Quality over Quantity techniques

[Six9]

@RM3 can I get a few tips on root health? I'm growing in SS#4 with some perlite added and about 2 weeks ago I added kelp to the rotation, but I keep noticing after harvest my rootball is only about half the pot, and I use small 5-7gal with 6wk-ish veg Seems like this is where I can get better, surely? Mostly what I see is amending soil and building happy micro-organisms in the root zone but we soilless folk don't do that do we? I'm happy to lace my soil with some type of meal or myco but there are way too many labels out there and I hate paying for marketing budgets

thought I'd chime in, I use SS #4 in fabric pots and add a few teaspoons of this stuff at germination, each transplant, and a top dress at flip and have always had explosive rooting. Seriously I can thump on the pots and feel roots from top to bottom edge to edge. I've transplanted from 1gal to 5gal and had roots at sides in two days

 

[SSGrower]

The thing with usin T5's that makes such a difference besides the being able to create the spectrum, is diffused even lighting as opposed to single point spread lighting

@ttystikk were talking bout the COB lights at our recent gathering this week and once the COB folks get a few clues, it's gonna be Katy bar the door

Got a feelin tty will lead that charge

Not gonna compare myself to @ttystikk but I'm doing it now. @RM3 any insight on over/under driving t5ho like powerveg + uv or agromax pure par. Specifically what limits would be reasonable? 10% variance above/below, 20%? What could be expected with regard to color, frequency. Lumens increase but again quality vs quantity.

Thanks

 

[RM3]

Not gonna compare myself to @ttystikk but I'm doing it now. @RM3 any insight on over/under driving t5ho like powerveg + uv or agromax pure par. Specifically what limits would be reasonable? 10% variance above/below, 20%? What could be expected with regard to color, frequency. Lumens increase but again quality vs quantity.

Thanks

Rather than overdrive consider gettin a "real" fixture. Grow store fixtures suck and use the cheapest ballast. I use Oracle fixtures with phillips ballast ,,,,,,,, huge difference

 

[SSGrower]

Rather than overdrive consider gettin a "real" fixture. Grow store fixtures suck and use the cheapest ballast. I use Oracle fixtures with phillips ballast ,,,,,,,, huge difference

Seems to be what I'm noticing the commercially avaliable fixtures under drive the lamp, the aquarium folks seem to have a good handle on this.

Too late for a "real" fixture I'm a diyer and will be hard pressed to buy one even if it is less expensive - tough to fit this with a quality over quantity attitude admittedly.