Epic 4x4 Flowering Smackdown : 96 Elites vs 288s

[Frank Cannon]

after that i wanna get back to my real interest, learning more about how to grow this weed efficiently for home growers....

What home growers need is nice simple tuition and solid advice, I am a perfect example of this when it happens

 

[Or_Gro]

Pistils (and trichs) starting to show on Trainwreck tops, have been about a week ahead of other strains in both mom’s and sister’s tents...

 

[Or_Gro]

View from above...thanks to @StickyBudHound:

12:12



10 days later

 

[Steakbomb]

Ah! I see on the GC under the 96s the same kind of damage I have on mine right now - now I know why you suspect lighting, post-defol, being the cause in my case.

 

[Or_Gro]

Ah! I see on the GC under the 96s the same kind of damage I have on mine right now - now I know why you suspect lighting, post-defol, being the cause in my case.

Mine is likely due to condensation spots...

 

[Steakbomb]

Mine is likely due to condensation spots...

Fair enough - wasn't trying to take a dig at you or anything (to be clear) - I just figured it was experience talking

 

[Or_Gro]

Fair enough - wasn't trying to take a dig at you or anything (to be clear) - I just figured it was experience talking

Oh no, didn’t take it that way. Just trying to be specific about likely cause...

pretty common issue for me, at high intensity/temp and thick foliage...signal that needs defol...as i hang on for a few days supporting start of stretch...

 

[Ibn Vapin]

Oh no, didn’t take it that way. Just trying to be specific about likely cause...

pretty common issue for me, at high intensity/temp and thick foliage...signal that needs defol...as i hang on for a few days supporting start of stretch...

Would that be from the shade of the leaves causing enough temperature differentiation for condensation to form, or is something else causing the condensation?

 

[Or_Gro]

Would that be from the shade of the leaves causing enough temperature differentiation for condensation to form, or is something else causing the condensation?

Leaves covering each other, shaded leaf cooler than air temp, moisture condenses on cool leaf, wet leaf moves into light somehow, light gets magnified by water, leaf burns like when you were a kid with a magnifying glass...

 

[Or_Gro]

Day 11 from 12:12: Happy & healthy screenless scroglines, i guess.

6x96


8x288

 

[Steakbomb]

Day 11 from 12:12: Happy & healthy screenless scroglines, i guess.

6x96
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8x288
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Aside from the somewhat slow stretching, something else you're unhappy with at the moment?

 

[Or_Gro]

Aside from the somewhat slow stretching, something else you're unhappy with at the moment?

Nope...antsy as fuck, tho...

 

[StickyBudHound]

View from above...thanks to @StickyBudHound:

12:12
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10 days later
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Nice! Love the time lapse of 10 days after defol. Frickin helluva lot of growth! They look happy as could be.

 

[StickyBudHound]

Day 11 from 12:12: Happy & healthy screenless scroglines, i guess.

6x96
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8x288
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The top versus the side is great! Look at you, raising the bar on the collage app too! Lol

 

[Or_Gro]

The top versus the side is great! Look at you, raising the bar on the collage app too! Lol

Thanks for your help!

Soon as i get them stripped again, i wanna get some pics of those monster mains, refuckindiculous!

These are gonna be some monster pineapplebowlingball colas, if plumbing matters....

 

[StickyBudHound]

Thanks for your help!

Soon as i get them stripped again, i wanna get some pics of those monster mains, refuckindiculous!

These are gonna be some monster pineapplebowlingball colas, if plumbing matters....

Up to 18 pics can go into 1 collage. It's a neat way to document the changes from day to day.

 

[Or_Gro]

Nothin to write home about...?yet?...but the girls are starting to stretch a few mm...and are slurping nutes. Seem to be tolerating uv well.

Raised the qbs and uvs...will bring nutes back up to 1.6ish ec tomorrow.

Changed out co2 tanks, first 100lbs lasted 10 days...expect the new ones to last a little longer, since i closed one of the two open vents on each tent, as plants generate their own humidity...

Will bump uv exposure another 1.5 hrs on Tuesday; taking total exposure up to 1/2 hr for every other hour during lightson.

Probably start next round of defol on sunday...to get some air and light down thru top of canopy.

Lightson 12hrs, no supplementals except uva/b, ppfd ~1050
Air temp 86F, rh 60% avg
Water trmp 68F, pH 6.1
CO2 1500 ppm, lightson only

 

[Ibn Vapin]

That's pretty friggin cool!

 

[Or_Gro]

Nothin to write home about...?yet?...but the girls are starting to stretch a few mm...and are slurping nutes. Seem to be tolerating uv well.

Raised the qbs and uvs...will bring nutes back up to 1.6ish ec tomorrow.

Changed out co2 tanks, first 100lbs lasted 10 days...expect the new ones to last a little longer, since i closed one of the two open vents on each tent, as plants generate their own humidity...

Will bump uv exposure another 1.5 hrs on Tuesday; taking total exposure up to 1/2 hr for every other hour during lightson.

Probably start next round of defol on sunday...to get some air and light down thru top of canopy.

Lightson 12hrs, no supplementals except uva/b, ppfd ~1050
Air temp 86F, rh 60% avg
Water trmp 68F, pH 6.1
CO2 1500 ppm, lightson only

The only difference i’m seeing so far:

6x96 @ 943w

8x288 @ 609w

 

[Ibn Vapin]

..the only difference I can fucking see is the yellow dangly in the middle and the lights!!