Mr. Good
Active Member
Hello everyone and at 3:30am no less. I have been doing a lot of research about marijuana cultivation, how to grow AND torture them. I have an 11x7 room with 2, 1000w MH/HPS air cooled hoods pulling attic air into the hoods and back into the attic. I have a 10,000 btu portable AC and 4 articulating fans.
I can hold any temp I want with little effort now but I am afraid I am changing the air too fast. I also use the hood covers for the light heat. I just bought the Aero-flo 36 and have it all set up but I am waiting on my "clones". I still have 6 "Mommas" and need to consolidate down to just 2 or three (there are 6 mothers with 3 varieties).
The moms are in a Growhut and they are in 15gal pots w/ hydroton. Growhut is 4.5'x2.5'. Inside I have the moms on dripper rings set for 15 minutes every hour during the highest temp times and adjusted to nothing for a few hours right before light. Inside this hut is the other 1000w light. I tried closing the doors the other day and the temps climbed to near 85. Since then, I switched out the Ac ducting in my attic and gave the small room the 6 inch pipe from my frigid bathroom to add to the 4 inch ac pipe already there. This has cooled the room dramatically but I still haven't seen weather or not the Grow hut will be cool with the doors shut.
Anyways sorry about being long winded but I'm confused about some things...
1. How am I supposed to have total darkness in that Growhut right next to my flowering area? I guess it gets sealed and I must configure how to get it to seal without letting light out.
2. I have clones going in a seed tray with a 12" dome. Seed heat pad, thermostat...plants are wilting and smell like they are cooking! Water and temps both are in line with what I have learned here. Temps are about 80-85 and ph is 6.0. I have them in my other room under some flourescents for 24 hours. Some clones are 5 days old with no roots....is this normal? I took some out that looked like they were doing decently and opened up the rapid rooters only to find a bare stem and the bottom cut was turning tan/rusty color. Any advice? I am buying the Botanicare cloner (12 site? like 80$) and would like to pull 6 clones from the moms and set them in each row of my Aeroflo and start a perpetual harvest once a week.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Forever Greener Spaces,
Mr. Good
I can hold any temp I want with little effort now but I am afraid I am changing the air too fast. I also use the hood covers for the light heat. I just bought the Aero-flo 36 and have it all set up but I am waiting on my "clones". I still have 6 "Mommas" and need to consolidate down to just 2 or three (there are 6 mothers with 3 varieties).
The moms are in a Growhut and they are in 15gal pots w/ hydroton. Growhut is 4.5'x2.5'. Inside I have the moms on dripper rings set for 15 minutes every hour during the highest temp times and adjusted to nothing for a few hours right before light. Inside this hut is the other 1000w light. I tried closing the doors the other day and the temps climbed to near 85. Since then, I switched out the Ac ducting in my attic and gave the small room the 6 inch pipe from my frigid bathroom to add to the 4 inch ac pipe already there. This has cooled the room dramatically but I still haven't seen weather or not the Grow hut will be cool with the doors shut.
Anyways sorry about being long winded but I'm confused about some things...
1. How am I supposed to have total darkness in that Growhut right next to my flowering area? I guess it gets sealed and I must configure how to get it to seal without letting light out.
2. I have clones going in a seed tray with a 12" dome. Seed heat pad, thermostat...plants are wilting and smell like they are cooking! Water and temps both are in line with what I have learned here. Temps are about 80-85 and ph is 6.0. I have them in my other room under some flourescents for 24 hours. Some clones are 5 days old with no roots....is this normal? I took some out that looked like they were doing decently and opened up the rapid rooters only to find a bare stem and the bottom cut was turning tan/rusty color. Any advice? I am buying the Botanicare cloner (12 site? like 80$) and would like to pull 6 clones from the moms and set them in each row of my Aeroflo and start a perpetual harvest once a week.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Forever Greener Spaces,
Mr. Good