Seven Sisters

NukaKola

NukaKola

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Teag said:
While we are all *patiently* waiting for your garage to cool off was wondering what your thoughts are on when to harvest.
How many days from flip do you normally go? The 9 strains I've grown are all done around the 75th day, I think. Tried to buy a mix of mostly indica and mostly sativa seeds, but they seem to finish at the same time.
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It’s hard to give a defined number of days on when to harvest since there are so many different factors. The strain, specific phenotype, environmental conditions such as light intensity, temp/RH, whether you are supplementing CO2, and even growing medium all play a role.

I will say to avoid going by the breeders listed flowering time as it’s almost always incorrect.

I don’t go by trichomes either as it almost always leads to premature harvesting and the last 2-3 weeks is when the buds swell the most.

Once you are about 2 weeks away start tapering down to a low dosage of nutrients and allow the plant to fade so it puts all the reserves into the buds.
 
WillieP

WillieP

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Tint,
I made it through your journal.
WOW!!
Those were some impressive Sisters.
Your style of grow is so different than mine, really cool to see the plants develop vertically like that.
I think you will like that strip light thing. I have some of the EB gen2 in 3500K added in to round out some 5000K LED modules that I salvaged from street lights. I think I would like to go all strip light at some point.
I've considered the CMH route also, just concerned with the additional heat. BTW, I thought all 'regular' CMH lamps ran close to 3500K, I noticed at the beginning of your journal you ran a 4K and a 3K lamp. Just curious if those were 'special' lamps.
Cheers,
WillieP
 
TintEastwood

TintEastwood

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Hey, @WillieP
Thanks for stopping by the sisters hood. On the CMH, I did my first couple runs with both 3k/4k spectrums. Was also vegging in the same room at that time. Normal Philips bulbs. I don't need these strip lights - but It's giving me something to learn and do - keep busy while the shit hits the fan out there in the world. The latest fun is the forest fires turning the skies orange, ash raining down. (waaaaa - lol)

Progress on the strips...

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Strips mounted and wired.
7 x 13.4w = 93.8 total watts.
 
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NukaKola

NukaKola

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TintEastwood said:
Hey, @WillieP
Thanks for stopping by the sisters hood. On the CMH, I did my first couple runs with both 3k/4k spectrums. Was also vegging in the same room at that time. Normal Philips bulbs. I don't need these strip lights - but It's giving me something to learn and do - keep busy while the shit hits the fan out there in the world. The latest fun is the forest fires turning the skies orange, ash raining down. (waaaaa - lol)

Progress on the strips...

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Strips mounted and wired.
7 x 13.4w = 93.8 total watts.
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Looks awesome! I need something like that for my veg. What is the overall dimensions of the fixture?
 
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