Live and Learn

wallyp · #1 12-25-2007, 08:57 AM

First grower here. If anything can go wrong, it will. I just built this grow room, and the plants had droopy leaves, the people said i was over watering them so i got a scale and filled it with the same medium i had the seedlings in, when it weighed the same as the one i never watered, that meant to me it needed water so i watered. That went on for weeks but they still drooped down so it was something else, not over watering. We had a bad wind storm and the grow room is ducted to the chimney, the next day the leaves were level, any they looked good. The next day they were droopy again. So i had a thought, open the basement windows and let some fresh air in (even though it's 20* outside) so i did, and the next day the leaves were back to level again (not droopy). I never seen this troubled posted, so if anybody has this trouble here's something to try.

abudsmoker · #2 12-25-2007, 09:04 AM

yea give them co2 they love it!

they need this to grow. you can see them pray for it so to speak

abudsmoker · #3 12-25-2007, 09:11 AM

every room has co2 i learned really fast !

abudsmoker · #4 12-25-2007, 09:31 AM

abudsmoker · #5 12-25-2007, 09:36 AM

abudsmoker · #6 12-25-2007, 09:38 AM

you can clearly tell the co2 is there even before the plants arrive

abudsmoker · #7 12-25-2007, 09:41 AM

People talk co2 all day long. you need to keep the air at or near 1500 ppm co2. doing this will shave days off your harvest and add huge mass to your buds.

tanks regualtors get expensive but this (Air) for your plants is better than shocking them with 20 degree weather. this will slow the growth dramaticly

wallyp · #8 12-25-2007, 10:30 AM

Man, "abudsmoke" thats quiet a set up you got. I have a electric heater in the room, so even if it's 20* (in Wisconsin (U.S.)) the room doesn't get below 64* even with the windows open, but in the future i will try to open them up in the day, when the 400 watt MH light is on, makeing heat.
I know about the cost of the tanks, and the fact they have to be pressure tested every few years, was a S.C.U.B.A. diver and have a 4' tall oxygen tank in the garage, with a acc. tank for welding. This is my first grow with white widow plants, so knowing now that they need CO2, i will open the windows from time to time. Been dealing with this for 2 months and there only 6" tall.
Thanks Veteran