re: Icemud's Intelligent Gro 2 LED Grow With V-Scrog - Going for 1lb & Beyond!
Quick update everyone.....
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I checked my grow tent today to see the girls..and I noticed that one of the whole modules went out on my light on the left side of my tent. The whole module was blinking about 1x per second, but not staying on. I have a feeling that the controller is at fault, so I immediately unplugged the controller, turned the light off, then back on....and the module then was working???!! not sure why the controller was causing it to fail, but at least I know that for whatever reason, with the controller unplugged the light works.
So I will contact Dave at Intelligent Gro and see what can be done for a resolution. Dave is a great guy when it comes to making sure his customers are pleased, so I have a feeling that he will help me deal with both of these issues right away. This also happened to the light on the right side of the tent, I replaced the driver which was overnighted to me right away by Intelligent Gro, and it seemed to be operating fine since then, even though on a couple occasions when adjusting the individual intensity channels, the light would "act up" and when controller was removed it would perform normally. Hence this is why I think there may be something going on with the controller and the way that it modulates the currents or something when modifying the intensities of the channels.
Either way I am sure that the issue will be resolved. (with the controller unplugged, all lights are operating normally)
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So I want to make a disclaimer.... I try my hardest to be accurate with my reviews, grows, journals and "test grows" and this is why my journal entries may not always be going smoothly and that some posts may seem "negative" or like I'm complaining. I want to mention that the only reason I report all things accurately as known at the time of posting, is to educate other consumers exactly what I am dealing with, how products are working, reliability, customer service and really to highlight my whole experience using a certain product. I feel this is the only way to maintain my integrity of doing detailed work, is to report the actual findings whether good or bad... I feel I owe this to the community who helped me learn how to grow, and believes in my journals and works here at 420 Magazine! I love this forum, love all you members, and want to make sure my credibility is where it needs to be, and always has and will be held in the highest regard
(I just felt I had to share this so people are aware of my intentions).
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So now to the update....
The Intelligent Gro Lights are doing an amazing job at vegging my plants! I mean they literally are growing inches a day right now and I have already started to Scrog. The Generation 2 lights seem to be producing much tighter internodes than the generation 1 Intelligent Gro's and I am really excited to see how they perform in flowering as well
I mean my Generation 1's are doing a amazing job already for flowering, so with the higher Umol of the Gen 2, I can't wait to see what is in store
I am really hoping to hit that 1lb mark! (not that I really care about the quantity, but more as a personal goal)
I have continued to water the girls about ever other day, with just 1-2 cups of compost tea or I really should say (soil water) which is all it is, a nylon full of soil, bubbled with r/o water and no other additives....ppm is around 55ppm.
They really seem to like the new feeding schedule of more frequent feedings but much less volume, and the soil seems to stay less saturated and dryer this way.
Well here are the photos of my girls...
