lift perifericals pots to have even light diffusion

CBDbear

Active Member
In the late veg stage of my last run I had the problem where the central spots of the 5*5 square needed some whater but the last line of the 7*7 pots needed no water at all

I had to resort to manual adjustent to the watering done by drip line even lost 1 plant to bud rot(probably) becouse I got cheap soil and got punished for that too...but mostly for the excess water in the soil!

I thought of changing the drip to a lower lt/h output but to lift the furtest pots from the light irradiation might work as well...
the time to do the job would be close for each method but I already have materials to do the shelving no expense needed

anybody do remeber pitagorical shit to help me realize how tall the shelves need to be?

other methods to have the same effect of keeping the irradiation levels similar all around? I still would prefer to give the same amount of water evenly to each plant so different drip are in 2nd spot

thanks for your input!
 

Renfro

Well-Known Member
I don't think anyone understands what your asking. At least I am confused.

Maybe pictures would help?

You have auto watering setup? That's generally a compromise, watering some plants when they don't need it, often resulting in root rot. The only way I have had luck with auto watering soil is if all the plants are the same pheno, same age and get the same amount of light and air flow. In my rooms, even with all the same phenotype (mono culture), my middle row gets thirsty before the side rows due to the fact it gets side lighting on all 4 sides and not just 3 (walls).
 

CBDbear

Active Member
I don't think anyone understands what your asking. At least I am confused.

Maybe pictures would help?

You have auto watering setup? That's generally a compromise, watering some plants when they don't need it, often resulting in root rot. The only way I have had luck with auto watering soil is if all the plants are the same pheno, same age and get the same amount of light and air flow. In my rooms, even with all the same phenotype (mono culture), my middle row gets thirsty before the side rows due to the fact it gets side lighting on all 4 sides and not just 3 (walls).
hence my intention to lift the outmost plants to have the irradiation on the same level as the central lines and get water usage even all over canopy.
I asked a little help figuring how much I should raise outmost plants.
simply becouse there is a diagonal line to the furthest point of canopy opposed to the center, center where the line is vertical, the line is intended from the ligth!
if I keep my plants at 50 cm from the light source in the center and my base line is 75 cm what is the cathetus? by finding the difference in cathetus and the 50 central centimeters I am hoping to regulate the water the plant use better than now,

It's difficult to type english when stoned I just can't figure the spelling hope you guys can forgive my grammar and help me up to improve my lovely box.
 

CBDbear

Active Member
Yeah! but only lifting last 2 row on the outside to get the evaporation on the same levels all over the canopy!
 
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