I actually intended to pull that carpet up before this grow. i never got around to it and well there it is.. i dont know what this pandafilm your talking about is, but ill have a look into it, sounds like a floor cover?
a tent is not a great option for me, there is a bigger room set up there that you do no see. 4x600s inline exhausts to 8inch exhaust fan about 800cfm all together.
thanks for the advice. ive also considered predatory bugs, last round i got hit with fuckin aphids about halfway through flower.. that was a swift kick in the balls.
So a few things. First, shortly after I wrote this, I realized I have a thrip infestation. I'll explain more later in this post. My question for those short on time: once you have thrips, is flower or concentrate safe to consume, assuming the problem is resolved? I'm at week 1, could I get it under control; leaf strip at week three, and then hope for the best? Should I clone, cut, clean and start over?
To your question, panda film is common name for plastic, usually white on one side and black on the other; the thicker the better.
Your second picture better shows your room. I know a tent might seem counter-intuitive, but given these pictures, a 5x5, 8x8 or 10x10 might work. Given the amount of light, 8x8 or 10x10 would be better. You'd also lose less light to the floor.
Concerning airflow for the air-cooled hoods, am I correct in understanding the by inline cooled you mean you have an inline fan connected to your four lights, cooling your hoods? If so, you could still run this type of ducting in a tent. You could split the output from your inline fan in two: one for the lights and one for the tent, depending on the size of your fan. You could get a secondary fan and dedicate one for each purpose. Better yet, do half for each purpose, creating a bit of redundancy.
What's the point, right? Every time I get bugs, at least twice now in a few years, I play back every single mistake I made, every time I didn't wash my hands or the walls often enough, everything, literally everything.
I do my best to keep the room clean. Panda film to the walls, which are routinely washed, maybe not often enough. No shoes or clothes warn outside. Occasionally, I'll peak in a tent without washing my hands or showering, but that's about the worst way I expose my room.
About two weeks ago, I checked all my pots for my keystone beneficial predator: rove beetles. All of the other beneficials that survived for any period of time were not discernible from each other; they're all barely visible, teaming critters. Some are darker; some are slower or faster.
Rove beetles are huge; they're like little monsters. They're big enough to take pictures of them with standard phones. Whenever I'm transplanting into bigger pots or from cubes to 2.5x2.5 inch starter pots, I try put few finger fulls of soil and a few beetles in the new plant, assuming some of the less visible beneficials would also transfer. Anyways, about two or three weeks ago, after checking all four large pots, I realized I couldn't find any rove beetles. I thought, "I should really get some rove beetles. This could get salty fast." Then something distracted me.
If any of this is known to you, I apologize. I don't mean to hijack the thread.
This has become one of the most developed threads on RIU. I'd appreciate anyone's advice. Again, basic question: if I can already see thrips, can this be salvaged? Will the flower/concentrate be viable?
