Apologies for anyone who is regularly reading my journal if anyone is. I missed last week! So I am actually in Week 5 of flower rather than week 4. And these pictures of from day 37. So far I am just in the "waiting and watching" stage.
My buds are bulking up, although the canopy is not as even as I would like, but oh well, there is always something to complain about, right? I turned off the heater and turned up the inline exhaust fan. This is to decrease the humidity, which has now fallen to a steady 45-50% humidity level. My worry was that the heat would too drastically drop from removing the heater, but it seems the plant itself sealed in the tent is generating a bit of extra heat, so the temp has stayed at 68-69 F (~20 C).
I wanted to turn the heat off because I plan to buy a co2 bag to place in the tent during the last 3-4 weeks of flowering and I didn't want excess co2 in the same tent as a space heater. Perhaps I am a little crazy to use a space heater, but I found that if I use a piece of sheet metal (an old computer case door) to deflect and help radiate the heat, combined with the fans creating a cycle from the radiated heat, that it would be safer and healthier for the plants. I do have smoke detectors, co2 detectors and fire extinguishers in my house. I also work from home so in almost any case I would be aware very quickly of a fire. Nevertheless, it is a consideration and for that reason I try to use the heater as sparingly as possible. Once summer comes, it is easy because I can simply use less air conditioning to increase the heat.
But thanks to everyone who commented on my posts and encouraging me! I am still at it and I will try to keep my posts more regular at this point!
Il lollipop è consigliato farlo al termine della seconda settimana di fioritura ma rimuovere qualcosa che già siamo sicuri non produrrà molto non fa male! Sennò vedrai che al termine della seconda di fioritura avrai le idee ben chiare! Buona fortuna amico!!!
@Maryjane23, Thanks for the advice! Training and trimming are definitely two things I've been working on improving. I had plants before that took up the whole tent haha.