1) When you switch over to 12/12 is that when you start counting your flowering time or is it once they begin to show sex?
2) I got HH. No good way around it for me. Uninsulated detached garage with exhaust fans in the roof, 15A breaker going to garage, place is a rental so cant run another electric line. On that note I have two 4x8 tents running 12/12 consecutively. Each has about 900w worth of LED lights (Tent 1: Quantum Boards $800)(Tent 2: DIY LED Lights $120) and the wattage used in the garage stays around 1400w (everything runs through the kill-a-watt). When 12 hours are up on Tent #1, the light power gets redirected to Tent #2. My fans and everything else run 24/7. I'm in the Southeastern US so temps this time of year are around 80 - 90F and humidity usually runs 70 - 80%. I have a 6" AC Infinity fan and carbon filter in each tent to move as much fresh air though as possible but my humidity stays about the same in my tents as it is outside.
So I am trying to fix the PM and bud rot issues I know I will have by:
a) Growing lots of small 12- 36" plants in a SOG (hempy 2Ls) with no veg time at all. Doing this to try and get 4 harvests per year.
b) Keeping the AC Infinity fans running 24/7 at full speed.
c) Lots of defoliating starting at week 3.
d) Running a high velocity, oscillating tower fan in each tent.
These Lasko tower fans move a LOT of air through the plants and the plants grow very thick stalks from the start as they get used to the wind. I have heard that high wind was bad for plants and too much fan was a bad thing. Granted I am only about 4 weeks into this grow but as of right now I am seeing no damage to the plants other than they seem to not stretch as much and develop thick main stalks.
What do you guys think? I'm a newb and this is my first grow. I was told by lots of smart people on the forums not to get a 4x8 tent and go smaller while learning. What do I do? I bought two 4x8 tents and decided to go crazy. I don't listen very well but I do read everyone's suggestions and try to learn as much as possible.
Images and video attached
2) I got HH. No good way around it for me. Uninsulated detached garage with exhaust fans in the roof, 15A breaker going to garage, place is a rental so cant run another electric line. On that note I have two 4x8 tents running 12/12 consecutively. Each has about 900w worth of LED lights (Tent 1: Quantum Boards $800)(Tent 2: DIY LED Lights $120) and the wattage used in the garage stays around 1400w (everything runs through the kill-a-watt). When 12 hours are up on Tent #1, the light power gets redirected to Tent #2. My fans and everything else run 24/7. I'm in the Southeastern US so temps this time of year are around 80 - 90F and humidity usually runs 70 - 80%. I have a 6" AC Infinity fan and carbon filter in each tent to move as much fresh air though as possible but my humidity stays about the same in my tents as it is outside.
So I am trying to fix the PM and bud rot issues I know I will have by:
a) Growing lots of small 12- 36" plants in a SOG (hempy 2Ls) with no veg time at all. Doing this to try and get 4 harvests per year.
b) Keeping the AC Infinity fans running 24/7 at full speed.
c) Lots of defoliating starting at week 3.
d) Running a high velocity, oscillating tower fan in each tent.
These Lasko tower fans move a LOT of air through the plants and the plants grow very thick stalks from the start as they get used to the wind. I have heard that high wind was bad for plants and too much fan was a bad thing. Granted I am only about 4 weeks into this grow but as of right now I am seeing no damage to the plants other than they seem to not stretch as much and develop thick main stalks.
What do you guys think? I'm a newb and this is my first grow. I was told by lots of smart people on the forums not to get a 4x8 tent and go smaller while learning. What do I do? I bought two 4x8 tents and decided to go crazy. I don't listen very well but I do read everyone's suggestions and try to learn as much as possible.
Images and video attached
