1st from Seed Grow (Cowboy Style)

mr west said:

baby oil gets rid of sticky. I find it hard to get my rh below 50 this time of year

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I guess the cold weather is doing it for me right now, rh stays in the low 20s, sometimes lower

i havent had mould in a while now. think i got the mix just right for temps/humidity.

i have an intake vent at the bottom of my room and a carbon filter on the end of a 4'' fan that is blowing outside threw an air brick. i keep the fan running at all times and a dehumidifier running through the dark period... not had mould for over nine months.

Highlanders cave said:

Hey Unity whats going on. Just had a question for you if you don't mind? Why do you keep your humidity at those levels when it is recommended to be much lower during flowering and how does your air purifier and hepa filter (I'm assuming on your intake) reduce the chance of mold growing inside of your buds. I've flowered at the 50 -60% range that you were talking about before but not by choice. I had 1 strain out of 6 or 7 that I had to watch out for mold but the rest seemed fine. In my mind, lower humidity during flowering always equaled more trics?

Don buddy I wish I could turn ya on to some of this BB hash I'm smoking right now,,,talk to you man

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Cheers bud brother I hear you regarding the relationship between low humidity and increased thc production. It makes sense at face value, but does it take in to consideration the overall health of the plant and how that can impacts overall growth and vigor. Personal experience with my growing environment seems to indicate that my plants are 'happier' between 40%-60%RH rather then 20%-40%RH. I have to admit though that when I checked my settings this morning I realized that I am running between 40%-50% RH not 50% to 60%. Go figure lol!
I do not have an intake nor an exhaust vent, I'm in a closed growing environment (no air exchange), my hepa and charcoal filters clean the air inside my space. It rids the air of toxins that the plants ex-spell as well as toxins from the grow space it self. Mold does not start inside the bud, it is in the air and then establishes itself in a favorable environment. It spreads by becoming air born. The filters remove these spores before they find a host. So this is my understanding of it, but by all means please share your info on this as well, we need all the information we can get.

Unity

Don Gin and Ton said:

reeet quick update as the gaffer has given me the shitty job of doing the
VAT returns

loadsa pics of them outside the box for ya london

i decided to veg the 3 babies a little longer. theyll be in the box thisweek sometime

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remember this mate?

My RH is around 55-65 - 65 after I have just watered and then dropping to 55 before I water (sometimes 50) I have only ever had mould indoors once and PM a couple of times, but both times that was my own fault....

greenjambo said:

Great check n find there Donny! Those nug's look so hard i can imajine its not too easy to give them a good check, and alcohol to clean the fingers after

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i use nail polish remover, works just fine. and i chope with latex gloves on, much easier.

TrynaGroSumShyt said:

aww man , sorry to hear that. i have never had pm, i hope i never do.

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likewise it seems once the spores have hold they're a bitch to shake.

unity said:

Sorry to hear Don, it sucks being this close and then have pm dropping in for a fuck fest. Personally I never had Pm indoors, I had it outdoors several times with rather depressing impact on my otherwise cheerful soul. I'm growing in a cge environment were everything is controlled, my humidity starting mid flowering never exceeds 50-60%, which kind a sounds high but I also use a HEPA air purifier and charcoal filter in there, and just never had any issues.
Just keep your eyes on high alert until chop brother!
Unity

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yeah im keeping a close eye, but to my shame i just checked the dehumififier and the trap was full. thats why the humidity went up cos the damned thing wasnt able to pull air out, probably for about 3 full days what a tool i am sometimes.

TrynaGroSumShyt said:

cant u make hash or butter with it ?

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its drying now the mould will go into the bubble run the rest im smokin!

TrynaGroSumShyt said:

Lower humidity is usually followed by phatter and more trichs n buds plumping up a bit.

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aye humidity drop will fatten your trichs up a good deal in the last week

las fingerez said:

JD wouldnt shift my sticky fingers. washing up liquid and sugar is second best to butter then washing up liquid lmao (got the butter and washing liquid from RIU and it works lol)
damn donny sorry 2 hear about ur loss bro
lol @ ghb u joker hahaha

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waste of jd lad!!! still its not scotch

mr west said:

remember this mate?

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errr not really!? should i? one of my early ones maybe blue moonshine

DST said:

My RH is around 55-65 - 65 after I have just watered and then dropping to 55 before I water (sometimes 50) I have only ever had mould indoors once and PM a couple of times, but both times that was my own fault....

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likewise its generally my faul, remember when i fooked the whole room n had to decorate!? right old lawrance.

Well Don, at least you found out what was wrong. My dehumidifier has a hose that I need to attached to a bigger bucket as emptying it everyday is a pain in the back...literally as I crouch under the scrog, haha. Think I'll sort that for next run. Anything interesting happening on Friday Don (apart from the VAT) I just got my quarterly return back (the vatman always pays DST, mhahahahaha)

organising a trip to talk about methane conversion to electricity actually, pretty cool stuff they even convert the turd into pellets for fire! green as it gets, the guy were meeting actually supplies the grid and gets £££ for it. im not really organising the business side just the party treats

the VAT man pays you huh.... jammy !

that sounds cool. The green lecky supply here would probably push my bill up 30% or I would do it. I suggested a wind turbine to go on top of our building but the neighbols were nae interested....Don the Party Organiser eh! Sweet.

Don Gin and Ton said:

organising a trip to talk about methane conversion to electricity actually, pretty cool stuff they even convert the turd into pellets for fire! green as it gets, the guy were meeting actually supplies the grid and gets £££ for it. im not really organising the business side just the party treats

the VAT man pays you huh.... jammy !

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The guys having a shoot on sat but I don't know if ill get to play with a shotgun but hoping!

My parties are renound for being a riot metaphorically an on occasion literally! Doubt these farmer types will be that raucous but you never know...

PULL!!! Never been around guns much so not a huge fan, but I reckon some clay pigeon shooting would be awesome fun (i bet it's hard as!!)

well im a crack shot with a throwing knife but lord knows with a shotgun?! dougt theyll give me a go being drunk stoned and high

eh, probably not, people who are drunk and high with guns normally do drive by's.....lol.

so whats the story with the knife throwing Donny? you had training or just something you have picked up along the way?

Don Gin and Ton said:

well im a crack shot with a throwing knife but lord knows with a shotgun?! dougt theyll give me a go being drunk stoned and high

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gotta get the practise in incase he ever runs into mike ashley.

Well fuck, now I'm going to have to lower my humidity during the last 2 weeks. There seems to be consensus on this subject, less humidity = more trics. I can bring it all the way down to the low 20's what would you guys think is a good balance here? Also, I'm assuming that I will have to watch my nute solution, it may be a bit 'hot' if my plants start drawing a lot more water up due to the lower humidity?! What do you guys think?

DST said:

eh, probably not, people who are drunk and high with guns normally do drive by's.....lol.
so whats the story with the knife throwing Donny? you had training or just something you have picked up along the way?

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as i cant drive it'd be a cycle by in my case hahaah yeah i got a cheap set got ok with them got a good weighted set and become kanny good, i could hit a target stationary at about 30ft no bother ( and pick a limb) moving is closer but im still quite accurate

ghb said:

gotta get the practise in incase he ever runs into mike ashley.

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wouldnt let him off with a blade too painless.

unity said:

Well fuck, now I'm going to have to lower my humidity during the last 2 weeks. There seems to be consensus on this subject, less humidity = more trics. I can bring it all the way down to the low 20's what would you guys think is a good balance here? Also, I'm assuming that I will have to watch my nute solution, it may be a bit 'hot' if my plants start drawing a lot more water up due to the lower humidity?! What do you guys think?

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We typically don't think that much...LOL,,,Just kiddin

Hemlock said:

We typically don't try to think that much...LOL,,,Just kiddin

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LOL, me neither! You are just catching me in the morning

unity said:

Well fuck, now I'm going to have to lower my humidity during the last 2 weeks. There seems to be consensus on this subject, less humidity = more trics. I can bring it all the way down to the low 20's what would you guys think is a good balance here? Also, I'm assuming that I will have to watch my nute solution, it may be a bit 'hot' if my plants start drawing a lot more water up due to the lower humidity?! What do you guys think?

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Hey Unity whats going on bro! Still trying to wrap my head around your set-up lol. If you have no intake, where does your fresh air come from, if you don't mind me asking? And I'm sure I can come up with a couple of other questions too if ya don't mind me picking your brain a bit. It's an interesting way to gro! I badly need to invest in some air purifiers for my rooms and should put a filter on my intake.

What strains do you grow man? Any pics too?

Highlanders cave said:

Hey Unity whats going on bro! Still trying to wrap my head around your set-up lol. If you have no intake, where does your fresh air come from, if you don't mind me asking? And I'm sure I can come up with a couple of other questions too if ya don't mind me picking your brain a bit. It's an interesting way to gro! I badly need to invest in some air purifiers for my rooms and should put a filter on my intake.

What strains do you grow man? Any pics too?

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Lol, no worries bro. I got to go to work, but here is a view pics. The current strain is Banana OG. I'll explain the 'cge' environment when I get home.