Recent content by waytoofaded

It's always good to be mindful of your inputs for sure. From everything I've read, the risk of using aquarium water is so low that it's not even worth worrying about, that's me personally.

I didn't know that, thanks for pointing it out. I keep predators so they mainly eat freeze dried insects and frozen tilapia, but I've definitely used aquarium water with fish fed with commercial fish food before. From everything I've read though, aquarium water should be safe on edible crops...

Any reason why you want to strictly stick to organics? I'm currently using Promix HP with Gaia Green 444, Gaia Green Glacial rockdust and also using Epsom salt, calmag. It's been the easiest grow I've done to date, I just amended my Promix with the reccomended amount of 444, Glacial rock...

Either of those would grow amazing peppers. ACI is generally more expensive and considered more premium than Spiderfarmer, but im very happy with Spiderfarmers quality as well. It really comes down to your budget and which you want, they're both more then enough for peppers.

It's a magnesium issue causing that. Water with Epsom salt and it'll fix the issue.

Sorry I mis-read your initial post or mixed it with something else, I thought i was responding to a thread about tuning spectrums for Fall. They can stay green until harvest, just ask anybody that's grown outdoors. I'm in Canada, some plants won't go yellow even when I harvest in October.

Outdoor plants are capable of staying completely green until harvest, even the coteyledon stays green. Anyway I think tuning the spectrum toward Fall colors will not really provide any additional benefits. When the "Fall colors" are exposed, it means the chlorophyll in the leaf has severely...

If we agree that commercial growers has the most to lose/gain in all this, and you using the example of modern blurples being in a greenhouse, than how do you explain why commercial growers don't use those same red/blue fixtures when they grow indoors without the sun as a backdrop?

I was looking for a KS5000 about 6 months ago and there wasn't any stock in Canada for it, I figured they just didn't want to bring it here anymore, didn't know they were discontinuing the whole KS line. I'm not sure what's going on with them, I recently noticed they stopped putting Meanwell...

Greenhouse lighting is targeted because it's supplemented by the sun, all the greenhouse fixtures are heavy in red and some blues. The Philips greenhouse fixtures are pink, I'm guessing high in red with some whites. If you see the indoor commercial grows, they mostly run white and red fixtures.

Basically all led lights, their priced are based on: 1. Diode type 2. Diode count 3. Driver 4. Brand Think of those like stat sliders, you have X amount to play around with before it costs you more money to break the initial amount. Not sure if that makes sense. The high end market, the...

The G series from SpiderFarmer is excellent value. It's cheaper then the SE7000 while having more overall wattage + diodes. The diodes are Bridgelux but SpiderFarmer drives them very cool compared to their Samsung fixtures. Basically at this price range, you pick between wanting premium diodes...

SpiderFarmer are solid, they're also a sponsor on here. The light you're looking at uses quality components. My biggest issue with the current LM301h Evo fixtures is that they're running way too hot. They're driving these diodes around 04.w to 0.5w per diode, which eats at their life span and...

The Phlizon FD7600 would be a better choice. I looked at the Dimlux, not much information is given (ie diode count and type) The Phlizon uses Samsung lm281b diodes, not the best on the market, but a solid choice for a budget light. The FD7600 comes with an actual led driver as well, instead...

My cloning tent doesn't have an active exhaust or intake fan, never had an issue personally. So have a fan blow air in or out a vent should be more then enough.