Need suggestions on cooling my grow?

MetalSmelter

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Just wanted to update again......

Actually at day 6 mabey day 7, not too sure because i swapped up the timming some to run during the nighttimes instead of day times, hoping to keep temps down. Anyway i got a couple 26G Sterilite cargo thingies.....They work great, and at $4, very cheap. Lined it with mylar and added 2 40w softwhite CFL's, which are the red spectrum. Also running the 4 daylight CFL's i had, and have backed down to 2 of each for now, due to temp problems. If i don't solve them in a day or 2 more, then i'll get plexiglass for the seperation chamber.

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At one point when i topped the plant, it was at its 5th node i beleive. Just starting 9 leaf pairs. As i was tying burlap (hemp hehe), around the top to anchor the bottom and pull the top away from the bottom, i think i took off the top 2 heads on accident, essentially i now have 6 heads i think instead of the 8 i could have had. This is uneducated guessing though.

Anyway i think it looks fine for day 6 of flowering, getting to a nice size. Will most likely start a SCROG here soon and start training the heads and hopefully open the inside of the plant to develope the nodes off of the heads.

Is there any site i can look at to see the development stages, as how things stage in, during the plants growth. I've not seen any sexing parts yet, but my plant seems to have 2 little hair looking thingies right at the nodes, where main leaves origionally came in, branches between the main leaves and stalk are coming in. It looks like it could be seperate branch additions but they've been there for the last 2 wk or so. even before flower. So i guess its not the sexual organs....Right?

Neway no nutes yet. Still having some temp problems hovering ~90-95 during the day, max has been 99. Lowest 75. Humidity is good at ~40%. Using the 4" Duct fan from HD i was recommended. 2 computer fans, 1 top intake pushing into the 4" duct fan on output duty, homemade carbon filter on intake side of output fan. 1 computer fan at bottom of enclosure blowing into a 4" desk fan for circulation. Also am getting some light pitting on my leaves, lighter green in color on the lower leaves, the lowest started first, and slowly working up. Is this from being root bound, nut problems, or light problems? on some of the newer tops that are coming in and starting to fill out, mabey the last 1/16" is starting to curl and crisp up....?? Am i needing Nutes and which specifically?
 

MonkeeMan

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Im having the same cooling problems with my grow, but im in the 100's lol, going to the hardware store today

even though you've been doing it for a while you should get a grow journal man
 

MetalSmelter

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I'll start a journal today, mabey get a few more intrested as well, for more pointers, and tips.

Thanks for all the help so far though, completely invaluable.

GL on the cool down as well. A thought is plexi glass similar to the cool tube rendition, but using a fan mounted in the plexiglass, say at the other end of the comparment, to keep all warm air from the grow area, and keep it clsoe to the lights and largest fan. Temp is reading right at the leaves.
 

MonkeeMan

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ok man post a link to your journal cause ill subscribe for sure

im thinking of trying an inline fan first, hoping i can pump out a lot of air from the top fast

worried about the carbon fliters performance however
 

MetalSmelter

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https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/71174-my-first-grow.html

Heres the link. Been up since yesterday. Plants looking strong as far as i can tell so far.

I made it so that thers a picture every 3-5days.

Carbon filter that i made works 1/2 the time.......only thing i smell really is after watering, its just more of a wet plant or earth smell. Heat is still a problem even after the addition of plexi up top. I did take out the circulation fan though, so it may be partly the cause. Temp last night peaked at 95F low of 74.
 
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