Auto Topping LED Grow

[HemiSync]

Sorry hemi thought you were in soil ... Throw a load of ducktape over the lid I believe it's rather light proof

No problem, as I said it wasn't until I was typing out what was good about my marine cooler DWC that I realized what was wrong with it. She is in a 15 liter bucket now with 3 air stones bubbling all that algae off of her. Then she is going into a clean bucket with fresh nutrients. I had only recent switched to a cooler DWC because the summer heat this year was kicking my butt trying to keep the water cool in 15 liter buckets. With the cooler the temps lock on and stay perfect. This time of year it shouldn't be a problem.

I have some silver ducting tape that should block it completely and is very reflective as well. I could use the original lid that came with the cooler, but that would raise the height of my netpots so by at least 10 cm. Then I would have to use more water and nutes and would ruin the cooler for any outdoor use. My thought process behind using polystyrene for a lid was that I could have different ones for different purposes. One for growing adult plants, one with smaller holes and netpots for cloning. That kind of thing. Good intentions but almost killed my girl. Amazing how I could hold that polystyrene up to a regular light and see none, but put it in front of a LED and you see this warm pink glow.
Live, Grow, Learn.

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

Sorry for the off topic question, hope it's OK. One of my autos, which I think to be a Jack Herrer... I am basing this on the narrow 9 finger leaves and the strong lemon smell... is showing about 20-25% amber trichs on all of the main colas. The plants are only about 9.25 weeks old. If they are Jack Herrer, this would be about 2.5 weeks early.
Should I go by the trichomes and harvest, or wait until they are closer to 12 weeks. I do not want couch lock, especially from Jack Herrer.

Just wanted to follow up on this. I found the answer to the question.

 

[thebeast27]

hemi best of luck schtiggy I cnt answer that question as I always use my eyes to predict when my buds are done will be update day tomorrow for my autos.and today im adding my second 340w led light into the tent.the 900 will be moved to the middle with 1 340w on the left and 1 340w on the right.so will be 3 lights in total in the tent mainly so my young get enough light wil be a total of 1600w of full spec led grow light power happy growing every1

 

[thebeast27]

I can now confirm there is 1600w of led power running in my tent .looks better already ha ha

 

[HemiSync]

Sorry for the off topic question, hope it's OK. One of my autos, which I think to be a Jack Herrer... I am basing this on the narrow 9 finger leaves and the strong lemon smell... is showing about 20-25% amber trichs on all of the main colas. The plants are only about 9.25 weeks old. If they are Jack Herrer, this would be about 2.5 weeks early.
Should I go by the trichomes and harvest, or wait until they are closer to 12 weeks. I do not want couch lock, especially from Jack Herrer.

Just wanted to follow up on this. I found the answer to the question.

Being the noob that likes to fry my roots with LEDs I would love to hear what you found out. Personally it depends on what I am going for, daytime or nite time meds. I rarely go by length of time, 25% amber for daytime and 50+ for nite time. That's using a 60x loop, I find it much more difficult to be sure with a 30x loop. When really in doubt snip I off a piece of one, quick dry it, and try it for effect. Also, if the main colas are ready there is no reason you can't take them now and do a second harvest later after the lower buds fatten up.

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

Hi Hemi,

I spent most of the evening yesterday researching. I read a number of things that said the trichs on the leaves, on many strains, will go amber well before the trichs on the actual buds. Most agreed that it is better to read the buds instead of the leaves. After looking directly into the buds, rather than on the leaves, I found that, sure enough, the trichs on the buds were actually about 90% milky and 10% clear. No amber. This is exactly what I hoped for since the buds are not developed enough. I have one indica that I was going to harvest in 4 days. I put that off for an additional 7 days, and my 2 Jack Herrers are back on their original plan of 18 days from now.

I will have to watch closely since I am looking for specific effects too.

I want the indica for night time and the sativas for daytime so I was really worried that they got away from me.

Being the noob that likes to fry my roots with LEDs I would love to hear what you found out. Personally it depends on what I am going for, daytime or nite time meds. I rarely go by length of time, 25% amber for daytime and 50+ for nite time. That's using a 60x loop, I find it much more difficult to be sure with a 30x loop. When really in doubt snip I off a piece of one, quick dry it, and try it for effect. Also, if the main colas are ready there is no reason you can't take them now and do a second harvest later after the lower buds fatten up.

 

[HemiSync]

Good to hear you got it sorted and all is good. I learn something new every day about these plants.

I will have to watch closely since I am looking for specific effects too.

I want the indica for night time and the sativas for daytime so I was really worried that they got away from me.

But they are so fun to watch.

 

[HemiSync]

I can now confirm there is 1600w of led power running in my tent .looks better already ha ha

But you are going to go blind.

 

[thebeast27]

hemi to be fair mate they aint that bad as long as u don't look up directly at the light.there cool in temps to work under and give a great look.the brightness does not bother me mate lol.sure the plants will be loving it lol pics to follow as today is auto update day wednsday here in the uk typical dull morning abit of rain

 

[thebeast27]

well update time.no health issues to reportall plants are loving life.first we have sonic xtreme this plant is 14 days old today 2 weeks.since day 7 of life the stem has been held down with a hair clip lol.abit of early lst.here she is

.then we have another autoxtreme this is a challenge I set myself.this bean is 7 days old today and sat in general cheap compost. so should be a good challenge to keep her In her top health

.then we have dizzy lights auto lovely looking lady always looks happy and is getting super frosty

.then we have smokin gun auto also loving life doing what she should be doing

.then we have cream devil auto the tallest lady.she has red and purp in her leaves and pistils and smells very nice

.and family shots as always

.and the new light layout

.happy growing every1

 

[Krypt247]

Very nice as always beast!!! Love it! How tall are those plants? It's hard to tell from pictures a little.

 

[sonicDlf]

Hi beast , looking good , sonic xtreme is doing well , love how you are braving an early lst mate , are you planing on taking it round the edge of the pot mate.
Also brave with the new xtreme in cheapo soil be interesting to compare it with sonic xtreme .
Dizzy looks nice , how tall , id'e say 30" maybe .
The smoking gun looks like she will have some nice buds .
And that cream devil , tall main stem , i hope she gives you a massive collar .
Group shot looks great as ever , sweet garden mate .
Nice to see you put all the lights in , can't believe the growth on mine .
will update mine on friday
Be safe .

 

[jhfhklsnhfldk]

Beast, are your tall girls heavily defol'd to look like that?

 

[thebeast27]

krypt thanks mate.dizzy lights auto is 3 foot tall.and cream devil auto slightly over 3 foot tall

 

[thebeast27]

thanks a lot sonic mate defo gna be interesting lol.and arnt sure what im gna do with the lst yet but il think of something lol.tall girls are 3 foot tall mate

 

[thebeast27]

schtiggy no I removed all bottom growth which was not much on the tall ladies.apart from that I have not trimmed them at all. there not very bushy so no need to trim.light is hitting all budsites well. so the way they look mate is all down to how they have grown.dizzy light was topped.cream devil was not smokin gun auto in the middle is very bushy I have to keep trimming her every 3 days to keep buds seeing the light.

 

[sonicDlf]

I can't wait to see the collar on cream devil , i wonder how many of them untopped you could get in a 4x4 tent Lol
Be safe .

 

[Krypt247]

I have a Sweet Tooth that I FIM and have LST into a bowl shape, the top canopy is within 1" of each of the other main tops... It's a little bush. I'd say 2"x1.5". I have a 4" wide x 2" deep tent so im only thinking I can get 3 MAYBE 4 max in this area if I train them all to be short bush. 4x4 i'd say same methods I'm using 6-8 plants. Be tight and a bitch to water and move around anything in the tent, but it'd sure be pretty.

 

[thebeast27]

nice ideas I reckon u cud cram a fair few In that space

 

[Krypt247]

nice ideas I reckon u cud cram a fair few In that space

What's your tent size and how many can you fit?