leaf tips touching soil?

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

My autoflowers are 14 days old & looking good. The bottom leaves on 2 of them are starting to touch the soil. Is that bad? Is there any special way to trim them off.
They are very healthy, but those two are very short & compact. I raised the leds up about 1ft to see if it will get them to stretch a little.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

these are the short ones w/ tips touching.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

This is my blue dream auto from Humboldt seeds. She's the biggest so far, but those were also the newest seeds. My other 3 seeds were 7 months old.

Immortalpeace · Mar 14, 2016

Looks great, I wouldn't worry aboutthe leaves, just make sure they don't sit in pooled water for a long time. Beautiful plants, looking healthy. What are the first two?

yeatster · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
View attachment 3631524 these are the short ones w/ tips touching.

Those are fine. They look great!
I lift them up when watering.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

Immortalpeace said:
Looks great, I wouldn't worry aboutthe leaves, just make sure they don't sit in pooled water for a long time. Beautiful plants, looking healthy. What are the first two?

Blueberry domina, SODK(freebie from Mephisto seed), and Superbud. All autos. Next grow I'm going to stick with just 2 strains. 4 different strains in the same tent is a pain in the ass.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

yeatster said:
Those are fine. They look great!
I lift them up when watering.

Cool. I lifted the leaves when watering this morning.
Should I drop my lights back down to 12 inches? I raised them to 18 inches to get a little height.

Immortalpeace · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
Blueberry domina, SODK(freebie from Mephisto seed), and Superbud. All autos. Next grow I'm going to stick with just 2 strains. 4 different strains in the same tent is a pain in the ass.

Agree lol. I do outdoor, last year I did 13 different strains and it was a ton of work but really fun. Can't wait to start my first batch of autos soon. Great setup you have though I dig it.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

Immortalpeace said:
Agree lol. I do outdoor, last year I did 13 different strains and it was a ton of work but really fun. Can't wait to start my first batch of autos soon. Great setup you have though I dig it.

Thanks man. I appreciate it. This is my 1st grow.

Immortalpeace · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
Thanks man. I appreciate it. This is my 1st grow.

Id love to follow your progress.

yeatster · Mar 14, 2016

No clue what you have for light, aside from it being LED.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

yeatster said:
No clue what you have for light, aside from it being LED.[/QUOT

Two 180's running full spectrum on an 18/6 cycle. The internodes are exploding with growth the past 2 days. I'm at 82f with them 1ft away. 78f with them at 18 inches.

yeatster · Mar 14, 2016

With LED you want temps @ 80°-85°. If 12" gives you 82° and you aren't seeing I'll affect I would say 12" is the $ spot.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

yeatster said:
With LED you want temps @ 80°-85°. If 12" gives you 82° and you aren't seeing I'll affect I would say 12" is the $ spot.

Thanks man. Appreciate all the help so far. Led's are all about light penetration, and I'm leaning towards closer also.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

Immortalpeace said:
Id love to follow your progress.

Yeah, that's cool. I haven't really made a grow blog, just alot of questions. But sure, follow as long as you want. I'll be posting some pics every few days.

yeatster · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
Thanks man. Appreciate all the help so far. Led's are all about light penetration, and I'm leaning towards closer also.

One thing I have yet to grasp is the angles of the diodes in LED. When most companies suggest a distance of, let's say, 18"-24" and quote a coverage of say, 4'×4', I think they are exaggerating distance to make up for in a larger coverage.
I see all of the big name brands doing this. Cheap lights quoting decent coverage with minimal wattage. That is the reason I asked what LED you are using. I think if you have a good LED then the manufacturers suggested distance is a fair guide.
Cheaper LED, I prefer better light, less coverage. So closer than suggested.
Idk if I'm making any sense.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
Yeah, that's cool. I haven't really made a grow blog, just alot of questions. But sure, follow as long as you want. I'll be posting some pics every few days.

I'm really thinking about doing photoperiods for the next grow. I went with different autos on this one because I always like to have 2 or more different strains to smoke. If I do photos, I'm going to get another tent. Then I'll have 1 to veg & 1 for flower. I may even read up on cloning if I find a Go To strain for whenever.

nacho1022 · Mar 14, 2016

yeatster said:
One thing I have yet to grasp is the angles of the diodes in LED. When most companies suggest a distance of, let's say, 18"-24" and quote a coverage of say, 4'×4', I think they are exaggerating distance to make up for in a larger coverage.
I see all of the big name brands doing this. Cheap lights quoting decent coverage with minimal wattage. That is the reason I asked what LED you are using. I think if you have a good LED then the manufacturers suggested distance is a fair guide.
Cheaper LED, I prefer better light, less coverage. So closer than suggested.
Idk if I'm making any sense.

I got you. I thought you just wanted wattage.
It's 2 pro grow 180s from hydroponics hut. I've read some bad reviews, but my 4x2 tent seems pretty saturated with 2 running. If it was just 1 led, it wouldn't be enough light imo. For all I know, I could've spent the $520(that was the price for 2) on better quality.

dgthumb · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
I'm really thinking about doing photoperiods for the next grow. I went with different autos on this one because I always like to have 2 or more different strains to smoke. If I do photos, I'm going to get another tent. Then I'll have 1 to veg & 1 for flower. I may even read up on cloning if I find a Go To strain for whenever.

I run both autos and photos in the same tent. I usually stagger my autos out so there's one in veg, some in flower. The light schedule is determined by the photo strain that's currently going. Course I'm only doing between 4 to 6 plants top at any given time. Purists might hate that idea, but eh it's my grow, you don't have to do it my way.

yeatster · Mar 14, 2016

nacho1022 said:
I got you. I thought you just wanted wattage.
It's 2 pro grow 180s from hydroponics hut. I've read some bad reviews, but my 4x2 tent seems pretty saturated with 2 running. If it was just 1 led, it wouldn't be enough light imo. For all I know, I could've spent the $520(that was the price for 2) on better quality.

I just looked it up.
Another thing alot of companies do is advertise a certain wattage, then you look at the specs and it is different. Your LED is 165w, from the wall. This means it is actually 165w LED. Idk how these false ads get away with it.
15w dif ain't bad though. I paid $229 for my first "150w" LED. Actual wattage, 100w.
I have found the ones being truthful of their actual output are usually better lights. Nothing to hide!

That being said, I think you could have done better with 1 really good light for that $. Oh well. Live n learn, I did.

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