**ULTIMATE LED TEST** *GLH Spectra 290* VS *Blackstar 500* VS *Hydro Grow LED 336X*

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CandyCandy

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Can you post what the wattage/type of light you have in each grow w/some pictures. How many plants in a 4x4 space? Who is in the lead? When do we harvest? When can I sample the grow?
 
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WeJuana

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CandyCandy said:
Can you post what the wattage/type of light you have in each grow w/some pictures. How many plants in a 4x4 space? Who is in the lead? When do we harvest? When can I sample the grow?
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Here's one better then pictures, this is the video from the start of this testing round.
[video=youtube;FbTChaig1Cw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FbTChaig1Cw[/video]

This will show the number of plants in a 4x4 space, but only the Aurora Indica is being compared officially. Harvest is whenever the plants are ready, I do not go off of a time, rather trichomes. Your samples of the grow are all the content of this thread so sample away my friend lol.
 
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WeJuana

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dickkhead said:
when do you pluck? do you give them any dark period?
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With this Aurora you never can be too sure when its time to chop crop until within a few days. As of now pistils are about 40% red and trichs are cloudy.. things will finish off quick quickly when it's time. I have been flushing for the last week and a half or so.

I can't give them any excessive dark period because the tents are running their cycle with other plants and there are lights which go on and off outside the tent area. I just let them get extremely thirsty before I cut to help the bud consistency not be mushy while trimming.
 
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dickkhead

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WeJuana said:
With this Aurora you never can be too sure when its time to chop crop until within a few days. As of now pistils are about 40% red and trichs are cloudy.. things will finish off quick quickly when it's time. I have been flushing for the last week and a half or so.

I can't give them any excessive dark period because the tents are running their cycle with other plants and there are lights which go on and off outside the tent area. I just let them get extremely thirsty before I cut to help the bud consistency not be mushy while trimming.
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So u wait till you see a few trichs amber(indica dependent) and red ( sativa dependent)? I'm running the dyna gro right now and loving it so far on your feeding schedule have you tried to just run DG without the additives? They say There's no need for any additives I'm not knocking your methods I'm just wondering if you've noticed a diff with or without the additives? Also try the foliage pro the stuff rocks!!
 
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WeJuana

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dickkhead said:
So u wait till you see a few trichs amber(indica dependent) and red ( sativa dependent)? I'm running the dyna gro right now and loving it so far on your feeding schedule have you tried to just run DG without the additives? They say There's no need for any additives I'm not knocking your methods I'm just wondering if you've noticed a diff with or without the additives? Also try the foliage pro the stuff rocks!!
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You are correct, I harvest by calyxes and trichs, in conjunction with the thirst of the plant. I do not like to chop unless the plant is drooping thirsty, which helps with the consistency of bud when trimming so it's not mushy and difficult to work with (I made that mistake once and never again)!

Foliage pro is the stuff I am using for veg! I love it as well!

I have not tried the chart without the additives, although I imagine they would do quite well without it since Dyna-Gro is such a complete 1 part nute.

Recently I have been using nothing but Rootbastic with every veg feeding except the very last feeding, and I really like the results! It seems to provide all the nutes the plants need (in FFOF soil) with just rootbastic until they are ready for flower. I have noticed faster growth and more robust looking stocks. The most recent round of the Trinity Kush & Qrazy Train were raised this way and given week 4 veg nutes 1 week prior to entering the flower tents.
 
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dickkhead

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WeJuana said:
You are correct, I harvest by calyxes and trichs, in conjunction with the thirst of the plant. I do not like to chop unless the plant is drooping thirsty, which helps with the consistency of bud when trimming so it's not mushy and difficult to work with (I made that mistake once and never again)!

Foliage pro is the stuff I am using for veg! I love it as well!

I have not tried the chart without the additives, although I imagine they would do quite well without it since Dyna-Gro is such a complete 1 part nute.

Recently I have been using nothing but Rootbastic with every veg feeding except the very last feeding, and I really like the results! It seems to provide all the nutes the plants need (in FFOF soil) with just rootbastic until they are ready for flower. I have noticed faster growth and more robust looking stocks. The most recent round of the Trinity Kush & Qrazy Train were raised this way and given week 4 veg nutes 1 week prior to entering the flower tents.
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you use root bastic with foliage pro? Im using foliage pro alone howmany tsp/gal did you feed with?
 
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PSUAGRO.

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Still going at it I see..........ha........It's like the led testing facility in your place......cant wait for your update.......be safe/happy growing wejuana:)
 
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dickkhead

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WeJuana said:
I used the rootbastic stand alone for veg up until 1 week before flower, then I dose with 2.5ml per gal of foliage pro.
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who makes root bastic? and thats it for FP i was using 1/4tsp per gal and they were yellowing and after reading the bottle it says feed 1tsp gal if you notice def so I did and they bounced right back!
 
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WeJuana

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dickkhead said:
who makes root bastic? and thats it for FP i was using 1/4tsp per gal and they were yellowing and after reading the bottle it says feed 1tsp gal if you notice def so I did and they bounced right back!
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Atami makes Rootbastic. I have also had that happen, I was using the 3 squirts per gal (1/4tsp) and noticed a def after a 6 week veg of this constant dose, so I upped it to the full tsp for a week and they came right around.

I think the plants respond better to having nothing but the rootbastic for the initial 3-4 weeks of veg, and then getting nutes to boost their performance. By not having the nutes for the first few weeks, once they actually receive the nutes I can see the response seems to be more drastic for growth.
 
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WeJuana said:
Atami makes Rootbastic. I have also had that happen, I was using the 3 squirts per gal (1/4tsp) and noticed a def after a 6 week veg of this constant dose, so I upped it to the full tsp for a week and they came right around.

I think the plants respond better to having nothing but the rootbastic for the initial 3-4 weeks of veg, and then getting nutes to boost their performance. By not having the nutes for the first few weeks, once they actually receive the nutes I can see the response seems to be more drastic for growth.
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When u upped it to the full tsp of fp what was ur feed schedule feed feed water or?... That's what I do with the DG gro at 1/4 tsp first 4 weeks in pro mix and they love it. I'll have to look into this root basic. I've also heard of using sea kelp thrive alive b-1 and bennies in conjunction with DG in flower what do u think of that?
 
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WeJuana

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dickkhead said:
When u upped it to the full tsp of fp what was ur feed schedule feed feed water or?... That's what I do with the DG gro at 1/4 tsp first 4 weeks in pro mix and they love it. I'll have to look into this root basic. I've also heard of using sea kelp thrive alive b-1 and bennies in conjunction with DG in flower what do u think of that?
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I was on a 1/4 tsp with every watering and at week 6 of veg (mothers) they started getting a little hungry so I just put in a full tsp and didnt feed again for a full week and that seemed to be what they needed.

I haven't tried those nutes so I prefer not to speculate! I recently purchased Atami B'Cuzz Flavor and will be adding it to the res tonight for the first time (Not on the comparison plants but next round of Trinity and QT) so I will update at harvest if I notice any difference.
 
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WeJuana said:
I was on a 1/4 tsp with every watering and at week 6 of veg (mothers) they started getting a little hungry so I just put in a full tsp and didnt feed again for a full week and that seemed to be what they needed.

I haven't tried those nutes so I prefer not to speculate! I recently purchased Atami B'Cuzz Flavor and will be adding it to the res tonight for the first time (Not on the comparison plants but next round of Trinity and QT) so I will update at harvest if I notice any difference.
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nice look forward to it!
 
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WeJuana

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I actually had quite the update planned out but somehow during the upload my computer locked up and lost the file, which is real unfortunate because we actually just chopped and finished the trimming.

I literally just checked on the other computer and discovered there are no flies, so I do apologize for not having a final update video before harvest.. but I will have updates as to results within 7 days on dry weight! I do apologize for the anti-climactic finish to this round, but I will be sure to put pix up of the trimmed plants ASAP.
 
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Amaximus

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WeJuana said:
I actually had quite the update planned out but somehow during the upload my computer locked up and lost the file, which is real unfortunate because we actually just chopped and finished the trimming.

I literally just checked on the other computer and discovered there are no flies, so I do apologize for not having a final update video before harvest.. but I will have updates as to results within 7 days on dry weight! I do apologize for the anti-climactic finish to this round, but I will be sure to put pix up of the trimmed plants ASAP.
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Oh man, That really sucks. No apologies necessary I'm sure it's real frustrating to go through all that work just to lose it. Been there done that.

Looking forward to the results, Your thread is definitely one of my favorites.
 
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