I'm sorry if you take things personally. I'm not saying how anyone should live there lives or grow their plants? I'm only here sharing and giving help from my own experience.Lol. You act like your opinion on how I grow is somehow important to me. Like I'm waiting for you to bless my practices and if not scramble to change them so they'll be acceptable. You come off like you're somehow the last word on how to grow weed correctly.
Nothing to do with either, you said measuring brix was a waste, so I called in the brix master to give experienced feedback
Lol. You act like your opinion on how I grow is somehow important to me. Like I'm waiting for you to bless my practices and if not scramble to change them so they'll be acceptable. You come off like you're somehow the last word on how to grow weed correctly.
Might be better answered in my off topic thread “In the land of smiles” in my signature.
I can’t believe that I was missing this, I turned off my notifications because I was getting flooded with them. But anyways I’m here now and not going anywhere. Question for Jon, what schedule do you have your lights on? CLSo, let’s take a peek in a little more photographic detail at the Jungle as she is today, Day 47.
Here’s a group shot and a canopy shot of the Jungle as a whole:
I engaged my flower booster feature on the light today. This increases the wattage from 550 to 680. It also brings in reds, far reds, IR and a couple UV diodes. As such I raised the light accordingly. Here’s what my light bars look like with the booster engaged. You can see there are a ton of reds. This gives me the red leaning overhead, augmented with the regular full spectrum from the side lights. They are still at 25% and will bump up to 50% (cursed incremental dimmer, lol) when all the plants have buds and have stacked a while and such.
Here’s the Northern Lights semi organic auto:
And some cola shots - here’s the Bruce Banner #3 auto:
This is the Gorilla Cookies auto in the coco 10:
Here’s the Skywalker semi organic auto:
Here’s the state of the Apple Fritter coco/res girl, not quite showing budlets yet:
This is the gorgeous Trizkit with her gigantic fan leaves, emerald green color, and unruly nature, not yet in flower (whoa!), but almost there. If I’m going to have a problem and have to chop branches I wouldn’t otherwise chop it’s this girl right here:
And so we go. My undercarriage work is finished except for stragglers. All infrastructure is solid and in place. All the plants are healthy. Defol as required is about all I do now, and watch the show: phew.
Ah! Well, at least you solved it. I figured you knew better than to ph to 7.3. Lol!
So you have to operate compromised until the manufacturer shows up in a few weeks? Ouch. Sorry bud.
So my light is broken confirmed. The manufacturer is visiting Bangkok in a week or two and wants to send me the replacement part from there which to be fair is probably going to be about the same time frame.
Above are some pictures they sent me for trouble shooting, there’s a video too but can’t be bothered to upload to vimeo unless someone is especially interested.
Its a twin driver model which they say it needs because it has 3000k white 5000k white 2x reds and 1x UV (A/B) sets of diodes and runs to 1000w (they do a 2000w version as well!)
The bit that failed is the triple dimmer in controller the last picture, that does 3000k, 5000k and UV. The reds as on basically all lights plays tagalong.
Anyway included only for nerdiness - what does it mean for me in this grow? Well I haven’t tested yet but I reckon maybe I’m at sub 1000 ppfd so I’m only a shade above those of you who reckon 800 or so is max! This is a first for me
I tend to run lucky so maybe it really is better and I win!
I’m not so sure though. I do have the 240w side lighting as well for the first time to help mitigate it. Might order 3 more of those. Much as I’d like more, much moooooor! That’s just going to have to wait. I’m going to be a week late with the Bloom Explode but that’s OK. its a marathon not a sprint.
Nick
Hey @CaptainLucky - don’t feel bad man, I haven’t gotten around much lately either. But to answer your question, I’m on 20/4 to the end. I went 24/0 to pistils.I can’t believe that I was missing this, I turned off my notifications because I was getting flooded with them. But anyways I’m here now and not going anywhere. Question for Jon, what schedule do you have your lights on? CL
Sounds like @NickHardy has spoken.
We appreciate anytime you actually add content @420 - Rob, and thanks very much. It certainly helps me. I don’t know if measuring Brix is essential in coco/chem or not. I don’t care what the coco Brix numbers are, just the organics. I only find the difference interesting and wonder why it would be. The “Brix Master” certainly knows his shit! He says much of what Gee and Keffka say. Since I’m in process of going full organic, I want and need to know about Brix and all the ins and outs. Some feel it’s a silly measurement apparently. Some do not. I don’t know, but from what I’ve gathered so far, if I’m going to grow organic and be good at it, I should know Brix. Thanks again.Nothing to do with either, you said measuring brix was a waste, so I called in the brix master to give experienced feedback
Hey Nick since I know how much you’re into lights. I was wondering if you ever heard of a company called Foshe? They claim they they’re the best in the business and improve your yields. They custom lighting for your business but I think they might be a bit pricey. CLSo my light is broken confirmed. The manufacturer is visiting Bangkok in a week or two and wants to send me the replacement part from there which to be fair is probably going to be about the same time frame.
Above are some pictures they sent me for trouble shooting, there’s a video too but can’t be bothered to upload to vimeo unless someone is especially interested.
Its a twin driver model which they say it needs because it has 3000k white 5000k white 2x reds and 1x UV (A/B) sets of diodes and runs to 1000w (they do a 2000w version as well!)
The bit that failed is the triple dimmer in controller the last picture, that does 3000k, 5000k and UV. The reds as on basically all lights plays tagalong.
Anyway included only for nerdiness - what does it mean for me in this grow? Well I haven’t tested yet but I reckon maybe I’m at sub 1000 ppfd so I’m only a shade above those of you who reckon 800 or so is max! This is a first for me
I tend to run lucky so maybe it really is better and I win!
I’m not so sure though. I do have the 240w side lighting as well for the first time to help mitigate it. Might order 3 more of those. Much as I’d like more, much moooooor! That’s just going to have to wait. I’m going to be a week late with the Bloom Explode but that’s OK. its a marathon not a sprint.
Nick
That’s my light company CL! Best in the world! I can’t afford one yet. Lol! My Yoda just switched out his entire greenhouse setup from Gavita 1700 e Pros to the Fohse, not sure what commercial model. They rock!Hey Nick since I know how much you’re into lights. I was wondering if you ever heard of a company called Foshe? They claim they they’re the best in the business and improve your yields. They custom lighting for your business but I think they might be a bit pricey. CL
That's certainly not what I'm saying. Brix is a tool, much like measuring pH or ppm's for some people, neither of which I use. Doesn't mean they're useless, just that I don't use them. Others think they're essential inputs for how they like to grow.
I just got a email from them saying they are having a webinar. I’ve been following them for a while now and they always have something interesting going on. CL
This is true - the only measurement I need is a 5ml pipette for nutrients
