trying to avoid airy buds

My last grow was light and fluffy due to elevated heat..... My current grow of AK-48, White Berry, & Violator Kush is up and running, seedlings have broken thru & first leave sets are out... The temp is a steady 84 degrees on 24/0 -- will this be ok for 4 weeks of veg?? By the end of 4 weeks the temps outside will be down far enough that I should be around 75-80 degrees in time for flower.

Those will be fine temps.

MRM4545 said:

My last grow was light and fluffy due to elevated heat..... My current grow of AK-48, White Berry, & Violator Kush is up and running, seedlings have broken thru & first leave sets are out... The temp is a steady 84 degrees on 24/0 -- will this be ok for 4 weeks of veg?? By the end of 4 weeks the temps outside will be down far enough that I should be around 75-80 degrees in time for flower.

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What are you using for a light? I started with a 250w hps and got light airy buds and bumped up to a 400 and noticed a huge difference even with higher heat.

khm916 said:

Those will be fine temps.

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yup ,

and also keep your lights as close as you can without burning them ,

if their to high not only will the plant stretch but the bud will aslo

and it will be light and fluffy....

i wouldnt say as close as u CAN.i keep my 400w about 16inch up and could prob go to 6 if i wanted.i prefer the coverage and i still get rock hard WW buds.

BudReaky said:

i wouldnt say as close as u CAN.i keep my 400w about 16inch up and could prob go to 6 if i wanted.i prefer the coverage and i still get rock hard WW buds.

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i was saying as close as he can

so he would get that im saying to keep his light close

and not to high up..

using 16000 lumens of CFL 6500k for veg -- and 250 hps cooltube for flower === due to being an enclosed cabinet of 20 sq ft I dont think I can handle a 400 watter...

As long as you're using an HPS lamp for flowering, I find bud density to be 95% genetics. The 5% I can controll, is done by proper lighting (at least 60w per sqft in bloom), proper water (RO, 68-74 degrees F), proper nutrient stregth (no deficiency or burn), and proper air (at least 1 full room air exchange every 4 min. I do less than 1 min.) I like room temps at 70-75f.


But to make good genetics like gdp, pre 98 bubba, and blue cheese NOT be dense would be a tall order. They (and many many others) are super dense nomatter what you do. They're prob dense under floros lol.