Lighting Plant training for autocobs - need some tips from you all

[Seymourbud]

Just a thought after reading this, and I am by no means an accomplished grower using autocobs (just bought my first four last month and have yet to set them up, I mainly grow photos). but could rotating the plants at some set time interval help with keeping intensity on all parts of the canopy even. That way you don't need to raise the light, and all the canopy get equal light intensity over the life of flowering. But looking at your picture and seeing the netting, that would become very difficult as the budsites grow through the netting. Sorry for thinking out loud....will watch progress and learn.

 

[lunarman]

Just a thought after reading this, and I am by no means an accomplished grower using autocobs (just bought my first four last month and have yet to set them up, I mainly grow photos). but could rotating the plants at some set time interval help with keeping intensity on all parts of the canopy even. That way you don't need to raise the light, and all the canopy get equal light intensity over the life of flowering. But looking at your picture and seeing the netting, that would become very difficult as the budsites grow through the netting. Sorry for thinking out loud....will watch progress and learn.

I was thinking of rotating. And I do that when plants are shorter and not in the netting. But not religiously. I think that's a good idea for max'ing out the lumens of a single autocob per plant. It would be cool if there was some cheap rotating bases I could put my autopots on. I might even get rid of my trellis netting but leave the frame in place to give me something to tie stakes down to. And then use some stakes to do what the netting was doing.

I'm very new to this so I'm trying different things. Maybe not all for the better, but that's how I like to learn. We'll see what comes of this. Thanks for the tip.

 

[pop22]

get as christmas tree rotator, you can find them on ebay

I was thinking of rotating. And I do that when plants are shorter and not in the netting. But not religiously. I think that's a good idea for max'ing out the lumens of a single autocob per plant. It would be cool if there was some cheap rotating bases I could put my autopots on. I might even get rid of my trellis netting but leave the frame in place to give me something to tie stakes down to. And then use some stakes to do what the netting was doing.

I'm very new to this so I'm trying different things. Maybe not all for the better, but that's how I like to learn. We'll see what comes of this. Thanks for the tip.

 

[lunarman]

get as christmas tree rotator, you can find them on ebay

Just realized we can't rotate autopots because of the hoses in to the tray and dome. I'll rotate manually and daily.

 

[pop22]

shows how much attemntion I was paying...... lol

Just realized we can't rotate autopots because of the hoses in to the tray and dome. I'll rotate manually and daily.

 

[pop22]

might be easier to move the lights

 

[Proph]

I have a few autocobs at different temps.. I always end up with more plants than autocobs, because like you are, I grow perpetually. I dont add the extra lighting until flower. The seedlings and vegging plants dont need much. I've vegged 2 plants easily under one autocob. I guess it depends on what you want your outcome to be.. More light durring vegg will likey get a bushier plant.. More light during flower will likely improve bud delevopment.

 

[PoppyLon56]

I haven't tried LST yet. I do have a question. Can you remove leaves throughout the grow, to allow light to inter plant.(auto White Widows)

 

[pop22]

with autos its suggested to start around 21 days, just before flower.

I haven't tried LST yet. I do have a question. Can you remove leaves throughout the grow, to allow light to inter plant.(auto White Widows)

 

[AutoWonders]

Right now I have the luxury of putting two autocobs per plant

I did that test of two cobs one plant and the two plants that were in the test found two cobs to be too much light. I went back to one light per plant. We don't know enough about strains grown under cobs at this point, so a little flying by the seat of our pants is called for.