ppk's are great. my next build will be 16-20 ppks per building lit with overhead LED lighting to save some watts and heat. 6 week veg in a ppk and you got close to 2lb plants with the right genetics
ive pulled multiple pounds of fan leaves over the last couple weeks lol
ppk's are great. my next build will be 16-20 ppks per building lit with overhead LED lighting to save some watts and heat. 6 week veg in a ppk and you got close to 2lb plants with the right genetics
ive pulled multiple pounds of fan leaves over the last couple weeks lol
i run jacks and nothing else but some drip clean when i remember. i dont check my ph anymore if its not a recirculating system. stable as hell at 5.8 with my ro water every time.
Hi Earlmarne, how is it going there. i have don my share of different stuff and learned from these experiences that efficiency is the key, thats what dialed in means. I got stressed seeing, and reading what you guys are doing here, and I imagine the plants are even more stressed than me. I thought at first you mentioned vertical screens, then I see all these horizontal screens. That is a lot of work for a little yield, plus the plants may stress out to the point of changing sex. Everything looks too forced when manipulating a plant like that, if you messed up and your clones were too tall when placing them in the flowering lights then it is best to stop, place one in the closet and let this mother produce clones so you can try again thus not avoiding to notice their height.
I know what I am talking about. My first grow, I took footy seeds and planted them and let them grow until I could determine sex, then picket the cherry phoneme; it was the only way to find that genetic. Instead of killing the other females with the males I decided to keep them. The plants were too tall for the lighting to penetrate further down into the canopy so I had to build two 4x4 screens and although it was fun to build it was a lot of work and my ye9ld was nothing compared to doing over and getting it dialed in. One of the problems you have other than stress here, is that topping them takes away the main stream of the main stalk, thus a plant usually has a single koala, and all it's energy is focused on this one part of the plant. There is research covering this topic and if you just split the plant once and have two buds instead of a main single the lass will collectively be less than if you did not alter it.
I am going to supply a chart for you see how you match plant height with equipment style. I used 400 watts bulbs and 18 inch tall plants with 8 inch tops. It was very effect and I am using that as an example so you see my point.
I did something else because I just wanted to play. You can skip the screens and instead use a thick solid mechanics wire that you can bend, use loose fitting tie straps and make your plant bend over just like a person bends over to pick up something. It still goes against everything I just told you, but if you want to salvage and keep what you have when making mistake here is another way to do it. All your plans will be bending over the same direction, and the buds will spring up alone the length of it's back. I never seen anyone else do this, so it will be eye candy for people here on this forum; but someone like me will chime in and tell you the same thing I said at the start of my my comment. You can't be in denial when growing, there are times you have to accept the cost of your mistake and ask the right people what to do different, and do that.
Otherwise, I think it is cool that you are trying stuff out, and meeting new people here. Just don't forget that theirs risk in doing this, so if you are going togged caught it might as well worth it. The other problem I want to mention is genetics, some of these strains sound great with cool names, the problem is they are not stable, with various lengths, often all spread out; this is not efficient. Find a strain, this is where it all starts, it is the most important aspect. Next would be the equipment, and the grow pattern is dictated by your choice of equipment. I messed up one grow out of all the years I did this, and it was my second grow, that is where I used the wires to bend the plants over; other than that, I messed up with my cure and 2.25 lbs had mildew, so on my own I decided to freeze it and make hash, no one told me to do that I just thought it would change form when frozen and that was correct. I had 398 plants that were all tops and the best hash ever and smoked it all myself. So mistakes can be rewarding, just watch out my freind.
CW