Will 1 25 Watt LED be enough?

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GreenAndTastey

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I've got a couple of Auto grows under my belt now. I'm ready to take a step into Photoperiods.

My Current Auto is about 4/5 weeks out from being finished, it's under 50 (true) Watt full spec LED and 100Watts of CFLs.

I'm wanting to start a Photo Period about 3 weeks before I harvest my Auto. I have a spare 25 Watt LED lamp. I'm wondering if this will be enough to get started for the first 3 weeks? My rational is pretty simple, there's already 150 Watts of light in the grow room.

The additional light will be dedicated to the new photo period.

Will this work with all the additional light in the actual cabinet to get a plant to grow well for the first 3 weeks before it's potted up into the big pot and put under the grow light setup I'm currently using? Or would it be worth while adding extra lights to the cabinet to increase the intensity a bit more?

TIA for any help or advice
 
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insomnia65 said:
What's the size of the grow room.

In flower, think you might need a little bit more.
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I've converted to inches because most people here are from the USA :lol:

21" x 21" Square 55" Tall (small cabinet)

But the Light board currently hanging at 27" high (Dwarf Auto that's been LST'd very well)

Do Photos need more light than Autos? Been relatively happy with my Auto results but always happy for an excuse to buy more lights :bigjoint:
 
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insomnia65

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GreenAndTastey said:
I've converted to inches because most people here are from the USA :lol:

21" x 21" Square 55" Tall (small cabinet)

But the Light board currently hanging at 27" high (Dwarf Auto that's been LST'd very well)

Do Photos need more light than Autos? Been relatively happy with my Auto results but always happy for an excuse to buy more lights :bigjoint:
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Lol I'm from UK, I think you will have enough light but need LST.
 
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GreenAndTastey

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insomnia65 said:
Lol I'm from UK, I think you will have enough light but need LST.
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Me too :), it's 55x55cm box :lol:

Yeah I quite enjoy doing LST. My thoughts are start a Photo in a smaller 2 Litre Pot, then Pot it up to the big 10 Litre after 3 weeks (when the Current Auto Finishes) to do the LST and get it shaped how I want. Quite looking forward to not only having 3 weeks to LST a plant tbh :lol:

Won't be able to do 48 hours in Darkness for the Auto but she's stinky already by 4/5 weeks I'll be struggling to not pluck larf for smoking
 
getogrow

getogrow

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GreenAndTastey said:
Me too :), it's 55x55cm box :lol:

Yeah I quite enjoy doing LST. My thoughts are start a Photo in a smaller 2 Litre Pot, then Pot it up to the big 10 Litre after 3 weeks (when the Current Auto Finishes) to do the LST and get it shaped how I want. Quite looking forward to not only having 3 weeks to LST a plant tbh :lol:

Won't be able to do 48 hours in Darkness for the Auto but she's stinky already by 4/5 weeks I'll be struggling to not pluck larf for smoking
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3 weeks into flower is too long for lst. You probably have enough light for now but i would not mess with her much after a week or so into flower....everything you do after that will slow her down/stress her.
 
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getogrow said:
3 weeks into flower is too long for lst. You probably have enough light for now but i would not mess with her much after a week or so into flower....everything you do after that will slow her down/stress her.
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Sorry I think you've misunderstood, when you're growing autos you only get 3 weeks of Veg before they go to flower automatically. You have to be really quick with your LST
 
edblings

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if you look at my post history i grew 2 plants that were literally soil to top 100% one cola, with CFL's. good luck
 
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GreenAndTastey

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twentyeight.threefive said:
Depends on the auto and grower. I haven't had any autos start flowering in less than 30 days. I had one that took 65 days.
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Oh really? I'll certainly bow to experience but my research said 3-4 weeks was pretty normal for Autos

But I have only got 2 grows with the exact same strain of Dwarf plant under my belt so I really don't know what I'm talking about at all :lol: :blsmoke:
 
getogrow

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GreenAndTastey said:
Sorry I think you've misunderstood, when you're growing autos you only get 3 weeks of Veg before they go to flower automatically. You have to be really quick with your LST
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In that 3-8 week of veg time is when you do the majority of your lst. The more you bend or take things off in flower , the more weight and time you lose.
Like 28 said , it all depends on the genetics and the grower as to "how long before she flowers"
 
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