Northern Light Automatic grow diary (journal) week5 by Paulolo03

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Morning Paulolo, I'm a strong avocate of misting plants.....and on a regular basis - ultimately I'm mirroring mother nature. Well that's how I see it. If you have a look at my diary you'll see how healthy the plants are. I tend to mist between waters just with H20 and I've had no complaints from the girls! 😀

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mr_h_kovertcommented5 years ago

@Paulolo03, What would happen in nature Paulo? I sometimes give the plants a drenching - most of the water will drip down into the soil anyway so I'd say not to worry about making the roots lazy. I wouldn't however recommend too much misting once flowering has commenced.

CRiSPrGrowcommented5 years ago

@mr_h_kovert, yep, doing it for the first time and it's clearly a super important and often overlooked tool to have in a grow room - i'm a new but also strong advocate like like you lol

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@mr_h_kovert, thanks man, I tried yesterday during night time and the plants seem to like it, at least, they don't dislike it ! I read before that it's not good to do it often, because the plant absorb water through the leaves and the roots become lazy... Don't know if it's true, I'll keep doing it and see by myself

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Fruitgrowercommentedweek 55 years ago

I think it's normal for some of the lower leaves to turn yellow. It's just the way it is, they don't get as much light and the rest of the plant is taking the nutrients from them. Could also be its warm in there and they're just dying out. Calmags also not a bad idea. I wouldn't worry, just keep doing what you're doing. 👍

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@Fruitgrower, hell yeah it's hard plant ! I went over 33°C sometimes, it didn't affect the plants that much and they recovered so fast ! I guess my 720m³/h air extractor helped. Gonna take a look at these evaporate coolers, never heard of that before

CRiSPrGrowcommented5 years ago

@Fruitgrower, evoporative coolers are the bomb , for sure ! i reckon more people would have them around if only they knew that such a thing existed, that it is cheap and that it's called that lol

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Fruitgrowercommented5 years ago

@Paulolo03, I think (dependent on the strain obviously) Cannabis is a pretty hardy Plant and can tolerate high temps with the right air exchange. But adding an evaporate cooler which i got for 50 bar really helped my grow, wish id have done it earlier.

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absolutgrowcommentedweek 65 years ago

hey there, I grow the same strain from the same breeder right now. Are the evenly high branches the result of LST? the plants look super and healthy! Happy growing :D

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@absolutgrow, thanks bro, I actually already have or tried everything you mentioned: my exhaust fan is 720m³/h (my grow box about 0,9m x 2,4m), 2 smaller ones to bring in fresh air from the outside (about 350m³/h). The temperatures was fine from the beginning to week 4, I guess because my humidity was set at 70% and as you say, it helps to cool down the temp. When they started to flower, I changed for 50 to 55%, the temperature went too high, it's summer and we had 2 heat waves, so I bought 2 cooltubes, it probably helps but it's still too hot... Don't want more humidity for the risk of mould again exactly as you said... And I can't move the box, it's outside in a woodshed. I have a good isolation for winter but the air comes directly from outside so if it's hot outside, you see.. 😅 I already thought about the LED but can't afford it yet, I will probably invest for the next grow but also wondering if I really should because next grow will be in winter and that heat produced by my HPS would be useful ! I'll keep growing with what I have and learn from this first experience ! I'm gonna follow your diary and see how it goes ;)

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absolutgrowcommented5 years ago

@Paulolo03, haha what a coincidence xD, thanks for the tips. Regarding the too warm temperatures: I grow this strain for the first time and can't say anything specific about it. In general, however, it is so that temperatures above 35 degrees can damage the plant seriously in terms of quality and quantity. In extreme cases it can even die (but is very rare). Now to the solutions: Do you have an exhaust fan that exhausts enough m3/h (depending on the size of your tent)? If not, you should get one urgently. You should also let the warm air out of the tent through pipes to the outside or at least out of the room. If not, the heat will accumulate in the room. If that doesn't work you should think about buying a cooltube. This costs but can reduce the heat emitted by a lamp by 50%. Alternatively, you can buy an LED that produces less heat and uses less electricity. You could also increase the humidity, which would lower the temperature. But I wouldn't recommend that because mould can develop. If everything doesn't work I would move the tent (if possible) to a cooler place. For example a cellar. I myself had a lot of problems with too high temperatures and got them under control :p.

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@absolutgrow, hey ! I took a look at your diary few minutes before you actually comment this :P Yes, it is the result of LST, which worked very very well. Make sure to adjust it at least 2 or 3 times a week with the purpose to have no one branches higher than the others, you'll notice sometimes that the plant respond overnight ! My plants look healthy but I'm dealing with high temperatures (around 40°C sometimes), they are very strong and endure it but I think it affects their grow lately, I hope I'll have the decent harvest I expect. If you've more question, I'm here ;) Happy growing man

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CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 55 years ago

Hey there, hope i answered your question, anything else you need just let me know ! 🚀

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CRiSPrGrowcommented5 years ago

@Paulolo03, you got it growmie ! 👊

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@CRiSPrGrow, thanks buddy, you always give quality answers

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Tomfromdelmontecommentedweek 105 years ago

First time grow and now youre going to have lots of big sticky buds, i think you must be very happy.

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@Tomfromdelmonte, you can't imagine how happy I am ! All my work is paying off, it was worth it even if it wasn't always easy. Good luck bro !

Jamescommentedweek 85 years ago

Great job!!!

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@James, great seeds 😉

absolutgrowcommentedweek 85 years ago

Hey man, your plants look great with frosty buds. They seem to have recovered from the heat stress😇 What Pot size do you use?

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@absolutgrow, they recovered from heat stress and many other problems as well ! The pots are 15L, they were full at the beginning but through all the watering, the soil got packed and it's about 12 or 13L now. The pots are actually buckets for paint, sand etc bought in a DIY store, screwed wooden blocks on the bottom and drilled holes for the water to drain, cheap and efficient !

DILLIGAFcommentedweek 55 years ago

@Paulolo03 Hi mate I put in a possible solution to your grow question hope it helps Good luck with the grow

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@DILLIGAF, I'm sure it will help ! Thank you

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GreasyLuigicommentedweek 35 years ago

Just look at them grow

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@GreasyLuigi, so nice to see them growing day after day ! Good luck with your grow ;)

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Stickcommentedweek 25 years ago

Hi @Paulolo03! You're right, your environment is too hot for such young plants. You can try to increase your relative humidity, by putting fresh wet towels every 12 hours into your grow room, or by adding an electrical humidifier (in this case don't forget to replace/refresh the water every 12 hours). Spraying a fresh solution could help the plants to relax, but only if you do this at night, do not spray anything while the lights are on, you will increase the risk of burnt spots onto the leaves. Another option could be to build a DIY air conditionner, with bucket/ice/fan, there are some nice tutorials on YouTube, but this solution don't seem really efficient. Hope this will help, keep us updated and happy growing! 👊

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Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@Stick, thank you for your answer !! I've 2 small humidifier, I'm gonna set a higher humidity % and spray some fresh water on the plants. It's gonna be really hot for few more days here, is it a good idea to set a longer night time to avoid hot temperatures during the day ? Thank you again for your help 🤙

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growdoctordccommentedweek 105 years ago

Looks perfect. Enjoy your harvest!

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CoastGrowercommentedweek 65 years ago

Looking nice!

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Gratefuldeadcommentedweek 25 years ago

Wich LED Lamp do you use ?

Paulolo03commented5 years ago

@Gratefuldead, hey ! I do not use LED lamps, I have 2x600W HPS, which doesn't help with the heat...

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TheCodecommentedweek 115 years ago

Ma man nice grow!! So was it fast for you? Yeah i know that feeling when you running out lol! Same for me because i don't have to much space in the house and my misses is angry at me that i take space with my girls and all those sounds with ventilation but she got use to it LoL😅 So I have only 70cm 70cm 160cm tent and for now I only grow 2 plants every grow not that much space 😬 and not enough yield to smoke till the other yield comes again, so I don't now ,need to practise more with what i have to get bigger yields.. maybe this would solve my problem that im always runing out of the weed fuckng sucks, not having time for the curing want to smoke NOW! and I can't realy expand more only got that much space for now.. so need to grow big ass koalas to pay off the smoking house that I am lol! So ma man when you hit the smoke of this beautiful Northen Light make a review rate it ! cuz in my next grow i will try this strain , I see that it's a big yielder normaly, look up Grow pot cheaply on youtube he did this strain and yielded 398 grams from one plant! Thats what i need to learn use my space of how much I have and make those 2 strains what i grow so big that maybe it's enough to hold till the next yield? Im waiting to see how much you will yield! Good luck.

Ferenccommentedweek 115 years ago

@Paulolo03 nice one !

CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 25 years ago

Hey Paulolo, hope i answered your question, if you're worried about the heat try buying an evaporative cooler. Anything else you need just let me know 👊

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