PadawanWarrior
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Or download a free lux meter for your cellphone.
Third times the charm...
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Avering
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Cool, I hadn't seen this post, so those lil seedlings there, how much light are you giving em? You say 18" over the canopy of the seedlings and dimmed how much? Your plants looks very happy..thanks for your responses
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Avering
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I do have a lux meter actually, they are all more or less at 10k lux, right now with the light at 48 inches away, i have a good a feeling about this amount lol
Budzbuddha
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The thing about quantums are they become “ more efficient “ at lower mid power levels. A lot of growers think you have to “ max them out “ and it’s actually the opposite. That is a 4 board with cob build and use a kilowatt plug to adjust power.
Plants will tell you by leaf response .
Meters are available thru WALFART.COM
Avering
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Very nice.. okay so I'm ggonna leave it turned down.. probably won't even need to turn it up unless I'm growing a lot more..guess the trick is just having em the right distance from canopy eh? Don't wanna waste power, thank you, ill probably go any buy a meter tommorow at the walfart.. hehe
PadawanWarrior
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This is the one I use.
P3 International Kill A Watt LCD Power Analyzer/Meter 1 pk Mfr# P4400 - Ace Hardware
Now you can cut down on costs and find out what appliances are actually worth keeping plugged in. Simply connect these appliances to the Kill A Watt® and it will assess how efficient they really are. Large LCD display will count consumption by the Kilowatt-hour, same as your local utility. You...
JoeBlow5823
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Yeah 10k should get the job done. Personally I like to go on the high side but you should be just fine.
xtsho
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Seniority? I've only been here a few years. But long enough to see dozens of trolls like you come and go.
Proof of troll.
Kingkongbud
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Thats subjective. As much so as me saying proof of troll to the people who keep following you rating up your comments, i could call some of them your trolls.or trolls that rate up your stupid comments no matter what you say
PadawanWarrior
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Kingkongbud
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Few years is still much more seniority above me, why you gotta be so immature and sway away from facts?
PadawanWarrior
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At least you can count.
Jman108227
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Dude I did not even know about this thank you! Just downloaded one
PadawanWarrior
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Hell ya. All cellphones basically have a lux meter built in, we just need an app to access the shit. It's not gonna be as accurate as some expensive meter, but it gives you a good idea, and it's free.Dude I did not even know about this thank you! Just downloaded one
To get more accurate reading, make sure the phones sensor is where you want it, and kinda rock it back and forth reading different angles. You just have to play with it a little at first to figure it out, but what do you have to lose.
Avering
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Good mornin everyone the light is doing pretty well on the lil seedlings, they dont seem to be stretching too much.. but we'll see as the day turns to night. Couple changes i made are that i turned the fans upwards aftee noticing one of the seedlings was starting to curl, thinking of placing the fans on a milk crate a lil higher up so they can gently whisp over the tip of plants.. im also learning how to water em, ive been using a spray but yeaterday i poured about 4 teaspoons of water phd to 6.5 to each plant, some of the bag seeds look so healthy i am very surprised... thinking of leaving one outdoors
JoeBlow5823
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I often get bag seeds that are much more developed than ones i pay damn good money for. Ultimately the ones i pay good money for grow better plants but the bag seeds do start out really strong. Your looking pretty good so far.
Avering
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Thank you! That's great, now I'm more excited to see how these unknowns turn out haha, maybe these seeds have good genetics, glad i do have the ones i paid for there though
Avering
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Good morning everyone,
I decided to get rid of 8 seedlings cause that is too much for my circumstances. The lights were off around 12 hours yesterday as my plan was to do 12/12 from seed with all of the 10 seedlings I originally had. Was thinking that this might affect the plants but I read that autoflowers (these two seedlings are Fugue State from Mephisto Genetics) don't mind light cycle changes so we'll see.. I had lowered the light a bit the past two days, but it seems it may be stunting the growth of the plants. They seem very happy, I give them about 3-4tsp of water and as a result the ones I plucked out yesterday showed nice fat roots..today I just put the lights back up to 48 inches and am looking forward to seeing them continue on their journey to flower!
I decided to get rid of 8 seedlings cause that is too much for my circumstances. The lights were off around 12 hours yesterday as my plan was to do 12/12 from seed with all of the 10 seedlings I originally had. Was thinking that this might affect the plants but I read that autoflowers (these two seedlings are Fugue State from Mephisto Genetics) don't mind light cycle changes so we'll see.. I had lowered the light a bit the past two days, but it seems it may be stunting the growth of the plants. They seem very happy, I give them about 3-4tsp of water and as a result the ones I plucked out yesterday showed nice fat roots..today I just put the lights back up to 48 inches and am looking forward to seeing them continue on their journey to flower!
JoeBlow5823
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Autoflowers STRONGLY prefer 18 to 24 hours of light per day. They also STRONGLY prefer to be planted directly in their final pots. At the stage you are in, seedlings do sort of stall out growth above ground but i guarantee you the roots are exploding.
SnidleyBluntash
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All i have to say is: see if you can find a high table to have all the plants on, and lift the light higher. Directly on the ground will be cold, and you have to bend over. Higher up = warmer, and for little seedlings you want heat and humidity. Put a giant dome over all of them.