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Hey @Azimuth, just by chance we have a real-life, real-time update on exactly what we are discussing.
I'm finding the FPCs are more light sensitive than many a plant I've grown. They don't want to be higher than 700 ppfd now or they begin to yellow at the tips. You can see it on the new growth. I just checked on them, and found I needed to lower Fulvia, the taller of the two. In coco they grow so fast you can literally measure it daily with a ruler. So they get up into higher par numbers quickly and need a lot of attention in that regard. I moved the plant a bit lower back into the 600's ppfd by transferring it to a shorter bucket. Next move is to the floor and I lower the light.
So here's the top of Fulvia before the move. Looks perfect, right?
Not quite perfect. She's starting to get yellow tips at the uppermost point on the plant. See? The tip at 9 o'clock is the worst one.
I also noticed she's not praying *quite* like the other plant. This is an advantage to growing the same strain. Reference point right next door. This also told me to lower her (or raise the light, I do it this way for now.). Here's how they look after I changed out the buckets, with Fulvia now lower than Elora. Also notice how Elora is praying vs. how Fulvia is praying. This will begin to match now over the next couple hours. We want what Elora, the plant on the left, is doing.
Here's two pictures of the before and after bucket height to show you how small of a move it was. I still want them at the very top they can go in terms of riding on the edge of no return ppfd-wise. To ride the tip of the wave as I do requires more attention. I don't recommend it. Lmao.
Anyway, this is precisely what I was talking about in the previous post, just worked out that I could show you. For what it's worth.
I'm finding the FPCs are more light sensitive than many a plant I've grown. They don't want to be higher than 700 ppfd now or they begin to yellow at the tips. You can see it on the new growth. I just checked on them, and found I needed to lower Fulvia, the taller of the two. In coco they grow so fast you can literally measure it daily with a ruler. So they get up into higher par numbers quickly and need a lot of attention in that regard. I moved the plant a bit lower back into the 600's ppfd by transferring it to a shorter bucket. Next move is to the floor and I lower the light.
So here's the top of Fulvia before the move. Looks perfect, right?
Not quite perfect. She's starting to get yellow tips at the uppermost point on the plant. See? The tip at 9 o'clock is the worst one.
I also noticed she's not praying *quite* like the other plant. This is an advantage to growing the same strain. Reference point right next door. This also told me to lower her (or raise the light, I do it this way for now.). Here's how they look after I changed out the buckets, with Fulvia now lower than Elora. Also notice how Elora is praying vs. how Fulvia is praying. This will begin to match now over the next couple hours. We want what Elora, the plant on the left, is doing.
Here's two pictures of the before and after bucket height to show you how small of a move it was. I still want them at the very top they can go in terms of riding on the edge of no return ppfd-wise. To ride the tip of the wave as I do requires more attention. I don't recommend it. Lmao.
Anyway, this is precisely what I was talking about in the previous post, just worked out that I could show you. For what it's worth.
