What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[Jonny]

Thanks team! Im trying wet towels and water trays ! Will see how it goes

[alltatup]

Or you can hang wet towels in grow room--not dripping wet, but you know.....

[Farmall]

In the old days for humidity in the winter ,my parents would place a pot of water on the wood stove and it would lightly steam away in the background. So when I tried a wide tray of water with a fan blowing on it, it did work....not a huge change but it did bring up humidity a few points

[Jonny]

Ok cool thanks! Is it true not to spray plants when lights are on though

[oldjarhead100]

I have used big clear totes to cover plants and then spray them ,if you mist your plants it will increase humidity

[Jonny]

Hi just wondering how to get low humidity up? Already have humidifier!

[alltatup]

SierraBravo4 Good detective work with the faulty tent!!! It's a true relief to figure out what is causing a problem!!! Glad to hear that your girls are budding like crazy; that's what we want!!!!

[SierraBravo4]

alltatup so i was doing that defoil tech when i first started to grow, cause this is the website i found that made it simple. when my crops started to fall apart early etc.... i thought i was defoiling wrong and that nebula and all her research was wrong.... it was my tent... it was swiss cheese, i got the vipar spectra 4x4 and the zippers were not lined up right i thought the internal flap would fix that gap... nooooooooooooo and it popped pin holes galore on the flaps from opening and closing for feeds. so what i originally thought was that defoliation method was in fact faulty equipment. now in this room i built i returned to that method you mentioned. they will be in week four of flower on saturday. i couldnt be happier with their performance. defoliation works. so many bud sites. currently the lights are 16 to 18" from the tops. they grew nicely into frame. from top of Pots to lights is 36". plants are sitting at 22 to 26" tall in their 7 gallon homes. in a 3x3 flowering footprint

[SierraBravo4]

it all comes down to PPM and PH monitoring which i am not a fan of.
i dont PH my water with AN PH perfect line... and i dont need Calmag supplement anymore... it is pricey but im in the 4 to 2 plants in 7 or bigger gallons. right now im at 6 gallons with 4 plants, i pulled the black russian she was growing back funky i didnt want to chance it. as it was an import from a friends grow. i feed them 1.5 gallons every 48 to 72 hours. my calculations on using Advanced Nutrients is 2 liters of Base A and B ea, and 1 liter of ea supporting nutrients. i can do a full 4 months cycle from seed to smoke. again the auto feeding i will have to check into a little more for a future grow and if PPM and PH isnt an issue using the nutrients i use. something like they are good at ph balancing for up to a week in soil/grow medium. i should be good right???

[Farmall]

I’ve defoliated to a point where I was able to look through the plant from the top down... 2 weeks later It really looks like I’d never touched them. As for watering, Oldjarhead100 gave me that watering plan and a complete list of parts... going forward with that in the fall... thanks Oldjarhead100 💧

[oldjarhead100]

Silica,calmag,then grow/bloom are the most important nutrients we have and should be in every watering .
growing in coco i find i have much more control over things but one thing it does do is build up salts/nutrients if they are not washed out periodically , so once a month I would give them all a good flush to get ec/ph back in the good zone , I did this for years but since went to auto watering ,coco needs to be buffered with calmag because it leaches into the coco , when I make my coco I add 60 mg of calmag and this gives the coco what it can hold on to so I dont show calmag deficiencies.
30 inches is usually the distance using leds .cmh not sure of I lowered mine to about 10 inches but it was on a light rail so it doesn't burn plants ,I believe there is a tutorial on lights on gwe .as far as defoliation, look in week 4 update I did what I thought was a good defole then Nebula asked if I was going to defole them , you can really remove alot with out hurting them , I like to defole towards the end of veg then at 3 weeks in bloom and thats it unless i'm manifolding plants then I trim as needed

[SierraBravo4]

thank you for your service as well.
since starting to grow i have had 1 excellent run (1st run single plant 300w) next three runs total disaster as i was increasing size of everything, pots, lights, medium, grow tent. i went from 2x2x4 to 4x2x5 to a 4x4x6.5(which popped holes in the side ruining 2 runs) i thought it was how it was doing things and it turned out it was my tent. i had 3 20 amp dedicated outlets installed in my garage, 1 for AC/Heat, 1 for fans and aux equipment, 1 for lights. then i enclosed the area in and added a door.

Silica i was adding that until i ran out. then make the executive decision to not buy replacement.
i just started using the Advance nutrients Sensi Coco Base with supporting cast (Voodoo, Big Bud Coco, B-52, Overdrive, Piranha, bud candy, flawless.
i havent liked the idea of automated feeding/watering seemed like to many numbers to keep up with but could be something to try since my flower time is on when im in bed and off when im up. 6am to 6pm darkness. i have thought about the whole more than once a day less is more idea. my cousin mentioned something along those lines. are you having to monitor your PPM and PH more with the autowater.

your saying that when you add the nutrients in a certain order they react differently than if added in a different order?
I wondered if that was a thing or if they just reacted the same no matter the order of mixture.

so much to learn and unlearn too.

thank you for the answers, gives me some new thoughts on moving forward. this is my first run with this setup. so i am not set in stone in the process yet. PM inbound.

[SierraBravo4]

@alltatup
thank you, i am always looking for improvement. this by far is my best run up to this point.
i am going to dive into the defoilation a little deeper. i understand the idea of light to site its the common sense approach. i find i get nervous about reverts and stress. i am hoping more people throw out their ideas on the three topics(COCO feeding, LIGHT distance, defoilation) so i can get a feel from the community on how these three work together for different people. different strains different pains

[alltatup]

SierraBravo4 SB now officially stands for Some Botanist!!!!! They look fantastic!!

[oldjarhead100]

@Sierra Bravo4 thank you for your service and I think a welcome home is in order ,I grow in Coco as well I use to water by hand but always mixed nutes in a 5 gallon Bucket , if you are giving your plants silica you should put that in the water first and give it at the very minimum 1 hour I usually leave mine overnight then I add Calmag then any pk boosters then either grow or bloom ,then a wetting agent ,then hydrogaurd '
Since I switched to mixing nutes in this order I noticed a marked improvement in plant vitality the trunks were much bigger than all of my other grows ,you can always go to a auto watering system I water mine 4 times a day and they love it ,if your interested in the watering system PM me and I write it all out not that expensive to do