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Dont worry about ph. Your using ph perfect nutrients. Shouldn't need to ever check or adjust it.
Indoor Mars Hydro Grow Journal (2x) TS600 + 1 TS1000 Bruce Banner + Critical Mass + Gelato - Check out the pics!
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Got a pic of your nute bottles?
***Day 19***
I've upped the nutes to 100% recommended and they've had two feedings as such. So far doesn't look like BB is getting any worse and CM is doing great. BB is starting to get a wild shape, looks like it has a head and outstretched arms while CM is a really beautiful looking plant with incredible symmetry. Love the way it looks. Huge leaves for a small plant too. And Baby Bruce is just a couple days old. Gelato continues to slowly grow off to the side.
Bruce Banner
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I've upped the nutes to 100% recommended and they've had two feedings as such. So far doesn't look like BB is getting any worse and CM is doing great. BB is starting to get a wild shape, looks like it has a head and outstretched arms while CM is a really beautiful looking plant with incredible symmetry. Love the way it looks. Huge leaves for a small plant too. And Baby Bruce is just a couple days old. Gelato continues to slowly grow off to the side.
Bruce Banner
Critical Mass
Since this is a Mars Hydro competition, I figured let's talk about the lights a bit.
As mentioned I'm new to growing. I wanted a cost effective setup that wasn't going to compromise on quality. I could always move up down the line if I wanted more. So browsing on Amazon I see the Mars Hydro lights have pretty good reviews. A lot of the negative reviews were people saying two of the RED LED's are dim and burning out. Of course those are the IR lights that are supposed to be exactly like that. So factor out those comments and the reviews are pretty solid for Mars.
So I got a 2x4 tent and two TS600's. Pretty good I thought. Started a photo period grow with four Black Banana Cookies. The plants were doing quite well, couldn't complain. But I think for the size of the tent the two 600's were ok, but not great. So I decided on adding a TS1000. PERFECT!! Once I added that baby in between the 600's my tent lit up. It's super bright in there now. My first grow was a SCROG, very packed in there and the light still penetrated deep into the bush. I had excellent yield and the plants flourished.
I will note the 600's can get a little hot. I run a fan that is aimed across the top of the lights. This keeps the 600 closest to the fan very cool and the one furthest very warm, but not hot. The 1000 doesn't get as hot as the 600's, not even close actually. Must be a much more efficient light/power supply.
Now the 1000 has a dimmer. But with my limited knowledge I don't know why or when to use this. So far I only use it when I have to stick my head under the lights for whatever reason, I dim it so I'm not blinded. Other than that, is there a stage in the grow where I should dim this light? I assume seedling only? IDK, I keep it full blast 100%
Also, love that it comes with all of the adjustable ratchet straps you need. Makes setup super simple. The free stickers are cute, but a tip to Mars, don't bother sticking the ones on the actual light, after a day of running the lights they starting peeling off due to the heat. They come off easy and clean, so no big deal, but I can't imaging they stay on anyone's light very long.
I am running my autos on a 20 on 4 off schedule. Thoughts?
Anyhow, I really like my Mars Hydro lights. There seem to be a fantastic bang for the buck. I'd like to add another tent for seedlings to 6 weeks old so I can cycle plants and get a rhythm of veg / bud going and have harvests more often.
You can see the fan I run above the lights. And another below aimed at the plants. With this and the exhaust fan I get a lot of air flow going on and it keeps the warm internal air and cold fresh air mixing nicely.
One more thing I did for my setup was add a HEPA filter to my fresh air intake. You can see below I bought a furnace filter and Gorilla taped it to the side where the fresh air is coming in. I did this on my second grow because of two things.
1) Late stage of my first grow I started battling powder mildew. This was my fault as some trimmings I had off to the side in a bucket started to rot and got moldy. The fresh air sucked that in and then it was a major pain for the last weeks of my grow. So this HEPA filter will help to keep spores out.
2) We seem to have some fungus gnats in the plants in my basement where I have a side room where my tent is. Frickn gnats are brutal to eradicate, but any that get into this side room where it's dark get attracted to the glowing furnace filter. Every time i go in the room I look at the filter and if there are any gnats on it, which often there are 1 or 2 I kill them right there. Bingo, now they don't get into my tent.
As mentioned I'm new to growing. I wanted a cost effective setup that wasn't going to compromise on quality. I could always move up down the line if I wanted more. So browsing on Amazon I see the Mars Hydro lights have pretty good reviews. A lot of the negative reviews were people saying two of the RED LED's are dim and burning out. Of course those are the IR lights that are supposed to be exactly like that. So factor out those comments and the reviews are pretty solid for Mars.
So I got a 2x4 tent and two TS600's. Pretty good I thought. Started a photo period grow with four Black Banana Cookies. The plants were doing quite well, couldn't complain. But I think for the size of the tent the two 600's were ok, but not great. So I decided on adding a TS1000. PERFECT!! Once I added that baby in between the 600's my tent lit up. It's super bright in there now. My first grow was a SCROG, very packed in there and the light still penetrated deep into the bush. I had excellent yield and the plants flourished.
I will note the 600's can get a little hot. I run a fan that is aimed across the top of the lights. This keeps the 600 closest to the fan very cool and the one furthest very warm, but not hot. The 1000 doesn't get as hot as the 600's, not even close actually. Must be a much more efficient light/power supply.
Now the 1000 has a dimmer. But with my limited knowledge I don't know why or when to use this. So far I only use it when I have to stick my head under the lights for whatever reason, I dim it so I'm not blinded. Other than that, is there a stage in the grow where I should dim this light? I assume seedling only? IDK, I keep it full blast 100%
Also, love that it comes with all of the adjustable ratchet straps you need. Makes setup super simple. The free stickers are cute, but a tip to Mars, don't bother sticking the ones on the actual light, after a day of running the lights they starting peeling off due to the heat. They come off easy and clean, so no big deal, but I can't imaging they stay on anyone's light very long.
I am running my autos on a 20 on 4 off schedule. Thoughts?
Anyhow, I really like my Mars Hydro lights. There seem to be a fantastic bang for the buck. I'd like to add another tent for seedlings to 6 weeks old so I can cycle plants and get a rhythm of veg / bud going and have harvests more often.
You can see the fan I run above the lights. And another below aimed at the plants. With this and the exhaust fan I get a lot of air flow going on and it keeps the warm internal air and cold fresh air mixing nicely.
One more thing I did for my setup was add a HEPA filter to my fresh air intake. You can see below I bought a furnace filter and Gorilla taped it to the side where the fresh air is coming in. I did this on my second grow because of two things.
1) Late stage of my first grow I started battling powder mildew. This was my fault as some trimmings I had off to the side in a bucket started to rot and got moldy. The fresh air sucked that in and then it was a major pain for the last weeks of my grow. So this HEPA filter will help to keep spores out.
2) We seem to have some fungus gnats in the plants in my basement where I have a side room where my tent is. Frickn gnats are brutal to eradicate, but any that get into this side room where it's dark get attracted to the glowing furnace filter. Every time i go in the room I look at the filter and if there are any gnats on it, which often there are 1 or 2 I kill them right there. Bingo, now they don't get into my tent.
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Says ph perfect right up top on the bottle. Dont check or adjust it.
Agreed, but my PH is at 6.9/7. And it stays at that, which is pretty much neutral. But doesn't cannabis like slightly more acidic soil around 6? Or at least perhaps my Bruce Banner wants more acidity, Critical Mass is doing wonderfully as is.
If BB wasn't turning yellow on me I wouldn't be worried about it. But I can't pin down what his problem is so far.
I know the AN says PH perfect, but there must be the source water must play some factor, no? The PH of the sources water, tap in my case, must affect the overall PH. And I can see how AN can ensure a stable PH regularly, could that stable level not still be too high or low depending our source water? When I read on other grow sites they suggest lower PH than 6.9 or 7. Could different strains want different PH? My photo period grow was find, no yellowing issues and I didn't measure PH once. Just followed AN directions.
I have no clue, just asking.
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Your using ph perfect nutes. Adjusting may be throwing stuff off. I would not worry about ph if I were you. Or that may be causing the problems your having. Ph perfect means you dont need to check it or adjust it. The nutrients are designed this way
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When using any other nutrients that are not ph perfect you definitely want to adjust or you'll be in for badnews. Like I grew in hydro with general hydroponics flora trio nutrients. I had to adjust and check ph cuz they were not ph perfect nutes. I'm using mega crop in soil and coco and I have to adjust my ph every feeding. Your using ph perfect nutes. Your nutes are designed to not be messed with. Your plant will absorb nutrients between 4 and 8 ph. That's how they're designed to work. Messing with your ph cud be screwing up stuff.
I'm gonna take your advice on this. Now that I'm at 100% recommended nutes I'll monitor BB for at least a week, see how she responds. Maybe she just wanted more nutes. Hope so, not worrying about PH is a positive to me. Thanks for all your feedback NL!
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