My personal opinion on UC8XL so far

[bluewaves]

very nice bro keep up the good work

 

[QuarterbackMo]

very nice bro keep up the good work

Thanks I'm trying

 

[QuarterbackMo]

They still looking good
If I dont top off mine ppms always drop. I think your nutes are to high from the start you shouldnt need the top off to keep the ppm stable I always want to see mine go down with or with out top offs.
Good luck
BG

Yeah the ph being off kept the plants from eating for sure it was shooting to around 6.5 from 5.5 within a day so when I didn't top off they were at around 6.5 and the salts built up pretty fast from their water consumption they drink about 10 gallons a day right now. I like to see my ppm fall all the time that means things are running right but you gotta have a stable ph for that to happen.

 

[BudGoggles]

Right on bro
Things looking ready for lift off
Let the show begin
BG

 

[TheBioMaster]

Speaking of PPM's, never seem to break 500ppms yet EVER! IF you have not tried backing off your ppm's yet (this goes out to ALL UC users!) you really should. You can save SO much nutrients, and the kicker is your plants will grow even faster and stronger and bigger! Give it a shot!

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Speaking of PPM's, never seem to break 500ppms yet EVER! IF you have not tried backing off your ppm's yet (this goes out to ALL UC users!) you really should. You can save SO much nutrients, and the kicker is your plants will grow even faster and stronger and bigger! Give it a shot!

I believe you ever since I backed mine off my leaves are starting to get on the level of my veg plants in my rdwc. They feel like silk that's what I look for now a days. I think cutting back to 1/2 strength was the right move. I'll keep you updated.

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Just checked my ph after 1 day...
6.4... WTF I only used 3/4ml of calmag this time and flushed 2 times with straight ro... This is gay as fuck for real.

 

[bluewaves]

usaually ph swings like that,its telling u thats there something in there thats gonna get ugly ,

 

[QuarterbackMo]

usaually ph swings like that,its telling u thats there something in there thats gonna get ugly ,

Actually you know what I fucked up... My ph pen was off when I mixed my first half of the new nutes I think I put too much ph up in the first half hence the 6.3 which is about right and now it's 6.4 with the ppm cut almost in half from where I set it at. I think what just happened is normal and that it's definitely my fault for right now I just made an acidic top off to try and equal it out real quick I'll keep you posted.

 

[bluewaves]

koo glad u though rite lol keep us posted

 

[killakron]

yes lower nutes all the way, and try starting your initial pH lower and let it drift to 5.8 after 2 days then it should stay. with my waters strong buffers and high pH i set mine to 4.3 and its at 5.8 in a day or two and stays without adjustment for 2+ weeks no problem

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Im still having ph problems but my plants look retarded I will post some pics later.

 

[QuarterbackMo]

yes lower nutes all the way, and try starting your initial pH lower and let it drift to 5.8 after 2 days then it should stay. with my waters strong buffers and high pH i set mine to 4.3 and its at 5.8 in a day or two and stays without adjustment for 2+ weeks no problem

What do you set your top off res at? Do you also set that at 4.3?

 

[killakron]

no i set my top off res to 5.5-5.8

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Some new pics from late week 4 flower... They stretched quite a bit I had to tie a few branches over they are happy and healthy though.

One half of my room
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/e4179b54.jpg

The other half
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/9c8228ac.jpg

Some bud shots...
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/ba8a4723.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/9764ffa3.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/f4126211.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/220d24b0.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/a7ef6a24.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/7b3adf23.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/30e4a799.jpg
http://i70.invalid.com/albums/i90/thafharmacist/b16406e1.jpg

That's all for now... More to come later

 

[Shady]

Sweet bud shots brah! :mmm

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Sweet bud shots brah! :mmm

Thanks buddy wait till you see what they look like in a week or 2... The shit you see in the pics is some straight up crack just wait you will see shortly.

 

[Bobby Smith]

Dude I swear to god every last cutting was on an equal playing field besides the one I'm the back right it was a little on the small side but had more root development then the bigger one so I rolled it... The closest ones on the back 4 were all tilting towards the digilux the back 2 had all hortilux blue and that clone was big. As soon as I put the digilux down they started throwing out shoots everywhere. Side by side the digilux looks brighter and has a more reddish looking glow to it. You can tell whatever it is they love it and I do too. I love it so much I'm bout to go buy 2 digilux hps to bloom with and keep my hortilux hps bulbs as backups or something.

Still feeling that way about the Digilux? Thinking of picking a few up.

 

[QuarterbackMo]

Still feeling that way about the Digilux? Thinking of picking a few up.

I do very much so at least the mh as I did not use the digi bps this round but as far as mh go it's for sure the digi.

 

[bluewaves]

very nice bro..is ur lights hanging close or just the pics look that way?