Sockmonkey
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I have 14 plants 7 Caramelicious, and 7 Big Bud. They are 1 week into flower. I topped them all about 10days ago. My growroom is 4.5' X 4.5' X 6.5'. I am using a euro 6" cooled HPS 1000watt and a 300watt Led. The room is sealed with CO2 injected and controlled @ 1200ppm to 1500. Rh is @ avg. 50 to 60% Temp is from 80 to 89 degrees avg. depending on the time of day.
13 out of 14 are avg height of 20" each one is half that height due to a stem issue early on but is very healthy just slower growing. They are all in 12" square white plastic pots with excellent drainage. I am using foxfarm ocean soil and their 6 main nutes they sell. The liquid and the dry mixes. I alternate the watering between nutes and plain water. Water is RO'ed and ph corrected after nutes are mixed to 6.3 to 6.8. Plants are metered for moisture and soil is checked for ph daily. Soil is at 6.5 to 6.9. I rotate the plants every couple of days for even exposure to the light in the room.
So far I have kept the distance from the light to the top of the plants at 20 to 22".
Basically I couldn't be happier about my crop except it seems now unless some of them turn out to be males my harem is going to be getting shady down low.
I was in germination twice because of some problems on the first go around. So the second time I germinated enough to be sure I had some ladies and I got them all vertually to produce. They did their part in growing so now I have a grow room that looks like I am raising a hedge. Just packed with leaves. I am a proud papa but I know that to get the best yied per plant somethings got to give.
Can they stay or do I have to thin out the crowd? Can they be trained horizontally ?
I have read that 6 plants in an area this size would be good. What can I do to save the yield in the existing room since the room itself is the only place I have to grow them safely?
Thanks for any feedback
13 out of 14 are avg height of 20" each one is half that height due to a stem issue early on but is very healthy just slower growing. They are all in 12" square white plastic pots with excellent drainage. I am using foxfarm ocean soil and their 6 main nutes they sell. The liquid and the dry mixes. I alternate the watering between nutes and plain water. Water is RO'ed and ph corrected after nutes are mixed to 6.3 to 6.8. Plants are metered for moisture and soil is checked for ph daily. Soil is at 6.5 to 6.9. I rotate the plants every couple of days for even exposure to the light in the room.
So far I have kept the distance from the light to the top of the plants at 20 to 22".
Basically I couldn't be happier about my crop except it seems now unless some of them turn out to be males my harem is going to be getting shady down low.
I was in germination twice because of some problems on the first go around. So the second time I germinated enough to be sure I had some ladies and I got them all vertually to produce. They did their part in growing so now I have a grow room that looks like I am raising a hedge. Just packed with leaves. I am a proud papa but I know that to get the best yied per plant somethings got to give.
Can they stay or do I have to thin out the crowd? Can they be trained horizontally ?
I have read that 6 plants in an area this size would be good. What can I do to save the yield in the existing room since the room itself is the only place I have to grow them safely?
Thanks for any feedback