Only during this week did I realise what the issue was with the light leaking into the bucket and stunting the roots. My country is on lockdown, so it's impossible to get to the hardware store to buy things to help fix up my setup so I had to make do with a patch job for now - but I ran some experiments with dropping my phone (while recording video) into a spare bucket and put that inside the tent to see how much light was getting in... I put the buckets inside other buckets so there are two layers, and I wrapped the top part in foil to help protect that part. I also wrapped foil around the air hose to help prevent some light getting in.
I also upgraded to a Mars TS-1000, which probably doesn't help the light problem. But I have some more tricks up my sleeves for this weekend involving black plastic bags to help keep light out. As well as some extra nutrients to supplement the GHE Flora series.
dont you have troubles with light comming in trough your air hose ? i had that problem once, after that i taped the hose with black tape. plant looks great !
@CRimp, Would just like to add how much I appreciate that question! I did what I could with the hose for now - I wrapped it in foil (all the hardware stores are closed in my country at the moment cause of COVID-19, so couldn't buy some tape). But it got me thinking - "What about the sides of the buckets?"... So I ran some experiments with my phone recording video from inside an empty bucket in the tent, and think that might have been a large factor!
So I've put the buckets in spare buckets so most of it is two layers thick and the single-layer part is wrapped in foil to help reflect the light away from the bucket... It's not perfect, but it's a damn-side better than it was and hopefully will hold until I can make a more solid plan.
So just wanna say thank you very much! Helped me a lot just with one question :) Have a good one ๐
Update: I've just added weeks 5, 6, 7 - so you can see what I was dealing with before you came in and helped "shine light" -da dum tsss- on the issue
Hey there,
Thanks so much for running a diary of our genetics ๐
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Happy Growing !!! ๐ฑโ๏ธ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ณ
@Fast_Buds, So far everything has gone great - so thank you very much! Your team seems to be killing it these days, so am really excited for this one!!๐