theslipperbandit
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Plant looks fine maybe a week or 2 more add pk n she'll fatten upI trust you binned this plant immediately upon realising the inadequacy of LED?!
Plant looks fine maybe a week or 2 more add pk n she'll fatten upI trust you binned this plant immediately upon realising the inadequacy of LED?!
From Ireland..I'll work for u lol ur being 2 modest ur a good grower u take positive Criticism with a smile and u weigh out the advice given by others...I can see ur passionate so keep at it bruvGreat pics! Any info on how often you apply the foliar and what is your mix rate? I will be reading your thread tonight after I get my outside house chores done. I installed the Blumat system last night so I'm tickled about that. I also have their moisture meter on the way. It was shipped a week ago but they tied it to the back of one of their slower tortoises so I am still waiting.
I can't say I haven't had the urge to cut my losses and do the same but since I have a considerable amount of money invested now I am determined to make it work although I still have all of my hid equipment. If all it takes is supplementing some Mag or Cal/mag that really is easy enough to do.
Better yet, I'll just put Slipperbandit in charge of my garden and take a vacation. What you say? You can manage a commute, right?
I'm in exactly the same boat, I do my room in 2 week intervals and everything looks like shit , but is recovering except the plants that are 2 weeks from coming out of the clone dome, some of them are growing so fast and are looking fantastic, I swear some of them grew 2 inches or 25% in 6 hours. ThThings are on the upswing so I am feeling better but it is still more of a cautious optimism. I have been growing for the last 14 years with never ever having a problem when growing with hid and that includes anywhere from a 100% sativa to 100% indica and hybrids. Then after switching to led and seeing my own 1st Mag def instead of reading about other peoples it was a shock. I am hoping others will see this thread who also are discouraged and be able to find a solution as well.
The one thing I messed up on using the Epsom salt foliar is not getting the underside and doing it just before lights out although the problem still cleared up. The last point does bring up a question though. What about the increased risk of foliar diseases by going into the dark period when the leaves are misted?
If you dim your LEDs and use a surfactant in your foliar spray you can water with the lights on.From Ireland? I can do that. Money is no object, I will just tell my magical unicorn to go out to the money tree in back and pick what I need. So first class I assume?
Things are on the upswing so I am feeling better but it is still more of a cautious optimism. I have been growing for the last 14 years with never ever having a problem when growing with hid and that includes anywhere from a 100% sativa to 100% indica and hybrids. Then after switching to led and seeing my own 1st Mag def instead of reading about other peoples it was a shock. I am hoping others will see this thread who also are discouraged and be able to find a solution as well.
The one thing I messed up on using the Epsom salt foliar is not getting the underside and doing it just before lights out although the problem still cleared up. The last point does bring up a question though. What about the increased risk of foliar diseases by going into the dark period when the leaves are misted?
what jacks are u using and at what amount per gallon? i just bought jacks classic citrus and potassium sulfate,, i 3was told to use 1/4 tsp per gallon of jacks alone in veg then in flower 1/4 tsp of both...i seen jacks hydro 5-12-26 and wonder if this is a better deal if using the hydro dont u have to add somthing to it??if you took 10 seconds to read what i wrote, you would see that i very much said using cobs increases the chance of a deficiency.... im saying its not selective to magnesium and calcium
you guys are entitled to your opinion, as am i. you should learn how to present yours without trashing others, its not a good look
How do you dial them in? I have mine running for a week now.Blumats will do you right. Once you get them dialled they rock
i haven't run mine in a while but heres what you do in coco or soil. water the pots pretty heavily by hand with the blumat installed and the valve CLOSED. wait 24 hours till the media is at moist but not wet stage. open valve slowly and adjust till you get a clinging droplet, you should get a droplet about every 20 seconds. no more than that or YOU WILL OVERFLOW lol. put saucers under each individual plant so when you do get a run away while tuning(and you probably will) it will be easy to pick out which one over watered. the saucers are extremely important. make sure you don't have a big enough res to flood your floor when tuning lol.How do you dial them in? I have mine running for a week now.
How do you dial them in? I have mine running for a week now.
If u can raise them a bit it has the same effect - the point is you're just trying to lower the light intensity a little.Thanks for the info MrTwist1. Mine isn't dimmable though. I can do them just before lights off easy enough now that I know it should be done.
After you have set them and let them settle for a week or so, I like to go through and lift them all and roughly check for weight and moisture levels. I use fabric pots, so I find at optimum dialage - the fabric pots feel fairly heavy and just slightly wet to the touch on the bottom and the lower part of the pot's side. So normally a few might get adjusted just by like 1 or 2 lines to either open them up or close them down slightly. Experience led me to believe they like it just slightly wetter than dry. You will figure it out. Just make sure you adjust by tiny increments and then just observe.How do you dial them in? I have mine running for a week now.
Thank you!After you have set them and let them settle for a week or so, I like to go through and lift them all and roughly check for weight and moisture levels. I use fabric pots, so I find at optimum dialage - the fabric pots feel fairly heavy and just slightly wet to the touch on the bottom and the lower part of the pot's side. So normally a few might get adjusted just by like 1 or 2 lines to either open them up or close them down slightly. Experience led me to believe they like it just slightly wetter than dry. You will figure it out. Just make sure you adjust by tiny increments and then just observe.
Try and keep your Res level fairly stable - that is to say, try and avoid a large change in pressure between full and empty. Smaller/Flatter Res makes this easier. Other people use a double res system with a float valve system (or similar) to refill itself and make sure Res level doesn't fluctuate much.
Most importantly never let your res empty. As soon as the drip stops your sensor carrot is starting to dry out and this is a problem. Resetting is a hassle. You will need to make sure you get any air out of the carrot or you will have ongoing problems from here on. In the same vein, check your tubes/connections/pathways/drips regularly to make sure you don't get any blockages/airlocks. Obviously if you're feeding salt based nutes you need to consider adding dripclean or equivalent to minimise buildup in the drip hose etc.
this is fucking epic! i had thought about trying this but with pots of loose rockwool granulate. i may give this a go on a few and see what happens.
thats an absurd amount of blumats. i only have 24this is fucking epic! i had thought about trying this but with pots of loose rockwool granulate. i may give this a go on a few and see what happens.