The LED lights on the high end of the market surely are as advertised, I mainly am talking about your average beginner blurple off Amazon that tend to all advertise as 1000w but are definitely not and use it as a marketing tactic to sell more lights to new growers.
I now know for when I upgrade so at least I am further ahead than I was! The light I have does have a decent spectrum slightly less "blurple" than your average Amazon light) so it does alright for 1 or 2 plants, but once I want to grow any more I will need to upgrade for sure. Knowledge is key...
I agree, the source is the problem, you just need to buy from a reputable brand, cheap Amazon lights will usually always be much weaker than their claims, but a Mars hydro (example) will be much more honest, you get what you pay for with LED's!
If it's fully dead IE falls off simply at the slightest touch, go ahead and remove, if it's just looking bad but still alive, I'd leave it as the plant is still young and will need all the leaves it can get to grow bigger and healthier!
My light is claiming it is a 1000 watt HPS replacement, I can assure you, that is furthest from true, it is maybe 200 at best lol. They make bold claims as marketing unfortunately.
I have only ever used bagseed because I am new and don't feel like blowing money on good genetics for subpar results due to user error my first few grows, I don't see a reason why you can't, once you get a good feel for it, go ahead and grab some better genetics but it's all up to you ultimately.
You get what you pay for, as far as budget lights go, you would be better with an HPS than a cheap amazon blurple of similar value. LED tech is new and therefore expensive, I should have clarified further, my apologies! The high end LED lights are super nice and definitely produce and use less...
Looks hungry to me, yellowing like that usually is the plants way of saying it needs food. I'd give some nutes at half or 1/4 recommended if you have not been feeding yet and see how she responds.
Yeah, I have dealt with the same, it's not just heat that can harm a plant but also light intensity, too much light can shock the plants and I believe it also causes more rapid nutrient uptake which can cause burns and lockout.
Just like us people, plants are all born different. As others have advised, could be genetics, environment, deficiency, or just how it is, just like the 3 leaf mutants we see from time to time. I find it fascinating to see how different they grow!
If I could do it over again I'd have gone with HPS, LED tech sucks at a $ to performance comparison. But that sounds good, don't give your seedlings too intense light, keep it 25% and if you notice stretching I'd either move the light closer or turn it up a bit. Don't want to shock your babies!
I concurr. If the plant had any pollen sacs open, especially outdoors, chances are high that it pollinated the others. But just think, free seeds and could turn out to be a wild strain! Just gotta watch for the hermie tendency it will inherit too though.