Hey @StoneOtter - now this I have never seen. I cut those two fans off. Here’s one of them. May I present….
Looking good! Keep up the good work!Strawberry Haze and the KS3000
@ViparSpectra
I’ve decided to switch this up a little. Originally we were going to take the Humboldt Dream from start to finish. But I’ve already seen enough from the KS3000 to see that it’s awesome in veg. Let’s be honest, as good as it is, just about any light can get us this far. Early veg is just that - early veg. They don’t know from light yet and are not selective. The true test of a light, imho, is really about how it performs in late veg through flower.
So that said, we are going to change it up a little. The Strawberry Haze will now be the focus plant. We will keep the others in the 3x3 as well until we can’t. But the Strawberry Haze is already in mid veg, and what it does from now on is where it’s at. This will make for a much more photogenic grow and allow us to display the power of the light more quickly.
The Strawberry Haze loves the KS3000 so far. Today I made and installed a one plant scrog screen that’s able to rotate with the plant. We’ll see how she does with that. The scrog will make for better comparisons of colas. I also topped six side branches.
Here she is today. The last picture displays the distance between the screen and the KS3000, and also again shows you how incredibly sweetly this light fits in a 3x3.
Awesome @farside05! You know I encourage such comparisons. Cool!
Btw - @ViparSpectra - nice light penetration. This is not my edit, this is your light. There’s a lot of leaf between the light and this stem down low. This is very bright given that. Penetration is a term light companies often use that many growers don’t really “get.” This is what they refer to. You want this. Bravo ViparSpectra!Strawberry Haze
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Internodal Spacing
I’m gaga over this spacing. This says buds top to bottom of the stems to me.
@InTheShed - what is really funny is that I debated how one spells “gaga,” and whether or not to use a dash, and I settled on the spelling I’m using. But you know how the phone will give you a three word choice above the keyboard (if you have it set that way, I do, it’s faster), and how it will also spellcheck you? Every time I tried to type gaga it spellchecked me to Gaga!Strawberry Haze
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Internodal Spacing
I’m gaga over this spacing. This says buds top to bottom of the stems to me.
That’s how popular that girl has become. I wasn’t a fan until I saw her sing the national anthem at Biden’s inauguration (think that was it). See that? YouTube it if not. Gaga has very serious pipes and very serious skills. She blew my doors off. Imho it was up there with Whitney Houston’s performance of the song at the Super Bowl, when she was young and in her prime. To me that one is still the standard by which all others are judged. Lmao.
She looks great, ready to go.Saturday Strawberry Haze and @ViparSpectra KS3000 Update
So two days since the last update and we are well-engaged with the screen. It may be hard to see in the photos, but I have a lower node, topped branch naturally headed to the each of the four corners of the frame. They are not yet at screen level. The branches which are engaged are the topped center two off the main and their two satellites along with one lower node branch that is going nuts. I am going to use these to head N, S, E and W, so that I’ll have an octagonal spread to skeleton out the screen. Then use the side branching to fill in. Should be able to fill most of these squares, there are 90+, and they’re about 1 1/2 inch squares. If I can I’m going to run colas all around the outside of the frame as well, I believe I have enough rotation width to allow for one row all around. I figure this can all be done inside of two weeks and then I’ll flip her and the two younger plants will hit the auto/veg tent.
Also pictured is the proximity to the KS3000. I have no more room to raise the light obviously, so this is it. If I fill the screen as outlined and then flip, the stretch should take her about halfway up towards the light, which is about all I want. Leap of faith a little, I know, and knew when I had to make the decision about how high to place the screen. My experience tells me that when the X amount of flower power she has is diluted into as many colas as this, the stretch will be far less than if trained with fewer colas. I’m hoping that holds here.
She loves the KS3000. Her rate of growth is excellent as is her evenness of growth. Her lower branches are happy with what they’re getting. This light is very easy to manage. Sweet.
I know, right? I’m going to flip her pretty soon and fill it in during the stretch.
