How Can I Thicken Up My Budz?
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I Understand I Only Topped Her Once I Should Have Done More. But Really? She's Definitely 7 Weeks In Though. Would It Hurt Too Give Her another 7 Weeks In Flower??
Failmore
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Dont worry about putting a hard limit on time. When the hairs are almost all brown start checking the trichs. Harvest when the trichs are turning amber. The more amber the more couch lock. So it depends on personal preference how long you let it go. Some strains go 12 weeks or more. Also dont worry about overall yield to much. Your a new grower. Worry about that later. If you get .5g a watt be happy
I Thought So Too That's Why I'm Worried Because Its Definitely Been 7 Weeks. Really? What Kind Of Nutrients ?? & I've Been Doing The Teaspoon Of Molasses diluted In a Gallon of Water every 3 Days over The Last 2 Weeks.
Okay I Wont. Its Just Hard To Be Patient Ya Know
& Thank Youu That's Great To Know. Yeaa I Know More Experience Will Make Me better Grower. & Is That What They Say? .5 a Watt? I'm Using a 200w for this Grow
Coloradoclear
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How are you counting your weeks? From the flip or from first signs of sex?
From The First signs Of Sex. I Don't Remember How Long From The Flip That she Started To Show Hairs but I Did Start The Count After I Seen A Couple Hairs on Each Cola.
I'm Using An LED & florescent Bulb Set Up. I Have 2 65w Florescents at 6500k mounted Horizontally & a 200w LED Mounted Over Head. I'm Not Sure Of The Actually Power Pulled From The Wall To The Lights.
What's Scrog? & Are U Sayin Do It Now Or I Should Have?
Is That a Type Of Nutrients?
I'm Slow
Renfro
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Remember that with LED lighting we want warmer canopy temperatures than we do under HPS. HPS puts out about 60% of it's photons in the infrared area, IR light warms surfaces it touches (leaves). To achieve optimal leaf surface temperatures under LED lighting we need a canopy temperature up around 83 - 86F where under HPS we might aim for 79F.
Cool leaf surface temperatures will slow the growth rate, plain and simple.
That is one factor that LED growers often overlook.
QUALITY LED lighting takes about 35 watts per square foot in flower (thats actual watts), if it's a blurple LED then you probably need more than that, like 40 - 50 depending on the quality of the light.
Know that overfeeding doesn't help, and most of the yield comes in the end when the flower is becoming denser so never chop early, wait it out.
Hope all that info helps you in your quest.
Cool leaf surface temperatures will slow the growth rate, plain and simple.
That is one factor that LED growers often overlook.
QUALITY LED lighting takes about 35 watts per square foot in flower (thats actual watts), if it's a blurple LED then you probably need more than that, like 40 - 50 depending on the quality of the light.
Know that overfeeding doesn't help, and most of the yield comes in the end when the flower is becoming denser so never chop early, wait it out.
Hope all that info helps you in your quest.
Failmore
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I think your doing great for what you got going on.
wheresthekoosh
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what strain?