overachiever
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Does this look normal?
The curling of the leaves?
The curling of the leaves?
Day 1 of flower!!!! Finally get to see what l.a conf is all about
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overachiever
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in 2 weeks they have grown over a foot easy. they seem pretty happy.
superstoner1
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That is called taco-ing and is from temps being too high.
overachiever
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being that close to the lights maybe? temp stays around 80-88 mostly but for some reason when lights come on it gets to 95 for about 20 min then levels out around 85. Alright i got a question for you, When running c02 does that plant need higher temps to use the co2 or can they just handle more c02(i mean heat)? what should i run temps at? the lowest i can get it to is 78 when lights are on? heres a sexy leg picture
superstoner1
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84 is my max with co2 at 1450.
overachiever
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I raised the lights and 24 hours later no change.
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Video update!!!! sorry for the bad quality [video]
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http://vimeo.com/70677988 here this one should work
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diy under current 22 gal totes 8"net pots 3"tubes
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what do you guys think the best way to add fresh water to a 200+ gal to undercurrent system. I did a drain and refill with fresh nutes but im sure there is a lot of chorine in my water. I heard h2o2 removes chorine is this true? what would be the best theres no way for me to store 200+gals 24hrs to let it out. just looking for alittle feed back
superstoner1
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Absolutely no need to. That would drive me crazy, i would need 300-400 gal sitting around..
carbon filtration will remove the chlorine plus a bunch of other crap. Look at whole house POE units for something to scale and reasonable if you have really bad water. But I do suggest testing your chlorine levels first. It varies a lot depending on your water supplier. Light levels of chlorine are not harmfull, and chlorine is actually a plant trace nutrient.
Optionally you could store 50 gallons at a shot (one big plastic barrel), and refill\replace your system in smaller batches.
if your leaves dont "uncurl", try shutting everything down for 24 hours, leave em in the dark, thatll give it all time to cool off and hopefully they go back to normal. Ive never seen them "taco" like that from heat, but ive seen them "catclaw". hope this helps...
btw, im interested in seeing what them induction lights do as well. i just dont see why they have to be so expensive?
btw, im interested in seeing what them induction lights do as well. i just dont see why they have to be so expensive?
superstoner1
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Damaged leaves are just that, damaged. They will never return to normal.
overachiever
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all new growth looks great and normal now. Im positive it was mag def. ill post pictures tonight
chazbolin
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For optimum lamp performance the surface of the glass needs to reach 200 degrees F. Running air over the glass surface will not let the surface of the glass get up to that temperature.
The basic calculation for factoring thermal contribution per watts is: 1 watt = 3.41 btu/hr
So each 800 watt light is going to contribute a minimum of 2,728 btu/hr.
9 x 2,728 = 24,552 btu/hr (~2 tons) that must be overcome. Assuming your 4 ton AC is functioning properly it should easily handle the heat produced from the lights unless the temperatures are running higher perhaps as a result of having the lamps mounted close together in a single housing.
I'm curious why you went with the 2 lamp set up and not the 3 lamp light they sell? My thought being you could have gone with 6 of the 1200 watt lights instead of 9 of the 800 watt lights.