Just a quick update on what's been going on..........
So I have 2 rooms running, 1 with the Light Speed and the other with the Ethos LemonOG Haze X Cookies. The Light Speed looks terrific, not a great yielder but everything is covered in thick resin and the smell is deep and strong. The LemonOG I've been running at 10-14 On/Off as it was behind and I wanted it done around the same time. It's finally catching up to the Light Speed and the yield, like last time, looks solid. The Ozone burn affected this strain much more than the L.S., probably because they were taller and closer to the Big Blue Ozone device.
The plan right now is to cut everything at 9 weeks, give or take a day or two- which puts me at next Sunday, June 7th. That's a week earlier than initially planned. I've been thru both rooms to defoliate and let more light reach further down towards the bottom. I've greatly reduced the fertilizer levels, and starting Sunday will mostly use some tea's and molasses to finish them up. Last 2-3 days I use
Clearex to do a mild flush of the remaining salts.
On to the Irie "Orange Gasm".......the room is almost completed, I'm just waiting for the replacement bulbs for the Ozone machine (here tomorrow) to finish the exhaust system and I'm ready to go. I'll mix the dirt up on Saturday, seeds will be planted on Sunday. I've done a lot of reading regarding the LED's......It appears these lights should be around 4 ft. above the plants to start, lowered to 3 feet around week 3 and 18 inches above the plants in flowering. They do make an additional controller to reduce the LED's up to 50%- so you don't have to raise and lower them but it would be another $400+ for both lights which I'm not ready to spend. So the lights are set up for an easy raise and lowering when needed. So less watering, reduced ppm on the fertilizer and 40% less heat and it's better spread out thru the room.
I've seen some Youtube grows where plants have grown thru the 8 bars (LED runs on the fixture) and they weren't harmed. I'll pinch the Orange Gasm once around day 20-22 to control the height of the main stalk and spread the hormones so there's an even canopy. Pic's up over the weekend after a final cleaning and testing, and the pots and seeds are in their final position. I'll also using netting this time to keep the plants from leaning, no more stakes.