I love it! This system is truly versatile. Gotta get busy!yesterday, 5-13, i started flowering. i am using the 8 on, 16 off flowering schedule again.
8 days from transplant. 16 days from the last harvest.
the first 3 days of veg were at 400-500 umols of light by using only the outer ring of the light.
then without moving the light i turned on the inner half of the light and got about 900 umols. i ran this power level for 3 days.
the light has been about 4.5' above the canopy during this time.
then 2 days at 1500 umols achieved by lowering the light to about 36" above the canopy.
i added the reflectix "focuser" to the light on day 3 after transplant.
i am getting slightly stronger readings at any given distance after adding the focus ring thingy.
the panda film was added on day 3 also.
it slows evaporation and reflects upward.
it is also causing roots to come up out of the surface and dive back in.
the black tubes you can barely see in the overall shot are 1.5" pipe insulation foam.
i am sealing the gap between the upper and lower pools with it.
So dam cool to see this man ?yesterday, 5-13, i started flowering. i am using the 8 on, 16 off flowering schedule again.
8 days from transplant. 16 days from the last harvest.
the first 3 days of veg were at 400-500 umols of light by using only the outer ring of the light.
then without moving the light i turned on the inner half of the light and got about 900 umols. i ran this power level for 3 days.
the light has been about 4.5' above the canopy during this time.
then 2 days at 1500 umols achieved by lowering the light to about 36" above the canopy.
i added the reflectix "focuser" to the light on day 3 after transplant.
i am getting slightly stronger readings at any given distance after adding the focus ring thingy.
the panda film was added on day 3 also.
it slows evaporation and reflects upward.
it is also causing roots to come up out of the surface and dive back in.
the black tubes you can barely see in the overall shot are 1.5" pipe insulation foam.
i am sealing the gap between the upper and lower pools with it.
Looking good D9! Damn I gotta quit getting sidetracked and finish my build so I can play along.today marks 2 weeks of flowering. mid-week i stripped them pretty hard to slow down stretch. it worked to some extent but they are still going upward at several inches a day.
i have just run a full 30 gal load of full strength jack's 3.6-2.4-1.2 through the system and they are showing a darker, more normal, green as opposed to the almost fluorescent green i was getting at the moderate 3-2-1 dose. i will repeat it reloading today.
i installed the net on the horizontal bar which is 42" above the floor. this was my normal net height when scrogging single large plants.
i started this as a sog but it will end as a scrog. i can't let them get much closer to the light. i'm already near my maximum height adjustment point and the tops are in the 2000 umol range.
i have been allowing the plants to grow into the 2000 umol range before moving the light. the tops are in that range in these photos but i'm not seeing any negative effects.
in fact, they look like they are really digging it!
Plant looks healthy as can be!i thought i would show a flower shot at 14 days.
this light is definitely not UL rated. there are 2 little electrodes in the center of each one that will shock the hell out of you if you touch them simultaneously.
if anyone is wondering why i'm so "hung up" about these bulbs (i couldn't help it), i got about 3000 of them in a trade with my former employers.
they already had the diffusers removed.
so i'm gonna burn 'em!
My condolences for you and your wife?today is 6 weeks of flower.
my wife's mother passed away two weeks ago Sunday so i haven't been able to update until now.
she was one of those beautiful people who loved everyone. she lit up a room when she walked in. in 27 years i never heard her say an unkind word.
she was 78 and was being treated for pancreatic cancer. she had an aneurism and passed suddenly and unexpectedly. she will be missed!
i just ran the 4-2-.5 jack's bloom booster formula for 2 weeks. i pumped out the system before and after using it. i reloaded with 2.7-1.8-.9 jacks.
here's a few pics to show progress.