Your able to keep your room at 78-80 fully sealed? kinda makes me regret the brand mini split I chose, but oh well it was the biggest diy split I could find.
12000 watt gavita DE pro line e series slim line grow
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Yeah I heard tbe DIY were not really good. Mine would of cost 7k installed but my friend in an HVAC contractor and did it under table without me having to go threw an HVAC company. The company would of charged 3k just in labor. I paid 1200 In labor to my friend. Honestly with the lights at 115% no intake running no outtake running, 70 and a 30 pint dehum, c02 generator my mini split is able to keep it @ 75 so I actually had to adjust the mini split so that the room would be around 80ish
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115% some are close 28-30 inches on some tops the first 6 lights are ok 8 foot ceilings then the back 6 are 9 feet so I have more height in the back and all tops are over feet below 1ks and the front 6 its variant some plants stretched more i got alot of plants 180 total under 12 lights. But there's a handful of tops that are directly i mean directly under fixture 28icnes and look beautiful. My hypothesis is that maybe when people have a light or two in a tent or closet without a commercial set up maybe they get stress but to have so much equipment and air movement and c02 and all the gear may be able to handle being close.
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Also I would like to note that there is no difference between buds that are close to light they arent fox tailing or deformed or stressed I close examine the difference between different tops in different areas of canopy I go unto room and stare for hours at plants examining for stress. Adding c02 and changing all the variables I did nothing but examine my plants all last night so watching for them to be telling me what they like and don't like.
My rooms a mess this run I over vegged a bit, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to tell ya at what distance they burn lol. I have tops way less that 28 Inches smh.
I just needed to keep on schedule and fill a room I had these clones set back to decide what to keep from a previous run when I lost the tray of clones I planned to run to mold in the dome. I won't hit anywhere close to my yield last time, but it's better than being months behind.
I just needed to keep on schedule and fill a room I had these clones set back to decide what to keep from a previous run when I lost the tray of clones I planned to run to mold in the dome. I won't hit anywhere close to my yield last time, but it's better than being months behind.
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So its never to later to super crop the tallest tops
I will send you pics of what I mean. I pinched tbe tops into a L shape. On just tallest ones. Definitely measure for us to let us know what the distance is they actually are burning. My tops are close some of them anyway and no issues at all. Do you know if excessive c02 can cause light clawing on plants? As the acclimate to it?
Yeah if have to break some I will I've just been trying to arrange the tall plants so they aren't directly under the light. Not sure about the clawing, what do you think is excessive? I kind of ease mine into the c02 at beginning of flower by raising the ppms over about a week.
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Lol 500- to straight 1500
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It could be that all the spraying for mildew sometimes insecticidal soaps and fungicides soaps will cause some slight leave claw. Oils residue will not fully dissolve even if given 10 hours to dry and then tbe lights heat the oils and cause a bit of clawing
You upped your temps all at once too didn't you? Are the plants drying out a lot faster, I remember reading now that leaves will bend over like that to try and slow respiration. I mean as long as it's not an overfeeding issue I'd say the plants are trying to slow respiration some, what temps are you at right now?
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Here we got some photos bro highlighting the super crop i did on taller branches also some highlighting the clawing im talking about. Its not aggressive but still I'm like hmmmm. I have been feeding around 400-500ppms and I have been feeding them that for the last 4 watering in a row because up untill now they would only drink every 5 days. Now they are speeding up but I don't believe the claw to be a sign of over feeding cause it may look like they are clawing but its mainly the tops and top fan leaves that got sprayed heavier and are closer to hear and light. The bottom and middle fan leaves no clawing so I say I'm gonna keep pushing them cause these plants are huge and quadrupled in size and are in 5 gallon pots. If they have almost 2 months left I dont want them fading out and dropping fan leaves too soon and not finishing properly. Apparently it dosnt even do its major swelling till week 8.5-10weeks.
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Temps are 77-80 depending on where in the room with 55-66% RH during lights on with 1500 ppms of c02. Just got another c02 sensor so I can monitor pockets in the room make sure c02 is distribution around room properly. They started the claw before the c02 but its so light. And flowers are just.clearly growing nicely. They are small but 5 weeks if this was a 8-9 week strain but since they have 2 months to go I understand why they aren't raging at this stage. Lol they have so much time to bulk up but honestly not too small either. I'm just just do 50%veg nutes with 50%flower and pick it.up to 600 ppms total. I just dont want them to fade early but also don't want to give them excessive nitrogen as usually thats bad in flower but these girls must stay green and they have 45 days to go. I have grown strain that finished in 45!!!!
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Send pictures of.your girls here and show how close they are to light. I'm really curious the outcome my hypothesis is that the plants can handle more light and heat and higher feed strengths with c02.
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Almost half way finished this Saturday week 6. Another 6 weeks to go. Last feed was yesterday 750 ppms of grow-N/floranova bloom. 80F 55-65% RH daytime 74F and 45-50% RH lights off
Damn at 6 weeks in I feel like I'm damn near finished lol. But those plants looks great. I try to stick to strains I can chop at 63 days. But honestly I'm pretty much living crop to crop. It's better than pay check to paycheck but stressful. I can't wait to see your final numbers out if this room. You seem to be killing it.
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First and last time running a 3 month strain. The high ticket will be worth it. It definitely sells for way higher due to difficulty and length. Next run "Grape Cream Cake,"
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I feel ill come out strong with the numbers 1 cause I know plants and prevention. 2 the strain is a long one but it's heavy. Very heavy also the way i pack them in like you. I got 180 plants under those 12 lights pruned bare underneath nothing but top buds that make the light. And it is dense. My main worry is RH spikes in watering. The top half has a raised plywood floor all the water accumulates in the walkway like a lil lake and I drilled holes for drainage but the bottom 6 have a concrete slab all pots are on top of foam board insulation to keep off ground but I get water pooling up on the bottom half in the walkway so im thinking shop vaccing it but gotta buy one and I hole theres ones that can suck a shit load of water. These girls get 300 gallons every 2 to 3 days now
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My dehums sealed with c02 do the job fine so instead of getting another dehum thinking about purchasing a shop vac any suggestions I got a 3 foot walk way.