Another good week of growth. Scrog net is almost full and i will be flipping to flower in the next few days. I defoliated the lower parts of the plants today and will give them some time to recover before the flip. I added a second tsl 2000 light as things are going well and i will continue this hobby for the foreseeable future so why not invest in it for some good returns. These lights are very powerful and i figured out that the lighter green plant wasn't from low N but was being bleached a bit by the light. Even with the hangers maxed out vertically i was still seeing light stress so i dimmed them down to 250w each and moved them to about 28 inches above the canopy and they seem to be doing a lot better.
The hangers that came with the lights are too long for my liking as i plan to let the plants stretch almost entirely vertically. After looking at other peoples diaries growing the same strain and not seeing a whole lot of stretch during flower I believe i will have the space as its a 7' tent and with the new chains i'm hanging the lights with i'll gain another 6-8 inches of height if needed. With hanging the drivers outside of the tent, keeping temps down is easy and i don't think i'll have any issues with that even if i ran the lights during the day ( I'll still run them mostly at night with a window for me to check them after work ). Still feeding half strength nutrients and that seems to be more than enough to keep things green and growing so i'll just be keeping an eye on things and adjusting where necessary. They seem to prefer a PH range of 6.2-6.5. I suspect there will be a learning curve to get the lighting intensity right during flower but i'm ready to learn 🙏
See you next week.
