Hello people, i've been reading through alot of forums trying to get my head around all these "optimum" conditions for my crop.
Basically, I have been on an uphill struggle to get it all right and its costing a sh*t load of $$$.
I think I may have solved it but would like a few tips on what to do as of now.
I'm growing in an approx. 8ft longx6ft highx5ft wide grow tent.
Got an 8" extraction fan pulling air out through a large carbon filter and into another room.
Got an 6" extraction fan pulling air in from an open window (exhaust covered with a net).
Got a convection heater below the intake exhaust infront of window set on a timer for 8/16
Got 2x600w HPS lights set for 16/8 cycle.
Each plant is about 3 1/2 weeks old from seed. (still in veg)
Got 4 Critical Jack on left side of tent, 1 Critical Jack in middle and 4 white rhino on right hand side.
Got 2 small ultrasonic humidifiers on each side of tent, 1 larger steam humidifier in middle of tent.
Got 2 16" fans with adjustable height either side of tent both set to low speed (at different heights).
growing in 15L pots resting on trays with canna coco pro.
currently using canna A + B with rhizotonic. 15ml A + B with 10 ml rhizotonic.
Ph = around 6.
Also have Boost + pk13/14 for flowering.
Humidity currently* 45%
Temperature hovers around 30c.
Was watering once every 3-4 days with 30ml A + B and 20ml rhizotonic, with a Litre of nute mix for each pot. now once every 2 days with 15ml A + B and 10 ml rhizotonic. (no runoff though ?).
Right, when i first started i germinated the seeds placed one in each pot and watered with mineral water.
after about a week i noticed they were developing slowly and was told my humidity was way too low at 20%.
so i bought a box which tells me the temp & humidity it can also control fan speed and i lowered both fans to 25%
then the temperature seemed to soar up so i moved lights way up near the top of tent. this lowered heat to around 29c.
i purchased 9 see through plastic tubs to place over each pot, cut 2 large holes in the top of each, and put another humidity gauge inside 1, i misted regularly and humidity was around 70% with temperatures about 32c.
i watered once every 3 days
the plants on the right side (rhino) grew fast & huge.
the plants on the left (critical jack) also grew but grew outwards rather than upwards and seem to grow alot slower than the rhino.
then i noticed the plastic tubs were too small now so i had to remove them.
i removed the tubs but humidity fell rapidly. 22% thereabouts.
i purchased 3 humidifiers. 2 of which steam cold mist over the plants (kind of). 1 with hot mist in the middle of tent with 2 16" fans blowing around. and now its around 45% constantly.
I now water once every 2 days as the coco dries quicker.
if i raise the fan speed the humidity gets sucked straight out of the tent. and i plan to start flowering these in 2 weeks but dont want any smell to leave.
should i start watering them with a larger amount of nute mix to get a run off into the tray and hope they naturally create more humidity?
what the hell do i do now ???
any help is greatly appreciated!!
(p.s i wont provide any pics unless these things are dying. soz)
Basically, I have been on an uphill struggle to get it all right and its costing a sh*t load of $$$.
I think I may have solved it but would like a few tips on what to do as of now.
I'm growing in an approx. 8ft longx6ft highx5ft wide grow tent.
Got an 8" extraction fan pulling air out through a large carbon filter and into another room.
Got an 6" extraction fan pulling air in from an open window (exhaust covered with a net).
Got a convection heater below the intake exhaust infront of window set on a timer for 8/16
Got 2x600w HPS lights set for 16/8 cycle.
Each plant is about 3 1/2 weeks old from seed. (still in veg)
Got 4 Critical Jack on left side of tent, 1 Critical Jack in middle and 4 white rhino on right hand side.
Got 2 small ultrasonic humidifiers on each side of tent, 1 larger steam humidifier in middle of tent.
Got 2 16" fans with adjustable height either side of tent both set to low speed (at different heights).
growing in 15L pots resting on trays with canna coco pro.
currently using canna A + B with rhizotonic. 15ml A + B with 10 ml rhizotonic.
Ph = around 6.
Also have Boost + pk13/14 for flowering.
Humidity currently* 45%
Temperature hovers around 30c.
Was watering once every 3-4 days with 30ml A + B and 20ml rhizotonic, with a Litre of nute mix for each pot. now once every 2 days with 15ml A + B and 10 ml rhizotonic. (no runoff though ?).
Right, when i first started i germinated the seeds placed one in each pot and watered with mineral water.
after about a week i noticed they were developing slowly and was told my humidity was way too low at 20%.
so i bought a box which tells me the temp & humidity it can also control fan speed and i lowered both fans to 25%
then the temperature seemed to soar up so i moved lights way up near the top of tent. this lowered heat to around 29c.
i purchased 9 see through plastic tubs to place over each pot, cut 2 large holes in the top of each, and put another humidity gauge inside 1, i misted regularly and humidity was around 70% with temperatures about 32c.
i watered once every 3 days
the plants on the right side (rhino) grew fast & huge.
the plants on the left (critical jack) also grew but grew outwards rather than upwards and seem to grow alot slower than the rhino.
then i noticed the plastic tubs were too small now so i had to remove them.
i removed the tubs but humidity fell rapidly. 22% thereabouts.
i purchased 3 humidifiers. 2 of which steam cold mist over the plants (kind of). 1 with hot mist in the middle of tent with 2 16" fans blowing around. and now its around 45% constantly.
I now water once every 2 days as the coco dries quicker.
if i raise the fan speed the humidity gets sucked straight out of the tent. and i plan to start flowering these in 2 weeks but dont want any smell to leave.
should i start watering them with a larger amount of nute mix to get a run off into the tray and hope they naturally create more humidity?
what the hell do i do now ???
any help is greatly appreciated!!
(p.s i wont provide any pics unless these things are dying. soz)
