So I’m three weeks into flower in my first grow I’m using the hlg 650rs and they seem to be absolutely strong as.. I’m not sure if I’m using them right or my plants just can’t handle the heat in the kitchen atm.. I’ve got them just under halfway atm hanging about 32” from the top of the canopy and predominantly through one strain I seem to get a little yellow spot right in the middle of the buds closest to the lights but I’ve also noticed on others lower down I was hoping the yellow may just been new growth about to come through and not an error on my end with the light being to strong or too close.. my initial thought was bud bleaching but seeing how early it is in flower and really how low I’m using this light compared to some others I’ve seen would it be comfortable to turn these up and see what happens or not run the risk and just keep it low the whole way through.. I really am trying to get the best out of plants growing ethos indica multipack with house and garden nutrients in coco.. any suggestions would be great.. also I have run out of room basically towards the mid way of week 3
Bud bleaching - newbie first grow
- Thread starter Shneekal
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lukio
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i dont think thats light burn, but corey is the resident light burn distinguisher @coreywebster
thanks for the speedy reply bro, I was feeding at 2.0 for a day or two and they just didn’t hack it, so I knocked them back to 1.8-9 until flush, I’m hoping ive caught all of these problems early!! Fingers crossed I’ll have more photos up shortly
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coreywebster
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Yeah if it were light burn you would see some symptoms like mag def but on the upper leaves, possibly signs of dead spots on leaves way before you would see bud bleaching which would be much later in flower.
I wouldn't even run at 1.8 EC tbh, normally I run around 1.4ec .
What distance are you from light to tops of plants?
Yeah I’ve been trying to run these as close as I can to the house and garden schedule with the obvious half strengths etc, but they finish at 2.0 tops then back to 1.2 after week 5, my hlg 650s are 32 inches from the top of the canopy bro and they are currently at half strength of what they can be.. thinking of maybe turning them back up after this conversation!!
coreywebster
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Well at that distance they shouldn't be a problem, unless your in less than a 4x4ft space.
On a side note I assume your watering daily until run off ?
Yes checking outflow Ec daily, I was getting beautiful growth a couple days of ago and just halt and rise in ec from outflow since I kicked it up half .1 Ec lol.. I guess this is flower so I shouldn’t be fucking around but hey you only live once I guess, thankyou for the heads up bro!