Sorry. Didnt notice the TO ME. Just saw where you said you didnt see that much of a difference. Any yes you are right. There will definately be huge humidity fluctuations. Im not sure if the electricity use of the dehumidifier will offset the increase of yield though. My dehumidifier only comes on for a few minutes at a time. Im wondering if when you did use co2 did you use a controller or did you just use timers?
I actually used a Green Air Products Co2/atmospheric controller. The problem I had was, the room heated up quickly, and so did humidity. In fact, it was such an issue, I actually sent the controller back to Green Air Products to be modified at 7.5 degree intervals instead of 15 degree- both for temperature AND humidity. If I'd let the controller operate as it wanted to, it would've taken FOREVER to cool and dehumidify the room, and pretty much makes the whole reason for using Co2 in the first place useless. Nowadays, the temperature and humidity sensors are programmable and are more friendly to each given environment. The problem will always persist though between temperature and humidity control, its cost, and fill intervals, and the supposed benefits.
Well, the problem is that when the leaves started turning yellow they stopped growing. They haven't really increased in height and all of the Sour D clones, which I got at least a week later than the Grapefruit, has already passed up all of the Grapefruit. I'd like to think it was genetics but the dramatically slowed growth points to a deficiency.
No, I will be transferring all of them into 2 gal buckets with hydroton for flowering. I was trying to get some feedback on spacing (see this thread: https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/238229-ebb-gro-bucket-system-bucket.html ) for flowering but haven't really decided yet. I think I am going to put 6 2-gallon buckets under each 600w. That will give each plant about a 24" diameter space for growth. The lights are close together so I am hoping for some overlap as well.
I'll give a go my first round and see how it goes. My friend's system that I got some of my setup ideas from used CO2 and venting on timers and he had a decent yield (4x 600w, 24 plants, 4lbs) but I'm not sure how much CO2 contributed to it. But seeing his setup and results I'm trekking down the same path for now. I'm hoping the CHHC-1 controller will help me maximize the benefit. We'll see...
I thought they were spider mites because I noticed small whites dots on the tops of the leaves. When I looked underneath I saw some very small moving bugs (kinda reddish, maybe, didn't have a scope) and some white dots which I assume are eggs. I sprayed everything with floramite and the bugs stopped moving and fell off. The little white eggs are still there which is probably why the directions say to wait a week and spray again. What are the signs of thrips?
Actually, that brings up another question I've been working on. My friend has the deadband on his AC setup to 3 degrees so his AC comes on fairly often. I've read that a lot of on/off intervals is not good for the compressor and is not very efficient. I was also thinking of combining AC with venting to cool the room very quickly but have the deadband set fairly high, like 10 - 15 degrees. This way the room would cool down from like 85 to 70 or something like that. That way when the cooling period ends the CHHC-1 will blast the room with CO2 until it gets back up to 1500 ppm and the plants will have a longer CO2 uptake period before the next cooling period begins. This would also be a bit more efficient for the AC and easier on the compressor. (I will be upgrading to a mini split AC after I have a couple grows under my belt.) So the questions after the long explanation: is a 15 degree temp change considered dramatic? Would it adversely affect plant growth?
Thx bro. I've been learnin a lot along the way (thanks to RIU and local friends.) I've been treating these bitches like princesses hoping they turn into queens.
Thx bro. I wish I had more. I'd go ballistic. But i'd need a house out in the country somewhere far away from people and johhny law.
I'd go solar. As long as you have the initial investment it's a no brainer. Free energy and you get to sell some to the local utility company.
