stemseed
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New pics coming tomorrow morning.
Looking forward to itttt
New pics coming tomorrow morning.
I think that if you watered your plants better the humidity issue might get better but I know Cali is dry. Remember with soil its a good rule of thumb that 1/4 of what you water should be run off and drain through. If you get tired of hand watering you should easily be able to set up a watering system with a pump. You don't need to go hydro to save yourself this trouble. your hydro store should have the tubing and water stake drippers. 40 Min to set up tubes and you'll have an almost automated watering set up.Daytime conditions should be 70-80 degrees without co2, 80-90 degrees with co2 until the last two weeks when daytime temps should be kept between 70-80 and co2 can be reduced to adjust for the lower metabolism. Night temperatures should be kept above 60 degrees to prevent stress. It is preferrable during flowering to have a night temperature drop of 10-20 degrees to stimulate flowering hormones and reduce stem elongation.
I find that low humidity causes stress on plants. I recommend 50-60% humidity until the final 2 weeks of flowering. At this point, the humidity should be lowered as much as possible to encourage the plant to seal and protect itself with additional resin. (I am able to get the humidity to go as low as 31%) I have been able to frost things up considerably this way. The higher humidity levels prior to final ripening reduce salt levels within the plant tissue and encourage healthy, more lush growth.
Your light efficiency is defiantly a little off, Mylar first of all looses its reflectivity when it creases. That is of course beside the fact that your mylar is places so far away it couldn't help too much.
Your best bet here is to fix the mylar to something solid like cardboard and hang it, creating a room in a room type thing. You would be surprised as to the difference it makes to contain your light and reflect it properly.
I hate mylar... ok hate is a strong word... I despise mylar. It creases, creates hot spots, breaks and is a bitch to clean if you intend on foliar feeding (spraying anything). Go for the black/white polyurethane film (aka Panda poly, panda film) But as someone mentioned before nothing is as reliable as good old flat white paint. (I heard titanium white rules for reflectivity)
Again, Im at day 9 in veg. My lights are at 36"inches. Should they be lowered more yet and if so how much