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[swiftgt]

no you will have enough air there right now to start
but if you fill it with cuttings the ones around the sides will not have as much as the ones beside the airstones,
get 2 stones and try to get the bubbles as spread around the bubbler as best you can,
no you wont need any more pumps though,
you could get a battary powered one if you wanted but it would be really usefull if your power got cut,i would invest in a ups ry system if you thought black outs where a prob,
but if not then there's no need.

 

[thedonofchronic]

Okay didnt put an update up yesterday
everything still green, dealing with temp
problems though. My room stays at about 82
My leaves are curling slightly all over so
i really dont know what i can do to lower my temps.
I was thinking on getting another 400w hps too, by
the looks of how i cant deal with my temps i most likely
cant get another one. because then i would really be
struggling. any ideas at all?

 

[zipflip]

build or get a coolltube maybe?
i think ya babies are fantastic lookin don.

 

[thedonofchronic]

Im getting annoyed with these leaves curling up
the only thing i can think of is to sell or trade my 400
i have now and get a 600w air cooled hps. so i wouldnt
have to get two 400s and it would be cooler. not sure
either way i have to use this light for now so i dont know
what to do.

 

[TURKEYNECK]

Defenitly looks like a lil heat curlage is goin on, but other than that they look real nice. Sounds like a cool-tube is what ya need. maybe in the mean time you could double up on the exaust, they seem to like the HPS for veg..GL mang.

 

[Mr. Moon]

looks good man, i have the same problem with my room being to hot, im using a 400 hps aswell. keep it up.

 

[thedonofchronic]

Defenitly looks like a lil heat curlage is goin on, but other than that they look real nice. Sounds like a cool-tube is what ya need. maybe in the mean time you could double up on the exaust, they seem to like the HPS for veg..GL mang.

Glad to have you aboard matey
i knew i was missing somebody
yeah they seem to like the hps for veg, its just the temps.
im really trying different things to lower the temps but its hard.
Do you think you can tell me a bit more about cool tubes? how to
install them and everything

 

[thedonofchronic]

Three pics from today
second pic, the smallest plant
looks very nice and symmetrical :hubba:

 

[TURKEYNECK]

Glad to have you aboard matey
i knew i was missing somebody
yeah they seem to like the hps for veg, its just the temps.
im really trying different things to lower the temps but its hard.
Do you think you can tell me a bit more about cool tubes? how to
install them and everything

Yeah I'm a slacker sometimes I think THG had a DIY cooltube but I cant find it now, with a cooltube, the bulb is completely inclosed in a pyrex tube with hose hooked to both sides to move air thru.. it's pretty straight forward and It'll most definetly cut down on the heat in there.

 

[thedonofchronic]

ya was just looking at it
never done something like that before.
ill have to give it a try with the 400
i gotta do somethin, thanks man

 

[TURKEYNECK]

Three pics from today
second pic, the smallest plant
looks very nice and symmetrical :hubba:

Heck yeah they're lookin good, looks like Ionic works just aswell in soil as hydro.. speaking of hydro..you got the nutes, you got airpumps..when you ganna make the switch man!!??

 

[thedonofchronic]

Heck yeah they're lookin good, looks like Ionic works just aswell in soil as hydro.. speaking of hydro..you got the nutes, you got airpumps..when you ganna make the switch man!!??

haha i know, ive been peaking in the hydro forums every
once in a while.. but i really dont have the room. for dwc maybe.
Heck I dont have seperate flower/veg rooms right now, my space is
so crampt, i cant even get this heat down. Im usually not short for cash
but right now times are tough for me, im struggling to even get a 600 air cooled to switch for this 400. itll take me a while haha. but yes you will
see my face in hydro someday. I hope I still know you when im there, whether it be through the forum or elsewhere. Im going to be growing for a long time. Im in it for the experience. right now I just want to finish this grow off smoothly
oh and by the way, they havnt had a single feeding yet either
not long though

 

[TURKEYNECK]

haha i know, ive been peaking in the hydro forums every
once in a while.. but i really dont have the room. for dwc maybe.
Heck I dont have seperate flower/veg rooms right now, my space is
so crampt, i cant even get this heat down. Im usually not short for cash
but right now times are tough for me, im struggling to even get a 600 air cooled to switch for this 400. itll take me a while haha. but yes you will
see my face in hydro someday. I hope I still know you when im there, whether it be through the forum or elsewhere. Im going to be growing for a long time. Im in it for the experience. right now I just want to finish this grow off smoothly
oh and by the way, they havnt had a single feeding yet either
not long though

I aint goin' nowhere buddy, and I would be thrilled to see you make the switch Just keep doing what yer doin'...it'll pay off in due time my friend.

 

[Locked]

Looking really good Don... Nice work

 

[thedonofchronic]

Quick update...
still battling temperatures..
my plants are giving off a bit stronger
of a smell now, skunky fruity smell that
faintly fills my basement.

 

[thedonofchronic]

Okay well. heres what im dealing with.
plants are nice and green all around.
my temps stay around 80. and my humidity around 45%
so theres problems right there im trying to fix...
then another thing, in the last 2 pics. Some bottom leaves
on some of the plants are drying at the ends and kind of
a lighter green a little bit. Im going to go ahead and guess
that my problem is my ph. I always water with a ph of 6.5
i tested the runoff off one of my pots and it was very low.
but i really dont know it that is clear or not because it was dirty
water. So either way, im thinking i should flush them all in about 2 days
once the soil is ready to be watered again. So should I always water at
6.5? ive read others water at say 6.2 and others at say 6.8. Maybe i needed to add some dolomite lime into my soil. what do you guys think?

 

[lordhighlama]

what exactly is very low?
when you test your runoff let it sit for 15 to 20 min before taking a reading.

 

[thedonofchronic]

looks like the next thing on the list
of things to get is a good digi ph tester..
talk about a never ending shopping list huh?

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Wouldn't mind getting a PH tester myself. Same with a lumen meter, now that would be cool. Hope all goes well don, can't help ya here since I don't really have much experience or knowlege when it comes to plant problems...

 

[swiftgt]

Hey don,
your plants are lookin well,
i wouldnt worry too much about the leaf curling
they dont seem so bad, it looks like a tiny bit of nute burn,? have you even fed them yet?
yep go on ebay a pick up a ph prn, there cheap, and accreate enough for what we need them for,
also if you have heat problems, why dont you save for a big extractor and carbon filter, and vent the heat out a dryer duct,
also do you have a fan blowing over your plants, i didnt see one,
anyway, there looking great, and they are growing at a fast rate, which is good!