I like LST to move things around to benefit lower parts of the plant, and you can tuck fan leaves out of the way so to speak, also remember that spectrums of the light pass thru the leaves even though you can't see it, one of the reasons mixed spectrum is important.
Wow 6 X 6 foot plants, ok if it was me of course I would have 2 400 watt CMH's to start with but if you read all of this thread you know that
Thanks for your time man. Yea I was planning on raising it to about 1.8 soon. Just I raised the EC quite a bit and there was no change at all in the plants...almost looked worse. So that was why I was confused. Turned out to be that I didn't raise my controller bucket high enough. I lower it every week to drain all of the solution in my bottom buckets. The controller bucket is 3 gal and I've rigged it up to 5 gal buckets. Tanks though man. They've greened back up but a lil ways more to go. Prolly gonna have to hit them with some Cal-Mag cause of the low cat ion exchange in coco.1.4 is still pretty low for really established and fast growing plants. If they are still showing some signs of N deff (like red/purple stems on new growth) keep bumping it up. Coco has to be fed just like any other hydro medium and a 2.0EC is very common in veg, especially under HID lighting.
I was just reading through some of this topic.Hey riddle,
Just read the update and that is somewhat a bummer.I say somewhat because without this info we would not have know what we could expect from the use of these pots. This was one of the items on my Want's/Needs list for my next attempt.
I used the peat pots for my first attempt and planted them right in the soil. Well we know that it did not go to well.I never really payed attention to the first one's I got rid of, but it was the last one that made me say hmmmmm. I started poking around in the dirt and was able to pull the whole pot out of the soil same as you and not one root poking through the walls of the peat pot. I tore open the p/p and there was quite a bit of root development and some small one attached to the side of it, but the thicker roots were turning back in towards the center.
I just may have been my inexperience but as I was reading Mel's book last night, he talks about this in the germination section. He talks about removing the plant from the P/P and doing damage to the roots. I assume he has had problems with transplanting the whole thing into the dirt,but thats just my opinion.(Love the book! I would recommend it to anyone as a first read.)
Anyway, good thing you caught it in time. Hopefully not do to much damage.
You can take a clone in flowering up to week 3 but it will take longer to root expect 20 + days as it stresses the plant to go back to veg mode
Totally normal as older hairs fade new ones take thier place this is how the buds get fatter because they keep trying to polinate and actually it is a good thing
Yes they will keep doing that, it is the reason they are alive to propigate!
Purple can be a strain thing, a pheno thing or a response to lower temps, I would be more concerned if they were red but you should keep an eye on them watching for what is happening with new growth, as def's show up there more first
