New Grower Mephisto, Autocobs, Airpots, Oh My!

[R_HIDIA]

I say go ahead and try it! Just monitor every day and if you see anything not right, just change them back.

I personally think its a great idea. And its still 2 cobs for 2 plants at the end of day. So i dont expect any light or heat stress. More lights to bud sites equals bigger buds. Period. So i don't see why not?


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I agree. I had a look in the tent before leaving for work this morning and everything looked just fine although one thing jumped out at me... I need to rearrange the girls in there. Currently I have 2 plants on one side of the tent middle is empty with the low hanging and angled autocob and then the single plant. I believe it would be better if I had the two plants in the centre with the third plant behind them on one side for two reasons.
1) the single plant may benefit from some of the side lighting that can slip past the two plants
2) having the third plant right behind the 2 with it’s own autocob above should benefit from light spillover from the autocob above the 2 and vice versa. I’ll change everything around when I get home. So basically the empty spot will be on one end of the tent and that will allow sufficient distance between the plants and the angled autocob.

 

[R_HIDIA]

Day 46.
Took a few more leaves off. Here’s a few pics to show the final setup of plant placement and light placement. I’m happy with what I see regarding light distribution. These autocobs truly are amazing. Their versatility and excellent coverage is what has made this type of arrangement possible. From here on out I’ll only be rotating the plants through positions

 

[R_HIDIA]

Day 50,
So things aren’t going too bad. I have the reflectors back on my autocobs and I’m really happy with the lighting setup right now. The buds seem to be packing on size, and the thought of them having 4 more weeks of flowering is a comforting one- even if it were 3 more weeks (although I really think it’s much closer to 4 than 3) I think that’s a lot of time for these buds to really max out. As mentioned earlier they really aren’t very big at all. Two are 10in tall and 1 is 16in tall so I’m hoping to at least get whatever is possible out of them. I think they have enough light, and I have enough nutes on hand to hopefully have these really explode these last few weeks. One thing I can say is that the leaves on my taller plant seem to be a much lighter green almost bordering on yellow/yellowing. Not sure if it’s something I should be very concerned with but honestly at this point, I’m kinda blahhhh... just want them to cross the finish line. I’ll see if I can post a few pics later.

 

[R_HIDIA]

 

[bakEQuatorial]

The smaller size is most likely due to the little problems that stunted them when they were seedlings. Plants that has issues when young don't grow as big. I experienced this first hand on my first and current grow.

As for the yellowing, its most likely cal deficiency. Plants on cobs uses a lot of calcium apparently. I am having the same issue on my larger plants. Just add some cal mag on your next feeding but start with lesser. It will take time for them to darken up. The larger the plant, the longer it takes in my limited experience. I usually wait at least 3-4 days which is a watering cycle for me. Then decide next course of action depending on what reaction you see on the plants. The buds look good and its too early for them to yellow naturally. Another thing to note is that parts that receive more intense Cob lights will look more yellow. Sometimes…looking at them under normal lighting might change your mind about the level of their deficiency. Hope this helps.


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[R_HIDIA]

The smaller size is most likely due to the little problems that stunted them when they were seedlings. Plants that has issues when young don't grow as big. I experienced this first hand on my first and current grow.

As for the yellowing, its most likely cal deficiency. Plants on cobs uses a lot of calcium apparently. I am having the same issue on my larger plants. Just add some cal mag on your next feeding but start with lesser. It will take time for them to darken up. The larger the plant, the longer it takes in my limited experience. I usually wait at least 3-4 days which is a watering cycle for me. Then decide next course of action depending on what reaction you see on the plants. The buds look good and its too early for them to yellow naturally. Another thing to note is that parts that receive more intense Cob lights will look more yellow. Sometimes…looking at them under normal lighting might change your mind about the level of their deficiency. Hope this helps.


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Thanks for the suggestions. Under regular lighting it does look much better. I actually just bumped up their calmag so hopefully I’ll see a change soon enough.

 

[Hippy_BiotabsF70]

Hey dude.

I have a feeling you have a lock out here, so I don't think adding more of anything is going to help at the moment. Be careful of assuming it's calmag def and adding more and more. This in itself could be causing an issue as too much cal locks out other things.

Looks like your plants are fairly over fed, and I believe this has possibly led to lock out of one or more nutrients.

However it's going to take someone with more knowledge than me to take it any further, sorry.

Good luck with the last bit of your grow mate, you're definitely going to get some decent buds from those girls

 

[R_HIDIA]

Hey dude.

I have a feeling you have a lock out here, so I don't think adding more of anything is going to help at the moment. Be careful of assuming it's calmag def and adding more and more. This in itself could be causing an issue as too much cal locks out other things.

Looks like your plants are fairly over fed, and I believe this has possibly led to lock out of one or more nutrients.

However it's going to take someone with more knowledge than me to take it any further, sorry.

Good luck with the last bit of your grow mate, you're definitely going to get some decent buds from those girls

Thanks for chiming in. I’ll be sure to take a few decent pics under normal lighting and post up here and I’ll get something going in the infirmary as well!

 

[R_HIDIA]

Here are a few pics of plants out of the tent under normal lighting, just with my phone’s flash on...

 

[bakEQuatorial]

Pic color varies quite a bit. The 1st pic looks too yellow and really does resemble PH issues. But the last pic looks great! Closeup shows very minor spots that again, could be CA def. So not sure what to think? Or is it just me?

As always, just chiming in with my 2 cents. Anyone else would have a better idea than me here on AFN.


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