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1st Grow - Critical Cheese

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  1. added the plastic netting to get the canopy uniform
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Budisaurus Budisaurus
5 years ago
I flipped the bloom switch on as advised by another grower but that first day was to much for the girls and they suffered heat stress and fell almost completely over. I shut the Veg off after that 1st day and left it off for 3 days or so. I turned the Veg switch back on after letting the girls recover and perk back up and they seem to be OK with the extra light now. I'm unsure when I should switch over to flower...i read about the plant stretching and gaining twice its height but a lot of small tent grows Ive seen don't seem to get that extra long stretch. I'm running only 1 - 450 watt LED unit, does anyone have any advice ? netting added to open up the middle of the plant and to get the canopy uniform.
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Budisauruscommentedweek 65 years ago
@NomNom Thank you, I was hoping they looked good to others even if they've been stunted a bit. Yes, the Bloom switch is off and I'm running just the Veg switched on. From what I had read it told me to only turn them both on when I go into flower. I am thinking I may switch to 12/12 this Sunday and turn both switches on. Next round I'll have to try it with both switches on. This is my first real grow so I'm constantly learning something new 😁 Thank you again
NomNom
NomNomcommented5 years ago
@Budisaurus, I think most people do it because lets face it Veg is boring. Flowering is the exciting part.
Budisaurus
Budisauruscommented5 years ago
@NomNom, speaking of cheating, after my last response i realize my 1st post was 2 months ago hah so I have missed a couple of weeks...oops. Thanks again, I'm definitely going to give it a go with both switches on for the next grow from start to finish. I appreciate the tip.
NomNom
NomNomcommented5 years ago
@Budisaurus, If you were running auto flowers and wanted to try and keep them in Veg for longer to help them get a bit bigger before bloom then running the bloom switch off is helpful. With photoperiod plants the bloom switch on won't make them go to bloom, you just need to have 18+ hours of light a day. I still run blurples in my seedling and veg tent and I tried with and without the bloom switch on. The bloom switch on will help them grow bigger/faster because it's more light. You can leave it off, I just thought I'd let you know. Looks good, don't worry about the "stunted" a lot of people on here cheat their diary weeks and their plants are actually older then they say they are. You got a good little crop there keep it up.
NomNom
NomNomcommentedweek 65 years ago
Grow looks like it's coming along well, glad the power outage didn't result in badness for you. During Veg and in Soil the plants can handle more. During bloom and in hydro they react much quicker (badly) to stuff like power outages. BTW it looks like you have your "bloom" switch off on your Viparspectra. As long as you are running 18 hr's/day (as you say you are) turning on the bloom switch will help them grow bigger faster. With photoperiod plants and 18+hrs/day you can run the switch on and gain the benefit of the extra photons.