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These ladies seem to be takin off faster than the previous run, Should probably do a bit of leaf pluckin this week, only been tuckin and tyin so far (24days from germinated seed in soil).
left to right : west coast OG, lemon AK, LSD-25.
The 2 lighter yellow LSD had a nitrogen deficiency early, I guess caused by PH. Whatever it was, hopin on the best for those ladies, i'll treat them with care👍
9/14 ... day 30 … .relocation took place, snapped pics while at it.
9/14 … day 30 … the crew has made it back to base,. and they're into the stretch.... the 2 x LSD 25"s that showed deficiencies or ph issues early, have taken a comfortable lead with their sorry looking selfs. Not far behind, the lemon AK are picking up their pace in hopes of not being left behind like their butchered up sister. Hopefully bloom nutes will make the west coast OG start flowerin like crazy, although all are showing theirselves. Ill start adding the foxfarm solubles here sometime soon. Will be doing a lot of trimming coming up as well
9/17 …. day 33 … just flipped into the AM today, and noticed that the fan jumped on one of my ladies. Applied some bandages … hoping for the best …. really cant believe I let that happen
day 36 - added a bit more lighting, it was cheap and operates like it, which raised temps up a tad. the girls will hopefully enjoy that co2 boost that in en route. Only one of the broken limbs from last weeek, is still attempting to survive on that lemon AK. maybe should hack it, may be sucking energy, donno. well,
i did change the intake system, which could be the culprit for the few degrees temp rise,
I thought maybe more of the girls were shading each other more than anything, that's why I had asked about spreading them out, giddy, heh. and plants use light we cant see, so could be ok in shade, don't have a par meter thingy, lol
I was scared to do any trimming after seeing what happened to that one I messed with pre stretch. I will open the ladies up.giddy, heh.
9/20 - day 37 or 38 maybe. Gave all the ladies a haircut, except for 2 of the LSDs in the back. 2 of those LSDS I had a ph problem with early on, or so i'm assuming that's what it was, because they were turning light green and lacking nitrogen uptake. So now since I had added a bit extra nitrogen for them, they are showing nitrogen abundance signs, go figure, lol. not bad, just a few slitly clawed leaves, oh and a tad dark green. and thanks for all the responses fellow gardeners. talking about it made my ass get to cutting the girls, I was procrastinating when I know what needs to be done, I just needed that push...thanks again. I will move the LSDs to the front later and give them a little clip as well, after I clip the yard.
got the co2 and the hoses strung up, going to take me awhile to get the exhaust and the flow right. im sure it'll take a lot of timers n meters n shit. I was was just thinking about dumping on em real fast, makin rain, n kicking off the exhaust for awhile, but don't want it all hot n humid in there, so it'll take awhile of figurin. broke another limb on one pretty damn bad. Teflon tape covered in electrical, see what happens
9/22 say day 40
cut exhaust off and gased them out with room circulation kickin. been monitoring temps n humidity … consistant 91 at 3 inch above tops..45 humidity ….. Ive read co2 leaks out in 180 minutes or consumed, so eh..... i'll play it by feel????.. nah, ill play it by smell, lol....call it sense or intuition then or something, hell I donno .... will get a controller,.. don't know if this does much, probably hurting them,
im thinkin HID's with cooltubes and dehumidifier is the way to go with co2. Cooltubes could exhaust only outside air to stay chill, I don't think it'll work well with wut I have going even with monitor and controller. I think itll get too warm n humid without venting
im very green to this, does anyone think I should spread these ladies out a bit, and use the space that's available? I don't have a par meter or whatever, so wouldn't know where I get the best par ratin or umols or whatever
Your best bet is to try and space the lights evenly around the tent to make sure your light coverage is as even as it can be and minimize spots with less light coverage. You don't need a par meter to see if a part of your plant is in the shade. I would also do some low-stress training for sure. Bend the tallest branches down so that they are the same height as the shorter ones. That will allow more even lighting of the buds and also help prevent the shade spots that can happen from tall branches. Be careful with the LST as going too aggressively can cause you to snap some branches. I would bend until just before you think it will snap and just leave it there. Maybe try again the next day and see if you can move it further. LST is a bit tricky once you've begun flowering as the plant tries to stiffen its stems to support the flowers. You should also do some decently heavy defoliation. around week 2-3 of flower, I usually strip the lower 1/3rd of the plant thats not receiving much light as those buds won't develop into much. After that, I clear out a lot of the fan leaves through the rest of the plant to open it up for light to reach lower buds and allow more air to flow through the plant to prevent mold. Don't go toooo crazy and remove all the leaves though. I will usually take off 25-30% of the fan leaves evenly across the plant making sure to specifically go after big leaves that are blocking light from lower buds. Good luck with the grow and I hope you have a good harvest!
9/27 - start day 43 - So, the other day, I tried running the thing sealed at 1100-1500 ppm and temps got to 95 with RH at 75% and the walls were straight sweating nuts....dripping...puddles.... that tiny dehumidifier wasn't doing jack. Since, I have managed to tap into the central ac with some makeshift ducting, which now supplies my spot with a nice cool, dry breeze every so often. With this, I have managed to maintain a temp of 88-91 with a RH of 37-50% at 750-950 ppm. I can keep the 750-950 ppm with a flow rate of about 1 cfh, which only goes off roughly 10 minutes every hour. probably will try it and run the temps a little high.
ya, can't seem to stay consistent. i swear, it'll stay at that ppm after it all leaks out and the surrounding room is sitting at the same ppm maybe, lol … should probably drop temps and the co2, but hey, might as well gas em out while its there …. hey, maybe they'll return the favor and gas me out after harvest😁
that little square light looks like it should be lighting a lizards cage or some shit …. I swear the thing probably only pulls 30 watts, if im lucky. It didn't come with a book or directions or any type of specifications.... said 3000 watts,....id give it 30. If that's the case, im banking on the other 2 lights to cover that little red spot. Oh, and those little side lighting things suck. the stupid remote/timer thing is ….. garbage timer thing
9/28 - 44 - I tossed a HID in there for a bit for the hell of it....I really wasn't digging the "reptile light", but its still in there.
I went ahead and tossed a window ac unit in my "window". it was again TOO warm with the HID cooltube and all. Was hangin around 94-97 degrees!!!! ac there, now I need to make some makeshift ductingand vent the ac exhaust outside
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