We need some help.
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keysareme
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Just put a thermometer in the tent. Initial readings are of concern. Well above 90 and 28% humidity.
I turned on all the lights and will update once the temp adjusts. I also have an outtake fan, it is loud and I would love to run and keep the air fresh for her.
Hot stale air is probably not the best.
I also met with Scott from Nectar for the Gods (Blue Moon Organics in Oregon) and he got me all caught up on the best organic nutrients and coco soil.
I would be happy to talk more about Blue Moon Organics.
Question, would it be a healthy transplant to go from a 5 gallon pot of an organic soil blend, to a 5 gallon pot of coco?
She is about a ft tall, and upwards growth has been stunted due to; lst, light pruning, the temps and salt in the soil causing a slight lockout, but her side shoots are just about even now with the top, which I did cut.
Update
Does not take much time for temps to rise, I am so proud of her for being so strong and surviving at temps of 98+. So the temp has been way too hot for her to do any growth. I saw those fan motor limiters which I may need to get. It's loud.
Update
Obstacles with temps. Either the gauge I picked up is not calibrated correctly and does not work or that tent is just hot. With the door open and no lights on the lowest reading was 78.6 I did not want to leave her without light so I turned on the 125w 6500k lotus without the refelector it was in out so that might reduce some heat cause of the metal.
I turned on all the lights and will update once the temp adjusts. I also have an outtake fan, it is loud and I would love to run and keep the air fresh for her.
Hot stale air is probably not the best.
I also met with Scott from Nectar for the Gods (Blue Moon Organics in Oregon) and he got me all caught up on the best organic nutrients and coco soil.
I would be happy to talk more about Blue Moon Organics.
Question, would it be a healthy transplant to go from a 5 gallon pot of an organic soil blend, to a 5 gallon pot of coco?
She is about a ft tall, and upwards growth has been stunted due to; lst, light pruning, the temps and salt in the soil causing a slight lockout, but her side shoots are just about even now with the top, which I did cut.
Update
Does not take much time for temps to rise, I am so proud of her for being so strong and surviving at temps of 98+. So the temp has been way too hot for her to do any growth. I saw those fan motor limiters which I may need to get. It's loud.
Update
Obstacles with temps. Either the gauge I picked up is not calibrated correctly and does not work or that tent is just hot. With the door open and no lights on the lowest reading was 78.6 I did not want to leave her without light so I turned on the 125w 6500k lotus without the refelector it was in out so that might reduce some heat cause of the metal.
keysareme
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I fed her half a gallon of compost tea. She loosened right up. Leaves are like silk again. Healthy. Tomorrow starts her Advanced Nectar For The Gods Feeding.
I will still say this is early veg.
2tsp Medusas Magic
2tsp Gaia Juice
1tsp Zeus Juice
1tsp Herculean Harvest
1tsp Athenas Aminas
1tsp Demeters Destiny
per gallon
Temp is at a stable 82 with one light (125w cfl) Humidity is 40%
I will still say this is early veg.
2tsp Medusas Magic
2tsp Gaia Juice
1tsp Zeus Juice
1tsp Herculean Harvest
1tsp Athenas Aminas
1tsp Demeters Destiny
per gallon
Temp is at a stable 82 with one light (125w cfl) Humidity is 40%
tikitoker
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sounds like you would be better off using a temp controller. when the temp gets to 82 it kicks on and cools the tent to 79, shuts of and repeats. then all you have to do is pick up a short interval timer 1min on/4 min off and plug that into your exhaust. 2 most overlooked things!!!! your lucky she even grew....98 is deadly without c02. shit even with c02 shits way too high. she needs lots of fresh air exchange. yeah there is no problem going from coco into organic or vise versa, however the (I feel) important thing when switching substrates is the texture of both should be very close. the plant will notice if it goes from a loose and airy mix into some soggy shit. It wont want to spread out but eventually will, but its not the smoothest transition if you know what I mean.
keysareme
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I just rushed into all of this. I've been wanting to grow for awhile and when I lost my job and had some cash saved and got restless I was browsing Craigslist and saw this post for a "complete indoor turnkey cfl grow tent" $340 for the tent; a 125w & 65w cfl and a 90w led. 8 buckets a grow book. a high power microscope. carbon filter and outtake fan and a half bag of perlite. This was before I had even considered cultivating so I had not really looked into the available options. Now with all the reading and wisdom shared I've seen that there was a better route for my overall investment of near $500 now.
I don't grasp for what reason the tent is so hot with such a low light lumen output. The one lotus 125w bulb puts out 9500 lumens and is now well over foot above her.
I had three girls in this tent two weeks ago and they all showed great growth with all the lights running (this was before any temp checking) two got pulled and did not survive the replanting and the girl who is still growing was showing great growth with the lotus light at 8 inches above her for a few days.
Then I let her soak in her runoff for a few days in a row and soak that back up into the soil and that's when lots of fun stuff started showing up.
Seems like that has been resolved as the root pH is back around 6.5 now (good)
Current temp: 83.8
Current Humidity: 43%
At least I feel like I've summoned some wisdom from these two weeks of stressing her out.
PKHydro
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What's the temp of the room your tent is in? Sounds crazy hot for just one 125w cfl. That exhaust fan should be sucking all that hot air out of your tent (preferably out of the room) and you should be bringing fresh cool air IN. I'm running 12,000w and only use a intake and exhaust system to cool my room.
keysareme
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The temp gauge said 75 when it read my rooms temp before i put it into the tent. possibly this temp meter I got is just not that quality of a temp meter? The tent is in a closet. I still have not left the exhaust on for an extended length of time. It's just too loud and there are people sleeping near.
I do not have an intake. Lack of funds and space really. Though I am a medical patient I still live at my moms house with my brothers so I've already pushed and broken through to establish my own personal medical grow here but I am doing my best to keep it respectful discreet and efficient as well.
I turned on a few of the other lights just to see how sensitive the environment is and in the amount of time it took me to respond the temp had increased to 87.6 and that was from just adding the other cfls (125w/105w/65w)
I noticed that the 105w I have (which I have three of) is quite hot.
Rigged the outtake fan up. It's loud and I am not sure how long it will be tolerated (noise) but it did bring the temp down to 79 in just 3 minutes.
tikitoker
Active Member
glad to hear. keep us updated
keysareme
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Hey thanks. She sees to have stabilized. 315w temps around 79 humidity 50+.
keysareme
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Flushed and moved lights up. Cleared the outside top of tent off. Glass bottle of water with top off for humidity. Also running outtake fan.
When I turn on the air circulation fan in the tent temps rise 4+.
The large cfl's bring the room temps up. An interesting comparison would be to see how much heat an equivalent wattage in smaller cfl's would put out.
