thanks very much londoner for taking the time to help again now LMAO.now i fully understand what you mean and can see by the pics.so i guess the canopy is blocking the light to the lower nodes.a problem i cant fix(FUCK).so i should be vegging untill when.do you think another 2-3-4-5-6 weeks or are these retards for the bin and just a waste of time.
answer appreciated.
THANKS.
CRIS.
No problem mate
No no, by no means, your plants arent destined for the bin mate
What you need to do is drop the light down so they in the "sweet spot" of the light, where its intense enough for rapid growth, but not too close to burn or cause any heat stress.
By far the easiest way to do this is to place your hand just above the plants canopy, no more than an inch above the plant, then drop the light down till you can just start to feel the warmth on the back of your hand, then maintain this distance between plant tops and bottom of the light as the plants grow, how ever much they grow per day, this is how much you raise the light per day, and you cant go wrong.
The plants dont really have any canopy so to speak yet, so thats not blocking the light, a 400w hps will penetrate into the canopy of 2-3 foot SOG style plants with ease, its just that its been too far away for too long.
When you get more experience you can experiment and tweak your growroom design into ways of getting the light closer without causing stress or burning.
What id do is drop the light, and flower now, you have 10 dont you? Expect to lose half to males, so 5 fems maybe an Oz each if your lucky, 5 Oz, not bad first harvest.
Then start again, doing things a bit different.
What extractor did you end up getting mate?
