aphrodisia
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Ok, weekly update for Day 8 of 12/12. As mentioned above had a bit of clean-up work last night. Forgot I took some shots after the clean-up, late night. There's one up-side to this culling of the BB male, better coverage for the 2 remaining plants, there's always a bright side
So, pics going forward will be for the 2 fems left in there, a Jack The Ripper (JTR) clone, and Pure Power Plant (PPP) from seed.
Unfortunately these 2 were the smallest going in, but they'll produce some bud so on with the grow, will try to make the best of these two ladies.
For 8 days @ 12/12 they're looking well imo. Flowers are developing quickly, keep in mind that I'm counting from the flip to 12/12. I put them @14/10 for 9 days under the LED's to stretch them and get them pre-flowering. I find when I do this, besides stretching them, they begin pre-flowering. That makes the count from 12/12 pretty close to the seed bank recommended finish time. JTR should be 8 weeks total, PPP should be 10 weeks so I'll be harvesting these incrementally as they each finish.
The coverage in the remaining area of 2'x3' is awesome. All sides/ends are getting a ton of light. One thing I noticed with these lights in comparison to (LG) LED's is the penetration seems much deeper. You can clearly see light getting to the bottom and hitting the floor in between the plants. May be that it's white light and easier to see but it looks brighter all the way down/through the canopy. Should be able to validate later as the buds develop. I found the middle/lower buds with the LED's popcornish (and fluffy) beyond the top canopy last round.
Environment:
I've mentioned it in previous posts, these lights run surprisingly cool for this technology. They've only raised temps by 2-3F which was easy enough to adjust/manage by adjusting the variable controller for incoming air to 1/3rd throttle. Considering it's been in the mid 80's and 60-80% humidity outside since I turned them on, that's awesome. No worries with summer weather, was a bit of a concern going into this early summer. Keep in mind though, I just built this room and it has air conditioning being pulled in from the house HVAC system. Since I run the lights at night and keep the house at 68F for sleeping, any fresh air going into the room during lights on is 10-15F cooler than the flower room. So if I need to cool it down further or reduce humidity all I have to do is crank the variable controller and I get cooler/drier air in there.
Temps: Lights off: 70-75F, Lights on: 79-83
Humidity: Lights off: 55-58, Lights on: 46-49
Vertical SCROG?:
Oh yeah, one more thing Im playing with this round is the trellises you'll see in the pots. Saw them when picking up some stuff at the dollar store. They're not much different than the one's my grandpa used to make for his tomatoes, figured I'd try them. They're bamboo, about 28" high and the bottom 8" or so have 2 "feet" that stick into the sides of the pots. They make LST easier when needed in these fabric pots and I'm doing a sort of vertical scrog thing with them, guiding the main colas through the holes. Makes evening out the canopy easy, and open up the centre nicely to get lots of light down through the centre. I can tie the colas to the stakes if necessary and provide support when they get heavier. So far I'm liking them. Only down side I can see is once they're weaved through and they stretch out, they'll need to stay in there until harvest, but no different than a horizontal SCROG really.
Finally pics, here are the two remaining girls, group shots:
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JTR:
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PPP:
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Cheers
They look fantastic for just 8 days in flower. Love the trellises.
I would highly suggest you check it, just buy and then return a kilo-watt meter from home depot
.........I think I will be waiting for a loooong time
