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That's a fine setup. Very nice.

Don't overprune. You'll end up like the Captain growing plants upside down hanging from the ceiling.....
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note taken I will lay off on the pruning for a while. You guys are awesome I love talking about these plants and my girl is tired of hearing about em. The clawing you see in some of leaves should I be concerned? I had a nitrogen tox late in my veg stage using the wrong nutes and I had to flush both plants twice to correct it. I haven’t had any problems since. My ph is a little high but it’s coming down with every watering. Any ideas
 
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Oh you mean one of those "mist coolers".....yes, let's do the reverse of what air conditiining is, and put MORE water into the air.... you'll drop the temp by 2 degrees and the humidity will go up to 90%.

Yes you can change your schedule. Do it by adding 1 lights on hour per day, keeping the 12 off. Plants measure the number of dark hours. So maintain that strict 12 off. So each day it'll be lights on at 3pm, then 4pm, 5pm.......until you have them go on around 8pm/off 8am. It will take you 6 days and done.

I understand this can be a little nerve-wracking but it will be fine. If you're a little worried about it, don't do the changing until you're 2 weeks in to flowering.
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I didn’t know this was safe to do. Have you had experience with this technique or is it 2nd hand info? Thx, Harp!
 
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note taken I will lay off on the pruning for a while. You guys are awesome I love talking about these plants and my girl is tired of hearing about em. The clawing you see in some of leaves should I be concerned? I had a nitrogen tox late in my veg stage using the wrong nutes and I had to flush both plants twice to correct it. I haven’t had any problems since. My ph is a little high but it’s coming down with every watering. Any ideas
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Use half of what the label calls for on your veg nutes, if your already doing that, then split that dose in half. Rock like that until it acts right.
 
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The easiest way to change your light schedule during flower is to turn your lights off and let the plants stay in the dark until you reach the time you wish your lights to come on again. So if you're at 2p-2a, when the lights shut off at 2a, just keep them off until the time you wish to change it to. You can even keep the lights off for 24-48 hours without any issues.

As far as humidity goes, it sounds like the dehumidifier you have works fine, but your tent is not sealed enough to make a difference if your house is at 70%.

If you're on a budget it may be more cost effective to buy a bigger dehumidifier that can handle your whole house or at least the room where your tent is located. Would be cheaper than using a portable a/c..

If you're on an extreme budget and neither of these options are available, you could try to better seal your tent. Maybe use some duct tape to cover any gaps or holes, over the stitches in the material, etc. Maybe get creative and use some large trash bags, cover the entire tent with trash bags and duct tape to try to seal it as much as possible. Just a few ideas. I'm a big fan of getting resourceful and saving money in any way possible!

Good luck to you!
 
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I didn’t know this was safe to do. Have you had experience with this technique or is it 2nd hand info? Thx, Harp!
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Yeah, I’m definitely new to that too, it does make perfect sense tho.
 
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Use half of what the label calls for on your veg nutes, if your already doing that, then split that dose in half. Rock like that until it acts right.
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I’m using fox farm ocean forest I’m using plain distilled water no nutes at all I heard fox farm was hot soil and I never flushed it before transferring them into it. Only supplement I use is cal mag I thought about adding some dr Humboldts flower stacker and sweet and sticky here soon
 
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The easiest way to change your light schedule during flower is to turn your lights off and let the plants stay in the dark until you reach the time you wish your lights to come on again. So if you're at 2p-2a, when the lights shut off at 2a, just keep them off until the time you wish to change it to. You can even keep the lights off for 24-48 hours without any issues.

As far as humidity goes, it sounds like the dehumidifier you have works fine, but your tent is not sealed enough to make a difference if your house is at 70%.

If you're on a budget it may be more cost effective to buy a bigger dehumidifier that can handle your whole house or at least the room where your tent is located. Would be cheaper than using a portable a/c..

If you're on an extreme budget and neither of these options are available, you could try to better seal your tent. Maybe use some duct tape to cover any gaps or holes, over the stitches in the material, etc. Maybe get creative and use some large trash bags, cover the entire tent with trash bags and duct tape to try to seal it as much as possible. Just a few ideas. I'm a big fan of getting resourceful and saving money in any way possible!

Good luck to you!
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You’re a Swiss Army knife sir, I’ve been seeing you around here, I like your style. Very concise.
 
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I’m using fox farm ocean forest I’m using plain distilled water no nutes at all I heard fox farm was hot soil and I never flushed it before transferring them into it. Only supplement I use is cal mag I thought about adding some dr Humboldts flower stacker and sweet and sticky here soon
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Sounds great, just make sure whatever you do use is low on nitrogen supplement.
 
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The easiest way to change your light schedule during flower is to turn your lights off and let the plants stay in the dark until you reach the time you wish your lights to come on again. So if you're at 2p-2a, when the lights shut off at 2a, just keep them off until the time you wish to change it to. You can even keep the lights off for 24-48 hours without any issues.

As far as humidity goes, it sounds like the dehumidifier you have works fine, but your tent is not sealed enough to make a difference if your house is at 70%.

If you're on a budget it may be more cost effective to buy a bigger dehumidifier that can handle your whole house or at least the room where your tent is located. Would be cheaper than using a portable a/c..

If you're on an extreme budget and neither of these options are available, you could try to better seal your tent. Maybe use some duct tape to cover any gaps or holes, over the stitches in the material, etc. Maybe get creative and use some large trash bags, cover the entire tent with trash bags and duct tape to try to seal it as much as possible. Just a few ideas. I'm a big fan of getting resourceful and saving money in any way possible!

Good luck to you!
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Thank you for the info bro
I mean I can close all vent holes and get a very very solid suction within the tent using the exhaust fan. I also have co2 supplementing. Should I close the vent holes and run the exhaust or close and no exhaust
 
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You’re a Swiss Army knife sir, I’ve been seeing you around here, I like your style. Very concise.
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Thanks man yeah I don't have as much time to spend here on the Farm as I would like, but yeah I've been doing this for most of my life, and being an "off-the-grid" rancher/farmer/jack-of-all-trades type of person, I've picked up a lot of knowledge over the years
 
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Thank you for the info bro
I mean I can close all vent holes and get a very very solid suction within the tent using the exhaust fan. I also have co2 supplementing. Should I close the vent holes and run the exhaust or close and no exhaust
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Actually you might benefit to ditch the exhaust fan if you're running CO2 as well you're going to end up pulling air in one way or the other and venting out your CO2, so having a completely sealed room/tent for CO2 is generally the ideal method.

If it were me, I would put the exhaust fan on a timer to only turn on when the lights are off. Temperature shouldn't be much of an issue it looks like you're running an LED, and when you supplement CO2 you generally want higher temperatures, anyway.
 
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Thanks man yeah I don't have as much time to spend here on the Farm as I would like, but yeah I've been doing this for most of my life, and being an "off-the-grid" rancher/farmer/jack-of-all-trades type of person, I've picked up a lot of knowledge over the years
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Way to be, I’ve been at it for a veeeeeery friggin long time too, my wife and I have similar aspirations for a more off the grid lifestyle. Kid just has to graduate. I hope to learn a thing or two from ya buddy.
 
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Actually you might benefit to ditch the exhaust fan if you're running CO2 as well you're going to end up pulling air in one way or the other and venting out your CO2, so having a completely sealed room/tent for CO2 is generally the ideal method.

If it were me, I would put the exhaust fan on a timer to only turn on when the lights are off.
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Only in veg tho.
 
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I didn’t know this was safe to do. Have you had experience with this technique or is it 2nd hand info? Thx, Harp!
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He he.....yep. I know it's counter to what we've been trained, to keep that strict 12/12. But it's the 12 dark that triggers flowering, not the 12 light part. Also, unless you're dealing with an equatorial variety, think about summers where most of us live. At the end of June (the opposite for southern hemisphere) we get what? 15, 16 hours of sun? By the end of July, when almost all plants have triggered to flower, we're still getting 14 hours of light. Almost all plants will actually flower with a 13 on / 11 off schedule. But, you're STILL giving them the 12hrs of dark, you're just shifting, gradually.

Yes, I've done this, and both ways, by adding an hour of light a day, and by subtracting an hour of light a day, depending on which way would get me to the goal faster.

Even taking all of this and putting it aside, even if it makes you nervous........so wait. Wait until you've done 2 weeks of on 2pm/off 2am. Don't change anything. Then do the shift. Because then you've already put the vital first 2 weeks of signaling under your belt and they'll be on their way.

But......don't worry, you can do it. ;)
 
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Only in veg tho.
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So seal the tent off no exhaust fan let my dehumidifier run in the tent still right and cut the exhaust fan on at night
 
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The easiest way to change your light schedule during flower is to turn your lights off and let the plants stay in the dark until you reach the time you wish your lights to come on again. So if you're at 2p-2a, when the lights shut off at 2a, just keep them off until the time you wish to change it to. You can even keep the lights off for 24-48 hours without any issues.

As far as humidity goes, it sounds like the dehumidifier you have works fine, but your tent is not sealed enough to make a difference if your house is at 70%.

If you're on a budget it may be more cost effective to buy a bigger dehumidifier that can handle your whole house or at least the room where your tent is located. Would be cheaper than using a portable a/c..

If you're on an extreme budget and neither of these options are available, you could try to better seal your tent. Maybe use some duct tape to cover any gaps or holes, over the stitches in the material, etc. Maybe get creative and use some large trash bags, cover the entire tent with trash bags and duct tape to try to seal it as much as possible. Just a few ideas. I'm a big fan of getting resourceful and saving money in any way possible!

Good luck to you!
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You can do that.......that will also work. Just keep the lights off for those extra hours. Personally, I don't like it because in this case you actually are manipulating the dark cycle. It's kind of like giving it 1 day of December. It will work, it's easy.....it's just abrupt. It could add a little stress.
 
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When you're running CO2 it is important to have your VPD in the right threshold. Here's a basic chart you can follow to get a general idea of what you want your humidity and temps to be

The top numbers are your relative humidity levels
 
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So seal the tent off no exhaust fan let my dehumidifier run in the tent still right and cut the exhaust fan on at night
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So what I’ve got now is it sealed off except for a small vent on the top of the tent to let hot air out, my hygrometers near my dehumidifier are saying it’s 53% at soil level. Hopefully with it sealed I can achieve that across the tent. Is 53 low enough to escape bud rot ?
 
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Dehumidifier.
 
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Both of y’all noticed the pruning im laughing cause I have been pruning the shit out of them the controller came with the vevor fan I’m using I think it was only 70$ total
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Yes, who needs all those silly leaves...... ;)

If you have the days of veg cycle ahead of you to allow new leaves, branches to fill in......ok. but pruning fan leaves does set the plant back a bit. And pruning into flowering doesn't count. That's stretch and residual leaf growth, not true filling in. And look, there are lots of opinions around this and lots of cases of pruning success. Personally, I'm a minimalist pruner. Bottom, old, unproductive, very in the way leaves only.
 
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