1st grow ever

Alistair said:

Humidity and temperature control done properly require intake and exhaust; the exhaust exits through a hole in the wall or ceiling, for example. I, myself, do not have a proper setup, so humidity and temperature can be a problem. I simply have a fan blowing air our and another one blowing air in. One way to eliminate humidity problems is to make sure not to over-crowd the grow space.

There are experts on the subject, and if you stick around, someone will set you up with good advice.

Welcome to MP forum.

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tcbud said:

Looking good. Big bummer about the powdery mildew. I am sorry I have no experience in that. I'd like to watch tho.

Welcome again that_girl.

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Hamster Lewis said:

You mention you have ac running inside the tent? No mention of your ventilation set up though.....you need to exchange the air in your tent with an inline fan....that is how you help keep humidity down. I have a 6 inch inline fan cooling my 600w HPS in a cool tube and it also does dbl duty by exchanging the air in my tent as well....passive intakes are located along the bottom of the tent to draw in the cooler air that sits low. I exhaust the hot air out a window. Jmo

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Irish said:

ya gotta love those 'experienced' friends. :doh: you always need air moving in your grow. the more the better. ventilation is #1 in tent growing. without proper air in/out, your grow will suffer greatly.

i never used to trim my lowers, then was talked into it by a friend here, and gave it a try on my indoor grow. it is a very useful tool when you pack em in the way i do. i can get far better air moving this way in there. just dont remove any more in this grow, and you should do just fine.

i'm sorta confused looking at your scrog netting. the idea is to fill in the entire top of the screen, while plants are in veg. as they grow up thru the screen, you want to train the top shoots back thru a square next to it, until the entire screen is filled. then switch the lights to flower.

you have the right idea working now though, and it's all a never ending learning experience. from what you learn with this grow, you will knock the next out the park.

is this your first grow that girl? well, stick around, and the members at mp will always be your best resource on grow details. peace...

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that_girl said:

Thanks everyone, i added the fan (and the filter, and the new 1000w). the humidity is 55 :woohoo:
@ Goddess the reason i picked the leafs is because i'm a rookie and listened to a friend with 'experience'
The pics attached are form two days ago when i was freaking out and thought they r not comfortable with their sexuality :hubba: (i think they look ok now)
thank u again for all the tips , and more comments are always welcome

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The Hemp Goddess said:

No sexual confusion there--nanners look different. Your plants are looking quite fine.

Sorry to see you have a powdery mildew problem again. I live in a real arid climate and have never had that problem as my RH consistently runs low. Someone will be along with experience with PM to help you, I am sure.

Great job for a first grow!

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jbyrd said:

Hey there - It all depends on how bad it is. Are the buds covered, like bud leaf and all? Or is it just on your fans and stems/stalk? If you've kept it controlled then you will be fine. Here's some info that I posted in another thread in sick plants section that could help you out, certainly for future runs.

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Almost everything mentioned here will help you 'control' PM...The suggestions for controlling in the later stages (Peroxide, Baking Soda) all good, just not directly on your buds. Keep culling affected leaves and spot treating until you get through flower, that's about all you can ethically do. Don't be a ********* and treat your buds with chemicals and give them to other people to smoke...

When I've had to deal with PM in the past, this is what works for me.

1. Finish your current flower run...try to save what you can by using the leaf culling method and spot treatment. You can even use greencure up through flower, just NOT ON YOUR BUDS...stem and leaf only.

2. Scrub your room....and I mean scrub...bleach wash your walls and all surfaces in your room. Make it Surgically clean. Cleanliness is next to Godliness...LOL

Here's where I might take some criticism....I'm a new guy here...second post and all and I have a difference of opinion on the use of sulfur burners, etc. They all work to control PM...which means...you will ALWAYS be controlling PM. I did the same thing, for almost two years...cleaned, burned sulfur, sprayed greencure and other hydro shop PM remedies, all the organic methods, etc. They all work fine for 'control'.

Ok - moving on

3. Get your environment under control. If you do NOT want issues in your grow room, you need to make the room a 'real' grow room and spend the cash to buy the items needed to control your environment. Dehum, A/C, Ventilation, Circulation are all critical to maintaining an optimum grow environment. If you can't control this, you will always be fighting something and not growing to your potential.

4. Clean your room....yeah, I said it...but it warrants saying it again. Your grow room should be kept clean, not like a teenagers bedroom

5. Use a systemic product for treatment. You can use Eagle 20, I prefer Immunox, made by Spectricide. It contains the same active ingredient as Eagle 20 (myclobutanil) and costs less (about 13$). Treat your plants with the recommended dosage.

6. Clean your room

That's it...your done. No continued burning of sulfur, treating with Greencure or whatever PM spray floats your boat. This is a one time deal. I live in the Santa Barbara, CA. area and PM runs rampant...and it did in my room until I did the above. I have not seen it since from my plants, It was coming out in cuts, cuts of those cuts, etc...I've been running a couple of strains for over 9 years now and those treasured mom's had it. It has not come back in those either. I've completed over 6 runs since I used it and it has not been back...period.

I know everyone tells you there is no cure, your stuck with it once it's systemic. Well, Immunox is systemic with a half-life of 24 days. It will kill the PM systemically and it will NOT come back unless you bring something in or have not...cleaned your room like momma told you..lol.

I hope this helps some people...a friend of mine from the NorCal area told me about Immunox after watching me struggle on another board with PM for quite some time. I'm glad he did.

Finally...don't use it in flower...duh..lol. You can use up to the flip, maybe week 1 or 2 but I wouldn't go beyond that.

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jbyrd said:

Right on When you finish this run, treat everything in your veg area with the immunox and you should be good to go as long as you've meticulously cleaned everything.

As for treating after your harvest, you can use a 1:10 ratio of peroxide/water instead of the nicotine method. The peroxide will kill the spores more efficiently than nicotine. Any bud that has PM on it is trash. If you have another week or two left, I would go ahead and whack the ones that are affected now to get as much of the PM out of your area as possible.

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