New Grower How important is rotating your plants?

[Betelnut]

Thanks for the info!

Until now I never rotated, and got fair results, but because of my growing situation I was never able to experiment or try out new advice.
As a result we never saw yields that matched what I know the genetics could do. Not bad, but not even close to maximizing their potential. Now that I'm doing things my way I can mix things up and really start to understand what the different strains want.

In my next grow I will rotate I think. Buts since I'm doing 2 plants each of 2 strains I could rotate one of each and see if there is any difference maybe. Of course the airflow aspects of rotating (which I hadn't thought of ) are eye opening. So even if I don't rotate two of them I would still want to compensate by making sure they were away from the walls enough for good circulation.

 

[arpowre3]

I don't think it's crucial in that setup with each plant having its own. What I think is is that you try and maintain an even canopy. That way when your in flower you don't have a dominant cola 6 or 8 inches above the rest that causes you to have to keep your light that much higher over the shorter colas and decreasing canopy penetration...

That being said I still rotate 90 degrees everytime I water. This keeps light distributed as well as keeps buds and leaves from being constantly on the walls and gets some fresh air flowing through the entire plant to combat bud rot

Great advice

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[savinera]

I rotate mine daily. Doesnt seem to hurt.

 

[Puddentane]

Sure, but I don't want a manual lazy Susan, the one linked does one revolution every 90 seconds... Perpetual rotation is the name of this little game..... We'll see where this silliness leads...

I got plenty wheeled saucers that qualify as turntables, but they require my assistance and sometimes I'm not available for days.....

Corgy, I would be quite happy to drop by and turn them for you. Just leave me a nug on the counter...

Nha, in your case automation would be awesome. I wonder if this could be a DIY arduino project? I would love to have a grow room run completely by an rpi3.

 

[Betelnut]

Corgy, I would be quite happy to drop by and turn them for you. Just leave me a nug on the counter...

Nha, in your case automation would be awesome. I wonder if this could be a DIY arduino project? I would love to have a grow room run completely by an rpi3.

There are Rpi and arduino diy controler plans out there for reef aquariums I have seen, but never used. Moding the plans for growing should be straight forward.

It is supprising how much overlap there is between the two big "reefer" hobbies lol.

 

[A-Train]

Reefer....... lol..... I see what ya did there

 

[A-Train]