First ever grow - Fridge grow

Figong

Figong

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Lower humidity (generally below 30%) causes the plant to only partially open the stomata, if the plant opens them at all. This restricts or almost completely cuts off the CO2 that the plants love as part of the growing process. Two symptoms of this could include what appears to be very slow, or stunted growth.. and some symptoms typical of nute burn (but would not be true nute burn) and those two symptoms are not guaranteed to show 100% of the time, but are definitely more prevalent in some strains than others.
 
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willy0405

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I'm a bit worried about the stunted or slow growth. I think that could be true in my case. My plants seem to be rather small for about 3 weeks from seed.
 
Figong

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willy0405 said:
I'm a bit worried about the stunted or slow growth. I think that could be true in my case. My plants seem to be rather small for about 3 weeks from seed.
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Get the humidity up a bit, continue with the feed/water schedule as you have been.. and give them a few days to recover.
 
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willy0405

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humidity is at about 35% on average now :| weather has cooled down alot more where I live so not sure.

anyway bit of an update. I convinced a friend of mine who I recently discovered shares the same hobby as me to try the hempy method. So he is going to be experimenting with it at the same time as me with 100% perlite. I am looking after the 2 clones in the picture and will give 1 back to him and I will experiment a bit with the other clone which he has given me...not too sure what to do with it exactly yet but I will work it out....possibly put it outdoors? not 100% sure. Anyway here is a picture to keep everyone interested.

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willy0405

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ugh okay im not sure if i am an idiot or the timer is broken but i cannot get it to work...no matter what i do it just will not turn off the light. Whether i plug it into my surge protector and then plug the light into it, or plug the timer directly into the wall then plug the surge protector into that it wont turn off. It turns on just fine however. I have pushed down the segments I want the light to be on and pushed up the segments I want the light to be off. nothing! If anyone could help me it would be much appreciated..below is a picture of the timer I bought





any ideas?? at this stage im thinking of taking it back to the store and then buying a digital timer. I have been trying to get this to work for the past week and its pissing me off
 
Figong

Figong

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My only guess, as I just pulled the documentation on it.. is that when you pulled them up for 'off' that they may have a bit more room to go with a slight/positive click.. am not 100% sure on that, but you could try to gently lift them a bit higher and see if there's any additional play that may make the difference. Other than that, would attribute it to a faulty timer, and would exchange it, or return it and get another model.
 
madrush21

madrush21

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Hey Willy! I was having troubles with my timer until I realized that one, I had mixed up which should be up and which should be down as well as figuring out the switch on the side. It looks like yours has it too. Is it set to the timer? Or just on? It could just be simply a faulty unit, so I would take it back before the return policy runs out on it. Word of fire safety advice, check the total amps it can and make sure you aren't overloading the unit.

I'll keep watching your grow as this is my first time through as well. One Love!
 
mc130p

mc130p

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Usually there is a switch on the side that allows you to go from always on to timed power.
 
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willy0405

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Hey guys, I took it back to the store last night and replaced it for another one. The new one works just fine! Big relief... Thanks for all the replies guys. Will update with a new picture soon. Anyone know how long hempy cups take for the roots to hit res?
 
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willy0405

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well that was quick, 2/3 plants hit the res about 2-3 days ago and the plant on the right of the picture hit the res last night I think. The hempy method is amazing.



I have started feeding at approximately half strength, maybe a bit less, and have been ph'ing the solution to around 6. So far so good. My plan is to do a feed/feed/water and having a time of around 2 days between feedings/waterings. So far I have given them two feeds so the next one will be just water
 
Highocaine

Highocaine

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Nice recovery! When you say "hit the res" you mean the bottom of the cups?

Subbed for the hot fridge. Someone should do a grow with a functioning fridge, somehow..
 
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willy0405

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Thanks guys. And highocaine yes that's correct. They're starting to take off now. Ill upload a new pic soon, also the hot fridge has cooled down a fair bit now because weather is alot cooler. Temps are sitting at around 25C with humidity at around 50%
 
Figong

Figong

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Highocaine said:
Nice recovery! When you say "hit the res" you mean the bottom of the cups?

Subbed for the hot fridge. Someone should do a grow with a functioning fridge, somehow..
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I actually mentioned that before, and was going to try to outdo a Finshaggy grow with a running fridge.. but would have to abuse the hell out of the Ruderalis and try to get it a bit more in-tune with a normal fridge temp before it'd really do much of anything, let alone survive.
 
mc130p

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I bet it would be easy to just limit exhaust flow until it stays hot enough in there, with a functional fridge set on its warmest setting.
 
Highocaine

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mc130p said:
I bet it would be easy to just limit exhaust flow until it stays hot enough in there, with a functional fridge set on its warmest setting.
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Even the warmest setting it might have difficulty keeping up to the heat a 400W HID puts out, though.
 
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