New Grower 1st vogaye - 1xbrrybmb 1xthcbmb 2xsensi super skunk

domree said:
Day 7 update -

After checking the run off I've realised that I may have pre-soaked the coco the with a pH too high, I think I should of let the solution sit for a bit and then retested the pH before washing. I realised the pH was fluctuating after filling up my 30 L bucket with water for a feed the other day.

To me the plants look quite pale when under the led light, although when I take them out of the tent and check them under a normal lamp light they seem hunky dory all be it maybe a little pale, they all seem to be growing nicely enough, with one lagging behind a few days (skunk). The run off tested to 6.4 which is savagely high I'm sure. I've since ran about 3 litres of 5.8pH'd water through each plant in an aid to destabilise the levels.

I have some good news in that I have a mars hydro 900 up and running (she's quite the heffa) also my friend that is chipping in has a RO machine and will be supplying me with fresh wasser! Hopefully a good flush with the RO water will help me get back to a better pH. i'll post two pics one in the tent, one out. Kinda hard to distinguish with this shitty cam.
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Hi mate

Led always makes them look washed out.

Ro water is prone to ph drifting I read somewhere and you will Defo need calmag.

I try not to get hung up on an exact ph, I'll aim at 5.8 but as long as it's between 5.3 and 6.3 I'm happy.

A little bit of drift is quite a good thing, some nutes are more available at a certain ph than others, so a bit of drift means a broader uptake.

In my system I've found the ph drifts up in veg and down in flower, I'm sure there's a scientific explanation.

Is that the mars 2 you gone for? Did you go via the rep on here?

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Hello! Yeah I hear what you're saying dude, A varied pH gives a varied spectrum of nute uptake. I just wasn't sure if that was dangerously high for coco, glad to hear you think its no biggy for the moment!

Yeah, I believe I went for the same as you, veg/bloom light switches on the top, heavy ass thing. Awesome bit of kit though hey haha.
Thinking of using the 300w (its not ) as a side panel/ veg cupboard light.

nice one.
 
The light was from ecopowders.co.uk, 250 squid. How much was yours out of curiosity?
 
domree said:
Hello! Yeah I hear what you're saying dude, A varied pH gives a varied spectrum of nute uptake. I just wasn't sure if that was dangerously high for coco, glad to hear you think its no biggy for the moment!

Yeah, I believe I went for the same as you, veg/bloom light switches on the top, heavy ass thing. Awesome bit of kit though hey haha.
Thinking of using the 300w (its not ) as a side panel/ veg cupboard light.

nice one.
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Haha

My 1st hid grow light (about 25 years ago!) Was a 400w HPS warehouse light. That was a heavy light! Hung on 2 2X4 wooden beams and steel chains in a converted airing cupboard, thank fuck for the asbestos door!

Side lighting would be good, or next to the other one to allow for different heights.

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domree said:
The light was from ecopowders.co.uk, 250 squid. How much was yours out of curiosity?
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Round about there. Maybe 20 more off top of head.

Has it got the bar code on top.
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There's apparently some snide ones about.

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Thankfully there is a barcode, looks exactly like your one
 
domree said:
Thankfully there is a barcode, looks exactly like your one
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Phew.

I'll be getting another one soon, I'm gonna try the mars rep on here. I'm thinking of maybe getting more than one, they do a good discount on multi buys.

When I first got mine I was facinated by the colours. And when you are flowering, it is both switches. I wondered for ages and was to embarrassed to ask!

The skunk will catch up, they stay squat under the mars, secretly building little branches, then.....BOOM! Like a Fucking stripper out of a cake!

They carry the weight well too. I seriously couldn't squash the buds, never seen anything that dense, ever.
 
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