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UniDragon

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Ripley seems to have recovered from The Great Alien Fire from a week or so ago. I will post pics later today. Just for reference, what is the best way to manage a light burn. Just to recap: I thought that I would experiment with LST by bending her main branch to a ninety degree angle. When I saw that she was bent all of the way down, I assumed that it would take her a week to straighten back up. Well, I smoked a really good bowl of Triple OG and then checked on her about six hours later and the center bulb had burned her severely because she straightened back up a lot sooner than I had anticipated. In a panic, I trimmed off everything that seemed to be effected by the burn and then for some reason I cut every stem that was a single stem branching off of the main stem that had either a stem length of 4" or had a leaf at the end of that branch that was 4" in length and every stem that was a side stem that was 3" in length or had a 3" leaf on that side stem. I got the pruning idea from the Phototron directions. I have put her in flowering, based on the feeding schedule, and she lost a lot of mass due to burning and trimming but still seems to be coming back. So, what was/is the proper protocol for this AXT? How would any of you handled this?

Thanks for all who comment.
 
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UniDragon said:
Ripley seems to have recovered from The Great Alien Fire from a week or so ago. I will post pics later today. Just for reference, what is the best way to manage a light burn. Just to recap: I thought that I would experiment with LST by bending her main branch to a ninety degree angle. When I saw that she was bent all of the way down, I assumed that it would take her a week to straighten back up. Well, I smoked a really good bowl of Triple OG and then checked on her about six hours later and the center bulb had burned her severely because she straightened back up a lot sooner than I had anticipated. In a panic, I trimmed off everything that seemed to be effected by the burn and then for some reason I cut every stem that was a single stem branching off of the main stem that had either a stem length of 4" or had a leaf at the end of that branch that was 4" in length and every stem that was a side stem that was 3" in length or had a 3" leaf on that side stem. I got the pruning idea from the Phototron directions. I have put her in flowering, based on the feeding schedule, and she lost a lot of mass due to burning and trimming but still seems to be coming back. So, what was/is the proper protocol for this AXT? How would any of you handled this?

Thanks for all who comment.
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By going on rollitup and asking a well known member :clap: well removing all the burnt stuff is fine and dandy but lst instead of raising your lights? If your plant was to big for your space i would of just pinched em and let em fall over its harsher than just lst but at least you can make an even canopy that way and dont burn any more for lst id use rubberbands especially if your entering flower because then at least it has some wiggle room to adjust :hump: good luck buddy ! :weed::hump::peace:
 
UniDragon

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Don Geno said:
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By going on rollitup and asking a well known member :clap: well removing all the burnt stuff is fine and dandy but lst instead of raising your lights? If your plant was to big for your space i would of just pinched em and let em fall over its harsher than just lst but at least you can make an even canopy that way and dont burn any more for lst id use rubberbands especially if your entering flower because then at least it has some wiggle room to adjust :hump: good luck buddy ! :weed::hump::peace:
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I didn't think of rubberbands; that's a great idea! Thanks!
 
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Type in easy way to fix your broken stem at search at top of the page.It suggests a few easy methods just chill lol.I panicked when had to move my tent last year as it's in a cupboard. Electrician Guy needed access to the CUPBOARD!!!, So i rushed to move it out & into room.In my panic I grabbed plants & ran to get them out of sight into toilet & fucking dropped 1 Head First rite down the toilet pan lol..So got it all out the cupboard for Him to do his stuff.As soon as he was out the Door I rushed to my Submerged plant got it out & sat blowing it dry with a Hairdryer Actually worked!!.! Panic over then seen had snapped stem a bit on another(Put little honey on it & small splint with gauze tape.It helped well).Hope it pulls threw for you..Fingers crossed.X
 
UniDragon

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Second week of flowering starts in a couple of days. Here are the most recent pics that I have of Ripley. If anyone sees anything that I should be made aware of PLEASE say/post something. Considering that she got torched not too long ago I think that she is coming along nicely...imo. If you really study these pics you can see where the bulb fell and burned her up.

Thanks again to all who have given me advice, I really appreciate your time and thoughts while I try to navigate through this grow; my FIRST successful grow ever!
 

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twistedentities said:
What bulbs are the vertical ones? T5's?
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They were ordered as 55 watt pll or biax lights. I am not sure of T-5 or T-8. Can you elaborate on "blue spec spiral?" I have a 6500k cfl that I vegged in, if that is what you mean. The Tron directions say to use this bulb, a 25 watt incandescent, throughout flowering. The directions say to use a 2100k bulb and the light bulb guy sold me a 2700k bulb. A well known shop guy told me that I could use a 2700k bulb to flower, even though the directions say to use a 2100k. He was quick to point out that SunMaster sells a 2700k bulb that he can't keep in stock because of demand so in his opinion 2700k should be just fine, even though it is only 25 watts of power.

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Day 38.....
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Day 38 from sprout or day 38 in flowering? Looks great either way!
I found the "finishing bulb" at Petsmart for $10.00, thank you very much TwistedIdenties! I will be using that for the "flushing" stage of this grow.
 
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a senile fungus said:
They look to be T5 with a 2G11 base...

I made a trashcan with those bulbs back in the day.
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I am not sure of the T-5 part but yes they have 2G11 bases. They kinda look like someone took two thinner fluorescents and joined them at the top and put them in the same socket. Next time I take pictures I will be sure to get a better picture of them for reference.
 
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UniDragon said:
I am not sure of the T-5 part but yes they have 2G11 bases. They kinda look like someone took two thinner fluorescents and joined them at the top and put them in the same socket. Next time I take pictures I will be sure to get a better picture of them for reference.
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How long are they? I'm almost positive those are the same lights , or very similar, in my can. Mine were 55w each , t5ho with 2g11 base. It's amazing that I remember that from 2008, lol. I think mine were about two feet each, maybe 28inches. They looked like a 4ft t5 that had been folded in half
 
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UniDragon

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How long are they? I'm almost positive those are the same lights , or very similar, in my can. Mine were 55w each , t5ho with 2g11 base. It's amazing that I remember that from 2008, lol. I think mine were about two feet each, maybe 28inches. They looked like a 4ft t5 that had been folded in half
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I don't remember the exact length but they are just short of 2ft.. The recommended length is 24".
The Tron used to come stocked with GE plls these are Plusrites; a little shorter but Plusrites have a CRI in the 90's as opposed to GE that has a CRI in the 80's. When these blow or wearout I will be replacing them with PurePar plls from HTG...I should have bought those instead of the Plusrites.
 
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