The plant with the LST has responded so much better than the one on the right that I left to grow naturally. I’m simply pulling the branches down to open the canopy, and that little bit of effort seems to have produced nearly twice the vegetative growth as the natural plant in the exact same soil and conditions. It’s an earthbox so they are getting the same nutes/water as I am not top feeding anything. I let the moisture meter dictate if I need to add water or not and I watch the plants themselves to determine if I need to modify my nute profile. I am
starting to see maybe the first hints of flowering. Hopefully we’ll have baby buds start developing within the next 10-14 days.
@ReinDeer, thanks! It’s a real basic grow using miracle grow and superbloom. I’m very pleased with how they vegged, now to wait and see if we get some good buds.
Makes sense that the plants should take whatever they need from the available spectrum. Since Veg turns on all the LEDs, I’ve probably been wasting my time messing with the switches, because I’m just lowering the total output for part of the day.