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Newgrow34

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Whats the best thing to do to get my plants to grow bigger this is my first harvest and i started with 5 female plants my tallest is barely over 3 ft tall and im not sure what i did or didnt do i could use any info at all i am very new to growing im using a 4x4x8 grow tent with a 1500 watt king led light on full spectrum what can i do to maximize there height and yield
 
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Newgrow34 said:
Whats the best thing to do to get my plants to grow bigger this is my first harvest and i started with 5 female plants my tallest is barely over 3 ft tall and im not sure what i did or didnt do i could use any info at all i am very new to growing im using a 4x4x8 grow tent with a 1500 watt king led light on full spectrum what can i do to maximize there height and yield
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What is it a indica?
 
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MY OWN DANK

MY OWN DANK

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Don't top or train n just let em grow straight up...keep in mind they're gonna stretch alot in height during flowering...they'll double or more in height generally
 
xtsho

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With that light you don't want them any taller. That light isn't actually 1500 watts it's less than 300 watts and it does not replace a 1000 watt HPS regardless of what some marketing material states.

If you let the plants get too tall you are not going to get adequate light penetration. Keep in mind that your going to lose a decent amount of height in that tent with the light so you are not going to have 8 ft of usable vertical height. You realistically need at least 2 of those lights in a 4 x 4 tent. You can increase the yield by adding more light and keeping the plants healthy.

Have you already switched to flowering? If not then you should probably do it soon.
 
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xtsho said:
With that light you don't want them any taller. That light isn't actually 1500 watts it's less than 300 watts and it does not replace a 1000 watt HPS regardless of what some marketing material states.

If you let the plants get too tall you are not going to get adequate light penetration. Keep in mind that your going to lose a decent amount of height in that tent with the light so you are not going to have 8 ft of usable vertical height. You realistically need at least 2 of those lights in a 4 x 4 tent. You can increase the yield by adding more light and keeping the plants healthy.

Have you already switched to flowering? If not then you should probably do it soon.
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They are flowering yes 2 of them barely hit 2ft
One is almost 4 feet
And 3 of them are a little over 2 feet
And im at the end of flowering
 
Mr_X

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flush your plants and water less so your plant can concentrate its energy on flowering instead of soaking in nutrients from watering.
 
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Newgrow34 said:
Whats the best thing to do to get my plants to grow bigger this is my first harvest and i started with 5 female plants my tallest is barely over 3 ft tall and im not sure what i did or didnt do i could use any info at all i am very new to growing im using a 4x4x8 grow tent with a 1500 watt king led light on full spectrum what can i do to maximize there height and yield
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My light seems to be big enough the king led is bright as can be and has very good penetration my plants just didnt grow very tall even through flowering
 
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xtsho said:
With that light you don't want them any taller. That light isn't actually 1500 watts it's less than 300 watts and it does not replace a 1000 watt HPS regardless of what some marketing material states.

If you let the plants get too tall you are not going to get adequate light penetration. Keep in mind that your going to lose a decent amount of height in that tent with the light so you are not going to have 8 ft of usable vertical height. You realistically need at least 2 of those lights in a 4 x 4 tent. You can increase the yield by adding more light and keeping the plants healthy.

Have you already switched to flowering? If not then you should probably do it soon.
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I am in the last 2 weeks of flowering
 
Kdoggy

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Newgrow34 said:
Yes indica they I only had one get over 3ft tall
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Ya ive run into indica that are extremly short my purple haze only stretched 8” under 1000w if u want monster plants sativas are good im doing a amnesia right now it stretched over 30” under same 1000w so total plant is almost 5’
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Newgrow34 said:
I am in the last 2 weeks of flowering
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If you're in the last 2 weeks of flowering there isn't there really isn't anything you're going to do to make them taller at this point. Finish them out and work on doing better for your next grow. And regardless of how bright that 1500 watt King LED seems, according to their website it's only pulling 260 watts from the wall. That is not enough light for 5 plants in a 4 x 4. The biggest thing you could do to increase your yields would be to get more light. Nothing else you do will have as much of an impact as adding more light.
 
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xtsho said:
If you're in the last 2 weeks of flowering there isn't there really isn't anything you're going to do to make them taller at this point. Finish them out and work on doing better for your next grow. And regardless of how bright that 1500 watt King LED seems, according to their website it's only pulling 260 watts from the wall. That is not enough light for 5 plants in a 4 x 4. The biggest thing you could do to increase your yields would be to get more light. Nothing else you do will have as much of an impact as adding more light.
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Im more asking what i can do for muy next grow i know there nothing i can do now im just wondering if i done something wrong, if im missing something im just new to growing this is my first grow fixing to start my second
 
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xtsho said:
If you're in the last 2 weeks of flowering there isn't there really isn't anything you're going to do to make them taller at this point. Finish them out and work on doing better for your next grow. And regardless of how bright that 1500 watt King LED seems, according to their website it's only pulling 260 watts from the wall. That is not enough light for 5 plants in a 4 x 4. The biggest thing you could do to increase your yields would be to get more light. Nothing else you do will have as much of an impact as adding more light.
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So how much more light do you think i should add to the tent i have a kinda okay light it says its 5000 watt led but its only red and next to that king led you cant really even tell its on and on the king led website it says that light is more than enough for a 4x4 tent i have no problem adding light just need a ideal how much
 
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