Advice Please, 7.5ftx 10ft area.

Lighterfighter

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75-82~ I wont know the sex of the plants and heard pulling a week or 2 in the transition phase was fine. I was hoping to sex them before cutting.
 
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Lighterfighter

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I accidentally was trying to lst one, but the stock snapped near the root.. I stinted it and stopped there. The leaves are all perky. As you may see I fim'd 2 of them, instead of lst, to level out those axi-o-thingamajiggers. the one that snapped is perrky n workin. I think as the root zone expands the heat stress is diminishing. Now That I changed the res idk if you can tell, but hella green. way greener then they were.Now when to flip the switches? I got another 1k and a 600 in there and a dimmable 600 for veg. Idk if the 250 or 440 or 600, the dimmable watts in veg tent, will pop the breaker tho. I have not been able to test it yet. one of the ballasts I bought was bad. Id hate to run an extension cord through the attic, but can. The air dynamics is another issue. The vent in the room should probably not be enclosed in panda film veg area. Right now I have it outside the flower room so there is negative air pressure and the carbon filter is on the opposite side of the incoming air port to draw the cool air across the plants in flower. its 108f outside here today where I am from. I am thinking that I'll run the filter in the flower area still. But to hook all the lights up to a 400 somthing cfm inline fan, is that okay for 3 lights? IS there a limit to the amount of ft to use for that fan? It may get hot in there? Do you think the veg tent needs crazy ventilation? I dont think its as important and I could let the humidity spike if it totally inclosed, is that a good idea? Would there be an issue with the light reflecting into the flower hoods form the veg. All things I am prolly ganna test it anyway, but any advice would be AWESOME!!!!!!!!! thanks y'all.
 

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miccyj

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I man, I wouldn't worry to much about the snapped stem, just splint it and it will sort itself out. Have you got a fan in there circulating air? The plants should be gently moving around from the air movement, this strengthens the stems and makes them a lot harder to snap.

The fan should be fine for 400s but I would avoid completely sealing your Veg room or allowing humidity to climb to high, sealing the room won't allow cO2 to replenish and high humidity could lead to mold and mildew.

They are looking great.
 

Lighterfighter

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I could get one of those cheap fans that work sin ducting and create a vent w 6 in ducting to reduce the light escaping from the veg room. I am more worried about the light escaping the veg room. They are loving those short 5 min cycles. I flood for like 10 min 5 flood/5drain every 3 hours and 2x a day for a half hour. The 10 min cycles arent full floods just enough to spike the humidity n wet the coco. Ive seen higher new growth rates already. using alot more water. loving the sun. I lst a little Just a fishing string wraped around the top leaves pulling just a lil. Start small right. The one that broke is dropping, but thats expected. I need to trim him a lil hes a fat bushy lil fucker, but I cant till hes is fully healed. He may need that energy else were currently.
 
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Lighterfighter

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wel I found out the plants are femanized. I will verify in flower, but that means I don't need clones. Ill prolly pull some any way. There is some different pheno types and the ones I fimm'd you can see dropped an even canopy. Which is dope. the real short bushy ones have like a half inch between nodes which ideologically is great but how that will effect the production is a another question. and have some wierdness about them Ill prolly pull from the two fimm'd ones. The nodes are way farther apart, but the bushy ones kinda scare me cause they just seem so stunted. The tall phenotypes are showing out of control growth. Should I fim the short ones maybe? They say there are 4 diff phenos for Pineapple express I think the taller phenos will produce more. I'll flip the switch in no more then a week.
 

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Lighterfighter

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They are showing female pistols on the most mature of the plants. pretty gnarley stuff. I took some clones with rootech , its day 5 or 6 and unfortunately, None are rooting. I pulled the plug apart on 2. One shows no signs of taking. the other had like a whitish area forming on the bottom. most look like they arent ganna make it tho. I think the root gel sat in the heat in delivery to long. its retarded. I got more seeds but, I just flipped the switches bitches. I will lollipop all the bs on week 2 or 3 of flower, maybe make them clones? from what I read this is just fine, but contrary to the advice I received here. 2 died in veg, the lst stapped the main stem on 2 of them. stocks were too high and coco level droped a liitle leading to a weak exposed stem. One of them was a legit pheno too. Suppppper, bushy not long like most. I might go get clonex n redip those clones to keep it alive. I also got some seeds from some one in town for free. They said it was atf, but from what I read they are on drugs. its a clone only. He did say he got hermies and then did selective pollination. and ace of spades or somethin. I will prolly drop a few seeds under my dimmable veg area. I made that this past weekend Alot of panda film, gorilla tape, and staples. lol Id really like to keep clone as a mother if one would just root. FML. I think ill drop a few plants each month and run a perpetual. move from veg to 600 to 1000 and do a monthly rotation of water and move the plants to new light station. shouold be super dope and easy. Just add water every couple of days to res. and harvest once a month. the lst and fimming/topping did good on most of the plants. pushes em to 1 foot canopies and a foot tall. hoping to get a lb a mo.
 

Lighterfighter

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Ohh man, I am excited. I got everything light proofed the two rooms are vented running. getting stoked. I put a couple ace of spaded and atf and 1 P.e into germination . And if any clones take, Ill pick the ones whose mothers are showing best Id say keep 3 mothers and use a 3x3 space for the rooting and clones. then I will move them to flower under 600 after a month and then to there 1k after another month to finish off on the strongest light. I think its a great idea. Two pumps in the one res will feed the 600. I just need to get a tub and elevate it for the whole physics part of the system to work. maybe 20 more$. The summer is a swelter on them. Cant wait till winter comes. I'm sure ill have seald tents and co2. stay tuned. Ill drop pics when they turn on for the flower period. I am doing 48 hour day period to kick. They are loving the 75 degree temp with the light off. It raises about 10 with 2 lights on. Could hit up to 90 with all 3, but ill have to see. I dont think its anything a few fans cant cool. If it comes down to it ill get an 8 in fan with a convert to 6 in ducting. I prolly will any way, just a matter of time.
 

Lighterfighter

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3 clones rooted. But ima pull one from a plant I want that didn't root previously. Also poped 2 ace of spades 1 ATF and 1 pe. From seed. Ill keep one mother of each. And take some mote clones within the month. I am thinking of starting another ebb and flow but I don't want it so elevated. Looking into other option like Titan control and diys. I got the 1k and a 600 in my flower but just the 1k is on. The other 600 is running the clones in a light proofed area. 3x3 tray and am occasionally dimming the 600 watt down to 75%.
 

Lighterfighter

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I went to the hydro store and got a CAP ebb and grow for 240!!!! Got it all set up under the 600 in the flower room. the 4x4 has 1k and the 12 site is under the 600watt. I could pull some clones and put them under the 600 in the ebb and grow after two weeks for a sweet little harvest. I have the clones in bigger pots now ans wish I could transplant them into smaller pots. Do you think that is possible or should I not risk it
 
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