LIGHTS CAME IN M****F****R. LETS GO! Christmas morning and I am 8 years old. Reality.... 24 and just bought some overkill growlights on a credit card to float until harvest lol. I got 2 ViparSpectra XS2000 and 5 10 gal grow begs for like 420 bucks or something. I was high... but it was less than 450 with tax inlcuded. These light strapped together with zip ties are the same exact thing as one XS4000 but I wanted to be able to dim independently and its cheaper to ship. I also wanted to be able to interchange lights and angle them for more sunlike effects. idk if that does anything but it looks way cooler than the xs4000 when its angled and thats 420 science. I really just imagine its more efficient. Maybe one day ill front myself an apogee par sensor to test but for now it love it the it is.
I imagine in my 2x4 space with the far red light spectrum sensor (ePAR) I could get withen 350umols shy of 1500 so about 1150 to 1500 i cant be exact. I want to push 1500+ umols on the flip and then back off later into flower similar to @Sparkles in this grow https://growdiaries.com/diaries/126807-grow-journal-by-sparkles where I believe he was pushing closer to 1700-2000 umols on the flip. I think the Acapulco Gold will eat that light up but I worry about the Strawberry Cough so its very smart to be able to dim either side separately. The XS4000 is a redundant product for that reason. Only one dimmer. It has less value than 2 XS2000. Know this if you want to replicate my results.
Currently I am aiming for a DLI of 60 on AC and a DLI of 50 on the SC. Some strains need less light and the SC was getting crispy at the same level as AG so i backed it down to 50DLI and thats cool and useful to understand. She will yeild more than if i pushed with lower light because I picked up on it early. During Flip I want to push 75DLI on the AG and 60DLI on the SC.
Some house keeping:
-Tent is set to control to <84F and <60% humidity. It vents to full power every 30 minutes or so for about 7-15 min. I will put it on continuous 10 when i deem that low humidity wont be an issue if I run it 24 hours. Thats my indicator for stale air with larger plants.
-I have held back from topping since I think the day after my last post. so about 7 days ago. I switched to defoliation and LST because I wanna be able to tuck under a scrog nicely and fill out the tent.
- I only defoliated the AG heavy. The SC was a pluck of two or three light bleached fanleaves.
- I am probably either going to top dress or brew a tea before I transplant into the 10 gal pots for the reproductive period and harvest. I am just worried about pH of my teas. its very hard to tell the pH of the tea but I will try the toilet paper again and see if that helps on teas.
-I have noticed adult fungus flies i believe. Drying the medium out as much as the plants can take it currently.
Light bleach or nanners?
Do you think i should cut it early?
Its only on the tops but i cut the light back to ant 60% from 80%. Gunna keep it there until i can tell what to do next.
@JessicaLK, They are oats. I was trying a cover crop of oats and chamomile. I am now paranoid of bugs so I have tried to keep the oats from touching the bottom of the foliage.
@@SanchoPanza,
BRO! I'm jealous you got that AG almost in the jar man. I am going for the long veg. I want to pull a pound+ out of my 2x4x6 tent. Gotta upgrade my light before flower but thats good bc I gotta closet I can veg in with my 180w led im using now. Good luck! Ill be snooping around on all the AG and Strawberry cough journals getting excited for whats forward. Cheers!
Bro, can I ask. Y it gods name would you not use your best light for pre flowering. That ES180 would be better than the 2 viparspecs combined. Just a Question. The ppfd of the ES out does XS2000 by a LOT
@gottagrowsometime, but to answer your question its more valuable to have a veg room than lights shooting at the bottom of a plant. it takes 8-14 weeks to flower a plant depending on the strain. So during that time i can get a 8-10 week veg on two more plants and then transplant a flip them to flower as soon as my current grow ends. Perpetual.
@gottagrowsometime, All good bro. Sorry bro,bi came on strong.
I definitely could have used a joint before typing that message. For like $400 bucks imma double maybe even triple the es180 yield. Which is worth far more than $400 on the first grow the lights touch. The es is far overpriced imo at $420. Its a <200 value. Its okay for autos because they can take 20hours of light but photo periods need more concentrated and consistent coverage.
@TriangleBotanistProject
Ye, sry I was looking up the es300 my bad. Your right 2xs2000 that close would make for a much higher ppfd. Y not add the 180watt to the mix also? Even lay it on the ground and have light going from the bottom or side up? I'm a new grower so Idk and I was asking also. I have 2 p1000 I know they nothing like xs2000 but man the difference in bud vs what I started with my sf1000 is crazy with just a lol extra ppfd. I do find the more natural white light is not great for vegging plants but kick ass for flowering.
Thanks for the schooling.
Happy growing pal.
Any plant stress water with clear 320mg aspirine per 5 liters of water.
With brewing tea im puting molasses in last 15 min. Befor this im using bit of brewing yeast and LAB serum.
Brewing for 24-48 hours.
@TriangleBotanistProject, no worries wish You all best. Some people use aspirine as rooting trigger as well. Other thing Yoh can make something from aloa vera as its support roots far i know. Never used it. Good luck
@OrganicRepresent,
The Bio Tone Starter is starting to take affect clearly on both plants. I am going to help the root zone by brewing a tea and giving these girls a good deep watering with the tea to hopefully get some root stretch and add some more microbes. Ive have never heard of the aspirin trick but I dont think Ill have to got there after this tea. Thanks for the help man