Zogs
Well-Known Member
Hi, thanks for checking in. I recently won the FC3000 on RUI from Mars hyrdo. Big thank you to @MarsHydrofactory ! I stepped away from growing for I think close to 2 years. This is my first attempt to jump back in. I'm growing Cherry pie photo from Canuck seeds, Dinafem (rip) OG Kush CBD auto, and Fastbuds Purple Lemonade auto.
Pretty simple set up:
-Mars hydro FC 3000
-Acinfinity 3x3 tent
-Acinfinity 4" exhaust fan and carbon filter
-Megacrop 1 part nutrient
-Coco coir soil
-ph down to 5.8 to 6.1
-Blue labs PH pen
-Generic cheapo 500 scale PPM meter
I'm just sticking with Megacrop alone for my first run. I want to have a baseline to compare with for future grows when I will start adding further amendments. Yes, no calmag in coco even!. So there will likely be some uglies.
About the FC3000. It's a 300w bar style (4 bars) led. It has the Samsung LM301b diodes which is in my opinion one of the better price to performance/efficiency options when choosing a light. It uses it's own Mars Hydro Driver. What really sets this 300w light apart from it's competition is it's smart function. This makes it the hands down winner when looking at similar priced lights with the LMB301b diodes. I won't go into all the details of the smart function, it actually has a lot, but the main features I am using is the timer function and the dimmer function. Not paying for and messing around with timers is a huge plus and the app is super simple. For an in depth review far beyond the scope of this journal and what I can do I strongly recommend checking out Shane's review from Migrow and Dr.Mj coco. They have great unbiased light reviews with par testing.
From left to right
Front left- Cherry Pie Photo. I've been feeding 700 ppm Megacrop. 300 of that PPM is my tap water.
Back Left- Blueberry auto. It was supposed to be a photo period, but SUPRISE it was an auto. Thanks Canuck seeds for throwing that little wrinkle into my grow plans.
Front right- FB purple Lemonade 600 total ppm Megacrop
Back right- Dinafems OG Kush CBD 600 total ppm Megacrop. ( I really f'ing miss you Dinafem! )
July 25th. I set the light to 75% and it's sitting about 21" above the canopy
Pretty simple set up:
-Mars hydro FC 3000
-Acinfinity 3x3 tent
-Acinfinity 4" exhaust fan and carbon filter
-Megacrop 1 part nutrient
-Coco coir soil
-ph down to 5.8 to 6.1
-Blue labs PH pen
-Generic cheapo 500 scale PPM meter
I'm just sticking with Megacrop alone for my first run. I want to have a baseline to compare with for future grows when I will start adding further amendments. Yes, no calmag in coco even!. So there will likely be some uglies.
About the FC3000. It's a 300w bar style (4 bars) led. It has the Samsung LM301b diodes which is in my opinion one of the better price to performance/efficiency options when choosing a light. It uses it's own Mars Hydro Driver. What really sets this 300w light apart from it's competition is it's smart function. This makes it the hands down winner when looking at similar priced lights with the LMB301b diodes. I won't go into all the details of the smart function, it actually has a lot, but the main features I am using is the timer function and the dimmer function. Not paying for and messing around with timers is a huge plus and the app is super simple. For an in depth review far beyond the scope of this journal and what I can do I strongly recommend checking out Shane's review from Migrow and Dr.Mj coco. They have great unbiased light reviews with par testing.
From left to right
Front left- Cherry Pie Photo. I've been feeding 700 ppm Megacrop. 300 of that PPM is my tap water.
Back Left- Blueberry auto. It was supposed to be a photo period, but SUPRISE it was an auto. Thanks Canuck seeds for throwing that little wrinkle into my grow plans.
Front right- FB purple Lemonade 600 total ppm Megacrop
Back right- Dinafems OG Kush CBD 600 total ppm Megacrop. ( I really f'ing miss you Dinafem! )
July 25th. I set the light to 75% and it's sitting about 21" above the canopy