No, maybe I didn't say it as clearly as I could have.
Your plant can take in a certain amount of light per period, and after it has its fill any extra light is essentially wasted. But, getting to that maximum is not a casual effort so most people's plants are under lighted per period.
Since you grow auto flowers getting them extra light over and above the typical 12 hours that photoperiods get will likely be helpful. And since autos don't care about the length of the dark period giving them extra if you can should be helpful. And if you give them more than the DLI it won't be detrimental to them.
Unless the security lights are pointing directly at them it probably won't be enough to really help all that much but shouldn't hurt an auto in any way.
1200 watt or 1200 watt equivalent lights? That's a big difference at the electric meter. But either way it should help get closer to maxing out your DLI and therefore your yield.
Ahhh, ok. Hmmm.....
>> "The QBD1500 MAX Dimmable led grow light output wattage is 130W-135W,we choose sm leds with high lumn&ppdf,We suggest use it for seeding cultivation stage .If your growing area only 10x11ft,you can use 1500W led grow light from seeding to blooming stage."
Good point! I guess I got fooled by the name, "QBD1500 Max".
Anyway, to get it anywhere near the intensity of sunlight, you have to hang it really low over the plants, and it blocks out the sunlight for 3-4-5 hours, depending. so I don't think it is worth it.
I think if I go to regulars, and get the rest of the basics down, and start using proper fertilizers, I should be able to get all I need with 20 autos.
(The 1:1 strains do not seem to be anywhere near as big of producers as the all-THC strains--but still, if I can get all of the other factors dialed in, 20 plants should be lots.)
And your plants will love you for it.
The Delicious Candy sure seems happy!
And I think those little LSD Autos got stunted also, but they also seem to be responding very well.
Don't try to over think it. If you have too many different wrinkles you are throwing at your plants it's hard to know what's helpful and what isn't.
I understand. Only, in this case I am correcting deficiencies that are stopping me from getting my 1:1 (which I need), so it seems like getting rid of everything that is stopping me from getting a crop must go (and the sooner the better?).
I realize it is a lot of changes at once, but I came with a lot of wrong thinking, and I think we have made a number of very positive improvements.
At first I had bad soil (regular clay in pots = bad), and now we have good soil.
I think there was some stunting due to cold (not expected with an auto), and now we have doors on the greenhouse.
I was foolishly trying to use up that (weak, ineffective) rooting fertilizer during veg, but now I am feeing them Veg fertilizer until the first pistils appear (about the one-month mark).
GeoFlora and DynoMyco and GLN Sweet Candy are on the way.
I have a bubbler (which I guess I am not using for now).
I am now adding molasses to the mix.
I am now adding CalMag to the mix.
I have Jadam banana-wc and banana tea fermenting (12 more days).
I am figuring out LST.
I am adding a thick layer of wc (and I think I will add a lot more into the soil in future grows. I used to add a lot more, like maybe 20-25% ("modified Clack over Subcool's"), and the plants I had back then were great.
I ran some experiments back then, and the plants with the extra wc in the top layer all had a much choclatier (if that is a word) taste to them. They tasted much richer.
I think we have made a lot of improvement!
(I can't wait to see what we can do now, with Em's watering and feeding techniques.)
That's typically a sign of too much nitrogen, but I wouldn't blame the castings. They're a great source of N to be sure, but they're mild enough that some people starts seeds directly in the stuff. I'd first look to your over application of your "brand new fertilizer. "
That is very interesting. Thank you for that. I think I will go back to adding 25% wc to the soil that goes over Subcool's. I had great success with that before.
I've never done re-soak so you're on your own with that one, if it were me I'd probably soak it again for an hour or two max and then put it in a wet paper towel in a plastic bag and keep it warm and see if it will turn around. Odds are probably pretty low though.
Well, it seems like a decent experiment.
I just soaked my last two LSD Autos. (Hopefully this time they won't get stunted.)
I will probably fish these out of the drink in the morning, and put them in the same wet paper towel box as the LSD Autos, just to see what they do, but I don't think I will plant them.
(Maybe if only one LSD comes up, and and we get one to roar to life, I will plant her--but if I get two LSDs, I am planting them. But I hope both LSDs come up.)
hope everything is going well today. 
