Wow, what a week. The runt has taken over the space. Environmental adaptability of these girls is phenomenal! The delay in flowering to compensate for the companion plants vigor has resulted in more stretched out growth. It seems autoflowers really strive to finish. The two Chemhoes experienced the same thing however being both photoperiods I noticed a different reaction. The Chemhoe with dominant vigor continued to dominate, the companion plant suffered and no matter how much Tim in veg remained small and scraggly. Now that the Chemhoe is topped there appears to be a slight increase in the runts vigor. With the autoflowers it appeared that once the Karmic Connection with the most vigor had established itself it began to flower. The runt in this scenario appeared to delay flowering for several more weeks. Now there is pronounced stretch that has allowed the plant to occupy space in obtainable to the other plant. This has been the case with most autoflowers I have ran. The plant that seems to be behind always takes the longest and puts on the fattest weight. 4AM and Spotless Mind both displayed the phenomenon. Itโs like in elementary school when you put the plant in the box and only cut a hole on the side. We all know plants grow towards the light. But with autoflowers that automatically switch to flowering, how does this response change? There is only a set time til harvest right? Environmental stress seems to suggest that the plants awareness is able to offset this time in some capacity. Think stunted growth but this time itโs because itโs not optimal to flower. Thereโs a book Iโve been actually meaning to read, โ The Revolutionary Genius of Plantsโ. I feel like that might help to better understand the observations. There is a clear pattern Iโm noticing and so far itโs been a rewarding phenomenon. The Karmic Connection that is still pliable will be bent, the defoliation will be maintained, and everything will keep on pace. All good in the dog house
@MrKen, And I will be lol haha. Live checking these ladies and seeing better and better grow. I can always learn this way even when I don't grow ๐๐
Thanks mate nice words!
Hey! Looking good! What do you mean by "Full Spectrum"? It's typically just a marketing gimmick word that means many different things so I'm interested to hear what you mean by saying that. The Black Dog lights have 9 different colors of LED covering beyond PAR (400 - 700nm). It also has ACTUAL UV and IR lights not just a miniscule .008 of UV bleed off from LED's that are close to it like deep blue. Hell, someone could claim an incandescent bulb has enough bleed off into UV to claim that it's Full Spectrum. No other light that I have researched actually have as much of a complete "Full Spectrum" as Black Dog.
@Bruce_Leroy1, agree thatโs a gimmick. Go look at my other diaries and you will see what I mean. You seem to be misunderstanding. Iโm comparing the chips used to create the spectrum. My BlackDog vs my Migro in this comment.