it was a girl owner of the hydro shop and when the
ushio bulb was out of stock and i opted for the phillips 930 bulb.
the advice was that the cheap ballast i was buying from her would affect the phillips bulbs performance, or any bulbs performance was my assumption.
i bought a cheap 'light speed' ballast i think its called. no name brand on it. its very generic. and the 930 bulb = ($390 canadian in total)
im at the mega crop website and its got a feeding schedule and plant colour advice. your plant above is very dark green. no burned tips though so it looks like youve got the nutrients really dialed in. maybe the plant is tired.
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Step 1 – Dialing In Nitrogen levels through MEGA CROP dosage by monitor your plants coloring:
- Pay close attention to the green coloring of your plants leaves. Nitrogen levels in MEGA CROP are strongly related to how green your plants leaves will appear
- If your plant leaves are light green or yellow, then increase your dosage of MEGA CROP to boost Nitrogen levels and increase green color
- If your plant leaves are too dark green and/or have burned tips, then scale back your MEGA CROP dosage to reduce the nitrogen.
- Your goal is to have the plants coloring to be a strong healthy green without burning, and you control this by increasing or decreasing the MEGA CROP dosage. If you are a new grower and not sure what color your plants should be at, browse the internet for pictures of healthy plants of your same type. You should make dosage changes for the first time in small amounts, for example changes of 10-20% increase or decrease only, and then waiting 2-3 weeks to monitor plant response after each change. Since the plant has to take time to uptake nutrients and process them, it may take 2-3 weeks to notice the results of the changes you made.