Hey DGC. My grow store recently had a raffle event to give back to the local grower community. I ended up spending the whole afternoon there talking with other local growers and walked away with a Nextlight Veg8 Switch, a 5L bottle of Fish Sh!t, and some sample bottles of various other microbe products. All in all I walked away with almost $1k worth of free gear and met a few cool new growers who live around me. The new light is designed for Veg but it didn’t fit in my 3×3 veg tent. So i decided to switch my 4×2 Flower tent into my veg space and bought a 5×5 grow tent for flower from the shop to support them for hooking me up. I’ve got the 4×2 veg space dialed in nicely, the plants are happy so on to my question. I took all my other lights and threw them in the 5×5 and I’m not sure if it will be enough light for the space or if the multiple light sources overlapping will be enough to cover the space. I’m currently running 3 v3 chilled logic pucks from RapidLed and 2 HLG 100’s hanging 30 inches above the canopy. The chilled logic is enough for a 4×2 and the HLG 100’s cover a 2×2 each so on the surface it would seem like i can only cover a 4×4 space. I just ended my first run in the tent and got just over a pound dry from 4 plants which would seem nice, but I was getting almost 3/4 of a pound from my 4×2 with the same cuts. Could the light be my limiting factor here or do I just need to spend some more time dialing in the environment? As always, all feedback is welcome and Happy Growing
Looks pretty bright in there, but I agree with your logic of it being better for 4×4 space. That said it looks good in there so maybe it is a slight environmental difference that made up the different yields. Sometimes a plant can just be smaller in stature than one with the exact same genetics. Trimming or not trimming of LARF can affect overall cola size too. Lots of variables that could have affected that yield difference. Excellent work my man!
Good question… I don’t have much experience but I notice without the correct environment and watering cycle I’m not able to to use the full potential of my light. I will end up with light fade on the top leaves, or the leaves will begin to curl down too soon before lights off, and too long after lights on. I want them basking in light lol.
I try to see my environment as a whole. Bruce Bugbee from Apogee on YouTube explains the 9 parameters. It helped me understand my environment better and allowed me to dial in my light. Letting me get the most efficient use out of my light.
Sorry I nerd out when it comes to environment.
PS. I know they’re a lot of money but a Quantum Flux (PPFD) meter is wellll worth it. They’re not exact but they can definitely help paint a picture with your crossing lights.
How many plants did you run in the 2×4 tent? Looks like you could fit some more plants in the 5×5. Like you mentioned 16sqft is quite a bit smaller than 25sqft.
I was running the same 4 cuts in the 2×4. I potted them into 20 gal pots instead of 7’s and vegged them for 3 weeks longer to make up for the extra space. next run will have more plants for sure
Yeah, More plant more plants! Ha ha looks good
So if at the end of your light cycle they are curling up then you may have too much light. They can only use so much. Guru explained it well a couple episodes back about daily light intake for a plant. Maybe dim them for the last couple hours of the day or shorten the light cycle? Who knows? Oh yeah…..GURU KNOWS!
Good point. Without getting into DLI your plants will tell you how much light they want. I’m having trouble reading my plants atm because I’ve never been able to turn my light up this high, this late in flower. But they look healthy as yours do. Trying not to over think it is much easier said than done lol
sorry this was for new leaf ericson
More light would probably help, but I think you could match your previous yields if you better filled out the canopy. Your plants look great, but it does look like theres a decent amount of empty space in the canopy that could have been filled in with more buds. I bet if you filled the whole space up you could match or surpass your previous yields.
Really nice looking bud!