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Old April 29, 2014   #22
HydroExplorer
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I'm growing with trulite led (https://www.truliteled.com/).

I'm having somewhat odd results. My plant isn't getting taller but it is growing more and more fruit constantly. I have an approx 10" tall plant with 40+ set tomatoes. It's an indeterminate variety (Abraham Lincoln).

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One weird thing I noticed is that the plant is putting out 2 fruit sites at each node instead of 1 and it is almost never putting out suckers. Also, the fruit seems to be developing pretty slowly which I presume is because it is trying to develop too many fruits without enough foleage. I probably should have pulled some of the blooms off.

The vendor of this grow light claims that having your light spectrum off by 1% results in 50% reduced yield. Judging by how many flowers this plant is producing; I think they're right.

I think a large majority of LED grow lights do not get good results.

I'm not even doing it right. I screwed up my nutrients and had a significant Ca and Mg deficiency and the plant is still doing its thing.

Time will tell if I get full term fruit. So far it looks like the results will be good.
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