The Irish Growers Thread!

Listen, I'm giving him advice because he's in allmix same as I am , doing a full bio grow, after 3-4 weeks the plant will be looking for nutes, that soil runs out after this period, and u must add now as they take a week or so to start feeding the soil, I had leaves doing exactly the same thing !& it will get worse unless the feed is started. Get some algi Vera & spay em , it's excellent shizz :)
 
ThatSpudGuy said:
What size is your tent? The cooltubes arent that expensive . Do you vent your hot air and bring in cool air? Do you heat the room your tent is in i.e radiator?
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In the box room, both tents are 0.6x0.6x1.4, there's a 100mm extractor in one tent and a 125mm extractor in the other. Yes, cooltubes aren't that expensive but they're not in my budget right now, bills and responsibilities first, but this month I get to splash out on nutes! :grin: I never expected heat to be an issue with the 150W's though which is why I didn't get cooltubes in the first place. Definitely plan to get them when I eventually upgrade to 250W.

My ducting is taped to the vent that goes directly outside the house, and I've taken down the filter so as not to impede air flow. I don't have cool air intake, leaving the window a bit usually does the trick but there have been a lash of robberies in my area recently so I won't be doing that for a while, hence leaving the door open instead. There is a rad in the room but it doesn't work properly so isn't an issue.

coreywebster said:
Sounds like you have a problem with extraction, where does the vent go? Can you remove the vent to decrease resistance?
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Done, and the vent goes directly outside the house.

coreywebster said:
First thing I would do is move your thermometers out of direct light, just above the light line. See what your air temps are then!
Second thing I would do if possible is separate your two tents by a few inch. Get an air gap between them to stop heat transfer from one to the other.
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There are 5 inches between the 2 tents and I can't stretch it out any further than that. I'll try your suggestion about the thermometers though!
 
kit10 said:
In the box room, both tents are 0.6x0.6x1.4, there's a 100mm extractor in one tent and a 125mm extractor in the other. Yes, cooltubes aren't that expensive but they're not in my budget right now, bills and responsibilities first, but this month I get to splash out on nutes! :grin: I never expected heat to be an issue with the 150W's though which is why I didn't get cooltubes in the first place. Definitely plan to get them when I eventually upgrade to 250W.

My ducting is taped to the vent that goes directly outside the house, and I've taken down the filter so as not to impede air flow. I don't have cool air intake, leaving the window a bit usually does the trick but there have been a lash of robberies in my area recently so I won't be doing that for a while, hence leaving the door open instead. There is a rad in the room but it doesn't work properly so isn't an issue.



Done, and the vent goes directly outside the house.



There are 5 inches between the 2 tents and I can't stretch it out any further than that. I'll try your suggestion about the thermometers though!
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Hmm are you putting your ballast on the inside of your tent? They can put off a nice bit of heat
 
kit10 said:
Nope, they're both outside their respective tents, and are nowhere near each other so there's not a combination of heat gathering somewhere.
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Hmm has me stumped . Ive only just over a years growing under me belt so i dont really have many other solutions unfortunately. Does your house be roasting?
 
ThatSpudGuy said:
Hmm has me stumped . Ive only just over a years growing under me belt so i dont really have many other solutions unfortunately. Does your house be roasting?
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Lmao, it's no warmer than your average 3 bed. Has me scratching my head too. I've been growing for over 10yrs but mostly in wardrobes and with CFL's, I only started using tents and HID's this year. I had great fun during the summer keeping temps down, had doors wide open and fans blowing on frozen water bottles, lol!!!
 
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kit10 said:
Lmao, it's no warmer than your average 3 bed. Has me scratching my head too. I've been growing for over 10yrs but mostly in wardrobes and with CFL's, I only started using tents and HID's this year. I had great fun during the summer keeping temps down, had fans blowing on frozen water bottles and everything, lol!!!
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My head would be wrecked trying to sort the temps out. Ive a 1.2x1.2x2 tent and my cooltube and fan keeps temps down as low as 20c if i dont use my fan speed controller
 
Jammy. It is! :wall:

What light do you have? I do wonder if I would have been better off going with just one larger tent and light but I wanted separate veg and flower tents.
 
I honestly don't know @Naes, but the gas boiler is in the room directly underneath. It goes on most days now during lights off, but evening times I love my open fire, which is not under my grow room.

The tents are raised about 2ft or so off the ground, I use the unit they're standing on to store all my grow bits n pieces.
 
kit10 said:
Jammy. It is! :wall:

What light do you have? I do wonder if I would have been better off going with just one larger tent and light but I wanted separate veg and flower tents.
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Ive a 600 watt. Its some job. Im getting a veg tent after the christmas been meaning to get one for ages
 
Noice. I'd love to have the space for a grow that size but no chance with the smallie. Maybe when she grows up and moves out, or when the lotto fairies throw a shit load of money at me. C'mon lotto!!
 
Hey all, been out for a while. A friend of mine got busted and some of my kit went with it.
Digital ballasts seem to have evolved a bit since I last bought one, any one have any experience of the new style Lumii ones?

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Growan said:
Hey all, been out for a while. A friend of mine got busted and some of my kit went with it.
Digital ballasts seem to have evolved a bit since I last bought one, any one have any experience of the new style Lumii ones?

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Welcome back brother.
Sorry to hear about your mate and the loss of your gear.

It's 2017 and this shit is still illegal.
Some joke !
 
Naes said:
Welcome back brother.
Sorry to hear about your mate and the loss of your gear.

It's 2017 and this shit is still illegal.
Some joke !
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The kit I can replace, my man is still waiting to find out whether they'll be charging him months after the bust. The worst of it is it's screwed up his housing situation. Even if he doesn't get a charge he's out of council property for the immediate future. :/
In this day and age, people being made homeless over a plant. :/

And thanks, it's good to be back. :)
 
Growan said:
Hey all, been out for a while. A friend of mine got busted and some of my kit went with it.
Digital ballasts seem to have evolved a bit since I last bought one, any one have any experience of the new style Lumii ones?

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Sorry to hear about your mate.
I dont have any experience with that particular ballast but lumii seem to have some good products so i dont see why it wouldnt be any good. Its probably pricey though im sure you can get a cheaper one that does the same
 
kit10 said:
Noice. I'd love to have the space for a grow that size but no chance with the smallie. Maybe when she grows up and moves out, or when the lotto fairies throw a shit load of money at me. C'mon lotto!!
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Noice. Thats one word i havent heard in a while lol. Yeah weve got our spare bedroom dedicated to our grow . With the new tent coming in im running out of space hah. Ah yeah id be the same if i had a sprog so i completely understand the need to keep it small
 
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