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Hazydat620 said:

@AllenHaze- do you run your lights on @ night? this can help with temps and the cold nights. some rigid insulation foam on the floor could be a more permanent solution than a towel, if you get some with foil on one side, put the foil side down. hope this helps.

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That is a great idea. A tip in one of my grow bibles suggested that as well. When I first set the grow space up the boxes were in my bedroom so I didn't want the daylight messing with them. If they stay in the closet when I switch them over to flower I might try that. Right now I'm getting through the two weeks of training for females. Once this period is over I'm going to switch the light to 18 hours for 10 days or so to encourage a faster adherence to lst. With this one that has already shown her sex I'm thinking she is ready for more light but the others haven't shown yet so I'll wait. I have a deadline for like march 28th (taxes!!) so I'm not in a rush to flower. I added about 16inches of fiberglass insulation to the bottom. It's wrapped in a black trash bag to hold more heat. Thanks man. I always rep!

They can always have more light you just need to watch the heat, the suns like a couple million lumen. Remember the roots develop more in the dark the sooner you give them a 18/6 the bigger the roots will be, I'm a BIG fan of lst, are you gonna top before hand? I like to top at least once, not pinch and then LST. I was actually looking at the plants this A.M and was thinking it is time to tie down.Have fun!

Hazydat620 said:

They can always have more light you just need to watch the heat, the suns like a couple million lumen. Remember the roots develop more in the dark the sooner you give them a 18/6 the bigger the roots will be, I'm a BIG fan of lst, are you gonna top before hand? I like to top at least once, not pinch and then LST. I was actually looking at the plants this A.M and was thinking it is time to tie down.Have fun!

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Lol, that's exactly what I've been doing. What I've done since my first grow is top to keep it low and then lst to encourage more tops. I've gotten over 20 tops in one plant doing it this way (they ended being males) I plan on having a blast . I've found this is the time when it starts to get interesting.

big bud 56 said:

drop it dude,if you find another reason why it looks like that then don't show us a chart,find some pic samples.
I would just let it grow and see what happens.
Move on and look,listen,and learn.
Peace

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(This was actually directed more toward AimAim. Quoted the wrong post.)
LOL so where do you think mobile nutrient deficiencies show up first? I have to hear this!

Ive never understood why people have to be so egotistical and aggressive on these forums. Op simply asked a question and I'm trying to help him. Arguing with one another isn't going to help anyone and thats what you should be here for, not to bicker.

My source has his phd in soil sciences, he is more than reliable. As far as your sources, the wording may have thrown you off. Not sure what you are still confused about.

If you could reference the specific section on your source that would be helpful also. I'd like to see the part that refutes what I said previously.

No misinformation from me though, I don't answer questions I don't have the answer too, and I do not pretend to know things I do not know.

As for your tone and approach, definitely unnecessary. A little case of "internet tough guy syndrome" I presume.


@Jack, what'd you do to make all that happen?

To anyone who is still interested, I'm pretty sure I've got the problem figured out and under control. I'll try to explain.
There were times when the top soil of the pots would dry out faster then the bottom this happened frequently, a reason why I'm switching to pots with a wider mouth and tapered bottom. I would mist the top soil a little (5 or 6 sprays) to give the bottom soil time to dry out without suffocating the plants roots(this was my logic att). I would also spray the outside of the pots, and the walls of the grow box to increase humidity while avoiding spraying the plants directly. I belive this is the culprit right hear and I will explain. When your body sweats, you're pulling heat out of your body to the surface and it is cooled, this goes on as long as necessary in a given situation until you run out of heat or water (obv not good). This was what I'm positive was happening to the pots. The water I sprayed on the walls and pots was drawing heat from the soil as the water evaporated or was hit by air from the fans. I've since stopped spraying the pots and am only spraying the walls and floor of the grow box. I haven't seen a re-occurrence since a few days ago. Thanks for all who helped and hopefully this was an interesting learning experience for you as well.

It's suffering a deficiency because it is simply to cold for the roots to react properly. The last year I grew outside i had this on plants that weren't quite ready yet but the temps at night were dropping to the high 30f's and mid 40f's. It had the hell stumped outta me at the time.