No way to induce flowering when changing from 20/4 to 18/6 unless its autoflower and then it wouldnt matter the light schedule. 11-12 hours darkness triggers flowering. Also temp in veg is best at 78ish, That is about the end of the curve on that plants intake for Co2 and nutes but carefull anything over 82 ish i think if i can remember right is bad you start to destroy plant cells. Flowering you don't really want to have your temp up that high after week 3-4 max. Last 2 weeks should be at about 68-72 max. I would spread out the top leaves and kind of bend them outward so you get more canopy penetration. Here are a couple of pics for you from my room.seems like you have a pretty decent setup the only thing i would suggest is not leaving the fan on 24/7 nor putting it directly on your plants as it tends to make the buds very "airy" and light i would just leave your fan on while your lights are on to be honest and as for using a 20/4 light sched. there has been alot of studies showing that anything after 18hours really doesn't affect your plant and your just wasting electricity 16/8 or 18/6 sched is the most cost efficient , but if you already have it on 20/4 i wouldn't change it now as its probably to late and could possibly induce flowering but i doubt it good luck and nice setup
Not to accurate on the mold part.. although less humidity will give you less chance of mold... Some strains no matter what you do you will end up getting mold towards the ending of flowering but fans I agree to be left on but FANS DO NOT help stop the spread of Mold ( unless it is specifically an exhaust fan ) they actually make it spread faster by blowing spores all around your room which means after that harvest you must bleach your room completely to get all of the spores killed and the room clean so the mold doesnt show on your next grow 10 days in
PPPP . ( which is a bitch because spores can just chill in a room for days on end and not die). Once you get one spore in that room or on a leaf your done. I do not use fans at all in my grow and I have 0 mildew and you do not need to rely on getting a big stem that can carry that weight if you bend them with netting. also does not look like you topped your buds so your losing some production there to...... also I do not know where you got those Veg lighting stats but most production comes from either how big plant is and what nutrients your using how you are manipulating your plants foliar feeding schedule etc etc.
Only way in the world that happens is you get an auto flower seed.
why would you waste a week for 18/6? your not putting them into flowering with that cycle your only making your plants adjust 2 times to different lighting cycles? Why would you go from Veg lighting cycle to another Veg cycle then to Flower?
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Sounds like those are root aphids bro..... Sorry to say if thats the case just trash em and start over after you clean the sh!t outa your room.
I have aphids on plant 2 inside my room, almost gone now. Azamax helped that
Are they white in color?I have aphids on plant 2 inside my room, almost gone now. Azamax helped that
They look nothing like aphids, they are long rather then round and MUCH MUCH MUCH more visible. Probably the size of 4 aphids together, idk what to compare the size too but there like 1/4 the size of a piece of rice.
sounds like you could have thrips. they have a long body and usually striped on the ass of the bug, i had the same problem, they will also make the leaves loose color to like almost white spots. i used spinosad and annihilated them after 2 apps with no ill effects on my plants and they where 5 weeks in flower. the product i used was montorey's garden insect spray with spinosad. worked wonders.I have aphids on plant 2 inside my room, almost gone now. Azamax helped that
They look nothing like aphids, they are long rather then round and MUCH MUCH MUCH more visible. Probably the size of 4 aphids together, idk what to compare the size too but there like 1/4 the size of a piece of rice.
Those are root Aphids got those before from using Fox Farms Soil. Lady bugs or predator mites will help if you want all natural remidy.The aphids were a dirty white color almost gray, the new bugs are bright white from head to butt.
They are only around my 2 mmj plants outside not near anything else.
I dont think there thrips cause they are ONLY in the soil and are only visible if I move the soil to see under the soil.
I believe thrips hang off the leafs and these have no other color on them besides white.
Also I haven't noticed any leaf damage besides a few snail holes but I fixed the snail problem.
Ill try taking a picture but there so small you almost need a macro lens
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