F | T |F Growery: Ace Seeds Limited Editions+Optic Foliar Testing

Father's day was great - still haven't received unemployment but I did get my EBT benefits - two kids and a wife to feed. Unemployment needs to hurry up since... Piece of shit Meanwell driver went dead - nothing to do about it but throw my 600w HPS up

I have the three HLG 185 drivers but I either lose 130 watts over drive the strips over efficiency at 555 watts to 12 strips. Don't really give a shit about fuck to rewire 4 lights and be left without anything for my mothers. 600w cooltube it is.

The Meanwell 480h 42a is dead, no voltage, no current but a seven year warranty on a brand of driver I don't really want now. It's been almost two years running this driver for it go out after spending so much. I'll eventually build my tunable spectrum lights and transition everything to Inventronics - more feature rich and a standard in the US

The driver pissed me off so much I got exceedingly pissed off and only took one picture. So now I have to contact Arrow and see if they will honor the warranty then wait for them to ship it while I'm stuck with this hot ass HPS. I think my mentor has a spare 315 CMH but I have an amazing Bridgelux fixture with no power source

The Optic Foliar seems like some good stuff so far though. I have some yellowing on the Bangi Congo x Panama strains but it looks to be nitrogen but otherwise green lushness and goodness and OMG terps are coming out! It's a stinky mess in there like I have never smelled before. I'd possibly consider making OF a staple in my spice cabinet if this run is successful.

I may be running a 600w HPS but I won't be engaging in that defoliation blasphemy! I really like growing below 80f the smells are just heavenly funk. Not sure what I'll do about pictures unless I get a replacement driver expeditiously. Do my best though