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All of a sudden I'm having problems with my light stands. I have read so much about the lighting effects that I am totally confusing myself (which is easy to do). LOL!! I thought that maybe my lights were getting to old (They are a year old and showing the black at the ends). I bought new bulbs. GE Plant and Aquarium, it's supposed to have better red and blue(1,093 lumens and 4200K, what ever that means. I backed off on the times that I have them on to about 8 hours a day, because they are new. My av's outer leaves are reaching for the sky but the centers aren't. Is that to much light or not enough?
Also mine don't seem to grow as fast as everyone else, for example my trailers, they are not reaching but not growing either. I use a potting mix of 1 peat, 1 verm. and 2 perlite. I fertilize every time I water with 1/8 tsp per gallon with 14-37-12, I also wick and was told anything more would be too much.
Could it possibly be my water? I just had it tested and the ph is 6.0.
Please help cause I have totally confused myself!!
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