I wasn't happy with my LED, cheapo from ebay. Lined the walls with foil and put on the 600w HPS, the difference in light coverage and intensity is shocking. It might have saved me a few quid over the last few months but the growth has been slow mainly due to me only having 1 light for 4 plants with the light in the centre it wasn't giving the coverage. Now with the HPS it is lit up like Alladins cave and the foil on the walls bounces the light back nicely. The gorilla is now 25 inches wide and 13 inches high with about 25+ colas. I can see some signs of nute burn on a couple of leaves from the last feed so I will dial it down a bit, other than that I'm now a lot happier the new light is up.
@Larimar, Actually after looking back at my calendar they were germinated on 31st of may, so at the time of taking the pictures they are about 10 days old. The soil is recycled also and will undoubtedly have some left over nutrients which does help with early growth. On my last grow I used recycled soil and had a skywalker kush and a shining silver haze and they seemed to just explode in growth very early on.
@Larimar, Indeed she is growing fast. I have 2 Amnesia and a Bubble Kush germinated at the same time and they are half the size of the Royal Gorilla. I've added a pic so you can see the comparison.
@Darkgreenkid, I did do some hash oil with the trim and it is potent. Bud is still drying at the moment, I will update in a couple of days when I roll a big fat blunt with it :)
What a grow ! Well done man !
I see you are getting a few two-toned leaves, thats so beautiful !
One thing that made my life easier ,though not sure if you would find it useful, but I have pierced small hole on the rim of my pots and I just tie my plant ties in there, it made it easier for me when i needed to readjust the colas.
Anyway keep up the great work !