I like fim because more often than not, I am happy enough with the one cut I made rather than topping again and again. I end up flipping lights quicker than topping multiple times.
I use botanicare with great results as well. You can save your money on the liquid karma/cal-mag. Molasses instead of liquid karma. Cal-mag not needed. The hard water has enough shit like that.
How is growing weed hard? It may be hard to make it grow as good as it can. But have you ever just planted seeds somewhere and come back in October. It's a f*cking weed. It will grow.
In small space like this it don't matter what you put on the walls, it can easily get to hot. A cool tube or enclosed hood with fan pulling thru will keep temps down and you put lights closer. Personally, I just got rid of all the Mylar and panda and painted flat white. Easier to clean and cheap.
I run a very similar sized cab that can fit 3 plants under a 400. You are correct to worry about ventilation. It can get too hot. But even if its not too hot the plants still want fresh air. You need to find a way to pull air from the top of the closet to outside. A small inline fan pulling...
i think thats a good idea. it probably diffuses hormones just like lst. the way its gotta turn toward the light. And doing some lst is better than doing no training at all.
What are your temps and humidity? They look stressed. I have used those nutes for two grow cycles now, and they both went well. Unfortunantly i have nothing else to compare them to as those were my first two tries. And for what its worth, I have never fed them more than half what the bottle...
Keep it dark. The open window is good. And then just check the stems. I start the cure when the stems have more of a snap then a bend. I just harvested my first blue dreams as well.
These girls are getting chopped tommarrow. Trichs all cloudy, with a few amber. One branch broke under its own weight, so i harvested it. I let it dry for a few days and then quick dried half of it. After sampling some quick dry, i can not wait. Stuff is gonna be amazing. Will post up to...
You need some ventilation. Just figure to replace all the air in there once every 3 minutes or so. I would think about fixing light leaks as well. Also looks like spider mites. Spray neem oil as the lights go out for the night if your worried about burning em. You may want some better lighting...