Bukvičák
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I do know nothing about his cock, but this was quite funny... like a poet W. Shakespeare the 2nd
PAR level for seedlings? @300?
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kingromano
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is your sun delivering 900/1500 micro moles 18 hours per day ?
no
thats why we talk about DLI for natural light
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jonnynobody
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kingromano
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I also work with the cheap lux meter.
then i do the conversion from lux to ppfd
for hps the factor is around 80
so if you want 100micro moles, you need to read 8000lux on your meter
plants can tolerate high ppfd values but the key is to give it progressivly
it's called light acclimatation
start at 50 micromoles for clones and increase it until the end
johnny your plants are cool but keep in mind your never want the plants to yellow
you must keep them healthy green until the end
.smoke, if i may, this plant is getting too much light
it's the perfect exemple of light stress in veg
just turn on one lamp on 2 at this stage
your plant shoud be praying hard all the time with healthy green new growth
nice setup though
then i do the conversion from lux to ppfd
for hps the factor is around 80
so if you want 100micro moles, you need to read 8000lux on your meter
plants can tolerate high ppfd values but the key is to give it progressivly
it's called light acclimatation
start at 50 micromoles for clones and increase it until the end
johnny your plants are cool but keep in mind your never want the plants to yellow
you must keep them healthy green until the end
.smoke, if i may, this plant is getting too much light
it's the perfect exemple of light stress in veg
just turn on one lamp on 2 at this stage
your plant shoud be praying hard all the time with healthy green new growth
nice setup though
jonnynobody
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Day 69 of flower sir. I'd have been lost without your advice. Thanks for getting me back on track
I'm sure @.Smoke can speak for himself, but I've followed his journal. He certainly does not need your advice, but I'm sure he'll have a good laugh at your expense when he sees your post.
You'll have to forgive me if I laugh a little at the idea of another grower who can't identify a ripe flower giving me advice on "yellowing leaves." Keep up the good work sir. You're amazing.
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Nwtexan
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I don't know how real this is, but it's what I got. It seems to read similar to what the graphs for my lights show.
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Nwtexan
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Man. The thing i get is that there are a lot of ways to do this and some very strong opinions on what is right.
I think the par meter is helpful and I learned quite a bit reading studies of Cannabis and how it reacts to different PAR levels.
I'm totally green on doing it this way but i've got my seedlings around 180-200. I'll keep an eye out for any light stress and such and try to learn as I do it. I do know that the plant is pretty hardy. The thing i am interested in is that I can tweak some parameters to help the plant grow quicker and stronger. I am not a professional. My grow is small, just a few plants, and I will be experimenting with the dynamics I can control to gett better.
i appreciate the info and help.
I think the par meter is helpful and I learned quite a bit reading studies of Cannabis and how it reacts to different PAR levels.
I'm totally green on doing it this way but i've got my seedlings around 180-200. I'll keep an eye out for any light stress and such and try to learn as I do it. I do know that the plant is pretty hardy. The thing i am interested in is that I can tweak some parameters to help the plant grow quicker and stronger. I am not a professional. My grow is small, just a few plants, and I will be experimenting with the dynamics I can control to gett better.
i appreciate the info and help.
Nwtexan
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I tried out my old 400W halide. The reflector could stand to be replaced, but I wanted to see how it did,
Pretty cool. Ive been having to run a wall heater to keep the ambient grow temp in the mid 70's with the LED. With the halide, I'm able to turn the heater down enough just to keep temps in the 60's during night cycle. It's surprising how much less light the halide puts out! I'm getting around 150 UMOL where i have it hung, which is about 18" or so from the plants. Definitely crazy how much light the LED's put out. The halide is good for the colder NW winter. I will use it(switch to my HPS bulb) for a while and if I like it enough will get a new reflector.
It's all a cool experiment at this point.
Pretty cool. Ive been having to run a wall heater to keep the ambient grow temp in the mid 70's with the LED. With the halide, I'm able to turn the heater down enough just to keep temps in the 60's during night cycle. It's surprising how much less light the halide puts out! I'm getting around 150 UMOL where i have it hung, which is about 18" or so from the plants. Definitely crazy how much light the LED's put out. The halide is good for the colder NW winter. I will use it(switch to my HPS bulb) for a while and if I like it enough will get a new reflector.
It's all a cool experiment at this point.