advice wanted on my plant grow.

[SasquatchCLT]

Organic…100%

 

[orggrwr]

This is where your reading comprehension has failed again. What I said was:

Read the first 4 words carefully. If I wanted to beat the organic drum I would have began with artificial light, questioned the container and tomato fertilizer.

I gave him tips that he can use right now with things they may potentially have available without the "let's go shopping" consumerism knee jerk reaction you have. I'm surprised you didnt link to a site vendor in the next breath.

Please check your ego at the door. Thank you

 

[cannafarmer420]

Instead of a pissimg match maybe

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Just go buy a light from a real brand so you don't burn your house down. In order to grow you need to invest in a grow light. Vipraspectre has 150 watt cheap on Amazon or go full bore and buy a spider farmer. Either way, don't cheap out on the light of all things. Good luck

 

[RegularRebel]

After the transition to "dark mode" the plant has an opportunity to be shifting phytochrome to its active form (Pfr to Pr) promoting reproductive growth over vegetative. There is plenty of leaf material there. Also allows energy conservation and repair processes. Basicly storing sugars for daytime use and repairing dna, processing waste. So not really a good idea to limit those needed processes to the bare minimum, or into deficit.

Phytochromes do not store sugars or process waste. What waste? Like plant poop?

Again here, your blender brain prevents comprehension.

After transition to "darkmode"....

In other words: I will be now talking about what the plant does in the dark. Seperate things will be separated by a period at the end of a sentence, but will be directly related to the plant in the darkness that I called "dark mode."

I said:

"the plant has an opportunity to be shifting phytochrome to its active form (Pfr to Pr) promoting reproductive growth over vegetative."

Notice the period at the end? That means the statement is concluded there. The next sentence is an observation that there is plenty of leaf material on the plant. So that next sentence shouldn't be confused with the previous statement that ended ("phytochrome activity") creating plenty of leaf, or the next sentences. Because a sentence contained "phytochrome activity" doesnt mean the following sentences are only about phytochrome activity. Especially when its preceded by "after the transition to dark mode"

I hope this clears up the confusion that only you have.

What waste? Like plant poop?

You do not understand what waste is, or how a plant processes waste. It's a little more than your reductionist understanding of poop. Let's dive into biology 101, leaving the statement in the context it was written, what an plant does in the dark.

Since the plant does not shut down, shut off, freeze in place in the dark. Transpiration still happens. Processes continue. To stop your next bewilderment, think of transpiration as you breathing. What you breathe out.... is waste. You breathing out is part of how you process waste. Similar to a plant...processing waste.

All clear now?

 

[RegularRebel]

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No experience with them. But I can recommend a couple videos. They are a little older but still have good info to learn from. You can always get more up to date info by searching around.

If you are able to calculate it out and share a budget, I'm sure people here will be able to work with that and come up with something to help.
They will likely focus on all the things you dont have.


I am getting attacked for trying to think of things you may already have (no cost or low cost) that would benefit your plant, and keep your safety in mind. So lets let the others speak.

Like I said earlier, your plant looks healthy, and the tomato fertilizer will carry you through to harvest.
But it looks like its "let's go shopping time"

 

[RegularRebel]

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Why don't you just wait until you harvest that plant and get the full experience, then decide if its something you are wanting to do again. If you want to continue, you can build up equipment and grow space as you can and as you go along. Sometimes used stuff is available in your area.

 

[m3vuv]

I just measured the light at the top of the leaves using the photone app,i get readings of about 26.000 lux,do i need more?.

 

[SasquatchCLT]

I just measured the light at the top of the leaves using the photone app,i get readings of about 26.000 lux,do i need more?.

Convert Lux to PPFD - Online Calculator | Waveform Lighting

Online calculator to convert illuminance (lux) to PPFD (micromoles per second per meter squared).

www.waveformlighting.com

I’ve been using this calculator. You just need to know what kind of light you have. 26,000 lux is about

598 umol/s/m2 (that’s PPFD)​

For natural daylight

As a note, the conversion factor is dependent on knowing your SPD. Spectral power distribution. Or, what specific spectrum wavelengths your light is putting out.