Drew2k
Member
Hey guys,
I'm a noob, just growing 1 plant now in what I can only describe as a torture chamber up until recently, finally got everything dialed in, temps maintained, correct nutrient and pH levels & the lighting is finally being used efficiently and correctly (to the best of my knowledge).
Anyway, I've been posting a few threads lately, this has been my first grow and I bought all the equipment needed for a 6 plant garden in a 4x4x6'10" tent, and I just recently realized I have a dimmable ballast - I've been running a 1000w MH bulb for flowering and had been using it on 100% - causing lots of heat problems (~20 degree flux from around 70 - 90+ degrees) among other things like light burn & ultra low humidity levels (16%!). Yesterday, I remembered the ballast is able to dim from 100% to 75, to 50, so I adjusted it down to 50% figuring one plant doesn't need any more that 500w, and probably could use a lot less. I now have the room maintaining a 70-80 degree temperature, relative to the 18-6 light cycles.
Now, I'd like to know if it's possible to still allow stretching to happen (even though the nodes are, as you can believe, super tight). Plant is about a foot & pretty bushy, topped it about a week ago and it's flourishing - minus the obvious heat stress that occurred due to what I'm assuming was way too much light on one plant. I just know I need some more height on this plant to really get any sort of good amount of buds to form as well as a few clones to be able to grow on the next more efficient and educated grow I do.
Thanks for all the wisdom, always appreciate the feedback the rollitup community has given me
I'm a noob, just growing 1 plant now in what I can only describe as a torture chamber up until recently, finally got everything dialed in, temps maintained, correct nutrient and pH levels & the lighting is finally being used efficiently and correctly (to the best of my knowledge).
Anyway, I've been posting a few threads lately, this has been my first grow and I bought all the equipment needed for a 6 plant garden in a 4x4x6'10" tent, and I just recently realized I have a dimmable ballast - I've been running a 1000w MH bulb for flowering and had been using it on 100% - causing lots of heat problems (~20 degree flux from around 70 - 90+ degrees) among other things like light burn & ultra low humidity levels (16%!). Yesterday, I remembered the ballast is able to dim from 100% to 75, to 50, so I adjusted it down to 50% figuring one plant doesn't need any more that 500w, and probably could use a lot less. I now have the room maintaining a 70-80 degree temperature, relative to the 18-6 light cycles.
Now, I'd like to know if it's possible to still allow stretching to happen (even though the nodes are, as you can believe, super tight). Plant is about a foot & pretty bushy, topped it about a week ago and it's flourishing - minus the obvious heat stress that occurred due to what I'm assuming was way too much light on one plant. I just know I need some more height on this plant to really get any sort of good amount of buds to form as well as a few clones to be able to grow on the next more efficient and educated grow I do.
Thanks for all the wisdom, always appreciate the feedback the rollitup community has given me