Steakbomb's Quantum Closet

[Steakbomb]

21 days in. Last major defol & addition of Emerson boards tomorrow to start week 4!

 

[zypheruk]

Only just found your thread, nice to see someone else growing in cabs and under led. I love doing sog grows in mine but plant counts has the wife on edge as im in Northern Ireland where nothing is legal lol.
Going to follow along with interest.

 

[Steakbomb]

Only just found your thread, nice to see someone else growing in cabs and under led. I love doing sog grows in mine but plant counts has the wife on edge as im in Northern Ireland where nothing is legal lol.
Going to follow along with interest.

Fortunately I'm in Massachusetts in the US where recreational is legal, but we do have a plant limit. I usually do scrogs but had to do manifolds this grow due to time constraints. 3 plants is tough to pack in here, but when I do I can get 1.5lb with a pretty quick veg time.
Welcome!

 

[StickyBudHound]

21 days in. Last major defol & addition of Emerson boards tomorrow to start week 4!
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They've gained some girth! Looking quite lovely too. Beautiful green throughout. And stout!!

 

[Steakbomb]

Defoliation, water change, and addition of Emerson boards complete! Giving them a little less ppfd for the balance of today - probably dial it back up to ~900-1000 tomorrow morning.
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After

 

[StickyBudHound]

Defoliation, water change, and addition of Emerson boards complete! Giving them a little less ppfd for the balance of today - probably dial it back up to ~900-1000 tomorrow morning.
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Nice work on the defol. They're gonna be pretty much nothing but colas!

 

[Steakbomb]

Nice work on the defol. They're gonna be pretty much nothing but colas!

Thanks dude! It's all Mrs Steakbomb on the defol - but nothing but buds is definitely the goal!

 

[Steakbomb]

Looking good this morning - back to business with the lighting.

I might do a check-in during the far-red window this evening. If the coverage is good enough, I may drop the light down a few inches so I can dim them while still targeting around 1000ppfd. Ideally I'd like to keep the wattage under 350 if that's possible while still getting the ppfd I want...

 

[StickyBudHound]

Those are gonna turn into 1 foot cubes of solid bud!

 

[Steakbomb]

Red coverage is good - moved the light down about 6". I turned down both dimmer knobs - going to adjust back to around ~1000ish ppfd in the morning at the new height and re-check wattage.

 

[StickyBudHound]

Deep doesn't even begin to describe that red. Damn...

 

[Steakbomb]

Deep doesn't even begin to describe that red. Damn...

One might even call it "far red!"

 

[Steakbomb]

Hit the sweet spot...

330W was my estimated wattage last grow using 3 * qb288v1 boards. 330W with the v2 boards plus Emersons should be awesome!

 

[Steakbomb]

Got home from some morning meetings and messed with the light a little bit more - raised it back up 2-3". PPFD is now at ~925 which with a 13.5 hour lights-on window gives a DLI of just about 45 - I think we're gold here.

@Or_Gro - thinking you may be missing some alerts over here?

 

[StickyBudHound]

Got home from some morning meetings and messed with the light a little bit more - raised it back up 2-3". PPFD is now at ~925 which with a 13.5 hour lights-on window gives a DLI of just about 45 - I think we're gold here.

@Or_Gro - thinking you may be missing some alerts over here?

Yep, alerts have been hit or miss lately...

 

[Or_Gro]

Fortunately I'm in Massachusetts in the US where recreational is legal, but we do have a plant limit. I usually do scrogs but had to do manifolds this grow due to time constraints. 3 plants is tough to pack in here, but when I do I can get 1.5lb with a pretty quick veg time.
Welcome!

Sorry to hear you had to lower your standards this grow....i hope you can scrape by with some barely weighable, almost potent, low-grade, paramecium-sized colas...

 

[Or_Gro]

Nice work on the defol. They're gonna be pretty much nothing but colas!

Yeah, but scrog woulda been better....

 

[Or_Gro]

Looking good this morning - back to business with the lighting.
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I might do a check-in during the far-red window this evening. If the coverage is good enough, I may drop the light down a few inches so I can dim them while still targeting around 1000ppfd. Ideally I'd like to keep the wattage under 350 if that's possible while still getting the ppfd I want...

Those girls are prayin hard for scrog...

 

[Or_Gro]

Red coverage is good - moved the light down about 6". I turned down both dimmer knobs - going to adjust back to around ~1000ish ppfd in the morning at the new height and re-check wattage.
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They’d look even better if they were scrog....

 

[Or_Gro]

Deep doesn't even begin to describe that red. Damn...

Far does, tho