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Worst results ever out of 35 grows. Can't beat the weather.

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Worst results ever out of 35 grows. Can't beat the weather.

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Well, it's officially my worst results ever out of 35 grow, and the weather the last two month didn't help at all.

rh has been consistenlty between 60% to 75% inside the room up to 80% to 85% at night inside the flowering tent.

gonna chop in the next few days, but this far i have lost 5 out of 8 main cola top to mold, lost some more buds along thoose main colas depending phenotype, and even lost many secondary branches top to mold, wich is usually pretty rare to be mentionned, i think until this grow i may be lost one secondary branche top once and that's all.

i have seen some strains resist better to high rh, but not this one

here what's the tent look like with all the missing colas and tops few days from chop. i Have been able to save a few buds from what's missing but not that much.

Worst results ever out of 35 grows cant beat the weather


and well the flowering tent isn't my only issue.

Last harvest from 5 weeks and a half ago is still not dry, stems still don't snap, and flowers are still too soft under pressure.

first time i have this happening in 35 grows, my weed usually always dry within 7-15 days ...

today rh is 75% won't help ... just had two days with 50 rh the last two month other ways rh always been between 60% to 75% inside the room...
 
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I feel your pain... but can't understand why this happened... as a guy (you) who's helped with so much advice to so many growers.. knows all the issues with humidity... that a dehumidifier could have solved.. not to or being disrespectful .. maybe I'm missing something...
 
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If my humidity was that high in later flower , I would go in my tent and remove 90% of the fan leaves
Keep the temps around 30c, and the humidity should drop, add extra fans ect, a thick canopy with hight humidity is the last thing you want in late flower
 
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SnappyJack said:
I feel your pain... but can't understand why this happened... as a guy (you) who's helped with so much advice to so many growers.. knows all the issues with humidity... that a dehumidifier could have solved.. not to or being disrespectful .. maybe I'm missing something...
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i live in a small one room appartment with the window open 24/24 7/7 all years long, rh is just what the ambient rh is like outside the appartment, can't use a dehumidifier with the windows open 24/24, in winter season when the building heater is turned on it usually dry the air enough and generally other way rh i usually around 40% to 50%, short spike could happen but rarely so long, so no issue most of the time.

i m the happy with what i get kind of grower because it's always better than no weed at all, or weed i would have to buy and couldn't afford.
 
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HerbalEdu said:
Well, it's officially my worst results ever out of 35 grow, and the weather the last two month didn't help at all.

rh has been consistenlty between 60% to 75% inside the room up to 80% to 85% at night inside the flowering tent.

gonna chop in the next few days, but this far i have lost 5 out of 8 main cola top to mold, lost some more buds along thoose main colas depending phenotype, and even lost many secondary branches top to mold, wich is usually pretty rare to be mentionned, i think until this grow i may be lost one secondary branche top once and that's all.

i have seen some strains resist better to high rh, but not this one

here what's the tent look like with all the missing colas and tops few days from chop. i Have been able to save a few buds from what's missing but not that much.

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and well the flowering tent isn't my only issue.

Last harvest from 5 weeks and a half ago is still not dry, stems still don't snap, and flowers are still too soft under pressure.

first time i have this happening in 35 grows, my weed usually always dry within 7-15 days ...

today rh is 75% won't help ... just had two days with 50 rh the last two month other ways rh always been between 60% to 75% inside the room...
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You need a dehumidifier
 
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HerbalEdu said:
i live in a small one room appartment with the window open 24/24 7/7 all years long, rh is just what the ambient rh is like outside the appartment, can't use a dehumidifier with the windows open 24/24, in winter season when the building heater is turned on it usually dry the air enough and generally other way rh i usually around 40% to 50%, short spike could happen but rarely so long, so no issue most of the time.

i m the happy with what i get kind of grower because it's always better than no weed at all, or weed i would have to buy and couldn't afford.
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I'm assuming your place doesn't have any HVAC. In other words, whatever the ambient weather is is what your apartment is going to be like?
 
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HerbalEdu said:
i live in a small one room appartment with the window open 24/24 7/7 all years long, rh is just what the ambient rh is like outside the appartment, can't use a dehumidifier with the windows open 24/24, in winter season when the building heater is turned on it usually dry the air enough and generally other way rh i usually around 40% to 50%, short spike could happen but rarely so long, so no issue most of the time.

i m the happy with what i get kind of grower because it's always better than no weed at all, or weed i would have to buy and couldn't afford.
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And I have 2 acres, 12 plants plus a few more outdoors and had to trash almost all 'cause of disease. This year's been a hella one.
 
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cpurola said:
And I have 2 acres, 12 plants plus a few more outdoors and had to trash almost all 'cause of disease. This year's been a hella one.
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i tend to consider each grow it's rolling the dice with strains and each phenotypes resistance to diseases and weather conditon, sometime it just doesn't match ...

my stat are something like 2/3 to 3/4 grows without mold 1/3 to 1/4 grows with some mold but most of the time much less than this time, like losing 1 or 2 main colas tops out of 8 and that's all.
 
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HerbalEdu said:
i tend to consider each grow it's rolling the dice with strains and each phenotypes resistance to diseases and weather conditon, sometime it just doesn't match ...

my stat are something like 2/3 to 3/4 grows without mold 1/3 to 1/4 grows with some mold but most of the time much less than this time, like losing 1 or 2 main colas tops out of 8 and that's all.
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I usually lose my biggest, top colas to rot, AND all the hard nugs. Last year the loose open flowers were the only ones to survive Botrytis, but I had some PM by the time I harvested. THIS year the Septoria has been ridiculous, I didn't even notice it last year.
Such fun, but we keep doin' it. LOL
 
#16
Looks like the basics got you and me this run brother. Sorry to hear about the loss of buds.

I envy anyone who has the ability to grow completely indoors with a controlled AC environment. I feel it would be cake walk to manage a tent in a lung room.
I have a room that is one wall attached to the house, other three walls to the outside, no central air to the room. I am at the whim of the outdoor temp swings and humidity when it rains. I would chop a leg off to be allowed to fight the HVAC vs fighting outdoor environment. I dump $100 a month on electricity to keep the room in check on environment. Man, I would turn that room the tent is in into a lung room and seal off the outside element swings. Constant exhausting to the outside can substantially stabilize your environment. Negative pressure stabilizes environment. When your negative pressure pulls air from let’s say the crack at door to the room, that’s all gravy because it’s conditioned air from the rest of the house/apartment. But when you are like me, and have cracks to outdoors, that negative pressure brings in outside environment like humidity and is a mofo to combat.
I guess I am asking why you have not tried to set the room up as a lung room and close the window?
 
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Bdubs said:
I envy anyone who has the ability to grow completely indoors with a controlled AC environment.
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same

Bdubs said:
I dump $100 a month on electricity to keep the room in check on environment. Man, I would turn that room the tent is in into a lung room and seal off the outside element swings.
I guess I am asking why you have not tried to set the room up as a lung room and close the window?
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as said, one room appartement with the window open 24/24 365/365 to regulate temperature, my building tend to keep a lot of heat both in summer and in winter when the general building heater is turned on, also i smoke inside the appartment, usually with the window open i have 27°C 28°C in winter ... then part of autumn and spring temperature could be lower between 22° 25°C and in summer it's 28° 34° with some heat spikes.

and well running an ac and a dehumidifier and closing the window would noticeably add to one cycle growing cost ... and isnt really practical in my small studio.
 
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cpurola said:
I usually lose my biggest, top colas to rot, AND all the hard nugs. Last year the loose open flowers were the only ones to survive Botrytis, but I had some PM by the time I harvested. THIS year the Septoria has been ridiculous, I didn't even notice it last year.
Such fun, but we keep doin' it. LOL
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i think in general strains and phenotypic distribution within a strain does a lot when it come to disease resistance.

i have seen some strain or just some phenotype resist 90% rh, and some other starting to mold with 50 rh. buying seeds is like playing the lotery you'll never know what you'll get until you've grown them.
 
#19
Yes... running a dehumidifier is costly.. running a dehumidifier and air conditioner.. even more so... a dehumidifier was costing me an extra 25 to 35 bucks a month in electric bill.. One of the reasons this last grow I decided to go outside... thinking I can save money and time... then I discovered a new thing in growing herb... weather

I consider myself a frugal grower,.. one because of circumstances the other I was raised not to waste.. especially money...

Now before you start thinking that kind of stuff... why do we grow it... instead of buying it at a dispensary... come on...
 
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SnappyJack said:
Yes... running a dehumidifier is costly.. running a dehumidifier and air conditioner.. even more so... a dehumidifier was costing me an extra 25 to 35 bucks a month in electric bill..One of the reasons this last grow I decided to go outside... thinking I can save money and time... then I discovered a new thing in growing herb... weather

I consider myself a frugal grower,.. one because of circumstances the other I was raised not to waste.. especially money...

Now before you start thinking that kind of stuff... why do we grow it... instead of buying it at a dispensary... come on.
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as long as i m not running out of weed between each harvest i'm fine. Having some mold once in a while is part of game for me, i m rather old school regarding that almost neandherthal : ) it's just a record of a bad season in the books : )
 
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