Well... they're all still alive.
I noticed last night in my sleep that there was some sounds coming from my growroom (temporary until i plant them outside when the snow melts) I grabbed the axe that I always keep in my closet and headed in to find out what was going on.
When I entered it sounded electrical... not good. - I opened the curtain to the main room and I saw red sparks shooting 5-6 feet high out of my powerbar. I bolted it to the electrical circuit breaker and shut down the power to the house.
I went back in when i was sure everything was cooled down and found that one of my lights had a serious issue with one of the tubes. After chucking that whole unit (except the tubes) in the garbage i went to work on redesigning the grow space.
So now I'm using:
Two 2700k Warm White CFLs
One 5600k 18" Cool White flourescent tube
One 27w 5600k (equivalent to 100w) Cool White CFL
Its a shame, I really think those two extra 18" tubes were doing most of the job.
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(Actually last grow the incandescent 100w bulbs i used didnt grow the plants to well, it was a mixture of moving the plants several times a day to direct lighting to certain branches - BUT! I made a growbox out of plywood and put all of my plants in there with the incandescents and i hung the 3 flourescent tubes from the cieling of the box AND THEY GREW CRAZY BRANCHES
So yeah, incandescents work but you need flourescents mixed with them.
Just a thought....
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The last few days the plants have been drooping (all of the leaves drooping) I'm noticing a lot of purple on the bottom of one of the leaves - i think it is phosphate deficiency. Mostly all of the plants have yellow tips with slight browning. This to me looks like nutrient deficiency and i'll be adding 1/2 of a dose of 20-20-20 ALL PURPOSE FERTILLIZER to see if that helps.
I hope this helps, this is MY strain and it'd be whiped off the planet if it doesn't
