adventures with the "Spider Farmer SF90x90CM "3x3x6" Grow Tent"

[Aqua Man]

The plants roots grow through the soil & not around it. There's no root wrap or winding around the pot between the plastic and the soil.....When I remove my plants from fabric pots there are no roots, they're all in the dirt...that has to be better than plastic. I've busted open root balls from big plants that have been in 5 gallon plastic pots and there are no roots in the centre mass, they're all hugging the outside of the dirt....Its just tricky transplanting out of them.

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First pic is plastic and second pic is fabric… clearly seen how much more beneficial fabric are

 

[PipeCarver]

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First pic is plastic and second pic is fabric… clearly seen how much more beneficial fabric are

Wow, them are some roots.....It looks like you get frost on the tops and the bottoms with those girls. I've not had roots like that in any fab pot...There you go AquaMan knows his stuff, with roots like that your plants would thrive and could out grow your room if not careful.

 

[biggerbud420]

5th night of week 3 from seed autoflowers
1st 3 pics are kush
last 3 pics are zkittles

 

[SpiderFarmerLED]

Looking good

 

[biggerbud420]

Looking good

thanks im liking the tent so much im going to get a spider farmer se 3000 tomorrow and putting the sf 4000 in my other tent

Amazon.com

 

[biggerbud420]

i purchased a new light today i figured with all the freebees spider farmer has giving i would purchase so i got se3000 bar

 

[biggerbud420]

WEEK 4 day 1 loving the 3x3 tent so much i want to get rid of my 4x4 and get another 3x3 lol
5 days after taking @Aqua Man advice i think they are looking better

 

[biggerbud420]

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First pic is plastic and second pic is fabric… clearly seen how much more beneficial fabric are

hey man these pots are still wet from watering them last friday it could be 10 days before there not wet is that gonna be cool ?

 

[biggerbud420]

i believe i have a boy here could someone give me a second opinion ?

 

[biggerbud420]

no second opinions ?

 

[PipeCarver]

hey man these pots are still wet from watering them last friday it could be 10 days before there not wet is that gonna be cool ?

Not really, they should dry quicker than that. In regular temperatures ( around 80f ) I want my 5 gallon pots to dry in 5 days, right now in the heat of summer 86f they're drying in fabric pots 3-4 days.......in my 3 gal fab pots I'm only getting 2.5 days between water / feed. I'd suggest getting the temperature up some to help. With a water - feed cycle you'll only get to feed once every 20 days with slow drying soil & low temps, Hard on the roots too to be damp so long I'd think....

 

[PipeCarver]

no second opinions ?

No Idea from me, bad eyes, I just flipped an almost 3 month old male.....If I could tell early I wouldn't have grown him so long...lol

 

[biggerbud420]

tonight's update its been a week since watering pots are still heavy
found 2 males in the kush 1 female

 

[biggerbud420]

@Aqua Man still have not watered those pots kits been 8 days

 

[biggerbud420]

week 4 day 6 i watered ph 6.3 and feed 1/2 cup of happy frog all purpose
recieved my se3000 today will be putting the sf4000 back in the other tent

 

[Shaded_One]

Hey bro @Aqua Man has given you some really solid advice here! I just want to add in what I saw reading through the thread that was missed. Your temps are REALLY low!

You want to be in the 74f - 86f range and this is why I run my SF4000 @ 100% even during seedling phase. There are two easy ways to reduce your PPFD/light intensity:

1. dim your light
2. increase the distance from light to canopy

If you use #2 you can still run your light at a higher intensity to benefit from the heat if needed

 

[biggerbud420]

Hey bro @Aqua Man has given you some really solid advice here! I just want to add in what I saw reading through the thread that was missed. Your temps are REALLY low!

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You want to be in the 74f - 86f range and this is why I run my SF4000 @ 100% even during seedling phase. There are two easy ways to reduce your PPFD/light intensity:

1. dim your light
2. increase the distance from light to canopy

If you use #2 you can still run your light at a higher intensity to benefit from the heat if needed

well there not really i can do about the temp at the moment its in my bedroom and right beside it is a tent with some drying so i have to keep the room cool so im stuck there
i just got the se3000 today i hung it using the height in the manual i can raise it if i must but the manual says 8 to 12 in in veg i got it at 12 so should i raise it ?

 

[Shaded_One]

well there not really i can do about the temp at the moment its in my bedroom and right beside it is a tent with some drying so i have to keep the room cool so im stuck there
i just got the se3000 today i hung it using the height in the manual i can raise it if i must but the manual says 8 to 12 in in veg i got it at 12 so should i raise it ?

Bar style doesn't run as hot or have the same "hot spots" as the SF4000/quantum board style so you should be okay at the recommended height/intensity but do what you can to get your tent temperatures up otherwise growth will be stalled

 

[biggerbud420]

WEEK 5 day 1
1st pic is the kush and the last 3 pics are the zkittles

 

[biggerbud420]

WEEK 5 day 3 monday was the last day i watered pots are still heavy , metal rings are 4 inches above the rim of the pots
will be moving the solo cups into my 4x4 tomorrow and raising the lights 70 or 80 percent