Been trying to find an answer and havent had luck maybe some one here can help. First time running a undercurrent RDWC without having to spare any expense or MacGyver anything. That being said, everythings been going fine until 2 days ago when my fan leaves on 2 of my 4 plantd started overlapping fan leaves or crossing finger dont quite know how to describe it. This didnt happen immediately. Noticed it around 8 am the next morning(2 hours after lights switched on)after switching nuits to week 3 requirments the night before. After adding nuits and adjusting ph before bed ph registered at 5.7 with ppm 1297. 8 am next morning ph was 5.9 ppm in main res was 1350. In the two resivors that contain the plants ph was same ppm above airstones comes in at 1190. Using General flora series with cal mag and hydroguard. Humdity is at 46% rh. Room temp stays 78 and temp at prob height (plants canopy) is 76. Light is a platinum led xml p4 currently only running the veg switch and I do have an exhaust inline fan and a small space heater and and hurricane oscillating fan on low. Exhaust fan running at 12%. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. My location has changed therefore ive had to adjust with the cold. I could be doing one to many or even nothing wrong. Just thought I would ask. Posting pics as well as i see most responses request photos. Cheers and Thank you in advance.
Help! Fan leaves overlapping/crossing fingers?
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Plants will sometimes do this to shade themselves, from light.
How strong is your light?
How close do you have it?
Led's are especially prone to this. My vipar is a pain in the arse, for this reason.
I cant get the light close enough, or the plants do what you're experiencing. I cant ever get a happy medium because if i raise the light, the nodes stretch too much.
Interestingly enough, i found if i switched off the blue, and left the red, my problem went away.
Might be worth a try.
How strong is your light?
How close do you have it?
Led's are especially prone to this. My vipar is a pain in the arse, for this reason.
I cant get the light close enough, or the plants do what you're experiencing. I cant ever get a happy medium because if i raise the light, the nodes stretch too much.
Interestingly enough, i found if i switched off the blue, and left the red, my problem went away.
Might be worth a try.
@Tim1987 can't test the lumens but with the veg switch only im pulling 94 watts at .8 ohms. Heigth is at 24 inches from the back 2 swiss bubblicious and white widow but 16 inches from grapeape( seems to of strecthed a bit but slowed down). Kinda scared to throw the bloom on with the veg even though its recommended for late veg. Just seems to be a tad bit to much red for my fourth teen which is about a week behind my other 3. Still reccomended? Genuine question. If its not critical then ill stop stressing. I just know plants love to inform you by reacting. So im pating attention.
@vostok thanks for the feed back. Ill leave them attached.
@vostok thanks for the feed back. Ill leave them attached.
It may still be worth a shot. Itd take 24-48 hours to find out.
I meant, try the bloom, with no veg. Just the bloom switch.
I found for some reason the blue on mine, was just too intense.
They liked the red.
@Tim1987 ill give it a shot with just the bloom. I havent ran both switches yet for full spectrum even though some run full all season long. I typically only do that for late veg and flowering. I do have a boost switch on my light which throws green on which balances to white light. Think that might help? Or just run bloom. Sorry for being so over concerned. First led and never experienced leaves doing this.
You could turn the green on, for peace of mind. Though plants reflect most green light anyway.
If you didn't know already, its why plants are generally green.
Its the green light bouncing back that we see.
1 or 2 days, wont harm them at all.
Red light is actually great for little seedlings too.
Blue light is intense.
If you think of hot things too. Blue is always hotter than red.
IMHO, i think you'll be fine. Just keep the days the same length. It wont flower until 12/12 anyway.
If you didn't know already, its why plants are generally green.
Its the green light bouncing back that we see.
1 or 2 days, wont harm them at all.
Red light is actually great for little seedlings too.
Blue light is intense.
If you think of hot things too. Blue is always hotter than red.
IMHO, i think you'll be fine. Just keep the days the same length. It wont flower until 12/12 anyway.