Day 51: I think I figured out the problem I was having. I believe I need a new MH bulb or it’s not producing the right spectrum with the ballast turned down to 50%. I swapped it out for the HPS to get a bit of stretch and I’ve gotten what I wanted, could use a bit more to even out with the others in the tent, but we’ll see. Plants stretched about 2 inches in 5 days. Did a bit of TYIng and defoliation, just enough to expose some shorter lower branches and transplanted into 3 gal pot. Fed according to the Botanicare feed calculator at full strength. Have changed over my light timer and tonight will be Day 1 of flower at 75% of 1000 W. Very pleased with this last couple days and looking forward to flower.
*Made a date error on my last entry.
Idk what kind of light you're using but you want 50cm for hid, 22cm for led , practically touching for cfl - lamp to plant distance , I'm like you though I do enjoy a bit of stretch early on, for sure you want to dial it in soon though !
@SAC87, nah you're actually golden maybe even too strong these first few weeks i would go 250 until week 3 then 400W until first completed week of bloom then 600 for a week or two then 1000 ... 1000W MH gonna give you FAT BUDS !
@CRiSPrGrow, thanks for the advice. I am running a 1000 w MH dimmed to 50%. I didn’t think I was getting enough light to all the plants in there with my little led and CFLs. Approximately how many lumens do you run in each stage??
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