Then Buy One .....
Mistake: Spent $35 and got a Lumen Meter thinking it would measure the LED ..... Figured I would measure my T5 Lumens and then use that number for the LED, I knew how far to keep lights on T5 so just transfer Measure over to LED ... I WRONG F__KIN_ WRONG, WRONG! WRONG! WRONG ..... I burnt my two White Crack the only two seeds I had and plants recover but really never recovered, produced air buds .......
Correct Choice: Fast forward and $350 for Sun PAR Meter - was tempted to buy a cheaper but went with Sun because I saw two Pros using, not even recommended but using, so I went for it ....
Did I Make Right Choice: After taking a few measures and getting light dialed in I thought - Dang $350 and I’ve used couple times probably didn’t need ...... Boy did I underestimate the need at that point and questioned the $350 purchase
Correct or Wrong Choice? So I’m in the Mephisto Grow Battle and have four plants and one is a 3 Bears OG and I’ve got same everything - pots, soil etc and I’m measuring my PAR and all that stuff and I begun to notice 3 Bears is drooping and I suspect too much water as PAR is OK or so I think ..... Battle is raging so I decide to move 3 Bears to my old tent with older LED, etc and check PAR, seems OK at 650 PPFD for whatever the flip it is, reading on meter is 650, little higher than before but within what I thought was OK or so I thought, 3 Bears now looks worse, so bad, I move her to the side of light to recover from I don’t know what but not the soil and she does recover so back under light, must of overwatered I’m thinking, wrong again tand it finally hits me she can’t handle that much light, 659 is too much so I dial light down to 450 PAR Reading and she recover ..... she likes about 475ish range, with PAR meter I can dial learned info about that plant otherwise I may of chase who knows what to figure .....Grest investment and I use almost daily, I don’t want my girls to get sunburned - Such a high value plant .... they grow daily so use daily you’ll always have dialed in ....
FINAL WORD: When I hear, I can’t afford it I hear BS, sorry to be negative but I hear BS ..... We can all afford what we want to, name one thing you’ve denied yourself of because you couldn’t afford it ..... Call me out on this but I will fire right back at ya ..... A drinker always buys his booze, a smoker always find a way, a crack addict .... etc I think you get the picture .... You wanted that car, you found a way .....
Apologize if I’ve offended anyone, when u get up in age your opinions, at least mine, are more opinionated.
Peace .....
Smoke a BIG ONE for me,
OB
for your non-nonsense run down of why you love what you got, and the details for it. I never get offended by that kind of thing, especially on the internet.
