Cheers mate, I'm doing well thank you! Keeping out of trouble haha. Yes mate, Australia it isWow, a name from the past! Hope you are well Easty! Australia right?
Looking at this pic, it reminds of the first time I grew this. They leaf like crazy, trim them up, and they come right back in just a few days. Last time I grew them I was using Exhale XL co2 bags and I attributed their grow rate to the additional co2. Now this time I am not adding any co2, and here's come the leaves right back at you. Look at the pic- all those large sunleaves were a lot smaller just 3 days ago. This strain just loves all the LED white light I guess.
So probably Tuesday, the day after the switch to flowering- I'll pinch off all the larger sun leaves again, no matter where they are on the plant. Last grow when I did this, they looked like shit for a few days. Then bounced right back again. Pulling these sun leaves open up all the other low buds on the plant, and they will all end up with a pretty even canopy in the end. Leaf pulling will continue to happen on a regular basis now- I want no branch or bud covered up by a sunleaf.
And it appears this strain is discontinued buy Irie Seeds now. If it turns out anywhere as nice as the last time, I'll have to decide whether I want to keep the strain alive and keep a few mother plants.
So lush and healthy!Lastly, everyone says you have to use co2 too when using these types of LED’s which is bullshit. It may help final yield a bit, but to me it’s not worth the hassle. I’ve used co2 tanks and such for years, I hated how fast the plants grew- I couldn’t keep up sometimes.
im starting flowering tomorrow, i want the crop done a few weeks before Xmas. Below is a pic from tonight….. nice even canopy, very healthy and this is just half the room. I did remove a bit more of the larger sun leaves this morning, just to open up some more areas to get more light. This side will produce about 53 oz, if I match previous grows.View attachment 4996251
You're really selling me on the Gavitas. I've long been contemplating a complete switch to LED and those seem to a solid light. I'm running a couple right now but only in my veg room and seedling tent.I’m up between 2.2-2.3 gpw every grow now....... but it takes a 5 week veg, topping once and defoliating often. I was lucky as I kind of hit the ground running when I started with the led’s, others aren’t so lucky. This is my 5th led grow now, I still love my gavita’s.