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I'm still thinking the lights to close as the nodes are so close together. Very light color. Leaf edges turning up.Thanks! The thing about the closeness is the type of lights I'm running. They are the kindx220. I am running two of those and the recommended distance is 12 inches to 18 inches.
Will do I will give that a try! Thank you!I'm still thinking the lights to close as the nodes are so close together. Very light color. Leaf edges turning up.
Your not burning the plants but they are not liking the light intensity.
The color of your plants also makes me want to up the nitrogen a bit so they darken up some and if you back the light off the plants will have room to grow to the light. Rather than be burned off.
Just my opinion bud. Maybe a few others can chime in. See what they think.
Light height was my first thought, too. I checked online and found this slide for the x220:I'm still thinking the lights to close as the nodes are so close together. Very light color. Leaf edges turning up.
Your not burning the plants but they are not liking the light intensity.
The color of your plants also makes me want to up the nitrogen a bit so they darken up some and if you back the light off the plants will have room to grow to the light. Rather than be burned off.
Just my opinion bud. Maybe a few others can chime in. See what they think.
Btw, I’m not a coco guy, I grow in peat mixes. But if I fed in peat at 5.7-6.1, it would be too low. Coco may be different though, I dunno.Just starting the 4th week in veg, coco coir is the medium, 70/30 perlight mix. Running 2 kind x220 lights at 17inches away from canopy. I use %80 of recommended strength lotus nutrient grow and cal mag. I feed with a ph range of 5.7 to 6.1. I feed once then ph balanced watering twice. So basically I feed 1 out of three waterings. I water 3 times a day spaced out.
You're right. They're powerful. So, it's important to match the light to the tent. It's also important to be able to adjust the light (usually with a dimmer knob or by adjusting the height).I'm gonna go ahead and say that many of today's LEDs can be too intense for tent growing. I'm seeing a lot of shit that we didn't see prior to the last couple generations of led lights.
Meters are expensive, though. Another method that's free is to learn to recognize when plants are showing light stress. When they are, reduce the light intensity. There is no substitute for being able to read the plants.If you're new to growing, or even new to growing with high ppfd LED lighting, you need to get a PAR meter to get an accurate measure of light intensity.