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Chronald

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Hey guys. I just posted a couple new pics, they are comin along better since I put the pc fans blowing air in and a more powerful one at the top blowing hot air out (I'm thinking about moving the box over to my window and letting the fresh air from outside in and then drilling a hole into the wall or celing to vent the old air out). I also have flaps over the intake fans which I put down when I smoke in here, and an air purifier in the room to get rid of most of the smoke before I open them back up.
Im going to put more cfls in there somehow, thinkign about just getting some lamp sockets and hanging them around so there's more light for the undersides of the leaves. Also, I would like to get some mylar to reflect the light better than tinfoil? Anyone know where this can be bought, other than eBay? I dont want to have to wait weeks for it to come.
I also have a question about humidity. My RH level in the box is very dry. 20% when the fans are on, and about 25% when they are off. I snagged a cool mist humidifier at a liquidation place for $10, but can't fit it into my box unless I take one plant out (which I did for a couple hours and got the RH to go to a steady 55% while the vents were covered). Any suggestions? I wanted to have it set up on a different timer than the fans and have it alternating between the humidifier on say every hour, then the fans on the next hour.
Also, should I start decreasing the light cycle? Am still at about 18/6. I think thats all I wanted to ask, Im sure theres more questions but I cant think of them right now lol
thanks again for helping me along the way on my first grow!




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farmer.joe

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outside freshair sounds good. put a big bucket of water in there maybe spray some water around carefull with electricity or hps(BOOM)
how tall are your plants. they are mature usally when over 12 inches after that its when you like depending on what kind of yield you want/time
 

Chronald

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Got the outside air hose hooked up, had some problems with heat as I added more cfls (12 total now on the 5 plants) and the inside room air wasnt keeping it cool enough like it was before.
SInce about half of my CFL's are full spectrum 6500K (for veg and growth) and the other half are soft white 2700K (for flowering), does anyone know for sure if its better to use all at once, than half and half during the different stages? I know that CFLS do not provide the amount of lumens that hps lights do and u'd think the more the better, but Im just curious.
THey do seem to grow much better under the 6500K ones right now,
But now its at a steady 80 degrees with the fan system on, so I hope they like it! Also put in a few bottles of yest and sugar for more co2, and added some reflective baking sheets that reflect way better than tinfoil

My biggest plant is about 7 and 1/2 inches, and the smallest is about 4 and 1/2 inches. I was thinking about putting all the 2700K lights on one side of the box and a board in the center and on different timers so i could have a floweing and a vegitative side of the box. But thats a lot more work to do. lol so I think Im just going to start flowering in a week or so.
Im hoping to have 3 females that I can concentrate all the lights on. They are looking nice, but kinda small for being just over a month Id say. However, growing better and better with all the new changes Im making it seems
Any ideas of how long I should flower for and when I should start if Im looking to yield maybe just over an oz per plant?
 

incredible d

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i've always flowered in between the range of 5-8 weeks once most of the hairs on the fruit turn red (about 65%) i will start the curing process (harvest) one other thing when you start to see the tips of the white hairs turn red start giving them plain distilled water with no nutrients. Try to make the water just a tad warmer than room temp too. Trust me it works wonderfully.

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