Well things are coming along nicely...looke like these babies have passed the stretched now as we are in week 3. I am still currently under the 400watt metal halide and will be switching to my 600hps as inwill have enough canopy then for 600watts. Rule of thumb a 600watt light can only support 600watts of plant. What is 600 watts of plant? Well for that ammount of light you need a 4x4 canopy about 1.5-2ft deep. Your veg should always be half your flower. Therefore making your final stahe being that of like the 6th gear in a car. 'You cannot sit in 3rd gear and expect to slam it on 6th and be the fastest'. Therefore the forst 2-3 weeks i allow them to stretch under the 400watt mh. Then in the 3rd-4th week i lower my light around a foot...alowinf it to be 3-4 ft away increasing my lumens. [This is my said '5th gear] once i start to notice the stretch period end and the flowers start to pack on. I then switch to my 600watt [6th gear] and push the light back to 4-5feet away.
Its all about the canopy [ and node count going into flower] relevent to the wattage of light used!! And keeping them green!
The sour deisel clones, two triple cheese seedlings, and the ayahuasca seedling are coming along just fine!
Everyones happy and reaching and flowering and couldn't be going better!
As you can see the canopy has filled in just fine!
Nice deep and thick canopy!
Notice how thr canopy is as even as possible...this will ensure that apl the tops will fatten up nice.
Also notice how far away my light is...number 1 problem with growers is to much light! As well as overwatering...too many nutes. Just to name a few.
Some tops!
A flower...if all goes well it will fill in to be a fat bud!
Notice the size of my canopy. How full and deep it is. Making sure to be enough plant material to sustain my final flowering light. Also see how close the trellis is to the pot? The idea is to keep it low...top early, and supercrop, lst, top often! No time was wasted on this veg. Making sure to fill my tent in optimal time. Nedt time i may go with 3 more plants to fill the space in less time.
Well its bed time for me!
Blessins!