leaf tips touching soil?

yeatster said:

Thanks dgthumb.
I got alot of help.
I made some mistakes for sure but I learned from them.
The worst mistake, leaving them for 3 days with some new cfl side lighting. Temps for to 97° RH 16%, for who knows how long. Stunted the sh&t out of them. they were laid down for dead, came back but I will definitely suffer in yeild.

Thanks again,
Peace

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I learned a lot by trial and error. Sometimes I'll do some experiments. My latest was when I did a transplant, I removed half the root system. Damn thing survived, granted not as big as she could have been but just proof how tough these plants can be.

Yeah, unfortunately for autos, there's no time to make up for it. It's a race to the finish.
I left them for 3 days in the worst of time, I think, during preflower stretch.

yeatster said:

Yeah, unfortunately for autos, there's no time to make up for it. It's a race to the finish.
I left them for 3 days in the worst of time, I think, during preflower stretch.

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Autos are fun to grow, but yea a race to the finish. I never top, lst or transplant my autos. I just germinate, plant and wait.

dgthumb said:

Autos are fun to grow, but yea a race to the finish. I never top, lst or transplant my autos. I just germinate, plant and wait.

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I topped the first 2. I was worried about height. I will just be doing LST from here on. Try to keep the stress factor down to a min.

yeatster said:

I topped the first 2. I was worried about height. I will just be doing LST from here on. Try to keep the stress factor down to a min.

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I'm thinking I should have done some lst with Speedy, didn't realize how tall she was going to get. Strain info said "medium height"

yeatster said:

I topped the first 2. I was worried about height. I will just be doing LST from here on. Try to keep the stress factor down to a min.

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I lstd a few, all were smaller than the ones I just let grow

I use LED. I prefer to start small seedlings and plants on CFL 1-3" away. I introduce a 150 watt LED at 18" at maybe week 3. My more powerful LED (350 watt) I hang at 24" initially and gradually lower to 18" and finally 13" in the height of bloom. LED will make leaves curl, cringe, and bleach from intensity, so find a height plants look perky and healthy and measure to keep it there daily. As plant gets bigger.... slowly lower light and push her.