What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[TheEngineer]

Believe me, I know very well what you mean, readed a lot of things too, just wanted to hear suggestion for brand or product from a growers with experience(that i wont have soon),
Today I went to the local growshop and they recommend me LED California SolarXtreme 250W (was the cheapest LED in the store) or CFL Elektrox DUAL 125W, one of this plus grow tent 60x60x160. The LED looks too expensive to me, what you think is better for a new hobby grower.

[Puglover1]

Viparspectra is respectable. This P1500 is $89.99 USD after a $20 off coupon. The bottom of the page compares their models, true watt draws, and coverage areas for veg and flower stages. Avoid blurple LED, go with full spectrum. https://www.amazon.com/VIPARSPECTRA-..._t1_B08PD35XP2

[Rwise]

Forget the local shops LED, and the CFL! If I were looking for another LED it would be either a Spider Farmer or another Mars Hydro, both of these have done well for folks, and there is a right up on them here.

[Puglover1]

I was gong by his price range, available fundage, in a previous post.

[TheEngineer]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phlizon-Thermometer-Humidity-Adjustable-Spectrum/dp/B0752CL6KJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_87_sspa?crid=21REV36ZPHV94&keywords=mars%2Bhydro&qid=1636917408&sprefix=mars%2Bhydro%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-87-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRjhVNlVKSVJUMlE3JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUExMDM1NDg2SURNNUFYUzZNSlE0JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNDczNjQzVVNGVTNYVURXMDY4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX210ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

I think 100W actual power will be enough for 1 plant in 60x60 tent.

[SoOrbudgal]

It's your thinking which is wrong but hey what do we know. Keep trying to figure out your cheap ways few dollars more you'd have a better deeper light.

[TheEngineer]

Okey, give me another option available in the UK Amazon (i’m from Bulgaria but friends returning for Christmas will deliver to me).
Every ViparSpectra product in this range is currently unavailable.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This will be the tent.

[TheEngineer]

Edit: ordered Mars Hydro TS600 + Mars Hydro Tent 60x60x160 on promo for 104 GBP

[BCOutdoorBudz]

I started with a 1000w HID MH/HPS I got the ballast, the fixture and 4 bulbs for $60 CAD because buddy on Facebook Marketplace switched to LED. Then I used that light and won 2 grow contests and got an LED Grow light as a prize lol https://www.vivalighting.ca/products...ble-grow-light

[Puglover1]

Nice! I need to sell a couple of LED panels.

[3Berries]

The square Samsung led arrays work good. I have two 65w ones in a 3x3x5 tent for two plants and more than enough. Used one 100w one until they got big. They have the full spectrum of LEDs and a switch for the red ones.

Cheap but non dimmable.

[Vaibag]

Hi, I have questions about topping.
Is it bad to be topping your plant if pistils
appeared 2 days ago?
And if the plant has 8 nodes, do you cut at the 6th
node??

[3Berries]

Hi, I have questions about topping.
Is it bad to be topping your plant if pistils
appeared 2 days ago?
And if the plant has 8 nodes, do you cut at the 6th
node??

Are they autos? I would not clip them if they are starting to flower.

[Vaibag]

Are they autos? I would not clip them if they are starting to flower.

Thank you very much for the reply man!

No auto, just feminized. It’s in its 6th week of vegging.
im a first timer so I read up on topping a bit late.
plant is 50cm tall and has 8 nodes.
Pistils appeared 2 days ago and I’m a bit worried about
cutting off the part of the plant that just developed pistils,
is that something to worry about?
Also if you only transplanted the plant to a new pot
a day ago, should you wait a few days before topping the plant?

[3Berries]

Ha, i just transplanted today from a small to 2 gallon and was wondering about the clipping too. But it is a small plant still.

What is your light schedule? Clipping will set it back a couple of weeks at least but you will get a lot more smaller bus.

There is also the FLIMMINg instead of pinching. I did one of each last grow and you get a different plant structure. I like the pinching myself and usually do it when the third or fourth set of leaves come out.

FLIMMINg is cutting just a bit higher instead of pinching, you actually want to cut above the pinching point and leave some of the leaf.

[Vaibag]

Lol what a coincidence! I just went to a 3 gallon.

it’s an outdoor, and light schedule is about 14 and half hours daily here at the moment.

I read up on Fimming and Topping, but there’s just a few details I can’t seem to find.
I would prefer to top just as it will stay hidden out of view
from the neighbours.

I would go chop it now but I’ve read topping is highly stressful on the plant, so with the transplant and only
finding out it’s female 2 days ago, I just want to double
check first.

[3Berries]

It's not too bad on the plant. it just takes a couple weeks for it to get fully over it but you'll have double the stems. if you want to keep it short then do a double clip.

[Vaibag]

Does it matter that the part I’ll be cutting off
has pistils on it? The other parts of the plant
don’t have them just yet.

Thank you very much for all the info 👍🏻

[3Berries]

It's just the very tip, just as the new leaves come out but not expanded, pinch them completely off.

[Vaibag]

Are you talking about fimming or topping?

I wanna top, and I’ve read to do it at the 6th node,
so if I cut it there there’s 2 more nodes above it and
the very top one has pistils, so I’ll be cutting off 10cm
of plant but the pistils being there and nowhere else
worries me. Will pistils appear elsewhere??