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Hempy
Hempystarted grow question 6 hours ago
New to LED and normally bigger at week 3 bloom under hps Would ya change out ? Apart from a push back on EC? PPFD 1263 DLI 54.56 VPD. 1.26 KPa average/ 24hr Co2 day ppm 1300 EC 2.0 run off 1.9 PH 5.8 run off 6.2 X3 feeds a day in coco Week 3 bloom Thoughts ?
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001100010010011110
001100010010011110answered grow question 4 hours ago
You don't need co2 at night, but may want it on slgihtly before lights turn on to reach that 1200-1300 range by the time the lights do turn on. if you don't have light stress or very tight node spacing under 55DLI, then all is well in that regard. VPD impacts how many grams of fertilizer enter the plant per day (transpiration is primary driver behind rate of drinking). If that changes, you may need slight adjustments to EC of fertilizer. The EC you need will heavily depend on local variables. Also, is that including tap ppm? If so, it's probably in a normal range anyway. But, with more light and more co2, it can use more building blocks that fertilizers provide, so you'd need more of them than someone with ambient CO2 and 35-40 DLI... in addition to VPD having its impact too. based on growth it need X grams of each nute and if rate of drinking changes, that doesn't change those needs. So faster drinking (higher vpd) will need a slightly lower EC and vice versa. It's something you can use to pre-emptively avoid a nute-issue if your VPD does swing - intentionally or not. Don't worry about the runoff being different. Is it consistently different? that is the key. The runoff is not very reperesentative of what is in the substrate. If you have a religious runoff at least 1/day of the 3 irrigations, it should maintain a consistent level of nutes. Any issues seen will only required adjustment to formula to fix. no worries about buildup or leaching of the substrate if your fertigation habits are proper in a soilless context. One thing i'd change is that there no perlite or similar in that coco? Use 33% in coco (the pre-packed 70/30 being good enough too). This may require some adjustments on your part as far as a proper plants size to pot size ratio to effectively do 3x/day fertigation. The pot will hold a little less a water per volume, but you'll get a more optimal mix of gas:water in the substrate which is better for root growth -- more effectively make use of all that extra carbon and extra umol/s PAR. I'd suggest vermiculite, like bugbee. It releases some plant usable silicon, unlike perlite or pumice stone etc.
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001100010010011110answered grow question 4 hours ago
about growth difference.. light is more evenly distributed. Is it possible you have better growth across a wider range of the canopy? This would be an illusion to the eye that it may not be as tall, but overall growth from wall to wall is more robust and balances out. A single point of light, like a bulb or technically 2 bulbs and 2 poitns of light, requires a higher hanging distance. If you understand the ramification of the invese square law, this would explain why that configuration can result in some stronger light deeper into canopy than LED, but only dirctly under it and less so further out from middle areas due to shielding of multiple colas in the line of sight from bulbs. This may contribute to the illusion it has less growth, but in reality it has the same plant mass (same amount of time = apples to apples) but more widely distributed across entire canopy. If you are applying the same DLI as you did with the DE hps, then you should expect a similar a yield. you may find distribution of quality buds slightly different across canopy. you may get a wider area of better buds but maybe not as deep as before. With that said, depending on genetics i see solid nugs 18-24" deep into canopy using LED and ambient CO2.
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Gnrlymsntrp81
Gnrlymsntrp81answered grow question 6 hours ago
Your parameters sound pretty perfekt, so I don't think you can max out there.
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Gnrlymsntrp81answered grow question 6 hours ago
HPS has deeper penetration than led and has more red to infrared light I think. Might be the reason they are behind. That's why side and inter canopy lighting is a thing with leds. You might try out aeroponic, gives you at least a week at veg and 1 during flowering if you want to shorten your grow cycle. Happy growing 😄
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