Slowest veg ever

twentyeight.threefive said:

Can I borrow yours?

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hotrodharley said:

It's a poor mechanic who thinks his hammer can cure everything. People buy pH pens repeatedly. Yet they won't spend less than $150 for a meter that tells you immediately whether to increase power, decrease it or leave it where it is. Apps on smartphones? Lol. I'll measure mine against theirs anytime.

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twentyeight.threefive said:

I only have one pH pen. It's a poor mechanic who doesn't take care of his tools also.

I don't use an app on my smartphone, I just guess.

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hotrodharley said:

Yet they won't spend less than $150 for a meter that tells you immediately whether to increase power, decrease it or leave it where it is.

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Boatguy said:

Kind of a waste of cash for something you only need to use once. Unless you are frequently trying out new lights

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twentyeight.threefive said:

I only have one pH pen. It's a poor mechanic who doesn't take care of his tools also.

I don't use an app on my smartphone, I just guess.

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hotrodharley said:

We see the results of guessing. Regularly.

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Boatguy said:

Kind of a waste of cash for something you only need to use once. Unless you are frequently trying out new lights

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hotrodharley said:

"The three Android Apps were inaccurate but the Photone App on IOS was very close right through the range of PAR intensity. As per the instructions the Photone App was used with a piece of 80gms paper over the front camera as a diffuser and the light source selection was set to ‘LED full spectrum’."

PAR meter APPs tested

What is the best par meter app for grow lighting? For iPhone owners the PPFD App is the most accurate PAR meter with the most features including making your own PAR map. The PPFD app also has the most free features. Android users should use the Photone app or pair the PPFD app with the Uni-T lux...

www.migrolight.com

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hotrodharley said:

Or if your plants are growing. Or if you want maximum production or a variety of other reasons. Don't buy one. I don't give a flying fuck.

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hotrodharley said:

Bullshit to phone apps for most of you but definitely do it your way. Lol. And my $150 meter measured 755 compared to a calibrated Apogee reading 750. Immediate reading. No math conversion or filter paper. But I'm done arguing about it.

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SteakBags said:

Multiple people including HLG tell you to run calmag when under LED, the plants seem to not uptake it as much because they’re leaves aren’t getting as warm under the LED compared to a HPS

What’s your medium? I don’t plan on using nutes unless I need them in flower which I’ll brew terp teas for

I’m growing in a sealed room, I control the humidity and it stays between 60-70%

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visajoe1 said:

I run soil. HLG is incorrect about calmag in soil and so is anyone that says otherwise. Unless using RO, as previously described.

Your plants will need food bro, they will eat everything in the soil before you get into flower. Tea is to feed microbes to facilitate food to the roots; but if no food in the soil, this wont have desired results.

Little late for top dressing, adding dry ingredients to soil takes time to breakdown and be available to plant.

Consider dry salts. You can add them to the soil if you want to go that route, or mix with water and feed if you need to inject some food. (I use Maxigro/Maxibloom)

Lack of food is only weakness in the grow I see here, everything else looks good, nice job. Best of luck to you

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hotrodharley said:

This total aversion to quantum PAR meters here is quite ridiculous.

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SteakBags said:

The leaves are so dark green they’re not far from nitrogen burn, what kind of food could they need based off how the leaves look? And roots organics terp teas have npk ratings

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