First grow in a long time
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It's a good feeling getting back into it ain't it! I had to stop growing for 2 years due to not being able to pay the freaking light bill - Too many medical bills had to be paid first which made me have to pull up 18 - 2 month old plants. That really hurt to do it. The freak thing was I didn't actually pull them up and found them a month later all growing like they had been getting good light! Standing up and looking great. A grow friend of mine told me they adjusted to zero light somehow. They were growing straight in the ground and must have reached water on their own.
Then I had to pull up! Ouch! That really sucked as the seeds came from Holland...
Back at it full steam now with a full boat comming ashore in April.
Good luck with your hydro - Looks like a killer setup and plant look great!
Then I had to pull up! Ouch! That really sucked as the seeds came from Holland...
Back at it full steam now with a full boat comming ashore in April.
Good luck with your hydro - Looks like a killer setup and plant look great!
fabizpwn
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Got everyone into flower 13 different strains 34 plants. Tossed 2 plants that looked like they were having problems. Pic is 14 days into 12/12 about 6 plants are 7 days into 12/12. I decided to let those veg a little longer. Got a decent stretch when switching lights but was expecting more. I'm hoping they add a little more girth and height in the next week. Not familiar with any of these strains, i adopted all the plants from a friend who passed away. They were severely neglected when I got them. Had white flies and pm. White flies have been eliminated and been working on the pm. At this point it's hard to find any pm but I know it's there lol. Had a few issues early on with low temps and high humidity but installed a new 50k btu furnace in the room and added some dehumidifiers. Room is now running 74 at night and 82 during the day with 1500-1700ppm co2. RH is 35% at night, 45% during the first 6-7 hours on and jumps up to around 55% for the last 5 hours of the day. I notice as the days moves on my chiller lines like to sweat and raise the humidity. Any advice or suggestions will be looked at.
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Diabolical666
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Your setup is amazing. Your plants on the other hand could use some work. Check out my profile..theres a few links to some yt vids on pruning techniques. ime plants have a better yield when the wasted energy is removed
GrowUrOwnDank
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Holy smokes bro! Go big or go home! Nice man.
fabizpwn
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Agreed lol. These plants never really had a chance from the beginning. This is a new room to me, water cooling is new to me. I adopted these plants from a friend that passed away, they were severely neglected when i got them. The plants had a bad whitefly and pm problem, whiteflies have been exterminated but the pm has been an ongoing issue which may be partly my fault from the high humidity and low temps in the beginning. The fella i got them from watered them with pond water and reused old dirt from previous grows lol. I took these plants as a learning curve on my own setup, basically just wanted to get a run in and see how the environment does. I'm actually glad i did this as i had trouble keeping my temps above 70 with the lights on and above 60 with the lights off. My humidity would also spike super high from the chiller lines sweating. After I'm done with this run i will be setting up a multi rdwc run. Doing a 2 month veg with lots of supercropping. I have the setup dialed in now where I like. Running 82 with lights on at 1500/1700 ppm co2 and 74 with lights off. Also keeping the humidity in check with lows at 35rh and highs right around 50rh after watering. I appreciate the suggestions.
Diabolical666
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Spray your whole room, plants, pots etc with fungicide. Green Cure is a great product to keep on hand when mold pops up.
fabizpwn
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Once this is harvested the entire room is getting thoroughly cleaned with bleach and then soda blasted then new setup goes in
Diabolical666
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fabizpwn
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That also includes my natural gas which I have my co2 generator hooked too and a dedicated 55k btu furnace for the rooms themselves. Electric was about 850 and my gas was $80. That includes heating the house but the room keeps the house pretty warm and the house furnace rarely turns on except for super cold days
fabizpwn
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About 33-34 days into 12/12. still treating pm. Not going to be able to get rid of it but I am able to control it with alternating weekly foliar spray of actinovate and ph'd water. Thinking I have roughly 3 weeks on some 4 weeks on others. I do have plants in there a week behind so those might go another 4-5 weeks.
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Larry {the} Gardener
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$1200! Yikes. Is your weight going to be worth the high electrical costs? How much of that is from your grow-op? I'm down here in the land of cheap electricity where a $300-400 light bill is big, so I don't know if you are being efficient or not.