60 Plant Grow Setup
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trenton
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Ok guys Im a bit worried. Ever since the power went out 30 hours straight the plants have been acting a bit wierd. Before the power went out i had the light on 24/0 veg. Power came back on again after 30 straight hours and I resummed my veg state but changed the time ratio to 18/6 which i plan to keep it at for at least another 7 days before I switch to flower. Twice now since the power has came back on I have noticed all the plants to be very droopy. The first time it lasted for about 8 hours then the leaves came back up. Now tonight I come home from the movies and check the plants before the lights are about to go off for 6 hours and every leave on every plant is droppy. By droopy I mean that every leave hangs down as if the plant has no strength. What does this mean. This worries me a bit. I believe something has happened from the power being off. I dont believe it is a water/soil/or food issue.
stemseed
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Just make sure you're not over watering. How close are your lights from the canopy? Be sure to get them as close as possible.
stemseed
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Hm, I wouldn't worry too much. Lowering your lights will help regardless. You are loosing a lot of light with them that far up, however close you think you can get them you should do that next time lights are on.
And you might want to let your soil dry a little extra until the next water.
Good luck,
Stem
And you might want to let your soil dry a little extra until the next water.
Good luck,
Stem
stemseed
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I was thinking that as well, but don't you think those lights are a bit high cali?
trenton
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Thanks everyone. If it wasnt in dark mode i would take some pics. Its crazy because when i took the pictures earlier this evening they looked great, then I get home from the movies and check on them (light was still on at that time) and they look like there gonna die on me. Lights are on a timer now and they are schduled to go back on at 7:00AM. I will take pics at around noon tomorrow.
stemseed
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I'll help
CALIGROWN
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naw.....they are too young to have 4000 watts pounding them...give them time they are like 2 weeks old.....and if you look at the plants in the pictures you can see that they are not really stretching at all...just enough to get new nodes.....hps light is tricky..usually what you think would work better using common sense doesn't and the opposite does...at this point in the grow it is almost impossible to fook the plants up..just keep them alive and healthy..once you start to flower is when you have to keep a better eye on things and inspect each individual plant. But he is doing better then most and the plants he is using are fairly resilient anyways..
stemseed
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jmac
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Hey Trent no worries get a moister meter if you dont have one already.My girls would droop when they were young under the hid lights but their turning out pretty good its hard to tell how much water to give them to much and they droop,not enough and they droop.Like cali said its hard to mess them up at this stage.Btw forget giving all ur neighbors baby clones hook me up
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LoganSmith
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ya bro no worries, one of the only times you should start to worry is when you see the drying out, wilted or if the whole plant is tilted over.
Hay fdd what kinda of yields should one see from a 5/6 foot plant?? with the this type of set up. ya ya I know its hard to say. Yield has no constant.
Hay fdd what kinda of yields should one see from a 5/6 foot plant?? with the this type of set up. ya ya I know its hard to say. Yield has no constant.
lift a couple of your pots. are they heavy? let them dry out until they are light. very light. after a few waterings and drying outs you will get a feel for how wet the soil is just by lifting your pots. lift them a couple times a day until you get the feel. it works. 
kochab
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lift a couple of your pots. are they heavy? let them dry out until they are light. very light. after a few waterings and drying outs you will get a feel for how wet the soil is just by lifting your pots. lift them a couple times a day until you get the feel. it works.
its called hefting. he taught it to me when i came here a long ass time ago....and since i havent overwatered the girls. in fact since ive figured out about how much water my plants use, I dont even have to pick up the pot anymore.
thanks fdd.
kochab
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DAMN trenton......great job man! those nodes are coming out close right next to each other. how many nodes do most of the plants have may i ask?
the tomatoe cages could be a lifesaver in your case.
i have less than 20 flowering @ a time and i have to tie my plants branches up all over the room......it gets REALLY ugly with 20....id hate to have to do 60 that way, LOL
you are really doing a great job man, keep that landlord out of your hair. especially if your gonna flower those girls soon
the tomatoe cages could be a lifesaver in your case.
i have less than 20 flowering @ a time and i have to tie my plants branches up all over the room......it gets REALLY ugly with 20....id hate to have to do 60 that way, LOL
you are really doing a great job man, keep that landlord out of your hair. especially if your gonna flower those girls soon
