Six weeks from seed, my 300w Mars Hydro LED light packed up while trying to replace 10 burned out LED's, the parts were sent free but I failed to solder them in successfully. Afterwards only half those replaced worked then half the panel just stopped working, and an hour later so did the other half. Not that easy to fix and I'm pretty good at soldering. So, these Sour Livers have had virtually no light for 5 days, only what came through the window, I had to take them out of tent, thankfully not smelling yet. Some fan leaves started dying but it will recover rapidly now as I've just switched to a 250w HID light and the leaves are already pointing to the sky just a few hours after taking this photo. I will be cautious about buying another LED light again although in principle they are brilliant. It burned out within two short grows, so much for lasting thousands of hours. The new type has different bulbs they say don't burn out at all, which suggests they knew of the problem and are now using a prior fault to sell their newer model. It only costs £3 per week to run a 300w LED 24/7. I put 2.5 grams of fish blood and bone in each bucket, half the recommended dosage, will see how it goes for a week, as this is a hot compost I'm going to be cautious, may not have needed it just yet.
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