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After awhile of working under it, I got used to the CMH spectrum -kind of a more pink version of a pure MH spectrum....In my other 2 X 2 tent, I'm running one of the Viparspectra XS 1500 pros and even though it has enhanced reds, the spectrum look quite a bit more yellow/green compared to the...

Definitely! If and when it dies, I'm planning on opening it up and staring at it....for a log time...:).......and then mmmmmmmmaybe I could just fix the broken parts (which I'm sure will be one of the switches or dials).

The dimmer works, but the indexing (if you can call it that) is very inaccurate. When the pointer on the dial was pointing to ~40%, it was actually at full power. I checked it with a kill-a-watt meter, as you suggested, and it showed it was pulling 499.8 watts from the wall. The dimmer is now...

When you KNOW your potting mix has nutrients in it, but your plants are looking like they are starving, you need to check the pH. When you grow using inert components -such as soil-less potting mixes, then you need to treat that medium as if it was a type of hydroponic substrate and pH...

The description of Tuna Kush describes it as a small plant that isn't a big yielder...small, hard buds....We'll see. The Triangle Kush is supposed to be a taller, thinner type plant. So far, that's true. It has been sluggish and spindly so far. Not a vigorous grower. The Tuna Kush, on the other...

Well, if you're correct, then congratulations....You should soon be very rich from the value of those Skunk seeds. In fact, whatever is left of us old school smokers will pay you dearly for them. In fact, name your price.....I joke, but I'm pretty sure that whatever you have is likely not what I...

I'm also looking for old school terps. I have two Tuna Kush and 4 Triangle Kush in the tents at the moment. Waiting to determine sex of the Triangle Kush seedling....probably another 2-3 weeks away. I see DCSE has a new drop of Garlic Skunk -no idea about it......I highly doubt it has the old...

Yes, I think there are probably exceptions. Most plants are complex hybrids between sativa and indica these days. So, unless you get some really weird landrace strain from Laos or some other kind of unusual plant, I think the no-topping technique would probably apply to most of the types of...

I'm not going to supergroup, either. This run is "au natural." :) I believe that ANY type of mechanical manipulation of the plant is going to stunt the growth. Some ways are worse than others, of course. Topping always adds at least a week of time to the veg cycle, in my experience. I was...

I watched a recent video with the guy who was the inventor of the Mimosa strain (?).....Anyway, he said that he stopped topping his plants and got better results from it. I decided to try not topping this grow and so far, the results are impressive. The plants seem to "know" what to do if you...

One quick note to add about the light....I just realized the dimmer switch is VERY inaccurate and I had the pointer set to what SHOULD have been ~40% of full power.....BUT, when I just tried to turn it up a bit, it didn't get any brighter....I guess meaning that the numbers on the dimmer were...

Yes, they did! I was very relieved! I had to run a series of waterings with a solution that was extra-elevated (8.0-8.5) until the runoff started to come into compliance. After that, I maintained the proper pH. And thanks!

Yeah and the extra cool thing is that the picture only shows a portion of the colors that are on in combination for their so-called "CMH" spectrum. There are four, pre-set spectrums built in, but you can also add/subtract the amount of red/blue and yellow and create your own custom spectrum. I...

It wasn't too long ago, a guy I knew was mixing up a batch of "super soil" and he decided it would be a good idea to add some organic, 4-4-4 tomato fertilizer. What he didn't realize was that it was also a soil acidifier (didn't read the small print!) because tomatoes like it. Long story short...

As you can see, there are lots of different colors.....way more than on any other light I know of. Also, you can clearly feel warmth coming off the diodes if you hold your hand under them -not HID-hot, but still quite warm. I know the plants love that heat, too! Damn! I really love this light!

Just to give you an idea of just how different this light is, here is a view of the diodes being reflected off a bucket of water:

If the water going IN is the correct pH, then it SHOULD be the same for the runoff....HOWEVER, there are situations where something in the soil mix is turning the OUTgoing water (runoff) acidic. I experienced this -likely from some type of organic compound that was included with the mix I was...

pH in outdoor "dirt" soil is typically buffered by all the micro-fauna that lives in it. Soil-LESS mixes, such as Fox Farm, Roots Organic, Etc., do Not have all that stuff in them. They are basically an inert substrate after about a month. You then have to add fertilizers and maintain the pH...

I'd almost bet that it's a pH lockout issue. I see it all the time on this forum and elsewhere. For some reason, it is often HIGHLY discouraged from doing a pH check of runoff or doing a slurry test -no idea why. But, I always do an initial slurry test and then I do ongoing pH runoff checks...

They say that the timing is crucial to getting the most from the bloom booster. In the past, I did what you described and got basically no effect. This time, I'm going to wait longer and allow the plants to get well-established in the flowering phase before I apply it. Plus, I'm only going to...