Strawberry banana and the MarsHydro FC6500

smokey0418

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• Feb 14, 2023

• #21

Day three of Flower.

First nutrient change to 1.26ec

Ec steady and Ph falls .5 over 12 hrs. This seems to be a common occurrence when I do a full change and in a couple more days it will settle.

Tops of plants running low 400’s ppfd.

 

smokey0418

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• Feb 17, 2023

• #22

Day 6 flower

Ec 1.25 and ph now stable 6.05.

Hit them with 30ml of Silic last eve as system was down 5 gallons since Sunday.

Enjoy the Holiday weekend.

 

.Smoke

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• Feb 17, 2023

• #23

They're filling in quickly.
Looks good.

 

smokey0418

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• Feb 17, 2023

• #24

.Smoke said:

They're filling in quickly.
Looks good.

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Thank you.

 

smokey0418

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• Feb 21, 2023

• #25

Well the ride has been good until now.

MarsHydro FC6500 is now broken.

After 2 months of use , all I can get out of it is 700 umol’s at 8 inches away.

There explanation.


The engineer said when the ambient temperature is too high, the power supply will automatically reduce the power to achieve the cooling effect.

So the power of the light and the intensity of the light will be reduced. Can you tell us what the current temperature inside the tent is?

It is recommended to reduce the temperature inside the tent through the fan.

I run at 78-79 , a bit too hot for MarsHydro stuff I guess.


I would NOT recommend one of these lights as once it’s broke you will be just that broke as you will need something else.

 

smokey0418

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• Feb 22, 2023

• #26

I am hopeful of a driver to resolve the issue.

In the mean time, 6 bars of power to keep up the momentum on day 10.

 

smokey0418

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• Feb 25, 2023

• #27

Thank you MarsHydro for sending me a new led driver for the FC6500.

The ladies were missing it and are happy to see it back at 13 days into flower.

Enjoy everyone

 

LowRange

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• Feb 25, 2023

• #28

Wow they look great, I can't believe how much they have exploded in the last few weeks.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 1, 2023

• #29

17 days from flip. Supercropped a couple branches on the front left bush.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 2, 2023

• #30

The proper driver arrived today.
For simplicity I have swapped during the dark cycle.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 6, 2023

• #31

A pic from last evening, day 22.

Ec 1.2 ph 6 with the last two days consuming 5 gallons each day.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 14, 2023

• #32

Day 31 .
The upward grow has come to a slow at 6 ft.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 19, 2023

• #33

Filling in the spaces.

Raised the light a bit as I could see a few stressed tops.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 23, 2023

• #34

Day 40

I found a few pollinated spots , was notified a few weeks back of the issue.

Buying seeds from Canuk Seeds is a crap shoot.

Still looks delicious, but not exactly what I wanted to happen this time.

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 28, 2023

• #35

A couple more pics from today .

 

smokey0418

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• Mar 31, 2023

• #36

The front left is ripening while the other 3 have many white hairs and new growth.

Couple more weeks yet .

 

smokey0418

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• Apr 7, 2023

• #37

Nearing the end of there journey.

Thicker and stickier are the finishing goals.

 

smokey0418

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• Apr 12, 2023

• #38

It’s fall time as the colours change.

 

smokey0418

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• Apr 23, 2023

• #39

70 Days from flip and it’s ready.

Solid nuggets that are easier to trim.

The MarsHydro FC6500 does a fantastic job at proving enough light to fill these plants out on a 5x5 footprint.