1000w Jillybean Scrog On a Budget!
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Spicy8305
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yesterday I began spraying the the plants at morning and afternoon, since noticing that the leaves were beginning to yellow and had a dry texture. Overnight they have sprung back up again with nice color and are much less droopy. I will continue to water this way for the next few days to see if the plants do better. Also it has cooled the temp in the tent almost 5 degrees.
I mix 2-3 drops of Superthrive in my 40oz spray bottle and spray with a fine mist.
I mix 2-3 drops of Superthrive in my 40oz spray bottle and spray with a fine mist.
Spicy8305
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my snocap seedlings are coming along nicely, only 3 out of 5 survived (from bag) but they are getting leafy with good branches beginning to spread out. I also have 2 Blue Hash seeds and 2 Gold Kush seeds that I will germinate in the morning using jiffy plugs. this will hopefully be my 3rd crop.... I will still have to get a few clones from the co-op for my next..... but I will be doing 6 Large individually scrogged plants about 3'x3' per plant. pics in the morning of my new veg box and germination of new seeds.
Spicy8305
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I moved my op and made some seriously drastic renovations to allot more space in my tiny bedroom..... this shit is crazy but works best for my current needs...hopefully some of you readers will use it.
I built a king size loft bed with a 7'x7'x5' (lwh). Still improving on it and it will eventually include 2" reflective insulation paneling and two separate rooms for veg and flower. each room is 3.5'x7'x5'. I could actually fit another 24 plants in my room now. The temps are far better than in the original tent as well.
I built a king size loft bed with a 7'x7'x5' (lwh). Still improving on it and it will eventually include 2" reflective insulation paneling and two separate rooms for veg and flower. each room is 3.5'x7'x5'. I could actually fit another 24 plants in my room now. The temps are far better than in the original tent as well.
Spicy8305
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Trouble...... damn I think I may have over watered, one of my plants has wilted and yellowed overnight. my humidity went from 68% to 46% by morning and I have been trying to get it up all day. All of the other plants are fine except for one branch on another plant is the same but not quite as wilted.
any suggestions?
please help I cant afford any more setbacks
any suggestions?
please help I cant afford any more setbacks
DocGreenThumb
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48% humidity is perfect. Don't raise it unless it's below like 25%. Looks to me like a bit of over watering just let her dry out. Remember it's easier to fix an underwatered plant. I do not water mine until they are completely dry. Good luck, Stay Green
Spicy8305
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I have switched the light cycle to night time since that's when I do most of my work on the plants and to cut down on heat. the plants have dried out substantially in the past day so I will be watering today. As for the damaged/ over watered plant, it's not looking so good the leaves have mostly died ....but there is still new growth...so I guess it's still alive.
Will I still be able to flower April 1st?
Will I still be able to flower April 1st?
Spicy8305
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I just noticed that 2 more of my plants are showing similar signs of yellowing and curling of the leaves.... these plants for sure were bone dry for at least the top 2" of soil....so was it over watering with the first plant? I'll have some close-up pics tonight when I turn the lights on.
the temps remained around 70 with a high of 74 and and the humidity is still 50%
the temps remained around 70 with a high of 74 and and the humidity is still 50%
Spicy8305
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The plants are looking good again after beginning my normal watering schedule again. The santa anas did a number this time. A sudden 25 point drop in temp and humidity is murder on my plants. Since then I have been monitoring and adjusting to keep it around 72 and 50%.
I think I'm going to try to run one of the 1000watt hps units today around 11 am- 3pm (the warmest time of day according to my weather gauge). I hope it'll be alright wthout an ac, It will have 6" exhaust fan and two other fans in the room a 12" oscillating and a 14" Patton shop fan.
I think I'm going to try to run one of the 1000watt hps units today around 11 am- 3pm (the warmest time of day according to my weather gauge). I hope it'll be alright wthout an ac, It will have 6" exhaust fan and two other fans in the room a 12" oscillating and a 14" Patton shop fan.
Dick Moser
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huh, im waiting to see whats up with the 1000w on a budget grow..kinda looks like an i raided someones garage and stole their shop lights budget grow........nah nah haha im just teasin ya, cant wait to see an update 
looks good man
looks good man 
DocGreenThumb
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Awesome I can't wait to upgrade to the 1000watt. I have a 600 now.
Congrats and those girls are going to love it!
Congrats and those girls are going to love it!
Spicy8305
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Today I started to use nutes I used Liquid Karma, Sweet RAW, and a little MG bloodmeal as I have been using.......no fish emulsion today---stinky stinky.
All of these nutes were given by dissolving and watering. With and additional foliar spray as well since the 1000watt dried my tent out to 32% humidity; it's now 52%.
Over the course of 2 days on an 18/6 cycle under the 1000watt hps my plants grew an average of 2-3" and branched out a ton more on the scrogs.
The temps have been 70- 81 with my AC going nearly the whole time the lights are running, the outdoor temps have been 78- 84, I leave my AC set @ 72.
*** BM***
I got an AC from a friend for free!!! it's a 12500 btu portable by Sunpentown and it's a few years old but works like new.
the only issue I've had were due to the humidity causing the retarded small 12oz pan on the unit tripping after a few hours because of the 50% humidity level in the room. I have been draining it throughout light period. But I will be building a bench for it to drain into a bucket, plus it will be closer to the light that way.
All of these nutes were given by dissolving and watering. With and additional foliar spray as well since the 1000watt dried my tent out to 32% humidity; it's now 52%.
Over the course of 2 days on an 18/6 cycle under the 1000watt hps my plants grew an average of 2-3" and branched out a ton more on the scrogs.
The temps have been 70- 81 with my AC going nearly the whole time the lights are running, the outdoor temps have been 78- 84, I leave my AC set @ 72.
*** BM***
I got an AC from a friend for free!!! it's a 12500 btu portable by Sunpentown and it's a few years old but works like new.
the only issue I've had were due to the humidity causing the retarded small 12oz pan on the unit tripping after a few hours because of the 50% humidity level in the room. I have been draining it throughout light period. But I will be building a bench for it to drain into a bucket, plus it will be closer to the light that way.
Spicy8305
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I was actually looking to down size to a 600 for a while because of the space I have right now. But I plan to move sometime this summer (hopefully the harvest can help too) and will be redesigning my grow.
1000watter's are bad ass, my plants are booming.... but they get crazy hot, last night my ac shut off because it was full of water and the temp was up to 96 in about an hour.