PCBuds
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I'm new to this site and quite new to growing.
I want to post some pics and info of what I'm doing now in the hopes of getting some input.
My last grow was a bust so I'm starting over.
I got some Miracle Grow potting soil, 5 litres of pearlite, 5 litres of vermiculite and some garden lime.
I started with a Coleman cooler and put some clay pellets at the bottom then covered them with fiberglass weave for drainage.
Then I put a bubbler through to the bottom and filled it with the potting soil mixture.
I dug out the middle and filled it with un-nuted potting mix in an attempt to not burn my sprouted seed/seedling.
I tend to kill plants if I transplant so I planted my sprouted seed right in the cooler.
I have a 1" tube running to the bottom to drain off the run off.
I don't want to have a drain hole in the cooler for fear of leaks.
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I'm putting this here so I don't lose track of it.
I want to post some pics and info of what I'm doing now in the hopes of getting some input.
My last grow was a bust so I'm starting over.
I got some Miracle Grow potting soil, 5 litres of pearlite, 5 litres of vermiculite and some garden lime.
I started with a Coleman cooler and put some clay pellets at the bottom then covered them with fiberglass weave for drainage.
Then I put a bubbler through to the bottom and filled it with the potting soil mixture.
I dug out the middle and filled it with un-nuted potting mix in an attempt to not burn my sprouted seed/seedling.
I tend to kill plants if I transplant so I planted my sprouted seed right in the cooler.
I have a 1" tube running to the bottom to drain off the run off.
I don't want to have a drain hole in the cooler for fear of leaks.
##################################################@@@@@@@@@$$$$$$$$######%%%%%%%"******°°°°°
I'm putting this here so I don't lose track of it.
It's almost time to lst the amnesia...
2700k make compact buds in floweing and stout plants in veg. Plants reveg and clone faster on a 2700k.
Under this spectrum plants eat more fertilizer and water.
I had only two plants (barneys farm lsd) that after 150+ days of 12/12-10/14 were only starting flowering but i dont know if it was bad genetics or the lights.
Never grow under the 3000k
6500k is the best for veg. Plants are more branchy and with smaller thinner leaves.
I Never flower with leds under this spectrum. Only cfl but they have a different spectrum.
4000k is halfway between 2700k and 6500k.
Is not good in veg as the 65k, is almost the same in flower as the 27k.
Plants are more resistant to stresses.
Clones and reveging is a little bit longer then 27k.
Flowers under the 40k are very similar to the outdoors: big, not so dense and leafy.
Very good general purpose lamp.
Other crops are insanely more happy under this spectrum then the 27k.
And last...i see better the true colors of the plants...under the 27k leaves seems almost yellow, Under the 65k are dark green.
With too much light she start have problems. Don't care if the lights come from leds or hps.
Side lights are good for flowering.
Not too much for veg.
Lux, genetics, kelvin temperature and how much darkness they get is what give the plants node spacing