ggrant
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The coco was actually a block. You can get it in brick size, which makes a fair amount of coco. It also comes in block size, about the size of a desktop computer case, which makes enough to fill a wheelbarrow.
In my first coco post, I hacked off a brick-sized chunk. For the second coco post, I used the rest of the block. That was enough to fill the large storage bin I showed in the picture.
The coco is so nice by itself that I'm not sure if I am going to add perlite this time. But I will definitely add the dolomite lime before I use it. I don't want any calcium deficencies. I don't want to add the lime and let it sit, as I'm worried that it may slowly break down sitting in the damp coco and, when I go to use it, add too much lime to the soil
Yes, Yes and YES!
These ladies just love "sunlight". HID lamps feel like sunlight, CFL bulbs don't. I can feel it and I'm sure the plants can, too.
Don't worry about the spectrum of the flowering light. When the sun rises and sets, it is skewed towards the red spectrum (prism effect that causes red sunrises and sunsets, so even in veg, these ladies get lots of red spectrum light).
Flowering is not induced by the color of the light, but by the amount of uninterrupted darkness. 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness will trigger the flowering cycle. That is why you switch from 18/6 to 12/12. I flowered my current crop for 6 weeks using a MH lamp instead of an HPS one just to see how it would work. It was great, but the consensus on my blog was that, since I had an HPS, I should use it, so I swapped the MH out for the HPS.
To summarize, you can use any spectrum bulbs for flowering or vegetation. Flowering starts when 12/12 starts. Although blue spectra bulbs are better for veg and red spectra bulbs are better for flower, they are not necessary.
So ... Let your gals enjoy the bright Cabo sun, get some rays and talk with their older sisters. When it's time for the flower girls to sleep, put the kids back in the veg room.
They'll thank you for the change of scenery!
In my first coco post, I hacked off a brick-sized chunk. For the second coco post, I used the rest of the block. That was enough to fill the large storage bin I showed in the picture.
The coco is so nice by itself that I'm not sure if I am going to add perlite this time. But I will definitely add the dolomite lime before I use it. I don't want any calcium deficencies. I don't want to add the lime and let it sit, as I'm worried that it may slowly break down sitting in the damp coco and, when I go to use it, add too much lime to the soil
Has anyone ever placed their vegging plants into their flowering space?? Is it recommended? I was thinking the full sun(600 watts hps) would be good for the plants while they can get it, then moving them back to the veg cab once the light turns off. Ideas?
Yes, Yes and YES!
These ladies just love "sunlight". HID lamps feel like sunlight, CFL bulbs don't. I can feel it and I'm sure the plants can, too.
Don't worry about the spectrum of the flowering light. When the sun rises and sets, it is skewed towards the red spectrum (prism effect that causes red sunrises and sunsets, so even in veg, these ladies get lots of red spectrum light).
Flowering is not induced by the color of the light, but by the amount of uninterrupted darkness. 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness will trigger the flowering cycle. That is why you switch from 18/6 to 12/12. I flowered my current crop for 6 weeks using a MH lamp instead of an HPS one just to see how it would work. It was great, but the consensus on my blog was that, since I had an HPS, I should use it, so I swapped the MH out for the HPS.
To summarize, you can use any spectrum bulbs for flowering or vegetation. Flowering starts when 12/12 starts. Although blue spectra bulbs are better for veg and red spectra bulbs are better for flower, they are not necessary.
So ... Let your gals enjoy the bright Cabo sun, get some rays and talk with their older sisters. When it's time for the flower girls to sleep, put the kids back in the veg room.
They'll thank you for the change of scenery!