Recent content by smokeymarine

pr0fesseur, are you ever wrong about anything? Same question for hyroot. I guess there are just all kinds of 3 second 0-60 Mustangs roaming the streets. Lots of wind blown mullets I guess. And for the few 3 second Mustangs on the street that are in the same performance neighborhood as a Ferrari...

Well so much for a picture. I scraped off about 1/4" of the top of the soil and the mold hasn't come back.

Had a real scare a few days ago. After a close inspection of all the plants one of them had early bud rot. Really nasty, ruins everything it touches. It was only on one plant so it had to be harvested so it could come out of the room. Got 43g dry out of it, not counting theinfected bud I had to...

I'll get a pic up next chance. I don't water more than twice a week. I always wait till it feels very light, but I'm not so sure the I would call the top of the soil "very dry". Odd thing is that this is only happening to 1 out of 4.

I just noticed what looks like a light whispy white mold starting to grow on top of my soil. MY humidity is 60% and temp is 68F. Is this anything I should be concerned about?

I mean why not mix the nutes with the water when you are ready to use them. Not mix them, use a little then let it sit. Mix only what you need right then and there.

Why not just mix it with water at the time you are ready to water and feed?

Here are the ladies at 5 week. The herd has been thinned by 1 plant, now four left in the grow. It was getting too crowded, so the one with the worst development was chopped. Some frosty nug to sample.

Walk in the Light, that's very punny :mrgreen:bongsmilie

That's not what I meant. I meant who published the graphs? You are correct that HID's don't have the most optimal light spectrum, but it has proven to be more than adequate. Obviously a HPS lamp provides a high enough ratio of blue along with the wide spectrum in the yellow to red range to...

Actually some of the information in the article by Harry S. agrees with the article in the link you included. He stated that at least 6% blue light was needed to go along with red/far red light for proper growth. The Oxford Journal link states that 7% blue light was needed to prevent "overt...

So where did the plant sensativity curve come from? I have seen a few different curves, but the one you are using differs the most from what I normally see. What makes it more valid than the others? Have you seen this Article from Harry Stijger? He seems repuatable enough. I've seen his work...

Ok, I still don't see any back up of the statement that HIDs are 10% PAR regardless of which calculation you use. And you've chosen a calculation of PAR that supports your theory that T5's are the best invention since sliced bread. I'm not sure the comparison is fair. I'm still struggling with...

Also.... Maybe I don't understand the meaning of PAR the way you are using it, but I don't think you can say the Sun is 100% PAR. It DOES radiate 100% of the spectrum absorbed by plants, but it radiates a lot that is not used by plants. For the Sun only 45 percent of the light is...

I've seen this said before and I don't beleive it is true. Please correct me if I'm wrong. A Hortilux 600W HPS is rated for 370 PAR Watts. That looks like 60% PAR, or am I missing something? Please school me. :)