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Seeds sat in 6.5 ph water until sprouted . Placed in 15L pot it will stay in until harvest!
Update
Both broke surface of soil and I am pumped about that!
These girls are taking off. When I get some more free time I will do a better job inputting information on my grow diaries, but for now here is 2 pictures, one of each the widow twins. One slightly bigger than the other :)
When you go to LST , is it easier to do this when the plant is more thirsty as the branches have more give? Also, do our work it until it “half breaks” or just get it to bend without it breaking inside? Does this make sense?
Hi there! Well it's not really about the dryness of the stems, but more about the global flexibility and the age of the plant. Doing it early on a very young plant might result in a stress/shock and will need time to recover. Doing it on a healthy plant once she has developed 3 or 4 nodes is the ideal. Doing it tardily on big stems / solid stems might break them (then it's supercropping). Considering you're growing an autoflowering-strain, I'd recommend not to LST her too early, it might affect its growth, I would wait a couple of days so the side-branches can develop and do LST on these. For the main cola, pinching or FIMing gives great results if done correctly. Supercropping is not a good idea for autoflowers. Hope this helps, keep us up-to-date and happy growing!
Still in veg right now, can’t see any flowers starting yet. I have a new 2000w Full spectrum LED light coming this week so hopefully I can have it up right as soon as they start to flower 👍
I am getting a new 45w led full spectrum light for my seedlings. When is the best time to switch the seedling over to my other light? It is a 2000w led full spec also, very, very strong and I do not want the little girls to burn up or get stunted with the power of the light.
I would run your lil ones under that 45 watt for at least a few weeks you have to watch your growth leaves at a seedlings stage thats why the height is of most importance i would put her under the 2000watt a couple weeks before flower she should have the leaf mass to handle it are the 3rd set of leaves u can put her under the 2000 watt now if u keep the distance right 40 inches should be good u only drawing 250 300 true watts and probly using 10 watt chips so i wouldnt go past 24 inches with your light in bloom also 👍👍🍻🍻
@Jeff123fish, all good, I’m sceptical when it comes to that also, that’s why I read many reviews about it, I got it for $189.99 on sale so I didn’t really care if it wasn’t the best since it was super cheap. Also I have my flowering plants in wiTh my young ones so I can’t really lower the light at all ,
@biconly,forgive me for being sceptical in regards to led manufacturers and their comparisons. I know leds tend to hyper focus light and that can be too intense for small or young plants. If you keep your high enough above the canopy and only lower it in small increments watching for any signs of leaf stress you should be fine
@Jeff123fish, The output compares to 1400 watt HPS while consuming only 390 watts. BestvaLed differentiates itself from most of the other brands by including 10W dual-chips (where most of the other LED grow lights include 5W or 3W chips). The brand claims this innovation offers much brighter and efficient lighting than traditional chips by bringing the highest PAR/LUMEN output per LED. Not sure how true this is because I’m not very educated on outputs and all that Jazz, but I have recently put a new seedling in the room and I couldn’t believe how short she grew, broke soil day after I planted and then didn’t open It’s leaves for about 8days and just recently opened itself to the light. The leaves that opened are flush with the soil as she tried to stay as far from the light as possible lol I did just order a 45 w led light for my seedlings so I should be avoiding this problem now. I can show you a pick if you want as I’ve never seen a girl open that low to the soil before lol
@biconly Hi there! Well it's not really about the dryness of the stems, but more about the global flexibility and the age of the plant. Doing it early on a very young plant might result in a stress/shock and will need time to recover. Doing it on a healthy plant once she has developed 3 or 4 nodes is the ideal. Doing it tardily on big stems / solid stems might break them (then it's supercropping). Considering you're growing an autoflowering-strain, I'd recommend not to LST her too early, it might affect its growth, I would wait a couple of days so the side-branches can develop and do LST on these. For the main cola, pinching or FIMing gives great results if done correctly. Supercropping is not a good idea for autoflowers. Hope this helps, keep us up-to-date and happy growing!
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