[Avinash.miles]

fuk

apparently last night the 1k w lite did not cut on, so a 150w was hung over the cup colloseum just to keep them happy & on schedule.

im told the ballast "sounds" on & feels on, so could be the bulb or fixture, or really could still be a contact or something perhaps in the ballast.

I think what will happen is :
I will replace the 1k w setup with a fully working 600 w lite, i think the setup will benefit from lower temps and perhaps finishing under lower light will keep trichs from degrading, and possibly allow me to pull the towers closer to the light.
kinda bummed that about downgrading the light, so it may not happen if i can just keep it running as is, get it back to running how it should that is.

[Avinash.miles]

for the record this is the 2nd time i've had trouble w the light in this room, bummer for me.

also
im beginning that "nute taper" thinkin ill go 5g maxi now this week, perhaps drop the N entirely after that... then flush, we'll see what that does

[whatthe215]

i had a ballast flip to a socket with no lamp, so it did the whole noise thing with no light... happened a couple times actually cuz i'm an idiot but the point is the last time i went into the room and the ballast was smoking a ton. smelled like absolute electronic cancer.

whatever, i was glad the whole house didn't go up in flames. be careful man.

[rocket1]

If it's buzzing & no light It the cap take your"s out it will have the numbers you need there 5 to $ 10 on flee bay

[megayields]

Originally Posted by Avinash.miles

for the record this is the 2nd time i've had trouble w the light in this room, bummer for me.

also
im beginning that "nute taper" thinkin ill go 5g maxi now this week, perhaps drop the N entirely after that... then flush, we'll see what that does

I believe several other vert growers here (much better than me) do this exact thing, cut the N to a low or out all together and slowly drop the EC feeding until your basicly just flushing.....we do that and one thing I "consistantly" get feedback from clients on is how smooth and tasty my bud is.....just a thought and your totally KILLING IT MANG!!

[Avinash.miles]

Originally Posted by rocket1

If it's buzzing & no light It the cap take your"s out it will have the numbers you need there 5 to $ 10 on flee bay

thanks for the advice rocket, ur sayin its the capacitor most likely eh?

[Avinash.miles]

Originally Posted by megayields

I believe several other vert growers here (much better than me) do this exact thing, cut the N to a low or out all together and slowly drop the EC feeding until your basicly just flushing.....we do that and one thing I "consistantly" get feedback from clients on is how smooth and tasty my bud is.....just a thought and your totally KILLING IT MANG!!

thanks mega, 4 the kind words of encouragement

also.....

ya nute taper.
i may cut the N out as early as this weekend, which would be day 46 out of 70..... is that too long for these lil plants to go w.o Nitrogen? considering that the last 14 days will be no nutes at all.....

I always want to see the plants "eat themselves" a lil be4 harvy, but also dont want to stop or slow growth at the last few weeks....

any thoughts?

[megayields]

Originally Posted by Avinash.miles

thanks mega, 4 the kind words of encouragement

also.....

ya nute taper.
i may cut the N out as early as this weekend, which would be day 46 out of 70..... is that too long for these lil plants to go w.o Nitrogen? considering that the last 14 days will be no nutes at all.....

I always want to see the plants "eat themselves" a lil be4 harvy, but also dont want to stop or slow growth at the last few weeks....

any thoughts?

Yes..I have some thoughts....my "gro-bro" and I just had a lengthy discussion about this. We have 2 schools of thought here 1) Feed right up until you get ready to flush, that can be as long as 1-2 weeks (I am a HUGE believer in proper flushing) or 2) Slowly cut back your EC levels during the last 3-4 weeks but keep SOME feeding as the buds are packing on weight (and some strains this happens a HUGE amount in the last few weeks)....until you hit a point (your decision) to stop feeding and simply flush, NOW one thing we just hit upon...we were using Clerex for flushing when gro-bro noticed that Clerex is mostly a sugar....simple glucoses..kinda brings up that whole thing of old school heads hitting their buds with straight molassas at the end of flowering to give them that last load of carbs, so what WE did on this last run was slowly cut the EC (feeding) level down until the last 2 weeks then for about 9 days we just fed , (so to speak), with Clerex, not every day though, and then flushed for about a week with just plain PH'd filtered water. If you read recently we just had my OG Kush x UK Cheese tested at SC Labs ..it hit 25.7% total active cannabinoids so either we got real lucky or we did "something" right.....I would like to believe the later.

Im sure everyone you talk too will have their own opinion, some just kinda just dial it in as they go, but I like to have a plan. This is just what WE did Avanish, you do what YOU want to do, obviously you know what your doing since that shit looks like dank fire!

[Avinash.miles]

glad 2 have u & ur "gro-bros" input here, thanx agian.

another variable concerning flushing is my unique setup....
with that column of grow material, nearly 4 feet high, i am wondering what different circumstances this will cause during the flush....

how many people have to flush 4 feet vertical of medium? altho its not THAT much shit, it's still oriented vertically in a column rather than a mass in a pot on the floor.

anyhooo.
im gon flush how i do, cut the N taper the nutes, maybe some clearex maybe not (i do have half-a-bottle left over)

[rocket1]

If you different light bulb .
when the transform go out it short out and will flip your breaker . when you open it up look for louse are broken wire first