My poor relationship with ppfd

[Rama777]

I was just talking with Rama about it the other day like basically the way I do it is I set my light way higher than it needs to be at and output lower than it needs to be, then it’s a slow incrementall Uptick all through veg endeavoring to try and get it as close to the broad flowering low range guidelines that float around out there that way I can always just drop my light if I need to if the plant starts to stretch too much and the nodes get too much space in between them i’ll drop the light and lower the percentage for a couple of days just by like three or four points and then after this couple few days, I’ll start raising it back up again on the output side when I used to adjust all these things that was my game but nowadays, I don’t touch shit except for my modulation for light output. If need be but a lot of the time I’m already clicking it up. I’m watching my plants harden off to it as I’m working it.

Well if it isn’t Captain Brick-weed.. If I wanted to listen to an asshole, I’d fart

kidding kidding.. No but seriously you are certainly correct. You definitely have taught me how to not burn my plants. Just don’t give them more light than they want!

And I agree the manufacturers recommendations aren’t worth their weight in shit. What irks me still is that I am fairly certain that I can’t run as much light intensity as most people. But I am constantly learning and the truth is the results are what count. Usually I’m pretty damn satisfied with my results. And more than once I have averted disaster, between your help and sometimes my own.

I think between usually running rain water and now having to mess with some well water that I haven’t quite nailed down my base minerals. I have a feeling that’s somewhat to blame. I don’t believe everything I read the internet, but I read multiple sources today claiming that excess calcium can cause light sensitivity. And as for the mag stripping, that definitely could be from the alkalinity in the well water.

I’ve got rain coming and no freezing temps so I’m gonna bring 100 gallons of rainwater in the garage this week which will get me off supplementing with well water. We’ll see what happens. I have a better understanding of water now and have a feeling I’ll start to see some results by putting that knowledge to action..

 

[Ninjadogma]

Well, I’ll tell you this brother you know 100%. I’m in the camp of take that shit out of the box immediately and fucking burn it those PPFD charts and all that stuff is like the bane to new growers existences man I spent like two years fucking dispelling that bullshit after all these new growers fried their shit under that fucking madness But seriously dude oh my God it’s a pet peeve like the output settings that they recommend for their lights basically across the board it’s really really broad. You know because it’s not about what a light can do it. It’s about what a plant can do under the light if that makes sense.

All that shit gives me growers anxiety. I use the sun. Sure I've got a light that will do the job and it wasn't that expensive, but it's worked out better for me just using it as supplemental. Soil and sun, where I don't have to worry about lights and nutes, just all the fucking beasts trying to devour the garden. A fucking rat came in the yard the other night and ate my pineapple. Wait that sounded dirty...