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The reason they are looking good is because the humidity is high but once you get into flower that high humidity could give you bud rot, mold, PM or a multitude of other problems...do you have an RH gauge? The AC will probably help, many of them will dehumidify the air to a point if sized correctly to the room...Nice I will go look at ac tomorrow outdoor temps may near 100 next week. I started then in March, I'd be heartbroken if they die.
With the door of like in pic, I'm a 93 in the cabinet, outside temp 84 at midnight.
Haha! Thanks man. I appreciate the kind words. But I think its mostly stellar genetics. I was pretty impressed myself, as I ran in a similar cab, and even under an HPS after for my first grow. And didnt get the best results. There was about a 5 year period in between that i was itching to grow again and just read up a ton and collected genetics. I guess it paid off :D This cab was supposed to be my only growing area and it has snowballed into building out a whole room again :p So hopefully you'll grow even better plants when the wait is over, so dont feel too bad in the meantime :D CFL's are DEFINITELY capable of producing some high end nugs!^^^ this guy is doing it right!! Those are some of the best looking cfl buds...
You guys are making feel bad, I've got to wait a couple more years until I can grow again...once the kids are out if the house...I have a real nice grow cab in an armoire that I built to grow in when I downsized... Never got to use it before the kids found it, had to start growing peppers in it...lol it uses cfl on the veg side and led on the flower side.
Thanks brotha! Love choppin it up about the possibility of growing under different conditions than the norm. i felt the same way alot of times, questioning if CFL was even the way to go based off of alot of naysayers. But I am convinced you can grow under them and have happy plants and be happy with the results.CaseyJones, beautiful plants man. I do appreciate all the advice and input from you and Johnnyrotten. I was beginning to think the CFL route was a bad idea but your pictures show its possible. Possible is all I need.
My temperature situation might be under control last night, I created a hole to allow the box fan to pull the heat from my cabinet. Same as yesterday, I check them 2 hours after lights come on. Outside temp is 88 f deg and the Cabinet is holding at 92f deg.
RH is at 64%, I got a high tech thermometer from Lowes that shows Humidity levels.
Im good at learning the hard way, I am impressed with my patience and my ability to have them this long. I would consider this a good education, things can only get better.
Did I pass the timeline for removing lower foliage. I trimmed a little about a week ago. Im not sure how much to remove
Great info tobh! just curious, say you missed cutting at day 21, would you cut it late still or not? I mean personally, do you find it more beneficial to not stress the plants, and end up with nugs that might not be as good as the rest? Or is it a non factor because at that point, the redirection of the energy is minimal?I trim up until day 21 flower. I trim heavily one time a week before flip, again at 7 days after flip, day 14 and finally day 21. Anything later is unnecessary stress and will impact your overall yields. I also take about 1/3 off the bottom, depending on growth style. This last run I should have done more trimming but was my first time with scrog and shit got out of hand. You can see the grow in my link in my signature.
You're not doing too bad with the heat issues you have. I've been there man. The key to keeping your temps under control is if you're growing in a cabinet, the room this cabinet is in WILL impact the internals temps of your cab. I typically assume the cabinet will run 5 to 10 degrees hotter than the room, so the room needs to be no more than 75 degrees. The 10 degrees is a long shot now since I've figured out ventilation and air exchange, but you always have to consider worst case scenario. The ideal situation is to be able to run a much larger setup in a better climate controlled environment with proper equipment. I also know the difficulties associated with lack of cash flow.
This gives you the two pieces you need to modify to get your temps down around 78. Cool the shed the cab is in and get some good ventilation going in the cabinet. Good ventilation = happy plants. Bad ventilation = enough problems to make you miserable with life.
Over 85 is simply bad conditions for most plants as the VPD gets out of control up there. Where your temps are I don't think PM could survive though I would be worried about lack of producing (or loss of) terpenes and odd bud development. Key things that you don't really want.
CFL's are totally capable of producing a fine product if learnt how to use properly. They have a bad rap because many first timers try with them and wind up producing lack luster product and never really acknowledge they need the lights within inches of the plant tops at all times, really solid ventilation, no light leaks and a good feeding plan in place. They are great for budget grows but still aren't as efficient as higher wattage HIDs. The day one hits 1 gram/watt with CFLs would be a wonderful day.
One Love,
tobh
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