BongHolyeo
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Update i put a divider in the middle of the planter so the roots wont touch and i have tied down the top of the sour diesel. white widow hasnt been tied down yet, but is looking healthier
Stealth grow dresser, 12 23w CFLs, LST + scrog screen, white widdow + sour desiel
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Fuzzbutter
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Btw. Young plants are very bendy, you can probably tie it down almost to the ground without worry of snapping it. Just be gentle 
albsure
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The in room humidifier is a good idea. Here is something else you can try and it gives you a triple bonus. Get some Boston Ferns and put them in the room. They have one of the highest transpiration rates of all houseplants. Also the Areca Palm is a tremendous houseplant; transpiring up to one quart of water into the air a day. These plants also remove large quantities of toxins from the air. The Boston Fern is one of the best and is especially good at removing formaldehyde. They also look good and give the room a good vibe. Not saying the mj will benefit from the vibe but it can't hurt.
The reason I mentioned turning off some of the lights is to try to get down the heat. I know cfl's don't put off as much heat as mh/hps lamps but they put off some heat and in veg. I think you can get away with a little less light. By the way, what are your room temps outside the grow box? Are you exhausting the hot air outside the room? Run your exhaust at 100% first to see if that will do the trick. Good luck.
The reason I mentioned turning off some of the lights is to try to get down the heat. I know cfl's don't put off as much heat as mh/hps lamps but they put off some heat and in veg. I think you can get away with a little less light. By the way, what are your room temps outside the grow box? Are you exhausting the hot air outside the room? Run your exhaust at 100% first to see if that will do the trick. Good luck.
BongHolyeo
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Tied down the top last night and it had already grown sideways and back up by the morning, i did a more aggressive tie down like you said before i left for schoolBtw. Young plants are very bendy, you can probably tie it down almost to the ground without worry of snapping it. Just be gentle
BongHolyeo
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The room the box is in is 72 degrees and when i ran the exhaust fan at 100% power the box temps dropped down to 77. i have not received the humidifier in the mail yet but when i do it should help with the humidity. i am leaving all of the lights on because i figure with the exhaust fan on a higher setting, lowering the temp of the box it could not hurt. thanks for the advice on the house plants if the humidifier does not work i will look into them
albsure
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You are right that the new fan output has it in a good temp. range and you can keep all of your lights on. Good job. The humidifier should help. I have a bucket with some water in it and a couple of large towels half in the bucket and half out with a small fan blowing on it and it raised my humidity nearly 20%. Many ways to skin a cat. Good luck.
jdillinger
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Heres a good thread about training helped me alot: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=104379&highlight=Overview+Cannabis+Training
BongHolyeo
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thank you this link was helpful
BongHolyeo
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update on the ladies the white widow is still growing slow but the sour diesel is going fast it looks like i have a few new tops growing after tieing down the top. on concern is they have some red color on the leaves not sure what that means
jdillinger
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Hey bongholyeo, a question I forgot to ask earlier, how do you plan on ScrOGing if your tying down? Wouldn't you be better off just fim/topping, for it to reach and stretch to the screen? I've never tried tying down before, but I assumed it keeps alot of the leaves near the base, which is a waste if your going to canopy it in a screen?
BongHolyeo
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At the moment i am only tying down the sour diesel to allow the white widow to catch up to its growth in height, and the fact that it now has 5 tops to grow up to the top after a week of tie down is just a bonus. the screen will help fill out the cabinet when they get tall enough and prevent them from getting too tall but it is not my only means of producing more tops at this stage of growth. i will post some photos tonight of the new growth, i am in a POLS class or i would take some now
Don't try to use that screen as a scrog, instead use your eighty hooks to LST (like you've started doing)
The screen is way too high up and too close to your lights. But it'll make a nice preventative secondary training tool once they flower up that high. I'd flower WAY before they get up there though.
Also, divider in the soil? Get rid of that, let em mingle, they'll have more room overall. Two plants in a pot isin't a good idea to start with, but the divider is a worse idea.
edit: forgot to say, LOVE the cab! very nicely done sir.
edit2: I'd flower as soon as 2/3 of the soil is covered with leaf mass, they'll take up the rest during stretch.
The screen is way too high up and too close to your lights. But it'll make a nice preventative secondary training tool once they flower up that high. I'd flower WAY before they get up there though.
Also, divider in the soil? Get rid of that, let em mingle, they'll have more room overall. Two plants in a pot isin't a good idea to start with, but the divider is a worse idea.
edit: forgot to say, LOVE the cab! very nicely done sir.
edit2: I'd flower as soon as 2/3 of the soil is covered with leaf mass, they'll take up the rest during stretch.
BongHolyeo
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Took out the divider and about to post more pics of where the plant is at let me know when you think i should throw them into flower
BongHolyeo
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pics of my girls, the larger one is the sour diesel. I put a pic of them on the shelf they are on and one of them on the bottom with the screen it so yall can see where i want them during flower. let me know what you guys think and when i should put them into flower i was thinking another week or two. also my timer got reset while moving the box and the light was on for 48 hours strait is this going to hermy them?
pics were taken on the day of week 4 since planting being last night
pics were taken on the day of week 4 since planting being last night
I'd give em a week or sooner, till startin' flower. They're lookin really healthy. Gotta remember they gonna be 2 to 4 times their height at the end of stretch depending on the strain. They gonna start growin crazy once you switch so, make sure you don't veg em too big.
You can also bring the light way closer using your shelf there, 4-6" away is good, you can get real close with cfl just watch em to make sure it's never too close. Use the back of your hand to judge heat by leaving it there for a while.
Oh yeah, the 48 hours straight is just fine, some ppl veg round the clock.
You can also bring the light way closer using your shelf there, 4-6" away is good, you can get real close with cfl just watch em to make sure it's never too close. Use the back of your hand to judge heat by leaving it there for a while.
Oh yeah, the 48 hours straight is just fine, some ppl veg round the clock.
jdillinger
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Looks pretty good, how are those plants anyway? Do those strains give off any odours in veg? I've got a big bud in veg and its already giving off smell up close. How do you plan on containing the smell when you go into flowering, or does it not matter?