, first off nice set up I like it a lot. For when to flip to 12/12, with how your plants sit underneath, train each top torward the outer edge, your nodes will then grow along and fill up those squares as you train the tops (you want nodes to grow up to the screen while you train te top down, then you can start training each node to a square). Flip when you have about 5" left in the screen IMO with soil. Also your reflector is perfect you will see exellent results with a healthy successful grow. Also, forget the two 400s! If you do decide to upgrade buy another 600w and go SOGand never go back!
If you look at the right side there is a mylar sheet hanging x2 so i can alter the spaceYou should be fine. You could make your grow space a tiny bit smaller by making a Mylar false wall but you really don't NEED to. If you are growing for personal only, you'll yield plenty. If you are really looking for a monster yield then maybe going to 2 400 watt hps would suit you better. Nice looking setup. Very clean.
Also guys this is a more recent photo, it,s started 12/12 yesterday. thanks folks TCD
Damn, glad you said that cause I was gona say wow, I need some of those seeds.
nice so this is to create an even canopy for the light to spread across all the tops evenly right? and yeild increase maybe?
yes deza basicly, then just keep tucking the new taller growth under, The idea is like you said an evenly lit canopy. Then use pea netting to suport the colas as they grow. I tied mine at aprox 1 month old, then let them grow as a bush then done this before putting the screen over it. Thanks for the positive coments folks. TCD
With it being tied over for 6 weeks before now the main stem is only 6 inches tall then it,s just branches. In the 2nd photo i,ve bent them to 90 deg before puting the screen over. If you look at the plant with the thermo on it you can see the mainstem bending away. TCD
What i can say is that they reflectors/hoods are awesome bits of kit, i maybe wrong but i don,t think there popular in the usa ? There 1 mtr wide and the bulb sits vertical so all the bulb area is facing the plants, "not like the normal horizontal, half the bulb facing the plants and the other half having to be reflected" giving you unmatched intensity over the entite surface of the canopy. "Backed up with a light meter" If you,re using a normal hood, it,s worth the £ you gain it back 1st crop. That is the best piece of kit i,ve bought in 12 years, hence having one for veg and one for flower. oh and there also available in white. atb TCD
I thought i was the only crazy dude ?
i,ve tried telling peeps of the benifits of more light, no salt build up on top, less r.h problems namely after feeding and the lesser chance of soil,coco pests making it home. All for a £1 worth of panda plastic. ??? TCD "I had a look at the magnum hood imo there not in the same legue as a para"
