Indoor Growing Scrog

[Mongoose]

Day 46. Dutch Passion Lemon Kix.
Hoping she does some stretching, but overall she's coming along.

( I finally figured out a way to add stretch points to the net, that works for two plants in a 4' x 2' tent:
1/2" PVC, slots cut in each end to slide the net into, and held down with light ratchets
wrapped around the bottom tent poles. )

 

[GasPlease]

Day 46. Dutch Passion Lemon Kix.
Hoping she does some stretching, but overall she's coming along.

( I finally figured out a way to add stretch points to the net, that works for two plants in a 4' x 2' tent:
1/2" PVC, slots cut in each end to slide the net into, and held down with light ratchets
wrapped around the bottom tent poles. )

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Looking good! She does need a little stretch or should I say it would be nice for you if she did. You plan on taking a few leaves to open up those sites?

 

[GasPlease]

Day 46. Dutch Passion Lemon Kix.
Hoping she does some stretching, but overall she's coming along.

( I finally figured out a way to add stretch points to the net, that works for two plants in a 4' x 2' tent:
1/2" PVC, slots cut in each end to slide the net into, and held down with light ratchets
wrapped around the bottom tent poles. )

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Ive had a similar thought about the ratchet straps but with a floating frame and net held down so the plant doesn't push it up

 

[Nightqueen]

I'm not an expert, but she looks like she might be getting a bit too much nitrogen. If you search on something like "cannabis too much nitrogen symptoms" you'll get info and lots of example images. What EC do you have her at?

You could be right based on the claws at the tips and the slightly leathery leaves... She's getting ec1.2-1.3 at 5.8ph. I 've also a little too dry envirionment for this stage. Thx for pointing that out.

She's been feed by using nova by t.a. - other than with tripart, it's impossible to reduce nitrogene on this one part line. Sure, i could lower ec. But I guess switching back to tripart with its ability to make adjustments precisely might be the better option. Damn, still amazing how plants can rule in rockwool.

 

[PeaceLove&Buds]

Hi growmies I’d like to ask a basic lighting question if you don’t mind because I see many of you use lights with lower wattage. I’ve always had a 4x4 630w in a 4x4 or 5x5 tent so I have a solid plan there. I’m now using a 2x2 300w (spider farmer t-3000) in a 3x3 tent, plant is 21 days old. So in order to hit my DLI target, Ive been wondering if I should run full power and use distance from plant to determine my DLI? Or keep my light closer (2.5-3 feet is my norm) with the light at lower power? I mean my brain knows it’s the smaller space but given that it’s half my normal wattage my instinct is to crank it so I should probably ask because maybe DLI isn’t just DLI lol. Thank you for letting me interrupt

 

[GasPlease]

Hi growmies I’d like to ask a basic lighting question if you don’t mind because I see many of you use lights with lower wattage. I’ve always had a 4x4 630w in a 4x4 or 5x5 tent so I have a solid plan there. I’m now using a 2x2 300w (spider farmer t-3000) in a 3x3 tent, plant is 21 days old. So in order to hit my DLI target, Ive been wondering if I should run full power and use distance from plant to determine my DLI? Or keep my light closer (2.5-3 feet is my norm) with the light at lower power? I mean my brain knows it’s the smaller space but given that it’s half my normal wattage my instinct is to crank it so I should probably ask because maybe DLI isn’t just DLI lol. Thank you for letting me interrupt

The closer the light is to the canopy the less energy you need to achieve dli. The farther away the more energy needed and also produces more heat. The light has a pattern with lower intensity on the edges. Raising the lights allows you to turn them up increasing the intensity on the edges. Balancing those things is where your sweet spot will be. Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[Corum59]

Hi growmies I’d like to ask a basic lighting question if you don’t mind because I see many of you use lights with lower wattage. I’ve always had a 4x4 630w in a 4x4 or 5x5 tent so I have a solid plan there. I’m now using a 2x2 300w (spider farmer t-3000) in a 3x3 tent, plant is 21 days old. So in order to hit my DLI target, Ive been wondering if I should run full power and use distance from plant to determine my DLI? Or keep my light closer (2.5-3 feet is my norm) with the light at lower power? I mean my brain knows it’s the smaller space but given that it’s half my normal wattage my instinct is to crank it so I should probably ask because maybe DLI isn’t just DLI lol. Thank you for letting me interrupt

Personally I like to test my lights, using a cheap light meter with a phone app (ppfd meter), I have a 70x70cm tent, using a 3x3 grid, I test at different heights and wattage, and look for a even(ish) spread across all 9 area's in the grid, I find this simple but effective finding the right height for the best all round spread.
Its a very basic process, i dont need exact measurements, I just like the spread pretty even across the whole horizontal area. this way i feel my girls are getting an even whack of photons and should maintain pretty equal-ish growth.

I bought a light meter to add to the app, its a little more precise than the app alone, but 10-15% variation isnt a lot and not really necessary at all.

PS, the spread is important for me as I tend to scrog, I use 2 banks of Cobs, 2x yellow, 1x red, 1x blue on each bank, which I reconfigure through the grow. You know, just because. Also, of late, power costs have been an issue too, so I lower my lights to the best full spread for minimal power usage.

 

[Drownomatic]

If cost of electricity isn't an issue I'd run the light on 100%, and adjust DLI with distance. Add appropriate humidity for temp reached.

The higher the light, the more light gets to the bottom vs top as % be cause the % of distance changes the falloff.

 

[PeaceLove&Buds]

Thank you guys very much!

 

[GasPlease]

5 days after the schwazz and the pics are right after a top defol. Getting sticky and has a nice cheese/skunk smell when getting in there to cut leaves. Also got the panels in there.