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02-23-2009, 12:25 AM #23
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Going to start growing w/LED
I've got a Procyon and have used just about everything, including a 400w. HPS, along with it.
Your plant looks rootbound. Get that baby into a 1 gal pot with good soil (Fox Farms Ocean Forest with an extra spritz of perlite has always served me well, tho' some knowledgeable folks around here don't care for it) unless you have some plan to convert this to a DWC grow somehow.
Watering twice a day will turn your soil to muck and essentially drown your plants. The soil needs to dry out a bit. Not so much that it shrinks and cracks, but in an appropriate sized pot, watering every 2 to 4 days (depending on a HUGE set of variables--temperature, wind/air circulation, ambient humidity, soil mix, etc) is more in the ballpark.
One sign that you're getting rootbound is that the plant won't "take" any water. It just flows out of the container because the root mass won't hold water like soil does. So your plant dries out too quickly.
Another sign is the plant gets yellow, like it's starving for Nitrogen. Rootboundness interferes with nutrient uptake, so even if you've got nutes in your soil, the plant can't effectively use them. Yer baby needs a new house! :rasta:
If you do continue this plant in soil, it will be ready to transplant AGAIN (I'd go up to a 3 gal pot) in prolly less than 2 weeks. Plants like to be transplanted if you do it right. :thumbsup:
Your CFL's and incand are way too far away. All they are doing out there is adding heat to your grow environment. If you expect any benefit from them (and a lot of us have done this experiment) they need to be INCHES away--not feet. Basically, as close as you can get 'em without heating up your plant too much, and without blocking the light from your Procyon. Some crude reflectors for your CFLs will help, too. If you're lighting up things that aren't plants (like your ceiling) you're wasting light energy.
Hope this helps. If you are staying in soil I can help you with the transplanting. Good Luck, HermieNeed advice wth plant problems?
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