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You can aim the clip fans just above the canopy to help blow some of the ambient heat off.

You may be blowing around a lot of heat right at the plant.

It looks over fed and heat and even wind stressed.

And I definitely needed my air cooled good for quality results in my old 4x4 tent. And clip fans blowing just above the canopy only gently rustling the leaves.

MichiganMedGrower said:

You can aim the clip fans just above the canopy to help blow some of the ambient heat off.

You may be blowing around a lot of heat right at the plant.

It looks over fed and heat and even wind stressed.

And I definitely needed my air cooled good for quality results in my old 4x4 tent. And clip fans blowing just above the canopy only gently rustling the leaves.

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Fans aren't very strong so they're really not blowing the plants very hard, basically just creates a rustle to the top to the leaves. I'll Point them back up a little bit. I'm thinking about completely knocking nutrients out but they still got 3 weeks left. I don't want to flush too soon and have them developed a deficiency.

Olive Drab Green said:

4x4? That's a little small for a 1000w, especially one that isn't air cooled. 5 plants sounds good, though. I think if you can, you should get a bigger grow space, but most important right now is fresh air and temperature control.

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Do you mean the light isnt air cooled? I have two fans bringing in fresh air from the outside through the intake vents of the tent. Both 8 inch duct fans

Nikki.Grell said:

Do you mean the light isnt air cooled? I have two fans bringing in fresh air from the outside through the intake vents of the tent. Both 8 inch duct fans

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Yeah. Even with that fan, I think that's a little small for 1000w, but maybe you can manage it.

Olive Drab Green said:

Yeah. Even with that fan, I think that's a little small for 1000w, but maybe you can manage it.

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Im getting the air cooled hood. That will bring the temp down right?

Nikki.Grell said:

Im getting the air cooled hood. That will bring the temp down right?

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I think it will.

Olive Drab Green said:

I think it will.

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Ok.... by the way the high for yesterday on my temp gauge was 91... the low was 70

Nikki.Grell said:

Ok.... by the way the high for yesterday on my temp gauge was 91... the low was 70

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91's a little high. 70-80°F/21-27°C is ideal.

Olive Drab Green said:

91's a little high. 70-80°F/21-27°C is ideal.

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Ok... I kept it much colder in my room last night so I will check when the lights come on this evening and see what the hi was for the last 24 hours... so I basically need to make a 10 degree adjustment. Hopefully the hood can do at least half that... and maybe another fan and keeping the temperature down colder in my room will do the rest.... thanks for all your help

I angle the clip fans up slightly so I can feel the wind just above the plants. It makes a few degree difference on my thermometer at canopy level. Helps move the hot air up and out.

I get the twisting I see on your leaves if I leave the fan too much on them.

also too much heat will cause the plants to transpire through their leaves too much and too fast which causes them to take up too many nutes at once and they burn at the tips and edges of the leaves.

Just feed them enough water to get the yellow mucky acidic runoff to start to look clearer. Then feed a balanced general grow nute with micronutrients at a very low concentration. I want to say like 25% strength.

Flushing plants with a lot of water usually does more harm than good in my experience. I like to run only a gallon or so of water through to wash out excess salts and waste then enough light strength feed to help them recover.

I do this any time I see the stresses like curled dark leaves. Twisting. Yellow or burned tips etc.

Just normal feeding can still build up excessive salts as the plant may not use all you give them or everything in the formula. The soil attracts the rest and holds it.

By the way. My experience is with soil grows like ocean forest or peat lite mixes like pro mix hp.

MichiganMedGrower said:

I angle the clip fans up slightly so I can feel the wind just above the plants. It makes a few degree difference on my thermometer at canopy level. Helps move the hot air up and out.

I get the twisting I see on your leaves if I leave the fan too much on them.

also too much heat will cause the plants to transpire through their leaves too much and too fast which causes them to take up too many nutes at once and they burn at the tips and edges of the leaves.

Just feed them enough water to get the yellow mucky acidic runoff to start to look clearer. Then feed a balanced general grow nute with micronutrients at a very low concentration. I want to say like 25% strength.

Flushing plants with a lot of water usually does more harm than good in my experience. I like to run only a gallon or so of water through to wash out excess salts and waste then enough light strength feed to help them recover.

I do this any time I see the stresses like curled dark leaves. Twisting. Yellow or burned tips etc.

Just normal feeding can still build up excessive salts as the plant may not use all you give them or everything in the formula. The soil attracts the rest and holds it.

By the way. My experience is with soil grows like ocean forest or peat lite mixes like pro mix hp.

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I am using Happy Frog.

Also. I have found that I like to keep my 1200 watt flower room at 75 to 77 degrees farenheight for fastest growth with highest potency. This is for a ventilated growroom with air cooled hoods.

You plants and room may like different numbers and such but every guide everywhere says 85 degrees shuts down processes unless everything is dialed in and co2 is used with very intense light.

And only use like 1 teaspoon instead of 3??

MichiganMedGrower said:

Also. I have found that I like to keep my 1200 watt flower room at 75 to 77 degrees farenheight for fastest growth with highest potency. This is for a ventilated growroom with air cooled hoods.

You plants and room may like different numbers and such but every guide everywhere says 85 degrees shuts down processes unless everything is dialed in and co2 is used with very intense light.

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I hope this hooded cover will help... I've already got good ventilation and several different things going for air movement. I'm going to tilt fans up higher, cool my room down a little bit and but the air-cooled Hood up Wednesday when it comes and dial down the nutrients. I pray they come out okay.

Happy frog works for me too. I have some mixed in with my ocean forest right now to see if it is worth saving the money. It is going well but I think straight ocean forest drains a little better out of the bag.

You might laugh. I love way out in the woods and the store whe have in our little country town to buy grow stuff is called videos and more. They rent DVDs, sell pool stuff and some grow stuff. There are pallets of soil next to the pool shock.

Plants need a lot less nutrients and water than the directions will have you believe.

I can usually get away with feeding half of any nute directions and half as often as they say. And never until I see the need.

It is also important to understand plant nutrition so you know what to give and why.

Some nute systems like fox farm trio have things like calcium and mag only in the bloom bottle. I can get great results using it. But I always need to add some grow in during middle to late flowering or the solution is imbalanced and causes potassium and mag deficiencies every time.

I do not use nute schedules any more. I feel each plant out at every feeding and keep good notes and always review them after harvest to see what I could have done better.

Good luck. It is a lot of trial and error for all of us.

UPDATE: with the addition of an air cooled hood and a box fan in my bedroom window I have successfully kept the temp below 90 for about 5 days now...it got a little chilly last night...down to 68...they are looking much better and swelling up nicely!!! THANKS GUYS!!