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What's up everybody. I searched the forums for any posts about the "Low Ryder" or "Short Ryder" Strain before I posted this. The problem I have is sort of 2 fold you could say. I'm using an old school drip feed method of Hydroponics and my basement has a short ceiling (around 75" max) So I have my planter sitting around knee height with a reservoir underneath. I first started growing Northern Lights and White Widow, both photo-period and Auto-Flowering types of each. Topping the plants helped ALLOT! but I just kept running out of headroom.
So this time I searched for a short hybrid of Northern Lights and I found Low Ryder / Short Ryder. I wish I took pictures of the first 2-3 weeks because 1 problem I had was the seedlings toppled over and bent the stem in half 2 different times. Short Ryder is the "Auto" version of Low Ryder and the seedlings are very week at first. If they get too large too fast, OR stretch too much the seedlings can just topple over. From MY experience, once you hit week 3 and the stems are strong you're in good shape. You may never even have that issue with soil or if you actually know what you're doing LMAO. This is the first "Short" indoor plant I ever tried to grow.
So I'm almost ready to harvest my plant and all things considered I would call it a success. What's interesting about this Short Ryder strain is how thick the base of the stem is and how quickly it gets pencil thin! The thickness variation is extreme. It's almsot like you chopped the bottom 3rd out of a Northern Lights plant and glued the top part back onto the base. Also the white hairs are ridiculously long! Its like an 16 year olds first attempt at growing a beard or something with these long scraggly hairs everywhere.
I'm using a worn out 1200 watt LED which is past it's expiration date so I can keep it just 5 icnhes from the top of the plant. At least I didn't run out of headroom this time. The plant is 27" tall and I never topped it or used any netting to control the height. 18 hours of light per day. I feed it 3x a day for 20 minutes during the light hours only. General Hydroponics nutes.
PS. I can update this thread and show what my dry yields are if people are interested. So far I would definitely recommend this strain but obviously I need to smoke it first.
Low Ryder info Short Ryder info
So this time I searched for a short hybrid of Northern Lights and I found Low Ryder / Short Ryder. I wish I took pictures of the first 2-3 weeks because 1 problem I had was the seedlings toppled over and bent the stem in half 2 different times. Short Ryder is the "Auto" version of Low Ryder and the seedlings are very week at first. If they get too large too fast, OR stretch too much the seedlings can just topple over. From MY experience, once you hit week 3 and the stems are strong you're in good shape. You may never even have that issue with soil or if you actually know what you're doing LMAO. This is the first "Short" indoor plant I ever tried to grow.
So I'm almost ready to harvest my plant and all things considered I would call it a success. What's interesting about this Short Ryder strain is how thick the base of the stem is and how quickly it gets pencil thin! The thickness variation is extreme. It's almsot like you chopped the bottom 3rd out of a Northern Lights plant and glued the top part back onto the base. Also the white hairs are ridiculously long! Its like an 16 year olds first attempt at growing a beard or something with these long scraggly hairs everywhere.
I'm using a worn out 1200 watt LED which is past it's expiration date so I can keep it just 5 icnhes from the top of the plant. At least I didn't run out of headroom this time. The plant is 27" tall and I never topped it or used any netting to control the height. 18 hours of light per day. I feed it 3x a day for 20 minutes during the light hours only. General Hydroponics nutes.
PS. I can update this thread and show what my dry yields are if people are interested. So far I would definitely recommend this strain but obviously I need to smoke it first.
Low Ryder info Short Ryder info
