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As well as getting you area clean ready to go again if you have pm probs on your plants which I sometimes get on my outdoor crop I spray with 1 lt of full cream milk mixed in 9 lts water spray both underside and surface of leaf this will give the PM some nice food other than your plant my Tutor at Hort school said the PM feeds on the bacteria left by the milk and starts to over fees and dies out again I use it and even in my tomatoes that have suffered from it and it's organic I would use anything else .
Tent pros: blocks light so you can do veg and flower in one room cutting your harvest time in half, makes negative pressure and keeps the smell from escaping, waterproof liner at the bottom, more reflective than mylar blankets, sturdy place to hang lights filters etcOn that note, do you all think that it makes more sense to use an inclosed grow tent in the room (ie: gorilla tent)? I've just built a pvc frame that holds mylar around a 3'x3' area, and it's not sealed intentionally (big gaps around sides of mylar for air exchange & fans).
I've set everything up with a heavy light-blocking drape over the door of room, and ventilation ducting running under the drape. I blow about 450cfm in to the room 24/7.
So my question is, would I gain any advantage from buying a 3'x3' or 4'x4' sealed tent? I felt like having the open air in the room would benefit the plants more, but am open to other setups.
Picture of my current setup: View attachment 648357
Just finished a grow where I battled Powdery Mildew. Looking for advice on cleaning the (now empty) room before next grow.
The basement room is carpeted, and I have an 8'x8' piece of linoleum on the floor around my 3'x3' grow tent. Tent is not sealed - just has hanging reflective material. I don't have illusions of totally eradicating all PM spores - just want to get it as good as I can, and I'd like to keep the cleaning procedure as organic as possible.
I was thinking about the following, but would love some opinions from others:
-> Spray down everything besides carpet with Vinegar/H20 mixture (maybe isopropyl?)
-> Vacuum well
-> Mist carpet with dilute anti-fungal herbal blend
-> Spray same mist in to intake fan ducting for room with fans running
-> Clean all fans in the room
Thoughts?
What about putting a uv bulb in the room for a few hours in various places?
that is a big one..for me it was a winter issue I had to square away..when the temps dropped the humidity in the warm air would just dump condensation on the leaves. good for mushrooms..weed..not so much. Last winter/spring was a tough year for just about everybody it seemed. The stuff floats through the regions like a death cloud sometimes. Just make it inhospitable. I found it sets in as a clear blotch in veg and if not dealt with will go full white mold in flower and the night cools and humidity dumps make it flourish. Keep your air exchange and fans going good in veg..make sure the light is bright. That's where PM gets it's foot hold really. It's a good time to foliar plants with an ewc tea and I like to use a horsetail herb tea..that can be a preventative as well as a cure in flower. Also a high brix level helps.Luckily, I live in a fairly dry climate, and the humidity in room never seems to go much above 50%. I run fans 24/7, and one is always pumping fresh air in to the room.
The winter is actually helping me out in regards to keeping temperatures steady (how the house furnace runs, etc). I also realized that I could run my veg closet on a semi-alternate lighting schedule. So when flower lights go off, veg lights are just coming on (light sealed closet). I pump warm air out of veg closet in to flower room. This helps keep the temperature from dropping dramatically in the room during the flower dark cycle. So basically, there is always a least one light running, and generating heat in room.
Right now, I'm seeing temperature fluctuations of about 8deg F, which I'm happy with. Before I had alternating light schedules, I was seeing 20deg F fluctuations. I think that a big part of the PM problems were temp fluctuations.
@cannabeans put me on to the temperature fluctuations. I just remedied the temperature issues, so we'll see how things go! Thanks Cannab
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