Re: Icemud's Grow 8.0 - New Intelligent-Gro LED - 2 x IGRO-228 LED - Testing And Revi
Hey everyone!!
Day 49 of flowering update...
Well it looks as though some people may be having issues with the Intelligent Gro panels, but mine are working just fine.. Matter of fact my buds have never looked so good, even despite me locking out my plants with what I think now is too high of a soil EC, the buds are still completely dense (rock hard), covered in trichomes, and look to be swelling just like all my other grows under different lights...
So I have to say, when these lights are working, like mine are...they produce amazing results. I have to say, all electronics fail, major brands, small companies, they all have issues that sometimes emerge, but it is how the company handles the issues is what makes a great company..
My journal, as well as others are proof, that when the lights work, they work extremely well, matter of fact in all honesty, using just the 2x Igro lights at around 360w total draw (not including the dimming which actually reduced the draw over time), my Igro's are doing just as good as my 1000w HID setup as far as growth, but the buds look much better under the IGro...
With all that said, it sucks that some peoples panels haven't withstood the test of time, however, In my case, they are working perfectly, and I am extremely happy with them..and my statement has nothing to do with being sponsored or not, and only has to do with what I am seeing in my grow tent.
Other than my (human error) of either overwatering or too much salt build up, the lights are outperforming my mars II lights that I had in past journals, and by the bud structure, trichome formation and size, they seem to be even outperforming my HID setup... (even with my watering/salt errors...
So today makes day 49 of flowering (from the flip)....
I ran pure r/o water through both of the Black Cherry Cola's yesterday, flooded the soil and then sucked out all the water in the drain trays. I was curious what my PPM of the runoff was so I checked the water going in...38ppm....draining out of the pots however was over 2000ppm...so I think that I found my issue with my lockout...too much salt buildup...
Today I will be doing the same to all the other plants showing slight lockout....flooding the soil, and sucking up the runoff. Hopefully this will allow them to finish up for the remaining 2-3 weeks and keep up the healthy buds I am seeing.
I also gave the girls a foliar spray today, I noticed that the last foliar spray I gave them must have had too high of concentration of nutrients that burned the leaves in spots (almost looks like spidermite damage) but its not. Its not horrible, but definitely the leaves did not like the concentration of what I threw at them last time....So this foliar spray I gave them only r/o water, with cold pressed seaweed, some organic B vitamins, and my botanicare cal/mag in a very low concentration. I wanted to give them a little foliar nutrition
Either way, dispite the minor drawbacks of my lockout, the girls buds look phenominal, resin is caked on all strains, and they smell amazing!!!! This should be a great harvest
