@Hellraiser hey bud! I was told you know stuff and could help my project with my daughter! 
if like to have you along if you donât mind.
Omgosh! Tyler! Those are monsters! Way to go! 
You said you were a beginner!?
@TheVirginian ⌠thanks for chiming in again⌠I read your profile and I may be close to you⌠not sure. I just bought a house in Colonial HeightsâŚ
⌠and even properly calibrated, the pH meter wonât read correctly. I just emailed them about that meter, and they just offered a refund and no need to send it back to them.
Heresâ the long-ish story
Oh, Iâm in VA too, just up '95 from you a little ways.
Central Virginia here! LOL!
Eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge.
The Parkway is like 10 miles from here maybeâŚ
Check out the link above
https://ilgmforum.com/t/rookiegrower-does-gdp-gsc-and-cream-cheese/71868?u=rookiegrower
Hereâs mine if you wanna follow along
used to be CLOSER to me, iâm from Hanover Co originally but live in Central VA like Tyler also now. Been up here since 95 on the James River (LOT smaller and less deadly up here, DANG good fishing!!!)
Except for the copperheads and the women!! 
Plants look fine, maybe need a better ph meter and use ph up and down in drops (I literally keep them in dropper bottles) checking ph often after some drops are mixed in, donât want to overshoot and then have to add the opposite ph solution, be patient and get it right the first time. With FFOF all you should be doing at this point is watering (at 6.5ph would be nice) and donât be so concerned with runoff numbers.
Great⌠thanks @Hellraiser ⌠im getting a new Ph meter that @Tylersays recommended. Thatâs a little higher than I anticipated so I gotta wait till payday 
Alright yâall⌠got our new light. Spiderfarmer SF4000. and we hooked her up last night before the girls went to sleep. As @Hellraiser recommended, Iâm only on 20% draw from the dimmer at the moment . I wasnât sure the height i should be using above my canopies and at what stages to change the height and intensity. I tried looking on Spiderfarmer website but had no luck. Any advice on this aspect would be helpful.
Also since that light only covers half my tent (but thatâs OK because Iâm only growing 4 plants) I hung it in the middle and my 2 smaller lights on the sides. As you can see in the pictures.
Iâm glad I read yesterday that you shouldnât top autos because that was going to be my next step. Im assuming its still OK to LST, but I probably need to watch some how too videos first. Iâll be nervous about breaking these pretty girls.
Additionally, my new ph meter will arrive todayđ
Things are starting to seem to run a little more smoothly. I thank you all again for your help and input.
Stay up!
typically 12-24" is sufficient depending on how powerful the light is.
Thanks @rookiegrower. I currently have it at 18". So I guess thatâs fine. I just wish there was more detailed information somewhere⌠a cheat sheet if you will.
But Iâm probably overthinking itâŚ
Spider Farmer had these included in the package when I got my lights. I pretty much stuck to it as closely as possible.
I didnât make it through veg before I got the HLG but Iâll be going back to this chart when I fire up the Spider Farmers in the smaller tent I bought where I plan on running SoG or autos.
I gradually increased the intensity as it moved along never upping it more than 5% at a time, and usually once a week. I also never hit 60% until I was in veg, where as their chart shows it at the seedling stage.
I moved it to 55% and started getting light stress and backed off to 50% for the next couple of weeks before I upped it again. At that stage of growth 2 weeks does a LOT for the plants and they were good to go at that point.
I LOVE the HLG but I really liked the SFâs too! I was quite happy with them but when the second tent came along I decided it would be better to upgrade the larger, primary space and use the SFâs in the secondary space.
HGE!!
Thats really helpful @Tylersays . Thanks a lot. Ours didnât come with that, but thatâs precisely the kind of "cheat sheet " I was looking for.
I should have included this too. Light Stress
Itâs from the guides section of the site. If you havenât checked out the guides DO - Theyâre full of information covering every topic you can think of. It doesnât replace first hand knowledge from someone whoâs been through it, but it is a nice way to get a basic understanding of a lot of things.
Hereâs a link to the entire guide section. ILGM Growing Guides
Again - it doesnât replace discussion and the knowledge gained here from others, but itâs a great quick reference and can at least point your questions in the right direction!
I find that after I read the guide then post the question it makes it easier for me to fully understand the reason and effects of what a person is saying or recommending to me.
I try to use every source of knowledge I can get my hands on!!
Knowledge truly is power!
Girls are looking good so youâre doing it right!!
edit: Mia reminds me of my Phoenix. 
She passed away a couple of months ago at age 14. She was a tough old girl who rescued herself from a dumpster when she willingly jumped into my car! i didnât think she would being so young, but I guess she really liked Burger King of which she ate half my Whopper! LOL!
HGE!!
Thanks @Tylersays . I didnât even know those were there. I just read several and was enlightened on a few confusing topicsđ¤Ż. I didnât find one on LST but Iâll keep looking. I did however read about SCROGân but Iâm growing autoâs so I donât believe that applies.
Again thanks for the info and tips.
Stay up! 
Okay⌠so I was nervous about trying this but decided to bite the perverbial bullet⌠how did I do?
Looks like a fine LST, though Iâm not much of a LSTâer.
I started reading your GG journal but only am about 20% through⌠I assume you SCROG?.. but my plants are autos so I thought since I shouldnât top, then LST was the way to go. Did I think that through properly? @Hellraiser
And thanks again for touching baseđ
