Cannaprentice
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Hello! Sorry for the long ass post but I wanted to get me started asap without spamming this poor forum too much, so here we go! I will try to make it nice to read.
So I popped two seeds 4weeks ago and as one of them died to damping off one week ago
I started another one.
I was initially planning to grow both of them using only the sun in my green house but as I live in a country very well known for its shitty weather, the poor plant that survived is leggy as fuck and is currently kicking into flower with only 4 sets of leaves and no side branches...
If I'm lucky enough there will be enough for one joint.
BUT enough with the past! the future is where it's at!
Due to this unfortunate and still ongoing experience, I decided to grow a fresh new one indoor with lights that, unlike the sun, you can force to shine with full on brightness 18hours a day.
As all of this was decided in a rush, I'm using two 20Watts LED work lights. They run cool enough so that I can touch and hold the glass without too much discomfort.
So as I heard "put your hand where the plants are, if it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for the plants" I put the lights as close as possible. maybe 6 to 9cm away from the top of my seedling and she's doing freaking amazing! Barely even 1 week old and already as big as the first one was after two whole weeks if not bigger!
So here's my first question:
I was wondering: I heard plants tend to grow into their space.
So with lights as close as mine, do my plant risk having many sets of leaves yet still being "miniature" because it would try to avoid touching the light? Or will it get bigger just like normal and just grow into the lights so that I will have to raise them? I'm not tryna grow a bonzai lol
My second question would be: As I lost a seedling to damping off because of overwatering, do I risk killing my new one the same way if I start giving it enough water to get a runoff? I don't feel safe getting the soil around the stem wet or even moist so I tend to water in circles around the plant. I feel it will help to spread the roots better too but that's only in theory...
Also not having a runoff fried 2 sets of leaves from my 4weeks old one and I don't wanna get into this kind of troubles again!
So now third question: I guess I still have one or max two weeks for my 2X20watts LEDs to do their jobs correctly and I will need to upgrade to something better.
-I wanted a tent, but my parents don't want something that big and expensive.
-Then I heard about spacebuckets, but I don't want something that small and wonky.
So I talked them into making one from a big trashcan and they seem to like this idea way better.
I heard led UFO's are where it's at for bucket lights so I did a quick search in amazon and found a few really affordable options.
I'm thinking about going with the Roleado 180Watts but I wanted to have your opinon.
I heard they were all manufactured by the same chinese company and worked alright.
I don't need the best. Just something that will grow a few plants without dying on me. It's only around 50 euros anyways.
So I popped two seeds 4weeks ago and as one of them died to damping off one week ago
I started another one.
I was initially planning to grow both of them using only the sun in my green house but as I live in a country very well known for its shitty weather, the poor plant that survived is leggy as fuck and is currently kicking into flower with only 4 sets of leaves and no side branches...
If I'm lucky enough there will be enough for one joint.
BUT enough with the past! the future is where it's at!
Due to this unfortunate and still ongoing experience, I decided to grow a fresh new one indoor with lights that, unlike the sun, you can force to shine with full on brightness 18hours a day.
As all of this was decided in a rush, I'm using two 20Watts LED work lights. They run cool enough so that I can touch and hold the glass without too much discomfort.
So as I heard "put your hand where the plants are, if it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for the plants" I put the lights as close as possible. maybe 6 to 9cm away from the top of my seedling and she's doing freaking amazing! Barely even 1 week old and already as big as the first one was after two whole weeks if not bigger!
So here's my first question:
I was wondering: I heard plants tend to grow into their space.
So with lights as close as mine, do my plant risk having many sets of leaves yet still being "miniature" because it would try to avoid touching the light? Or will it get bigger just like normal and just grow into the lights so that I will have to raise them? I'm not tryna grow a bonzai lol
My second question would be: As I lost a seedling to damping off because of overwatering, do I risk killing my new one the same way if I start giving it enough water to get a runoff? I don't feel safe getting the soil around the stem wet or even moist so I tend to water in circles around the plant. I feel it will help to spread the roots better too but that's only in theory...
Also not having a runoff fried 2 sets of leaves from my 4weeks old one and I don't wanna get into this kind of troubles again!
So now third question: I guess I still have one or max two weeks for my 2X20watts LEDs to do their jobs correctly and I will need to upgrade to something better.
-I wanted a tent, but my parents don't want something that big and expensive.
-Then I heard about spacebuckets, but I don't want something that small and wonky.
So I talked them into making one from a big trashcan and they seem to like this idea way better.
I heard led UFO's are where it's at for bucket lights so I did a quick search in amazon and found a few really affordable options.
I'm thinking about going with the Roleado 180Watts but I wanted to have your opinon.
I heard they were all manufactured by the same chinese company and worked alright.
I don't need the best. Just something that will grow a few plants without dying on me. It's only around 50 euros anyways.
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