Yes it had about 2 years of solid use. Thing is these plants are all on the same tray ebb and flo so the nutes are exactly the same. Both are the same distance from their respective bulb. Both have a fan same distance. No CO2. Switched to bloom at the same exact size and taken from the same mother plant. Every single plant on the Ultra sun side, about 30, look like these pics pretty much. They get happier and healthier as it goes to the Hortilux side of the tray. What really kills me is the Ultr Suns were brand new. Several other trays exhibit the same thing as well.has that hortilux bulb been used alot you said its 2 years old but has it been used for 2 years straight (perpetual) as the saying goes you get what you pay for i suppose but i have some really good results using sunmaster bulbs both dual spec and straight red but i also think that there is still alot of factors that could influance other plants etc still nice grown up ladies though uk love
were the plants an bulbs seperated by a piece of mylar or something hortilux one side an ultra sun on the other as said they were on 4x8 tray or were plants under both bulbs together and switched from side to side sorry if i have missunderstood your setup
S'all good then i often start replying, flick to another tab, get back to replying 10 minutes later to find my response it by now totally irrelevantyou beat me to it i have deleted it an rewrote it i just had ago on my bong an started typing sorry people i did not read the post properly my fault
Money very well spent my friend. I had 3 Ultra suns running and 3 Hortiluxes. Same results on all of them. Was no fluke. Those bulbs are junk in comparison.I'm running Ultra Suns right now. I ordered a hortilux eye and I'm expecting it Wednesday. I was wondering if I blew a lot of money on snake oil. This thread makes me feel a lot better.
No same tray same room. Plants get larger from one side to the next. Light in the middle of the trays the plants are pretty nuetral. The plants I took the pics of were off to the side of each bulb so the other bulbs did not influence them at all. All my other trays had the same thing as well. I was honestly very surprised and a bit upset at the results. Damn glad I caught this or I would have been chasing my tail wondering what was wrong with my setup. I didnt replace all the bulbs thank god. I have all brand new Hortiluxes in there now. 6 pack for $400 shipped is still pretty cheap considering local hydro shop wants $120 a piece !
Light spectrums aren't "snake oil", you can't fake a good light. I fully back this thread and find it crazy that a lot of people don't know what they are even using!I'm running Ultra Suns right now. I ordered a hortilux eye and I'm expecting it Wednesday. I was wondering if I blew a lot of money on snake oil. This thread makes me feel a lot better.
Dont blame the bulb blame the ballast. I have had years out of Hortilux bulbs, far more relaible then any other brand I have tried.ill say it again. USHIO. my 1000w hortilux burnt out within 30 days two times on my lumatek ballast