Thats what i like to hear!!! I'll post pics soon, couple of hours till light comes on, she's having her first real 6 hr beauty sleep, timer back on, new battery, new globe!!! oooohhh yeah, i'm excited, the new growth is looking nice and dark green (thanx to a little dribble of CYCO B1 boost) no more nutes till flush on friday, then i goto 3 quarter strength nutes, see how she copes..
good to have you along for the ride man!
and always dissorlve really well, and real easy to adjust ph, cause it nearly falls in line if u follow their nutrient chart, i tend to go just a little bit less than what it states, and if i see her handling it, and hey leaves look nice and perky, then i feed her a little more 3 days prior to each weekly flush
keep the questions comin man, no worries, i'm a proffessional bum, and a herb caregiver to myself
keep the questions comin man, no worries, i'm a proffessional bum, and a herb caregiver to myself
reason i use perlite is for fast growth, i get house inspections every three months , i dont want a 5 week flowering skunk nest going if i got a inspection round the bend.....soil generally takes alot longer to flower as roots starts to compact, they break down less and less creating clogging (bad for oxygen supply, and bad if you like to feed your plants high ppm in flowering as you get nute lock much easier, i mean yeah you can help it by adding perlite, and vermiculite, or whatever, but from what 'my master' hehe says perlite is clean, doesnt need to break down, can easily be flushed and is much more forgiving if you stupidly fuck up your nutes, just flush and go again, aslong as you havent left it too long...
as for lights, at the moment i'm just using HPS, in the above pic, it looks white, as i snapped a pic before the lamp warmed up, stupid camera has trouble focusing at that distance from lamp when it's hot. i may add some UVB lighting when flowering happens, but i would like to work out my heat issues first, damn it, I'm hoping there's not much summer left, its been a late summer with 40+ degree days
thanx real good input man, think people may start to recognize 'flowamasta'
you say it sounds like drain to waste, but she's recirculating, i have a return at the bottom of my hempy, and she's raised above the top level of nutrient reservoir (so she doesn't drown) some people think cause this is hydro, have the roots submerged, but with perlite, it acts as a soiless type medium, with a very high oxygen ratio, so regular feeding makes a good water/oxygen ratio, i say depending on how hot, and whether i'm flowering or not. if it's cooler in the tent, i water every 4hrs, if she's stinkin hot like , i will take 5 minutes to re-adjust timer to feed every 2-3 hrs, this doesn't seem to effect my humidity as, i was well aware of this, and if you take into account what i said before, the right feeding times, should give good water/oxygen ratio, and a similar humidity. my tent never seems to go over 60% humidity, even in flowering, this kind of weather, she's around 20-30 % humidity. as for smooth hits, it comes down to quality product, and good cure/dry, i notice it gets better with age, curing for longer, i had some buds in jars for over 3 months, and wow, when u crack the lid, it hits you in the face with a strong scent of heaven!, my smoke has always been thick, and smooth, and leaves a taste behind in your mouth for ages....yumyeah man, thanx good input also, i'm starting to think cannabis does adapt to certain environments, but i think i will still go atleast an evap cooler, even if i can get down 4-5 degrees! ohh and i believe silica is more fore strengthening branches, and enhancing cell structure, i up the levels of silica, along with swell during week 3-4-5, to increase ppm, not so much for strengthening and such, these buds get soo damn heavy, they snap all over the shot if i don't hang ALL the heads! and as for ventilation, i got the 6 inch 500cfm centrifugal extractor fan , blowing through carbon filter on outside of tent, 1 20cm fan directly cooling globe, and 2 fans circulating air around bottom of my tent, 1 30cm oscilating, and 1 cyclone high velocity fan pointing towards front of tent, forcing air upwards and through plant, i used to have a small 15cm fan feeding air through bottom of tent , but i found this to be useless.
sweeeeeet thanx manIm here again matey
i'm running it just when lights on for now, and 1 hr before lights come on, i'll do it manually untill i can work out the timer function, i checked this morning and i got it down to 29 degrees with the light on, directing the outlet of the cooler towards a little opening i have at the bottom of the zipper section, and i don't mind atall freezing a big chunk of water in the freezer each day, it has a 20 litre (5.3 gallons) tank, and it ran all night and maybe used 3 litres max, barely anything!!, i'm actually really really surprised, i have read many threads on how effective people think these are and alot don't give them enough credit, or are not using them properly, i guarantee this is making atleast 5 degrees difference!!!! i'm running this on the outside of my tent, in the centre of the room.
just got my new prokit today, all brand new! oooohhh yeah, i'm going to go even more careful this time round, and use around 3/4 strength and see how she copes, inspection in the morning, then flush, and start of week 2 veg begins. this is where she kicks in turbo mode usually, hold on for the ride!!!