so i learned a valuable lesson today. being a good pothead does not necessarily make you a good pot grower. (actually, its prolly the opposite lol) somehow, i forgot to water the GD plants all week. two of them are quite shriveled. Not "im dead for good" shriveled, but "uhh i fuckin hate you and its gonna take me some time to recover" shriveled. I hope. Having never grown before, I dunno if plants can bounce back from such neglect (6 days between waterings... granted its normally 3 or 4 under LED + CFL so perhaps not as bad as if I were using HPS/MH...)

So, watered them thoroughly (also sprayed a little to get some water to the leaves), then moisture metered each plant to make sure they didnt need _more_ water... I think thats part of the problem, my grow closet / area is such GD tight that its really hard to moisture meter the plants in the back. I kind of just go by the front few and then water the plants as a group. I know youre supposed to water them individually, but I have to pull them all out to do so (much easier since I put them all in 2 rubbermaid buckets, ps... also keeps the drainage off my growhut floor, which is an added bonus) and therefore my lazy ass doesnt wanna do it that way... I guess flowering will be easier since there will be less plants...

Also switched in my 2700k bulbs for the 5500k's I had in there, because tonight these girls are going on 12/12. They're all at least 10" tall and they're 50 days old, so I think they're ready. Still cant tell much from the preflowers, not sure if JackTR is just a slow preflowerer or its 24/0 or LEDs or just being a noob... I figure at 50 days old even with the setbacks I've had, they should be mature enough.

Oh, and some stats. Got a kill-a-watt the other day.
Procyon = 125 watts
Exhaust fan (4" vortex w/ fan controller about 1/3 strength) = 40 watts
Circulating fan = 24 watts
4 CFLs (veg) = 108 watts (4 x 26w 5500K)
4 CFLs (flower) = 92 watts (4 x 23w 2700k)

Whole operation pulls about 3.2 Amps and just under 300 watts (veg, around 275W on flower).

Cool shit. That means in flowering it'll be 275W half the day, only 64W the other half (LOL). LEDs rule.

DrSpiggity