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Rocket Soul

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This picture from above is UV burn on the leaves, forgot to mention:





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And you can see in this pic even lower buds are frosty, cause these leaves are 20-30 cm deep into the canopy already.
The way i see things there are two things visible here:
1 yellow/purpling leaves along with fairly mature looking buds: for a led grow in fade mode, with a finishing solution or nutrients restricted this is pretty normal, we get this if we do things right in the final weeks of our grow no matter what light. More purples is a led thing in general: great accumulation of anthocyanin due to missing heat in the leds. For purpling stems and leaves id recommend looking into high irradiation response (googleable) : lots of light with not enough temps for the plant to keep up. When the plants starts to fade the purple that was hidden under the green becomes visible, as the plant withdraws chloropyll from its leaves. Its something weve learnt not to worry about as we see it as a normal sign of things going to plan. If you dont withdraw nutes properly the fade tends to go more towards darkgreen/black in our some of our cuts. Same cuts grow normal under sun.
2: some indications of leaf serrations turning upwards, this would be a fairly common response to too much uv. Hope you dont mind me leaving my opinion. Its of course possible that you see this green/purple specifically under your led light source; id interpret it more towards uv quickening ripening and "chasing" the fade. I see only good work here, but was never onsite so i cant say for sure. But to me it looks fine and dandy :)
 

exploziv

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exploziv

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Thank you for the nice words, @wh1p3dm34t & @Rocket Soul !
As I said before this is the best harvest I had as quality goes, and probably it will be up there it the top with the yeld as well.
All my life I avoided hydro just because I tought the taste won't be there, only to find that's totally not true. Proper fed plants will give their best no matter what media their roots sit in.
Now that I seen what can be done without much experience and without having any ideea on what to expect, next time I will do only 2 plants (regular not auto), and try to get the best quality possible from them.
Not sure of all the things I can improve, but for starters I need better access to the reservoir, so will play a bit with the layout and only start the new grow once I got everything set up right.
Please feel free to give comments or ideeas on what can be changed/improved.
 

Rocket Soul

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Thank you for the nice words, @wh1p3dm34t & @Rocket Soul !
As I said before this is the best harvest I had as quality goes, and probably it will be up there it the top with the yeld as well.
All my life I avoided hydro just because I tought the taste won't be there, only to find that's totally not true. Proper fed plants will give their best no matter what media their roots sit in.
Now that I seen what can be done without much experience and without having any ideea on what to expect, next time I will do only 2 plants (regular not auto), and try to get the best quality possible from them.
Not sure of all the things I can improve, but for starters I need better access to the reservoir, so will play a bit with the layout and only start the new grow once I got everything set up right.
Please feel free to give comments or ideeas on what can be changed/improved.
Id say this is a "no notes" - grow;) very good.

Well maybe one but not grow related: you keep such good records of temps/rh/ec - why not add the VPD values in the same line of stats? Vpdchart dot com (thats allowed, right?) is your friend and very good grow resource. Vpd, if youre not familiar, is a bit like it was absoute humidity; the tendency of the air to take up more water; important for getting led plants to transpire. Just another stat to have in mind when growing, some follow slavishly, i think its just good for figuring out sad looking plants, point you in the right direction.
 

Rocket Soul

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Hello!
Not a bad ideea. @Rocket Soul
I used a vpd controller in some past grows and i have an upgraded version of it waiting to be assembed into a case.
This is an example of the stuff displayed:
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So maybe I make some time to finish it so I can use that. 🦫
Is this homemade? All the comercial ones are super expensive. Its what id make if i had had lost my arduino virginty :love: those bratty boards just never give me a chance, all i wanna do is to love them 😆
 

Rocket Soul

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Why dönt you buy the parts ? With the sensors. You can do much more with those, from controlling lights and whatever you need to control
I know, but im a virgin and im afraid it will hurt:oops:

Honestly ive tried to start that project, to learn arduino and some micropython but i really dont know where to start. What did you guys do to start? Is it learning programming or is it more just finding code to copy to set up the arduino? I would love to be able to setup PWM led dimming and a temp/rh meter and to be able to convert to vpd but i havent the slightest idea of where i would start this from. Zip zilch nada.
I got great skills for building and designing led systems but nothing on the automation. Ive got programming experience but only in old languages and its hard to renew at 45 on your own.
Right now aswell im dealing with too much to really dig down on anything new, stress from several different directions.is taking its toll, but next year should be good for new projects.
 
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