FluffySquish
Sofa King
The Other One
boys ejected #2 & #3 remain
boys ejected #2 & #3 remain
2021 Mystery Pack Competition
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Slowdrawl
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Everyone's plants are looking absolutely great.
I'm really envious of the stretch a lot of you get with your lights.
I've got 3000, 3400 and 4000k Atreum bds.
Wondering what supplement I could add to my setup to get out of this dwarf rut.
Considering all I have at the moment is a 2x4 tent. I will be adding onto this place come summer.
So a little more room in the future
I'm really envious of the stretch a lot of you get with your lights.
I've got 3000, 3400 and 4000k Atreum bds.
Wondering what supplement I could add to my setup to get out of this dwarf rut.
Considering all I have at the moment is a 2x4 tent. I will be adding onto this place come summer.
So a little more room in the future
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Seems to me that the stretch comes from not enough light? Or lights that are too high?
Maybe playing with your dimmer or raising your lights could entice some stretching?
Dalton
Nobody
yes I feel the plants need something to stretch too
Slowdrawl
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During veg lights were set at 120 watts and 30" above canopy trying to achieve just that?
Asking for a supplemental light source to add to mine. As your suggestion did not work for me.
What lights are you using?
I would get your lights as close as possible without burning them. 6" to 12" maybe. The sun is 8000 plus footcandles on a clear day. A cheap footcandle light meter on Amazon will help you identify if you are getting enough light.
Dalton
Nobody
I use a 240w Migro Array with the dial half way (not sure on actual watts). I was just throwing out my 2 cents, when I use less light with the LED the plants look better for myself it goes against what I see and read about using the LEDS. With mine at the recommend hanging heights and turned up burns and kills my plants.
I think spectrum plays a much bigger roll than intensity and distance. The lights in both of my tents are listed as 3500K, but the ones in my 2x4 that I got from GrowDaddy cause my plants to not stretch as much, which is actually perfect for that tent. The F-Series strips I have in my 4x4 have a little more yellow in the light and my plants stretch more in there.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I keep mine dimmed as well. Not half, but maybe 75%. My tents are 40" x 40" - basically a large 3x3.
I have 4 HLG quantum boards in one (pre-R-spec tech) which should be about 500 watts potential.
I have a @TerpyTyrone strip light in the other tent, roughly 400 watts potential. This has blues and reds in it, a little more bang for the buck.
I have both dimmed but the 400w not as much.
I only mention this because none of us mentioned square footage. What I have found is the plants don't need much, but having light in reserve and drivers working at less than full capacity makes life easier.
As far as stretch, I get all types. Aside from this competition I rarely have more than two of a strain in a tent. The ones that don't stretch get a step-stool, or I'll arrange the two flower tents into "tall" and "short". I don't sweat it that much.
Zaphod420
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Rapid LED makes some killer little supplemental pucks that you might could try to tweak your spectrum to hopefully get some more stretch.
I think I would maybe try adding some extra red to go along with your Atreum boards and see if that helps.
Rapid Supplemental Pucks
Slowdrawl
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Thank you Z, this is exactly what I was asking about.
SD ☮
Slowdrawl
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Bud shots from yesterday, some quick pics with my samsung phone.
Hard for me to figure out the smell coming from these.....sort of a sweet berry with light citrus.
Some kinda citrus coming off of THIS
The frostiest ones have the lightest scent of all, can't really put a distinct odor on them?
Not foul or overly sweet, I'm obviously not very good at breaking down scents.
Another thing with the OTHERS they are not as sticky as the rest, kinda dry to the touch.
44 days in..... I'd say another 3 wks for comp pics.
Hard for me to figure out the smell coming from these.....sort of a sweet berry with light citrus.
Some kinda citrus coming off of THIS
The frostiest ones have the lightest scent of all, can't really put a distinct odor on them?
Not foul or overly sweet, I'm obviously not very good at breaking down scents.
Another thing with the OTHERS they are not as sticky as the rest, kinda dry to the touch.
44 days in..... I'd say another 3 wks for comp pics.
I really like the results I get from the Sunblaster LED strips and they are the only lights I use in Veg. They come in 5 sizes and you can daisy chain them together.
Slowdrawl
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So plug and play, no ballast?
I currently have 4 60 watt 4000k dimmable bds for my veg.
Maybe adding a couple of the 24" to the frame work would be sufficient.
Yes they are plug and play, No ballast needed
Slowdrawl
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Fluorescent lil fucker ain't he?
I've had that happen on a couple of GPS reg strains. Deputy and Hibernate. But no issue from it, what few nanners showed up never amounted to anything so late in flower. I'd rather deal with these than early showing herms. Especially if it is just growing for good smoke.