Recent content by Fangthane

If that pic represents what your pot looks like shortly after watering, I'd say you're seriously underwatering her. Fully saturating all of the grow medium when watering may be a good start. It's good to get in the habit of picking up the pot right after a good watering, so you get a feel for...

I'm fairly confident that I perceive colors in a reasonably typical manner. Otherwise, my time spent setting color on printing presses would probably have gone very differently. If we're just talking about straight tap water, the drops seem almost idiot proof. It's when the samples start...

Other than my perception that a QUALITY meter would be more accurate than my old eyes having to interpret exactly which shade the drops turn my sample, you've kind of hit on my main reason for even wanting a decent meter. On a short test run I did with my DWC buckets, I was getting wild pH...

I'll try to make a long story short. Decided to splurge on a pH meter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ENFOHN8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It's their burdget model, but it seemed like I should be able to trust Apera. The first one Amazon sent was clearly already...

You've closely inspected both of our units and know exactly what's inside? Didn't think so - 'obviously. You think superficial aesthetic difference like number of cooling slits in the case proves it's an entirely different product? You can take that thing apart and install different COBs...

I'm not so sure. I'm fairly confident that they're basically identical, aside from which COBs were installed. I've seen like half a dozen different companies selling those exact fixtures under different names. They seem to buy them wholesale in bulk - often from places like Alibaba - and pay...

I have that same X5 "1500 watt" fixture, except mine is the previous model with blurple COBs. Like nearly any other light source, it'll grow some plants. It definitely got me going when I had under $100 to spend on my first light. I've just come to consider mine basically garbage. Even...

Fox Farm Ocean Forest and Fox Farm Happy Frog.

Yeah. Really wishing I'd known about Alibaba several months ago, when I had a few bucks to play with. Definitely would have gone a different direction with my last light upgrade. I'm fairly happy with what I ended up getting for $175, but would have jumped on a Kingbrite QB setup if I'd known...

I'd looked at the ones you linked to, with the CREE XP-E diodes, and their red output looked impressive. With the 480 watt V2 QB I'm looking at, the CREE chips just jack the price WAYYYY up. My broke ass is gonna get the one with the cheaper Epistar 660nm diodes instead. Thinking I'm gonna...

While they are technically chips mounted on boards, I've never actually seen anyone conflate Quantum boards and COBs. Anyway, If you'd opt for the actual HLG board in the bottom link, it looks like you'd need 4 of them to flower a 4x4 tent. If cost is an issue, that may be a deal breaker...

Yeah, I'd also found my way to that very same conclusion: Figure out when they droop and water 12 hours earlier. Problem is, I've lost what little confidence I may have ever had. For a reasonably bright guy, I'm just not taking to growing as smoothly as it seems everyone else does. I clearly...

Even a full year into my horticultural dabbling, I still fight the urge to keep the soil more saturated. Intellectually, I know that the vast majority advocate for wet-dry cycles - apparently with results to back it up - but I still have a visceral aversion to the idea. I also have the same...

Hah! I just put that very same 30# bag of castings into my cart this morning. Gonna give "worm tea" a try when I get around to ordering it.

Being a broke-ass bargain hunter and having entirely too much free time on my hands, I've found that every few days or so there are sellers who suddenly drop their price to a bag for it. It'll be cheap for a few days, then go back up to +. Couple days after that, someone else will have it...