We just had crazy 2 days. First, I thought its gonna be good to rise the pots on a carton box... Then I thoughts it's gonna be even better to water the plant until it starts dripping from the bottom and I took a nap. Disaster. I have some cheap plastic pots that drain the water pretty slow and when I woke up from my nap, the box was bend and tent had a lot of water on the ground. I fixed the problem and I put the pots on top of upside pots. But today I set the lamp to 400W, Fat Banana was defo stretching for more "sun".
Day after that, I thoughts that maybe it's gonna be good if she stretch a little. I set up a fan blowing on her every now and then and I go to sleep. Next day I found her laying on the ground, so I had to put extra soil around the stem so she don't break. You can see on pictures from Day 8, she is little bit to the left, a bit to the right. She literally just LST herself. It was funny to see how fast she get up after that accident (see Day 7 pics).
Edit from 01/05/2024 or from 05/01/2024 for USA weed enjoyers.
Before I was talking about Fat Banana stretching for more light and I gave some to her she respond very good to that. Currently I'm blasting 400W at them from 6am to 11pm. Temps are hot outside generally so inside the tent I have 32C and below. I thought It's maybe a little bit too much for them but they seems to not give a single fuck and they pray everyday for more :)
Another thing that I'm worry about is humidity. I never drops below 40% and it sits usually at around 42-44%. I'm putting wet cloth next to the plant for that extra moisture but Im not sure If that's gonna be enough with 3-5 more plants and 600W.
Tomorrow Im going for more soil and Im gonna fill up the tent with pots. Originally I was thinking about 9 plants, because that's how many pots will fit there but now Im thinking about 5-6 because of space around. It's gonna be pain in the ass to work around 9 flowers in super crowdy space.
Also, these freaking 18L pots I have, they hold 25L of soil no problem.
Edit from 03 May 2024
Last two days plants are praying, that's it. I'm just watching. 32C and humidity drops to 30-35% because I close the tent more than it was before.
So I have noticed yellow mushroom growing in one of my pots. After reading about it I kinda know its from high humidity in the night, so Im gonna work on that but what should I do with the mushroom? I have read I can leave it cuz it doesn't matter. True? False?
The mushroom is just the fruit of the organism. Your soil is full of mycelia by now, and this often indicates not only that the soil is a bit damp but also that you have a functioning and balanced ecosystem in your pot 👊😉.
@emanresU, funny I also have the same problems (temp and humidity). my lights turn off at noon and then turn on in the afternoon, so that the lamp is off when the sun and temp are the highest. Still did reach 28°C at one point.
Same for my 40-50% humidity. Here I just gave up besides having the plants covered with an improvised water bottle Humidity dome half of the day. Waterbucket with a wet towel did help a bit, but I did remove it - scared of mold and such things.
@taprootArmy, Lady BanaN is still inside the tent. Im gonna chop it in next few following days, Im really thinking she can pull out one more "frost-combo" so Im stressing her for now. Few hours outside the tent, few hours inside the tent etc.
@emanresU, why do you have such high temps anyways if it is 20°C outside? Is it the HPS lamp? If thats the case, you really should replace it with an LED or at least get a cooltube or smth...
Or do you have no exhaust fan?
Anyways, good that it is at least half way on track again. Good luck, keep going