Another week has passed and the first month is coming to an end since the light was changed from 18/6 to 12/12 (11.5 hours of main light + 30 minutes of pure Far Red).
The top floor is a little jarring because of the temperature, but there is nothing to fix it - it all depends on the temperature outside (and when I myself melt in the room like ice cream, I don't think you can make it cool under the lamp). Plus, this time the stretching of the plant turned out to be strong enough and the lamp is exactly at the same level so as not to burn out the chlorophyll on the tops of the buds. The appearance of fox tails is possible, but to be honest, apart from aesthetics, I did not understand what they are bad about - it seems that all the buds are curled well.
But this is still just my guess, and at the moment the Star is overgrown with leaves again, the light penetrates downwards not so confidently, in 2-3 weeks there will be a second defoliation.
I will not cut the bottom for sure - there is nothing superfluous left, and at the moment what is there compared to the tops does not look so impressive. On the other hand, these shoots appeared much later than the tops and they have every chance of becoming a good small bud.
Ok now that's interesting too. I'm learning . Alot here . Lol .
But gotta ask , I saw some red lights. Is that something u have one 24hrs or with the light cycle? Honestly never seen it so donno what I'd even have to Google to learn about it ..
Appreciate your insight and these diaries are golden. Thx for sharing
@Grow4Releaf,Thank you, it's a pleasure. Do you mean separate booster line with 660 nm diodes or do you mean red diodes on the upper lamp?
If there are red diodes that illuminate the tent in red while the main light is not on, these are far red diodes that simulate dawn and sunset to accelerate the transition of the plant from the daytime to the night phase and vice versa. The first two weeks work all day, then until the end of the cycle for half an hour at the end and beginning of the day, 15 minutes of which falls on the period before / after switching on / off the main light.
