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4x8 Mixed Photoperiods

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Directly In Substrate
Method used by growers
Statistics by method
Avg. success - 93%
Method popularity - 20%
Ethos Apex R1
Avg. success
ETHOS Genetics - 92%
Ethos Apex R1 - 96%
White Wedding RBx
Avg. success
ETHOS Genetics - 92%
White Wedding RBx - 91%
Citradelic Sunset
Avg. success
ETHOS Genetics - 92%
Citradelic Sunset - 83%
Sayless
Avg. success
Exotic Genetix - 87%
Sayless - 100%
Blue Dream
Avg. success
Atlas Seed - 95%
Blue Dream - 100%
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ShadowGrows ShadowGrows
a year ago
This is our second run with photoperiods and we've jumped to the big game! We have our large 4x8 Spider Farmer tent set up and ready to go in our basement. We cleaned up and disinfected in the basement, it has tile floors, drywall and ceilings. It's a mostly finished basement with one back room open to the foundation which game me concern. So we got 6 mil plastic (that's the minimum for vapor and mold containment!) and Gorilla Glue all weather tape to seal that room in. We covered the entire door frame leading in and slowly wen't around the plastic to with the guerilla tape to ensure no air holes or leaks formed. For extra OCD protection we sprayed concrobium in that room before hand, then after sealing we sprayed around the seal, windows any where spores could hide and turned the finished basement sterile! For extra protection we even invested in an AC Infinity Air Filter box for our intake filter, and MERV 13 HEPA Filters for it. MERV 13 is the minimum rating for mold spores, bacteria, even sneeze nuclei....that one made me giggle a little but they are rated for hospitals and affordable! I recommend Filtrete it's a trusted brand. The intake and exhaust are both Spider Farmer 6 inch intake fans with ducting, the exhaust is the Smart fan and the intake and Exhaust will both be on it's smart controller to keep our environment where we want it. We have two AC Infinity 4x4 trellis nets ready to go when the time arrives. We also have a dehumidifier set up near the air filter box for when we need humidity to drop later on or on a really rainy day (new england, go figure). An AC unit is also installed in the basement window and will help regulate temps when needed, it will be set to a low setting for flower as we like to bring out the colors later on but It isn't necessary right now, it's only May and only 1 light will run for veg until the girls are bigger and the tent stays a steady 75 to 77 degrees F while the lights are on. Our lights are both Vivosun VS64500 4x4 lights and since they have a heavy draw they are on a 30 AMP RVGuard extension to my 30 amp Dryer Outlet, also be safe with your wiring folks! If you aren't sure about wattage look these things up or ask an expert it's extremely important. And you can not simply swap out breakers do not ever do that! Your best bet is to find a dryer outlet, alot of basements have them and they are generally 30 to 40 amps. We are growing in Promix BX with 30 percent Perlite and saying goodbye to Ocean Forest (i'm sorry, super soils are just not for me). We will be sticking with Advanced Nutrients this run, same as last time. We have heavy hitting genetics starting here, Ethos Genetics, Exotic Genetix and Atlas Seed all in the run. Running 2 of each for 3 of them, but 1 Blue Dream for Wifey and 1 Citradellic Sunset for me (I love Ghost Train Haze..) but our family members will enjoy the extra bulk from our doubled up varieties....also we are hoping the enter a flower competition in september! Betting White Wedding will be the entry so far. All seeds were soaked for 24 hours in distilled water in darkness before planting straight into their first pot, they will be transplanted once when the time is right, into 7 gallon fabric pots.
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FrontRowAG_BrianG
FrontRowAG_BrianGweek 7
So the real point of the Scrog net is simply to get as many nodes on a single branch to become equal to the end node on that branch. You’re well on your way! At some point during the stretch phase of flower you have to let those nodes grow vertical for a bit to get a net of “big colas”. You seem to be on your way my friend. Looks good for one of your 1st scrogs.
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thank you bro for all of the info you've provided it's helped alot. VPD and plant diseases / fungus are the two areas my research had lacked and I'm currently reading up on VPD and LVPD and using an online calculator. I suspected my night time humidity was my biggest problem but man, worse than i thought. Still waiting on the dehumidifier but in the meantime going to be thinning them a bit for sure. When it arrives I'll probably set it to run when lights are off and turn off when they come on until end of flower. Gonna shoot for around 68 degrees at night with around 40% RH at night with around 80-85 degrees during day and 55 to 60% RH like you've got going. There's only natural levels of CO2 in the basement so I don't want to push it too high. Note: Tried lowering AC, night temp went to 72 but the humidity shot to 81. It's probably been doing most the work definitely thinning a bit today and hoping that big dehumidifier comes soon 🙏
FrontRowAG_BrianG
FrontRowAG_BrianG
@ShadowGrows, great update. Your space looks great, just thin it out and watch your night time temps. Low temps+high humidity=powdery mildew. It’s like a math problem. If you take away one of those variables you’ll never have a mildew problem. So just keep your night temps above 72 degrees and you’re golden. I love your high temp high humidity. It’s all about that strong VPD!!! 💪💪💪 That’s how I try to run 80-85 degrees and 60-65% humidity til last 10 days of flush and then reduce humidity. Wait til you see the results…the proof is in the pudding
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thanks bro! Definitely came out a bit better than the last. I tried to focus on tucking the taller parts of the branch but I think next time I may need to flip to flower a tad sooner, or 2 less plants for the space maybe. Went from worried I wouldn't fill the net to...oh crap i'm out of net holes 😂 I was mainly worried about Blue Dream even gave her extra net space lol, Sativa dominant so I was hoping to keep her as close to the others as possible. 😁
MiyaguiOkPolilla
MiyaguiOkPolillaweek 8
Que buen trabajo!! Eso es una mar verde muy sano 💪💪
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thank you! It's been alot lugging all the water around but it's been worth it 😅😁🌲
WhiteEdge
WhiteEdgeweek 7
Great and even canopy work...keep going with this girls man! Hope for great harvest with lots off yield!
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thank you! Definitely did much better than my last Scrog 😁 Hoping for dense nugs 🙏
Josephmother
Josephmotherweek 6
Looks awesome so far! Good luck 👌
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thank you! Much Appreciated 😁
Growingkitten
Growingkittenweek 6
Nice setup! Good luck!
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Thank you!, First time growing hydro in soilless medium 😁
FrontRowAG_BrianG
FrontRowAG_BrianGweek 0
How am I the 1st to see and comment on this diary?!?! I’m gonna follow for sure. You’ve got 2 strains I’ve been waiting to see with white wedding and citradelic sunset. Good luck
ShadowGrows
ShadowGrows
Hey thanks bro! Im excited to be running those Ethos strains too, Citradelic especially Ghost Trains one of my favorite strains lol.
FrontRowAG_BrianG
FrontRowAG_BrianGweek 10
My dude things are really looking good! Do you have a favorite? P.S. lowering temps at night will automatically trigger higher humidity no matter what you do. If you got your dehumidifier, this is when it will work overtime lol