeding from the same rez at the same time

The 4 in front left suffered from not having long enough roots to slurp nutrients once I put them in the air pots and into the nursery tote, which due to being wider, the nutes simply weren't getting up high enough to feed the much shorter root structure.


I also moved them to that spot, as that is where the nutes flood into the tote

I waited too long to remove them from the APs. When I did, there were only a few dried out roots in each, barely keeping them alive. If I had not been top feeding a couple times a day, they would likely have died

They now sit directly on the bottom, getting plenty of nutes/water every 30 minutes.

They have perked up quite a bit already
 

PetFlora

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The 3 plants that weren't getting adequate watering are bouncing back nicely

I cleaned the tote as there was some algae building up

Wednesday's pics should be clear evidence that this was not a nutrient deficiency,

They simply were not getting fed as the riser was too tall for this totes volume, so nutes were not getting up high enough for proper feedings PLUS the intensity
 

PetFlora

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I effectively raised CaMg by increasing ppm to~ 500

The 3 that took the hit are recovering quite nicely, though well behind in development

My new tent finally arrived

I will set it up and with 2 Solar Spec 150s (look for new thread) continue to veg the plants not kept under the 260

The reveg under te BML SPYDR is ~ 2 weeks from harvest

Once it's down, I will take one of the 2 plants from the 260 and begin the side by side comparison

You might notice a couple large leafs have curled a little. This was from Fiming her


As usual, File Uploader not working
 

PetFlora

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Finally but for how long before Uploader disappears again?

Received new tent. Will air it out and hook it up Saturday

Then will move most to the new tent under 2 @ 150 Solar Specs, which should be great for a 32 x 32 or 2 x 4


2 days ago I lowered light hours from 16> 14.5

Big Baby .JPG
 

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PetFlora

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The babies are really looking good since changing nutes and effectively raising the lights

Not sure when I can begin lowering the 260 but I can't raise it and the plants are growing

I cannot find 2 magnifying glasses somewhere in my house, to check for sex, but do have a jewelers magnifier

Alas, it looks like the plant on the left is one super bushy male


Could be a couple tall females among the babies, a sign of BM pheno :bigjoint:
 

PetFlora

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Here's a hot tip

Hydroponic Research makes +Size, a flowering amendment, that is ALSO good for starting seedlings/clones

From HR


"Use at .2grams per gallon for seedlings and clones. A little goes a long way."
 

PetFlora

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I am so excited by how fast they are growing, and how well they are doing under a much lowered light to canopy

As you can see the panel is < 10" from the tips of the 2 tallest plants (in the back), which I am hoping are 2 Big Mex females

5 days of steady rain has prevented me from properly airing out my new tent, but it's going to be dry for a few days, so by tomorrow I will erect the new tent and move the shorter plants (likely BBCC) under the 2 x SS 150s

Between the reveg and the solo plant I have more than enough BBCC, so might just compost them and start a new strain. Critical Mass anyone?

Note how full the solo plant is. Now I did Fim her (most likely), and her 2 top shoots are nice and thick. Just don't yet know whether she's a BBCC or a BM, though likely the former


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