Hey guys, I got some pics for you to look over. I'm new to LED and only done a few indoor grows (CFLs).
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A few questions on LED's:
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1. Have any of you noticed a difference in colorTEMP for different brands? EX: both state 2700k but look different colors when lit? In there photo I have 6(11w:1100lm:2700k), 2(13.5w:1500lm:5000k), 2(40w:4000lm:2700k), why the 2 2700k's look diff?
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2. Have you noticed a cost/benefit ratio of cutting the globes off vs amount of peripheral light? Do you cut the glove off all the way or do you leave a little on to help diffuse light sideways slightly?
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A few questions on the grow:
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Background:
I started some bag seeds in soil outdoors. Went 4-5wks (early July), grabbed the biggest one to focus on and brought indoors (later Aug). She was getting pistils before I moved her inside and I changed her light sched from (natural daylight) 12ish/12ish to 24/7 (LED). She grew some goofy, almost lettuce like leaves for awhile (1ish weeks) then she started to grow normal again. But... She never stopped growing pistils. I think she may have been an autoflower because she started to show sex so early, and also the fact that I tried to put her back into veg w 24/7 and she still wanted to show sex. I cut her in half to control height and to bush her out a lil (strong signs of sativa). I continued topping and attempted to spread her out for approx 2 more months under 24/7. She was getting taller but staying to compact and lots of crowding. The tops of the branches were becoming more heavily haired with pistils, but I was still in 24/7. She looked like she had been wanting to flower for a month at least but I wanted to get her bigger. Finally I switched to 12/12 (mid-late Oct) because I felt like maybe she was already in flower (pretty pistilly) and I didn't want to not let her get any rest (heard no light is good for them to make resin, and just good for healthy growth) and have a shitty yield. When I put her on 12/12 I also built a trellis net to help with the crowding. ALL PICS ARE FROM 1wk AFTER 12/12 (mid-late Oct) AND ARE CURRENT
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1. What week flower just by looking at her do you think she is in? Had she been flowering already?
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2. I hear about a stretch early flower after you switch the lights, do you think she will stretch and grow through the trellis netting?
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3. Is my trellis netting to high? It looks like she has bud development about 4-5inches in length starting from the top, but my trellis net only allows for approx an 1-2" of top to peek out. Do I need to lower the net/raise the plant to let more come through? Or will it grow through? So I still have about 2mo of flowering to grow through? or am I like on wk 5 (biologic clock instead of by when I put her in 12/12) and she's already done her stretching and I'm just stressing her out?
*This lil cola... (leaves pulled back to see under growth)
*And then this lil cola next...(trying to show the bud undergrowth to get help determining if I need to raise plant/lower netting)
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4. Opinions??? Advice???
I've been cheese grating tomato food spikes and adding a lil of the grated spikes to her water as well as Epsom salt and calcium pills (once dissolved). Any deficiencies you see, anything lacking???
*** I'll post the rest of the pics I couldn't here, on the next comment, only can put 10 per comment I guess..