Hello again everybody and thanks for reading!
5 days ago i planted my seed and started my second grow
My first grow didnt end well!
Everything was going great until 3 weeks into flowering when both my plants jus suddenly died
It wasnt all bad as i learnt from doing the grow and also i did end up with quite a bit of weed which im still smoking now!
Obviously it isnt the best smoke but it does the job, you jus hav to smoke more than usual!
Ive decided to do pretty much the same as last time with a few small changes
The main one being that on the last grow i didnt bother with ph checking the water / food
I now hav a ph pen and some ph down
My tap water is 7.1 so hav used ph down to get it to 6.5
I have changed my extraction fan controller and pole fan so that they are both on continuously as i did notice a big difference in the readings i was getting from my 3 temp gauges which were spread out in the tent
I have changed the panel heater to a shorter ceramic fan heater which also turns from side to side so hopefully will hav a more consistent temp all over
I hav also changed from using socks to cover the ends of my air inlets to using tights which has greatly increased the air flow into the tent
I hav also jus planted the one seed instead of 2
My light is a viparspectra 900 and has a veg and bloom switch
I hav it set at 24" above the seed with just the veg switch on and will leave it like this until it is time to flower which is when ill add the bloom switch
The things i will be doing the same are, which i feel went well enough for me not to change…
I am using a peat pellet to start my seed off This saved me from having to transplant my seed into soil once it sprouted so no risk of transplant shock
Once my seed has started to grow it will be going straight into a 20 litre fabric pot This saved me from transferring my plant from pot to pot again eliminating the chance of transplant shock
I will once again be topping and scrogging my plant when the time comes
Not too sure if im gona do defoliation as i did last time as i think that that may of had a part in my plants dying?!?
Another change ive made is my day and night times
Was getting temps of well over 30 n that was with both the extraction and inlet fans going full blast!
Changed the “day” hours from 06:00 - 00:00 to 16:00 - 10:00 n the “night” hours from 00:00 - 06:00 to 10:00 - 16:00
Even with the light off im still getting temps around 30
It is now summer here so ive gone from needing to heat the tent up on the last grow to now needing to cool it down!
I think ive stumbled upon a solution though…
Liquid silicon!
Luckily i found this note at the end of an article i was reading about tips on cooling your grow room…
“Not a cooling tip but more a growing tip for higher temperatures, is if you incorporate silicon with your normal feed you will be able to grow your plants in hotter conditions. This is due to the silicon as it helps your plants to become more resilient and remain healthy even if your temperatures rise up to 40c.”
Hopefully this will work as my only other option is spending £100s on upgrading my extraction which isnt really an option!
If it does then the only problem ill have (for the moment!) is that if its a hot day my night temps are now hotter than my day temps
Hav had temps of over 30 during the night cycle (which is now 10am - 4pm and temps of over and nearly 30 during the day cycle (which is now 4pm -10am)
Although as this is completely out of my control i suppose theres no point in worrying about it!
5 days ago i planted my seed and started my second grow
My first grow didnt end well!
Everything was going great until 3 weeks into flowering when both my plants jus suddenly died
It wasnt all bad as i learnt from doing the grow and also i did end up with quite a bit of weed which im still smoking now!
Obviously it isnt the best smoke but it does the job, you jus hav to smoke more than usual!
Ive decided to do pretty much the same as last time with a few small changes
The main one being that on the last grow i didnt bother with ph checking the water / food
I now hav a ph pen and some ph down
My tap water is 7.1 so hav used ph down to get it to 6.5
I have changed my extraction fan controller and pole fan so that they are both on continuously as i did notice a big difference in the readings i was getting from my 3 temp gauges which were spread out in the tent
I have changed the panel heater to a shorter ceramic fan heater which also turns from side to side so hopefully will hav a more consistent temp all over
I hav also changed from using socks to cover the ends of my air inlets to using tights which has greatly increased the air flow into the tent
I hav also jus planted the one seed instead of 2
My light is a viparspectra 900 and has a veg and bloom switch
I hav it set at 24" above the seed with just the veg switch on and will leave it like this until it is time to flower which is when ill add the bloom switch
The things i will be doing the same are, which i feel went well enough for me not to change…
I am using a peat pellet to start my seed off This saved me from having to transplant my seed into soil once it sprouted so no risk of transplant shock
Once my seed has started to grow it will be going straight into a 20 litre fabric pot This saved me from transferring my plant from pot to pot again eliminating the chance of transplant shock
I will once again be topping and scrogging my plant when the time comes
Not too sure if im gona do defoliation as i did last time as i think that that may of had a part in my plants dying?!?
Another change ive made is my day and night times
Was getting temps of well over 30 n that was with both the extraction and inlet fans going full blast!
Changed the “day” hours from 06:00 - 00:00 to 16:00 - 10:00 n the “night” hours from 00:00 - 06:00 to 10:00 - 16:00
Even with the light off im still getting temps around 30
It is now summer here so ive gone from needing to heat the tent up on the last grow to now needing to cool it down!
I think ive stumbled upon a solution though…
Liquid silicon!
Luckily i found this note at the end of an article i was reading about tips on cooling your grow room…
“Not a cooling tip but more a growing tip for higher temperatures, is if you incorporate silicon with your normal feed you will be able to grow your plants in hotter conditions. This is due to the silicon as it helps your plants to become more resilient and remain healthy even if your temperatures rise up to 40c.”
Hopefully this will work as my only other option is spending £100s on upgrading my extraction which isnt really an option!
If it does then the only problem ill have (for the moment!) is that if its a hot day my night temps are now hotter than my day temps
Hav had temps of over 30 during the night cycle (which is now 10am - 4pm and temps of over and nearly 30 during the day cycle (which is now 4pm -10am)
Although as this is completely out of my control i suppose theres no point in worrying about it!
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