I went back and looked for it some and it was also Bruce bugbee saying green lights aren't safe when lights are out. He does say it's the best light to use because the human eye can see it the best with the least amount of light being put out. It however in too large of a dose can still cause...
3 minutes on rare occasions won't bother it. I remember hearing somewhere green lights not affecting plants is a myth. According to Bruce bugbee if there's enough light to read a large print children's book then it can cause issues.
I have a high success rate by soaking in a glass of water with a few drops of hydrogen peroxide. I do this until the tails come out 1/8th inch or so then I put directly into soil.
I have a flora flex system with 2 .5 gph drippers on each 5 gallon pot. The amount of time it takes is varying depending on the week of flower and plant size but it's been about 25 minutes to get the soil fully saturated from completely dry each day.
Thank you all for the replies and opinions! It seems to be obvious that the unanimous decision is watering higher volume less frequent. I am burning c02 and under 1000 watt leds. Plants are definitely dry after 24 hours. If I go more then that they begin to wilt.
I realize you water when dry. The question is more geared towards would I benefit from a higher frequency of watering intervals at lower amounts. Right now I water about 25 mins in the morning until run off. So could I do 12.5 mins in the morning and 12.5 minutes at night and my plants be...
I've made an auto watering system for my soil grow. My main question that I'm having difficulty finding answers for is should I still stick to only watering once a day because it's soil? I've been watering until runoff in the mornings and my plants are often very dry by night.
Fox farm ocean forest 5 gallon pot. Yes there is a fan oscillating directly on them. I turned the speed of it down when I seen this. I'm going to remove the massive bloom formulation from my nutrients lowering the ec.