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Diary Growing some autos under a Mars Hydro 480W smart led
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Well I have around 8 of them timers somewhere around the house, guess it's time to make use of some of them. I bet that giving the plants some hours of lights off while upping the power when light is ok would mean more energy for them, while using about the same kwh from the mains.
So I guess I can go 75% power (they are at about about 50-55% now) and 18/6 next week or whenever I find the timers. And make the uv/ir come on 15 mins at sunrise and 15 mins at sunset.
So I guess I can go 75% power (they are at about about 50-55% now) and 18/6 next week or whenever I find the timers. And make the uv/ir come on 15 mins at sunrise and 15 mins at sunset.
Yes, do you have any questions about this?I think I’m interested in something like this to start with.. we had talked about this previouslyi’m just trying to tie up some loose ends inside and out. “FC/FC-E4800 is suitable for 4*4”
Update from yesterday.
Plants seem to be going well, except for some cal mag deffs, mostly on the younger plants. The Mg is my mistake, gave them a watering like a week ago where I forgot to add MgSo4. Calcium is probably because I didn't figured out the right levels needed for my tap water. But will add a bit more next time, and it should be ok. The flowering plants that are older seem to be better, so I guess more is needed during stretch mostly.
Anyway, enjoy the pics.
Whole grow:
Front pics:
Left side:
Right side:
The smells in there are crazy, I just brushed a Red Ak and I got the nicest sweet & sour citrus smell on my hand for hours even after washing with soap. Will try some macros soon, the older ones starting to get really resinous already!
See you guys and gals soon!
Plants seem to be going well, except for some cal mag deffs, mostly on the younger plants. The Mg is my mistake, gave them a watering like a week ago where I forgot to add MgSo4. Calcium is probably because I didn't figured out the right levels needed for my tap water. But will add a bit more next time, and it should be ok. The flowering plants that are older seem to be better, so I guess more is needed during stretch mostly.
Anyway, enjoy the pics.
Whole grow:
Front pics:
Left side:
Right side:
The smells in there are crazy, I just brushed a Red Ak and I got the nicest sweet & sour citrus smell on my hand for hours even after washing with soap. Will try some macros soon, the older ones starting to get really resinous already!
See you guys and gals soon!
Update time! The bigger plants that are in mid flowering seem to be doing good, yet the smaller ones that just finishing stretch seem to have a bad time. What baffles me is they are in same conditions, getting same nutrients, and upping the calmag didn't help at all for the younger ones.
Group pic:
RAK2:
PK:
GSC:
RAK1:
Anyone has any thoughts on whats happening here? Could the light be too close? (35 cm and 50% power on a new model 480W FC-E from Mars Hydro)?
Group pic:
RAK2:
PK:
GSC:
Anyone has any thoughts on whats happening here? Could the light be too close? (35 cm and 50% power on a new model 480W FC-E from Mars Hydro)?
I dunno but the latest pics don't look like light burn. It looks like a lockout of something. Your 1st post in the thread shows light burn for sure but not these. Flush well with pH'd water and then re-nute with a lower feed. Get the ec down to 1.2 - 1.3 and keep it there for a few days and see if things stabilize.
Thank you for the help, I did water at 6.5 ph and 1.4 ec, 10 liters to each. The ec came out around 2, while I was feeding an average of 1.8, the ph came out 6, so they were a bit more acid than they should have been, but not by much. I will continue to monitor the runoff and see if they get better.
Cougar672
Member
I am growing 5 different autos (11 plants total) and I am having similar issues on some, but not others. They all sprouted at the same time, started flowering at the same time, have similar flowering periods and are in the same tent, receiving the same pH'd water and nutes. I am thinking the plants that look good love everything, while the others need a little something different.....but what I don't know.
Hello @Cougar672 , thanks for coming by. Yours look like they have issues more in the lowest leaves, so it's probably one of the mobile nutrients [Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Magnesium (Mg), Sulfur (S)].
Mine seem to have problems all over, even if oldest leaves are the more affected. I really hope lower EC and proper PH and monitoring will help them. Good luck with your grow!
Mine seem to have problems all over, even if oldest leaves are the more affected. I really hope lower EC and proper PH and monitoring will help them. Good luck with your grow!
Hope your plants get better soon
Update:
The light is now rased another 5-10 cm, at about 40 cm away. No watering needed since the last time when I flushed them. I don't expect the more affected leaves to bouce back, but I can see the tops are a better colour now and also some leaves that were yellow got some green in them again. So I will keep monitoring them, they should get better. The smell is crazy in there, especially on the red ak's that are in late flowering. The MH light seem to be doing a nice job so far, can't wait to put it in a bigger tent for next grow. It's way underutilized for this small tent, that's for sure.
Group pics:
Close-ups:
The light is now rased another 5-10 cm, at about 40 cm away. No watering needed since the last time when I flushed them. I don't expect the more affected leaves to bouce back, but I can see the tops are a better colour now and also some leaves that were yellow got some green in them again. So I will keep monitoring them, they should get better. The smell is crazy in there, especially on the red ak's that are in late flowering. The MH light seem to be doing a nice job so far, can't wait to put it in a bigger tent for next grow. It's way underutilized for this small tent, that's for sure.
Group pics:
Close-ups:
The plants on the rear right and front left seemed to react more strongly, but all of them were hardy and their buds were vibrant.
Yeah, those are more advanced in flower and were less affected from it to start with. But the other ones have grown the buds a lot since the flush, sign they are better now, too. They won't look pretty again, but I will probably get a decent harvest from this grow even after all the problems.
Riviera123
Active member
I like the buckets with metal handle, where did u get them ?
