HPS for flowering.. If you want to supplement with something else that is fine... But I would just use high "PAR" HPS bulbs.. I have plants finishing right now that have colas that look like tall boy beer cans....
exhaust is crucial to control humidity.. that little fan you are using won't do it. You need to be able to clear all the air in the tent in 5 minutes max... at 73% humidity, your plants will probably have mold problems. But as your humidity rises, your carbon filter will stop working as...
I think if you do it with the lights hanging, you will need to oversize your fan up to around 900CFM's minimum to keep them under 80 degrees.. plus you are going to have more heat in your tent to deal with as your heat isn't all up top anymore.. I think you are going to have a very difficult...
Your original will cool better.. Less bends equal less restricted airflow to cool. Every bend decreases the efficency of your fan. Depending on the angle of the bend, you can lose 50% of your fan!! Also, don't forget that when you add a carbon filter, your fan won't actually be doing that...
Sounds like your res water went stagnant. Do you have any microdifuser or airestones in your res?? If not, you will cause the water to go stagnant and if you feed your plants from it, they will die. You have no O2 in the water so you will get a nice swamp bog of methane going on... Smells...
If you use Azamax every 10-14 days in a soil drench, you will eliminate Gnats population in around 30 days.. If you put a barrier on the top of your pots (white film or you can use sand) the Adults have a tougher time getting to the medium to lay eggs. So if you do the drench every 10 - 14...
I have grown church before and my suggestions are:
Give the plant room to grow. It wants to be a bit bushy.. I would also prune the lower growth as the lower branches won't get light on the buds.. They will be like popcorn.. Great plant.. Give it a good 9 weeks of flowering. Don't veg...
They don't eat dirt, they eat roots.. They exist in every growing medium if it is soggy. You can have them in Coco all day long... No dirt there so what are they eatting?? You have a bunch of people giving you suggestions and you are basically arguing with everyone saying that they are...
Well being that it looks as if you have already removed all large leaves (fans and such), I would say that you will be harvesting soon as you really won't have much choice.. How long have they been flowering? You need a microscope so you can look at the trichs..
you could get a bit better with the lighting. I would suggest turning the lights off and using a flash. You are losing all the detail on them currently..
Don't get liquid on a hot bulb, it can pop.. Scare the shit out of your and if you are looking at it, you will get all kinds of shit in your eyes.. You should have your lights on a circuit with it's own breaker as a minimum..
A few things to control gnats:
1st: Make sure you are getting air flow to the bottom of your plants. You need to try and get the soil dried out at the top.
2nd: You can hit the top with a very dilute bleach solution but I wouldn't do that in soil.. I would use Azamax and do a soil...
I can't tell you what it was like being dried but about a year ago, I grabbed some Super Lemon Haze from a local collective and it smelled like dead fish when I got it home and opened the jar. It tasted horrible and it made me feel a bit sick. I have no idea what was wrong with it but I am...
better find out what the output is from the perspective of the light spectrum. You need to know what type of light they produce to know if they will work well, regardless of cost or anything else..
What are they in?? Rockwool, Rapid rooting plugs, etc?? What is the PH of the water, what is the PPM of the water? Did you add any nutes at all, if so what? Pictures would help as well..
Go and buy a $10 microscope and look at the trichomes. You can find them at hydro stores, radio shack, on-line. Do this or you are guessing and really don't care enough about your final product to do it the right way. I doubt that you want to leave it to chance so go and buy a scope...
3 Different strains.. Kushberry (Blueberry x OG Kush), Skywalker x Master Kush and Purple Blue Dream (purple kush x Blue Dream.
The kushberry I think may need a bit more time (around 2 weeks) the Skywalker is close and the Purple Blue Dream is close. I am going to probably harvest the...