Can be natural, can be caused by excessive heat. Happens naturally in strains with a Thai influence and should be ignored with regard to harvest
Wrong, wrong and wrong, I get foxtails in pretty much every grow and I flower with T5's, I'm pretty sure my light is not excessive, I do however run my canopy at 92 LOL Light leaks don't affect anything, all the forum hype about it is pure crap, My garden is wide open in my basement and I have light leaks that you can read by LOL Some Sats are just finicky about flowering and foxtail naturally, hell most have multiple harvest windows.
Flower in pure darkness during the dark cycle for a couple weeks, then start making light leaks happen, probably gonna get some herms. These plants respond to environmental cues, stress. If you have light leaks from the beginning ( it's not completely dark outside under a full moon), the plants will call it good and not stress. That's what they know as dark as long as it's under a certain amount of lumens it won't be an issue. I have friends that go in on a dark cycle, flip on the lights and do their work and leave, the plants are fine as long as you do that from the beginning. Wait until halfway into flower and that's a whole other story. Could be wrong about the light leaks and sativas, but that was my experience. i do have limited experience with full on sativas. I stop getting foxtails when I raise my lights, they are air cooled and the canopy never gets above 83 degrees on a hot day. Also have noticed more foxtails with cal/mag problems T5 might be too bright if it sits on the plant or strains could be prone to that. The problem with people being confused is too much conjecture and anecdotal evidence. I may be wrong about those foxtails as well, so I'm gonna find some sources with data to back my opinion up. You got any sources for your assertions?
I'm sorry, you don't know me and I don't know you So please allow me to introduce myself, I used to be here as Riddleme, I had over 6000 post, I was banned here because I started my own site, that was 4 years ago. I came back here as RM3 to help out new growers cause I can or maybe I was bored? I am a breeder and my gear is growing all over the world, I have been growing for over 40 years. I have written a book on it and am working on the 2nd one now. Most that know me would tell you I have forgotten more about this plant than most people know. I have grown land race sats and in fact have several going at the moment. Please feel free to click my sig links and check out my plants. Oh and I like to keep my T5's 2 feet off my canopy, doesn't always work out, sometimes the plants just grow into it LOL
Just to get a sense of who I am. I think everyone's wisdom is relative to their own experience and everyone has value and their own unique insight. Where I come from, people that speak in all or nothing statements with only opinion and no facts raise my eyebrows a little. Realizing of course my first post here was pretty definitive and without facts. Human nature to simplify and compartmentalize and with all the variables growing this plant, easy to be confused.
Likewise !!! I try not to argue (doesn't always work) and I try not to come off as a know it all. Mostly I put the info out there and let folks decide for themselves what to do with it. My eyebrows raise a lot so I totally get that, I also shake my head a lot LOL
Not to beat a dead horse here, but have you seen no foxtails with cooler temps? Reason I ask is just because I have run into too many people that make too many assumptions and conjecture without fully understanding what's going on. It's all relative to that specific environment and often wrong conclusions. Your statement about light leaks being crap is limited to your experience, and like I said based on the plant adapting to dark cycle and flower. That's my experience. I do what I can to avoid too much stress. If your plants are up in that T5 by the end, then it's no longer 2 feet away when those fox tails happen. I just read some of your stuff and was skeptical about those T5's, in my experience they are slower for veg. What's your veg time? But with that warmer canopy and happy roots I could see increased transpiration and faster growth. Fucking A I could see that working if it's dialed. But again one persons high quality could be another's mediocre. Wouldn't flower with those temps, as I have seen looser bud compared to same strain with cooler temps. Boiling water on the roots sounds a bit like overkill, but I might give it a try. Not sure what exactly it's supposed to do. Doesn't seem necessary as all those other factors add up to quality before this stage. I have pondered on just how long that plant is alive after chopping and the last minute processes. I have noticed frostier bud when I leave a plant in the dark before chopping. But again that's a subjective opinion not backed up by measurements. I have been doing this for over 12 years and that doesn't mean I learned a damn thing. Ha! By all means though let's yell at each other and put each other down, we can feel better about our limited awareness and not improve our styles.
Aw Come On Beatin Dead Horses is FunNot to beat a dead horse here, but have you seen no foxtails with cooler temps? Reason I ask is just because I have run into too many people that make too many assumptions and conjecture without fully understanding what's going on. It's all relative to that specific environment and often wrong conclusions. Your statement about light leaks being crap is limited to your experience, and like I said based on the plant adapting to dark cycle and flower. That's my experience. I do what I can to avoid too much stress. If your plants are up in that T5 by the end, then it's no longer 2 feet away when those fox tails happen. I just read some of your stuff and was skeptical about those T5's, in my experience they are slower for veg. What's your veg time? But with that warmer canopy and happy roots I could see increased transpiration and faster growth. Fucking A I could see that working if it's dialed. But again one persons high quality could be another's mediocre. Wouldn't flower with those temps, as I have seen looser bud compared to same strain with cooler temps. Boiling water on the roots sounds a bit like overkill, but I might give it a try. Not sure what exactly it's supposed to do. Doesn't seem necessary as all those other factors add up to quality before this stage. I have pondered on just how long that plant is alive after chopping and the last minute processes. I have noticed frostier bud when I leave a plant in the dark before chopping. But again that's a subjective opinion not backed up by measurements. I have been doing this for over 12 years and that doesn't mean I learned a damn thing. Ha! By all means though let's yell at each other and put each other down, we can feel better about our limited awareness and not improve our styles.
Sorry for the thread jack !
