First grow, week 8

[Ganjaman420]

Haven’t recieved the molasses’s, but hopefully before the end of the week.

I ran into another issue with the CFLs, the heat..
the temperature raised from 26 degrees Celsius to 33 and the humidity dropped from 46% to 34%. It doesn’t feel too hot though when I place my hand where the buds are 🤔 do you think it’s a good idea to put the humidifier back on, and raise the humidity to 40-45% which might drop the temperature to 28-30? Or should I just run with how it is now? Or even change back to the LED?

Edit: I put up a small air cooler/humidifier outside the intake fan, it turned down the temp to 31 and raised the humidity to 45%. Still sounds a bit warm though (even if it doesn’t feel too hot when i hold my hand under the lamps)

 

[Ganjaman420]

Definitely getting better lighting with the CFLs, for taking pictures.. so here’s some close up shots of some of the buds

 

[NeBoddy]

I am very impressed with the quality of plant you have grown in such a SMALL space!!! Amazing 👍👍

 

[Ganjaman420]

Thank you, appreciate it 😊

 

[Ganjaman420]

Okay guys, i’m back to bothering you..
The temp is at 28.3 degrees Celsius and humidity at 40%,
when the lights go off the humidity raises to 56% and the temp drops to about 22 degrees. Should I be concerned about the humidity or the “day” temp, since she’s in late flowering?

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Well it's a bit high but she is a auto so open the tent allow fan to tenderly blow threw her branches. As you know without air flow moister and humidity on thick buds and colas touching each other will cause mold. It's like bread in a bag. If all else fails put bamboo sticks and pull the colas away from each other.

 

[NeBoddy]

Might be useful to get some fans in there if you haven't already, computer fans are ideal to hang in small spaces. The air movement will help the plant evaporate water to keep itself cool. It also reduces the chance of rot by stirring up any dead air spaces around your buds. your humidity is great though !!

 

[Ganjaman420]

I have these 2 small circulating fans, and a computer fan as intake fan. Should I maybe keep the tent open right where the lower circulating fan are?

 

[kingfish]

Make sure it's Unsulphured.

 

[NeBoddy]

Always, as much fresh air as possible, your OK up to 30deg max.. With that high temp and low humidity, you could consider adding co2..... She'll drink it up!!
Consider brewing a couple of bottles ginger beer in the corner of the tent, or just sugar and yeast!?... Just an idea to utilise the more extreme transpiration she'll be doing already😉
Either that or you could use a much more powerful extractor to lower the temp?

 

[Ganjaman420]

How high can I push the relative humidity?

 

[NeBoddy]

Lower the temp, %humidity is relative to how much water the air can hold at a given temperature. It's relative!😉

 

[Ganjaman420]

I have a humidifier, should I use it? It brings down the temp a bit also

 

[NeBoddy]

You could try, but I'd still go for raising the rH% by lowering the temp with faster extraction instead of adding extra moisture around your bud.

 

[Ganjaman420]

Opened the tent right where one of the circulating fans are, it brought down the temp with one degree

 

[Ganjaman420]

Received my molasses today, and it was also feeding day so I fed her 4,5ml molasses with 1,5L water (mixture ph’d to 6.2), got about 1 cup of runoff 7.06ph
We’ll see if she puts on some weight in the next few days.

Also noticed some amber thricomes on all the buds I checked (only saw them on the sugar leaves, and they were pretty few and not really fully amber).

 

[Ganjaman420]

Her top bud’s pistils are curled in, which the rest of the buds aren’t. Should I cut her top bud before the rest?

 

[Ganjaman420]

Week 9, looking frosty