Indoor 2nd grow..2 nirvana auto bubblicious in 1 gal airpots, 270 watt LED

[spikerbiker]

Hello there AFN people. Its been a while. But i started my 2nd grow about a week ago. I only need a once a year grow for personal use and its that time! I soaked 2 seeds until they sank, moved to paper towel for another 18-24 hours until they popped. I planted and they were 1 inch tall the next day! I love the speed at which a plant just takes off. I think I planted them on June 6. I'm using roots organics soil and the roots organics master pack fertilizer. No fungus gnats...yet!

This time I have upgraded the cabinet from 200watts cfl - (which gave me almost an oz. a plant - Nirvana Blue Mystic) to a 270 watt LED. I also switched to 1 gal airpots from standard 1 gal pots. I hope to see a bit of difference! Looking forward to another summer of growing with my AFN friends. I find that I am not as uptight this time around as last time. Probably because I still have some left from last time LOL!!! I'll post some pics later.

 

[Chester]

Welcome back SpikeBiker ... looking forward to watching your grow ....

 

[spikerbiker]

Hi Chester! Glad to see you....Going to check out your grow as soon as I'm done here! Finally getting around to another post. I'm noticing some differences with this grow...its almost like a first time grow with the new lights and pots. The airpotsare keeping the girls pretty dry. Also seeing some slight upward curling of the leaves. A few of the bottom leaves have yellowed, but they were lying on the dirt so I'm not too concerned... Not sure what if anything is up. I do know it is HARD to keep these things watered. Seems like they need it about every other day. I just finished adding a carbon filter to the cabinet...such a small cabinet it was a tight fit. I'll post some pics of the set up and the plants. Any thoughts are welcome.

 

[Chester]

Plants look good but the light looks kind of close to the canopy ...

 

[spikerbiker]

How high above the canopy should the led lights be? It's about 8 inches above currently...Thanks!

 

[Chester]

Sorry for the delay ... unless the manufacturer had a suggestion I run mine from 12" to 36" away ... 16-18" would be a good rule of thumb ... got a link to the light ?

I would raise it to the maximum available w/o moving the air duct ... LEDs need a little distance for the wavelengths to blend together for maximum benefit ...

 

[spikerbiker]

Thanks Chester. ..I moved it up as soon as you mentioned it. I'm planning to move the air duct up higher in a few days once I figure out how to position it. I didn't really notice any smell in there before installing the filter. ..but now that is in there I realize there certainly WAS a smell. Lol

 

[Chester]

Amazing growth for their age ... especially in 1 gal air pots ...

 

[spikerbiker]

Last night the plants were looking droopy. I gave them roots organic extreme serene, trinity and buddha growth and some organic cal / mag. I raised the light even a bit more..now about 18 inches above the tops. the heat is down a bit for the plants and hopefully they won't get so dry next time. I am finding that i have to water about every 2 - 3 days in the airpots. Last crop only had to water approx. every 5 days using standard plastic 1 gal pots. Today they look very good. WOoHOo!!

 

[spikerbiker]

Watering is now every 2 day. I'm shortening the light cycle from 24 hours to 18/6 starting tonight. I did some LST for the first time. Just opening up the plants. One of them is about 4 inches shorter than the other and much bushier. Don't know if the pics will show that since these are post LST. I used some pipe cleaners and the airpots have perfect attachement points for LST'ing. Last grow I did not LST except for using Chester's ponytail method. I forgot to ponytail this time, so I decided to do something while its still growing to open up some sites for more BUD!! These girls are approximately 25 days old. About 12 and 16 inches tall.