Those plants are in there for WEEKS already, and I am talking about 3-5 weeks. And they look awful.
Two of them in the back of my greenhouse are yellow, almost white and they grow extremely slow.
I have 300W MarsHydro LEDs (pic below) above them and I already moved the lights back to 30" since so many said that seedlings are very sensitive and my suspicion always was it's light bleaching.
The soil we use is a 6.0ph universal "cheap" soil which however is supposed to be "good", it's sold here in Spain in supermarkets and I looked up the brand in Spanish grower's forums and people in general said this is an ok/good soil for MJ.
The problem is the currently IMMENSE heat and I don't really know what to do. I am growing in a greenhouse on our balcony, the plants do only get little direct sun (in the morning) but the greenhouse is in the shade the rest of the day. This the reason for the LEDs. So basically, regarding the lighting you have to add that I get normal daylight and consider that the LEDs are not the only light source.
The heat right now is murderous. I am talking 95F-100F (36C-38C) at noon, 87F at night. I cut large vents in the greenhouse, massive openings on the side, openings in the roof etc. so that I would say air flow/ventilation in the greenhouse is "ok". With the lights on it's only 2C warmer inside the greenhouse as compared to a corner on the balcony. (Mind you again that the entire balcony is pretty shaded, there is even a roof over the area).
Since the lights are already at 30" (which is ridiculous far seeing that the recommended distance is 18"-24") I am more tending to say the problem is heat stress?
We are entirely new to growing...but seeing how awful those plants are doing makes me sad.
PS..there are some more pots in the greenhouse and the plants there look fine and nicely green, it's only those two in the back which are pale yellow.
Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks!
Edit: Ok I am just speculating here, but maybe there is a hotspot in that corner of the green house..so today/tomorrow I will put the thermometer actually right there where those pots are...it's a possibility that airflow right there is not "optimal". Or it's simple that strain which has problems with LEDs since the other plants, different strains, look fine?
Two of them in the back of my greenhouse are yellow, almost white and they grow extremely slow.
I have 300W MarsHydro LEDs (pic below) above them and I already moved the lights back to 30" since so many said that seedlings are very sensitive and my suspicion always was it's light bleaching.
The soil we use is a 6.0ph universal "cheap" soil which however is supposed to be "good", it's sold here in Spain in supermarkets and I looked up the brand in Spanish grower's forums and people in general said this is an ok/good soil for MJ.
The problem is the currently IMMENSE heat and I don't really know what to do. I am growing in a greenhouse on our balcony, the plants do only get little direct sun (in the morning) but the greenhouse is in the shade the rest of the day. This the reason for the LEDs. So basically, regarding the lighting you have to add that I get normal daylight and consider that the LEDs are not the only light source.
The heat right now is murderous. I am talking 95F-100F (36C-38C) at noon, 87F at night. I cut large vents in the greenhouse, massive openings on the side, openings in the roof etc. so that I would say air flow/ventilation in the greenhouse is "ok". With the lights on it's only 2C warmer inside the greenhouse as compared to a corner on the balcony. (Mind you again that the entire balcony is pretty shaded, there is even a roof over the area).
Since the lights are already at 30" (which is ridiculous far seeing that the recommended distance is 18"-24") I am more tending to say the problem is heat stress?
We are entirely new to growing...but seeing how awful those plants are doing makes me sad.
PS..there are some more pots in the greenhouse and the plants there look fine and nicely green, it's only those two in the back which are pale yellow.
Any ideas what I can do?
Thanks!
Edit: Ok I am just speculating here, but maybe there is a hotspot in that corner of the green house..so today/tomorrow I will put the thermometer actually right there where those pots are...it's a possibility that airflow right there is not "optimal". Or it's simple that strain which has problems with LEDs since the other plants, different strains, look fine?
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