ph has had an affect on my clones SS. I don't know why, but it has. My common sense tells me that water that is too acidic or too alkaline has an adverse affect on the clones. I always check my ph in my cloner and keep it at 5.8. Just what I have experienced.
First of all - Thank you so much for this thread, Stink. I believe I found a link to it while looking for info. about the "maxi" line of nutrients.
2. Yes. I have a sealed room with 3 tents in it. I have a fan constantly pulling air out of the top of all 3 tents. I have a fan with a carbon scrubber sitting in the room outside the tents running 24/7.First of all - Thank you so much for this thread, Stink. I believe I found a link to it while looking for info. about the "maxi" line of nutrients.
This quote from page 6 or 7 contains information about one of the things I really can't seemto completely wrap my head around. And that is: How do I vent (for any reason) a room or tent without removing the CO2? Well the first few sentences of your post above cleared up the majority of my confusion; "...The plants don't need fresh air, they need CO2. Having to keep your temps down and bringing in fresh air can all be solved by going to CO2 and a dehumidifier system..."
That is so cool!
So, you also addressed humidity saying that "The only thing you will have to worry about is humidity. Solved by a dehumidifier or vent fan. Though, I assume a fan - even if only kicking in at a set humidity - will evacuate the CO2 in the for the duration that it is on, right?
My main question now about the CO2/Sealed room/Venting situation is this: What about smell? If I have to run a carbon filter with an inline fan 24/7, then how do I go about arranging this?
I can think of two possibilities at the moment, which may be wrong:
1) Would be: If you have your room sealed and have the heat from the lights being vented via fresh air input from another room, and exhaust into a different room/outside (as you suggest), then could you use a 'Y' adapter for the ducting -- in writing this I realized that the carbon filter would be in the room...so it would still be pulling air AND CO2 from the room... never mind that idea :/
2) Would be: If you're using a tent inside of a room, I guess you could just have the carbon filter & fan combo outside the tent but in the room to scrub any smell, right?
3) I just imagined this picture of a solution that I think I saw in a "urban grower" youtube video of a sealed room. And that is: Just run your carbon filter & fan combo inside the sealed room...just sat there...upright, on the ground. Lol, problem solved..?
Any suggestions are really appreciated.
Thanks guys.
I'll continue reading the thread later on
EDIT: Q: In the third "scenario" above (3)), would/is a carbon filter running in a sealed room going to remove or "scrub" the CO2 out of the air/room?? ..Newb.. hah
Thanks.
I know my grow isn't 100% sealed. I tried, but smells need only the tiniest miniscule hole to waft through. Plus if a cool tube explodes, or a duct tears or something I don't want my cool tube fan to suddenly start venting the un filtered air from the room towards my neighbors. The scrubber seems to control the smell well enough that I can enter/leave the room without the whole house smelling. When the scrubber is off a lot more smell leaks out when I open the door.
I haven't even checked Ph and TDS in over a year it runs so well. I would however state that Stinks nutrient Formulas' were a lil on the hot side and i run about 3/4's recommended dosing for Nirvana's White Widow, Green House Seeds Trainwreck, and about 1/2 strength for Big Buddha Cheese, and it's fire and forget. Had some aphids that gave me some ugly leaves for about a week this run, hit them with SM90 got a lil leaf burn, they completely recuperated now and on week 5 veg, changing em over to 12/12 tomorrow.
cool avatar...She's like clockwork, All i gotta worry about is pests. The insect and relative clipping kinds
