Going on third weeks budding

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

Thats cool man. Kinda lol. 86 aint so bad. Thats with the light on right?
You know what i was thinking when you mentioned the Y pipe. If you ran your 1000 and your 400 you could use the Y pipe and the blower to cool both and exhaust the room at the same time. Just a passing thought. Keep on keepin on....

 

[chiselsr]

Thats cool man. Kinda lol. 86 aint so bad. Thats with the light on right?
You know what i was thinking when you mentioned the Y pipe. If you ran your 1000 and your 400 you could use the Y pipe and the blower to cool both and exhaust the room at the same time. Just a passing thought. Keep on keepin on....

ya i could hook it up to both, well once i can move my 400. last knight it got 90, the only thing i can think is i only have 160 cfm blowing in and 500 going out. I am going to get another 8 duct booster for my intake with 6 inch duct and put my 160 as an exhaust. that will give me 660 going out and 500 coming in. this is not counting my ac when it kicks on.

here are pics from this morning. real close to starting on the 8 week. tell me what u think on how they look.

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

500 coming in and 660 going out sounds great!
Your buds look good. Not exceptional, but not lacking in any way either. I'd say you've done a fine job. My buds however.....ehh, i could have done better. As a matter of fact I HAVE done batter LOL. I am only getting about 2 ozs off each 1 of my plants. I should have fed them more. I'm still dialing in my techniques.
I topped 3 of my 20 day old plants last night. I'm trying Uncle Bens technique. This is a hell of a thread if you like to read about growing tecniques, and MJ in general. > https://www.rollitup.org/advanced-marijuana-cultivation/151706-uncle-bens-topping-technique-get.html
Peace.

 

[chiselsr]

How come i lower my ph and 2-3 days later its back to where it started to begin with?
I make my nuts up in a 5 gallon bucket, then i feed all of them that are using that mix. well i test it and ones high ones to low.

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

How come i lower my ph and 2-3 days later its back to where it started to begin with?
I make my nuts up in a 5 gallon bucket, then i feed all of them that are using that mix. well i test it and ones high ones to low.

Thats a hydro specific question....better talk to the guys at the hydro store about that. I dont know if your talking about your res or your nute mix? I guess you mean the res because i dont think you're supposed to let your nute mix sit for 2-3 days?

 

[tommytoker]

yes they are chasing the light source.....16"-20" for 400w distance. I had to re-build my grow box at 4 1/2 wks max now is 7'

 

[chiselsr]

fuck, not working i put my stanley blowing in at 1250 . 8 blowing 500 out, my light is still hot as hell. this duct fan i dont think is going to cut it. fuck i dont want to push a hole shit load of air out the exhaust. can u stand to have ur hand 10 inches away from ur cooltube. It is vary uncofterable under my light. how do u keep a small fire cool in 100 degree weather. the 8 was as much as the stanley, might be running two of them with a little something extra to keep the exhaust ahead of my intake.

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

"how do u keep a small fire cool in 100 degree weather"
Thats funny as hell man. ROFL
I could keep my hand within a few inches of my bulb all day. That stanley blower should be enough to keep even a 1000w cool. Shoot me a picture of your hood and how the ducting is. Air flows just like water. It wants to go straight. Turns, hill, and valleys in your ducting will slow it waaaay down. You've got to have it moving good over the bulb to cool it.
Those "Booster" fans suck for moving air. I have a 6 in that does next to nothing. Their CFM ratings dont account for ANY ducting and they are so weak that ducting REALLY lowers the actuall CFMs you get.

 

[chiselsr]

"how do u keep a small fire cool in 100 degree weather"
Thats funny as hell man. ROFL
I could keep my hand within a few inches of my bulb all day. That stanley blower should be enough to keep even a 1000w cool. Shoot me a picture of your hood and how the ducting is. Air flows just like water. It wants to go straight. Turns, hill, and valleys in your ducting will slow it waaaay down. You've got to have it moving good over the bulb to cool it.
Those "Booster" fans suck for moving air. I have a 6 in that does next to nothing. Their CFM ratings dont account for ANY ducting and they are so weak that ducting REALLY lowers the actuall CFMs you get.

here is some pics of my set up, still have to make it look good. I am having a prob with my ladys in bloom. I managed to check the ph before lights out, ph is 4.9. i am going to change out the water tomorrow morning. to me it looks like it is because of the ph level as to why. I need green lights so i will be able to work after lights out. the pics of my ladys ant vary good. did this fuck with my finish product?

for the exhaust the hole was already there i dont want to put a lot of holes in the celling. I might have to though if i have issues.

Hydro and Soil less Mediums

Phosphorus gets locked out of Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 6.0-8.5.
Phosphorus is absorbed best in Hydro and Soil less Mediums at ph levels of 4.0- 5.8. (Wouldn’t recommend having a ph over 6.5 in hydro and soil less mediums.) Best range for hydro and soil less mediums is 5.0 to 6.0. Anything out of the ranges listed will contribute to a Phosphorus Deficiency.
i started to use the nut table recomended by general hydroponics, it is an extra tasp per gal.

 

[chiselsr]

my room is 86 degrees with the ac rennin for the last 20 minutes. am i going to ever going to get this shit write. i have stanley blowers on 1 thats 1250 cfms in and out. i will see when the ac stops for a while to see how hot its going to get. I might have to buy a portable ac unit. know i have my temp gage the same level as my tops. Or should i put it on the wall to take my reading. I would think that i want the temp at the top of my plants. I know my duct ant strait, do u think it will make that much of a diffrentce? how dose it look to u?

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

Is there a piece of glass in that hood or no? The glass will make a huge difference.
Also, where is the air coming from that goes through the hood and then out the ceiling? I think you probably want to disconnect that piece of duct altogether. Then you will be extracting the hot air from the room (through the hood). Right now your just drawing air in over your light and cooling the light, but not sucking any air from the room. (unless there is NO glass in there, in which case the ducting going TO the hood is useless) If you leave one end of the hood open you will cool the light and exhaust the room at the same time. I would think that with that blower sucking out all you should need is a passive air intake.
Yeah place a thermometer at canopy level (at the tops). And try to figure out whats going on with the PH. Sounds like its jumping around too much. IDK what to tell you about that.

 

[chiselsr]

Is there a piece of glass in that hood or no? The glass will make a huge difference.
Also, where is the air coming from that goes through the hood and then out the ceiling? I think you probably want to disconnect that piece of duct altogether. Then you will be extracting the hot air from the room (through the hood). Right now your just drawing air in over your light and cooling the light, but not sucking any air from the room. (unless there is NO glass in there, in which case the ducting going TO the hood is useless) If you leave one end of the hood open you will cool the light and exhaust the room at the same time. I would think that with that blower sucking out all you should need is a passive air intake.
Yeah place a thermometer at canopy level (at the tops). And try to figure out whats going on with the PH. Sounds like its jumping around too much. IDK what to tell you about that.

the blower is sucking from the top of my room. i have it blowing not sucking. here are some better pics. and yes there is glass in there. thats whats got me baffled. I have the blower on 2 speed 1750 cfm and speed 3 going in at 2200cfms, and the temp at 8:00 in the mourning is... huh, i put a second temp gage in there right next to the other on. one is gray and one is black, the black one reads 88 the gray reads 83.7. its been 10 minutes and the gray reads 82.3.

 

[chiselsr]

i cut a pice off of my cola and it has a few trycomes that are starting to turn amber. how long do i have know? and i am supposed to run water for 2 weeks? that seams long. well thats if i have 2 weeks. I just changed the water this morning, a wast. I didnt think i was so close.

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

try putting the blower on the other end and have it sucking air over the light rather than blowing it. you'll move more air that way.
But that is still a closed system. what is providing fresh air to the room itself? See I still think you should vent the light AND the room at the same time. thats how i do it. with a 450 CFM fan. (granted thats in a tent, but still hard to cool)
But with the closed system the way you have it you can use CO2 because it will stay in the room and wont get vented out by the ducting and fan cooling the light.
Am i making sense?
Harvest time is up to you. like i said i take samples at different times. experiment to see what you like. I dont flush really, i grow organic, and dont see any need to flush.
Have you smoked any yet? Get some samples. They'll be dry enough to smoke in a few days or you can quick dry them too, but thats not as good.

 

[chiselsr]

try putting the blower on the other end and have it sucking air over the light rather than blowing it. you'll move more air that way.
But that is still a closed system. what is providing fresh air to the room itself? See I still think you should vent the light AND the room at the same time. thats how i do it. with a 450 CFM fan. (granted thats in a tent, but still hard to cool)
But with the closed system the way you have it you can use CO2 because it will stay in the room and wont get vented out by the ducting and fan cooling the light.
Am i making sense?
Harvest time is up to you. like i said i take samples at different times. experiment to see what you like. I dont flush really, i grow organic, and dont see any need to flush.
Have you smoked any yet? Get some samples. They'll be dry enough to smoke in a few days or you can quick dry them too, but thats not as good.

? the blower on the roof is there so the duct is strait, its sucking air out of my room to cool my light. my fresh air is taken out of my house. its been 83 degrees or lower allday, the ac finally kicked on at 12:30. the temp gage i was using is not accurate, well its black with metal out lining.
for my buds the pop crackle snap when i smoke them, i will have to flush thats for sher. how long dose it usually take once ur trichome start turning to harvest?

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

oh i c the blower is just mounted up there...its taking air from the room. Ok. So put it on the other end. The duct between the blower and the light is totally unnessessary, and killing your air movement. Put it on the other side sucking from the light it'll work much better. probably do the job on low easy. IOW Hook up duct to the intake on the blower and connect that to the hood.

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

how long dose it usually take once ur trichome start turning to harvest?
Completely strain dependant....I would harvest before theres too much amber tho.

 

[chiselsr]

how long dose it usually take once ur trichome start turning to harvest?
Completely strain dependant....I would harvest before theres too much amber tho.

i will start flushing to be on the safe side... I just changed my nutes to.
on the blower, see thats what i was thinking but i didnt know if the heat would fuck with the blower or not. I will read the manual and see what it says about heat. if not wallmart takes anything back, right.LOL

 

[itsgrowinglikeaweed]

nah dont worry abpout the heat its not that hot. im sure it'll be fine. its blowing air its not that hot.

 

[chiselsr]

I put the blower on the other end and I still have to keep it on speed 2. as far as blowing the air out and sucking it out, its about the same. the temp stayed the same. i flushed my plans yesterday, one res is got some amber already and the other is all cloudy. if one is to far along then the other one will be just right. see i put one in shock when i tryied to move it and set it behind a few. i also miss counted my weeks i am starting week 9 today not 8. I lost a week some ware. i need to get my owen calender for my grow room to keep a log on.
i am looking to get a portable ac unit to put in there, it will be cheaper then my central air running all the time.