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I can't say it will increase your yield, unless you've got so many plants under those lights that the ones on the edges are noticeably lighter & smaller. Otherwise, I like using a mover with certain hoods because it gives better light penetration through the whole canopy. The first time I used one I bleached my plants, long story but the end of the story was that raising the light stopped the bleaching and allowed good growth. I kept my plant numbers the same, was able to increase canopy (scrog) a bit.
Ohhhhh..... man... that was a while ago! I'd say by about that amount, a quarter more or so. I can hit 2lbs/600W pretty easily using the scrog method (about 16 plants in 1gal pots under each light). If you keep up with the canopy control and remove the poorest (bud) sites, then you can expect a better total quality yield, if not a higher total yield. In other words, you can expect close to the same yield, but more will be nice nugs instead of larfy popcorn.
Pistil-whipping/lollipopping are the methods I use, and I only leave the bud sites that are looking directly at light, everything else goes. An added benefit is trimming those ladies is SO MUCH easier than my OD girls, it's like night and day.
I liked the mover, but it's a little kludgey since I switched to parabolic hoods.
Never heard of pistil whipping, gonna have to look into it. But thanks for the insight man, appreciate it. Did you mean quarter ounce or quarter pound? lol If you can think of any links that can go in depth about your techniques would love to see em, otherwise I'll just keep searching the world wide interrrrrrrrrrrweb lol
I love my light mover .....no shadows like with a stationary lamp. I've used different reflectors to but my favs for this mover have been my Daystar and Parabolic hoods!!! 12" away bare bulb and no light bleaching or signs of heat stress either!
You using 1k on a 6 ft rail or less? How big of an impact did it have on your overall yield ?
They work great in veg to encompass more plants, but in flower I only use them to bump the lights a foot or so...keeps the hot spots moving and you can get an extra row of plants in there. Beyond bumping them a lil in flower, they never got me bigger yields...smaller lower flowers in fact. If you move the lights so much that it leaves some plants out of direct lighting, it will hurt your yield imo.
scrog is prolly gonna be the best scenario for movers, especially if it's only a one tier screenI guess I'm gonna have to do a side by side then, hopefully it will help in my set up.
scrog is prolly gonna be the best scenario for movers, especially if it's only a one tier screen
I run 5 gallon smarties 9 per 1k..depending on the strain they can get 3-6 feet tall..with the lower canopy barely getting any light you can imagine what happens when the mover takes it away. I've pushed movers in the past over at least 4 feet and found I liked them better when there were no "dark spots". The low wattage makes them worth it to run for some, but no means are they magical...they are not going to give you the same results as adding a light or anything.
Ohhhhh..... man... that was a while ago! I'd say by about that amount, a quarter more or so. I can hit 2lbs/600W pretty easily using the scrog method (about 16 plants in 1gal pots under each light). If you keep up with the canopy control and remove the poorest (bud) sites, then you can expect a better total quality yield, if not a higher total yield. In other words, you can expect close to the same yield, but more will be nice nugs instead of larfy popcorn.
Pistil-whipping/lollipopping are the methods I use, and I only leave the bud sites that are looking directly at light, everything else goes. An added benefit is trimming those ladies is SO MUCH easier than my OD girls, it's like night and day.
I liked the mover, but it's a little kludgey since I switched to parabolic hoods.
I meant about 25% more yield, give or take a few points. I think the best way to describe pistil-whipping is to link you to a primer on Medjool date farming. It's what helped me get my head wrapped around the concept.Never heard of pistil whipping, gonna have to look into it. But thanks for the insight man, appreciate it. Did you mean quarter ounce or quarter pound? lol If you can think of any links that can go in depth about your techniques would love to see em, otherwise I'll just keep searching the world wide interrrrrrrrrrrweb lol
I meant about 25% more yield, give or take a few points. I think the best way to describe pistil-whipping is to link you to a primer on Medjool date farming. It's what helped me get my head wrapped around the concept.
http://www.dateland.com/Tutorial.html
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