I had a 400 hps and 3 plants in almost the same setup as you and I also had a lot of flower drop at first. I was able to resolve the problem by putting the light on a digital timer that had 36 presets. It allowed me to turn on the light 50 minutes and off 10 minutes every hour for 10 hours. I read that the HPS light can get too hot even with the fan for the plant and overheat it causing frequent flower drops. I also only gave them light at night when the temps where a lot lower to help prevent the plant from over heating plus it's cheaper to run the light after 10:00pm. This year i'm going with 2 cool tubes that I picked up for this grow season since the tube is fully enclosed it suppose to remove over 90% of the heat from the light and allow you to get a full 1000 watt hps withing 16" of your plants!
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Conductivity is a measure of the strength of the nutrient solution. The higher the conductivity, the more dissolved solids there are in the solution. Delicate plants, cuttings, and seedlings can experience fertilizer burn if the conductivity is too high.Here's a link to a conversion chart http://www.getbluelab.com/Articles/Bluelab+Measurement+Conversion+Chart.html
Update!!!!!
First off out of the three plants each one is forming different shape pod's
Had to raise the light up so the tops didn't get burned.In all i think the plants are doing good.
First off out of the three plants each one is forming different shape pod's
Had to raise the light up so the tops didn't get burned.In all i think the plants are doing good.
Ts cutting
And what a surprise this was when i seen it!
This cutting took 27 days to root,the longest time of any plant i've took cutting from to root.
And what a surprise this was when i seen it!
This cutting took 27 days to root,the longest time of any plant i've took cutting from to root.
Hinky said:Thanks for the kick in the pants
looks like i got the kick in the pants too
best thing was i didn't buy anything i had all this crap lying around my garage.
Teh puprle penguins,
What kind of tent is that ???Glad i could help with a kick. What kind of nute's are you useing??
What kind of tent is that ???Glad i could help with a kick. What kind of nute's are you useing??
it is a Sun Hut 48"x33.5"x84"< i don't know the exact dimensions because those on the box are wrong : ).
so far i have only used some slightly ph corrected distilled water on those seedlings.
but i will be using the GH Flora series to re-familiarize myself with it, there seems to be a big movements BACK towards the Flora series from what i have seen, most of the people i personally know that i hold in high regard have either used it always or are back to using it. so : ).
but ya i could take some more pics of my tent once i get my laptop back from hp getting repaired : (.
so far i have only used some slightly ph corrected distilled water on those seedlings.
but i will be using the GH Flora series to re-familiarize myself with it, there seems to be a big movements BACK towards the Flora series from what i have seen, most of the people i personally know that i hold in high regard have either used it always or are back to using it. so : ).
but ya i could take some more pics of my tent once i get my laptop back from hp getting repaired : (.
A NEW COLOR!!!!!
Here's a few pic's.
1) Is a shoot of the whole setup.
2)Pepper turning a new color
3)Well the shape of this pepper??
Here's a few pic's.
1) Is a shoot of the whole setup.
2)Pepper turning a new color
3)Well the shape of this pepper??
Thanks for the comments guy's.
Almost ripe!!!!!
sweet!! ripen.. ripen... ripen...
Well its ripe
Picked my first pod of the year.
Got 23 fresh seeds from this pod!
If i let them dry on the coffee filter for 4-6 days at room temp should this be oK????
Picked my first pod of the year.
Got 23 fresh seeds from this pod!
If i let them dry on the coffee filter for 4-6 days at room temp should this be oK????
Thanks for the input 2 weeks sounds good.As for the taste test I ate a half of a half and went to tears within a few minutes,AS for flavor well i have a cold and it was so dam hot i couldn't think right,every time i inhaled a breath it seemed to just get hotter.
It's funny you said that, it did seem to clear them up a bit.