I went vert because it was cheaper and a lot simpler to design for me and im running multiple strains so the canopy height is of no concern with me with the vert set up. This is my first grow so I will most certainly learn from this grow. Trying to gain some experience. Yeah im not really growing trees yet. But I did want the plants to surround the lights. The tent is 6'6". But with the pots I would have to take off another 2 feet from that. The water temps are 75-77f. I keep a Heisenberg Microbe Tea going in the system at all times and I must say the plants love it. I check the root zone 2-4 times a week maybe more and it has not been any signs of slime. The pics may make it seem like the plants are not getting any light on the other side but my camera makes it dark like that. Trust me when I say its no shaded part in the tent. I turned the plants once the males were taken out which was a few days ago and they have already taken over that area. I did a little LST which the plants loved. +rep for stopping by. So any other advice will be very welcomed. Im new to this so im trying to grab as much knowledge as I can.
I will give horizontal a try for my next run to see how it goes.
I put sulfur in my peppers when I grow them as good peppers need sulfur. Take a book of matches and cut the heads off with scissors. Position them depending on what type of system you run so the water takes the sulfur heads and dissolves them. It has worked great for me in the past.
For reals? That is fucking ingenuity! But you can also buy pure elemental sulfer from any excellent nursery (I put stress on excellent) or any high end hydroponics shop. They sell it for both sulfur burners for rot/mildew, or as a pH amendment. It works fantastic to amend soil pH, my azalea's and camellia's will vouch for me... now I just need to get them out of the sunlight! I trimmed up the trees on my property to get more light to my cannabis, but I accidentally exposed all my shade loving parts of my garden to partial or even full sunlight now. Dammit. But I prefer the ganja to the camellias, although they both have pretty flowers
So just turn off the off the other pump? Will it make a real difference if I didnt? Just trying to see if it will be best to keep the water circulation up.
Thanks a lot. Once I get settled I shall get into the cloning game. In still trying to figure out what plants are Sativa or Indica. Most of them look like freaking hybrids even the bagseed.
Once roots hit the drink real good, turn off the water pump.
Ok cool. I want to make the diameter of the cage smaller but I dont think that will be a good idea. The plants are growing into it with their big fan leaves. Do the bud sites need direct light or are the size of the buds based off the amount of light the plant gets in general?
That question is HIGHLY debatable. But for the most part, you do need more light coming to the bud sites, though I and others argue that as long as the leaves attached the nugs are being well lit, there shouldn't be much of a difference. Only in the final week or two when the fan leaves really aren't doing anything do you want to remove some that could be blocking nugs. I would not ever recommend removing leaves before that point unless they are causing a circulation issue.