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Hi, I'm in my first hydroponic cannabis grow. I practiced a little on other veggies first so I know a little bit. I have more growth than I can handle though. At 5 weeks from seed, I had a plant over 12" tall and about 18" wide. This had a perfect canopy also where the top stalk had stopped growing and the side stalks grew up to the sunlight. I put it into flower 2 weeks ago. It has grown so much it has filled my 3x3 tent and is now square. The canopy is still pretty good though in that when you look underneath it's pretty clear. The bud sites are all near the top.
Here are the problems:
- I can't raise the light anymore. I have LED so it's not that hot, but I'll have to take it out of the tent if it keeps growing up. Should it stop growing up about now, 2.5 weeks into flower? I may be able to get the light another 3" high if I get help from my wife. If it's going up more I'll need to take it out of the tent. Should I do that? It's in a 4x4 room that has white walls, black ceiling, and dark brown floor. If so, I'll need to redo the exhaust. Last grow was in the 4x4 room and I had a LOT of smell at the end. You could smell it from outside, but in the winter not many people are walking around. When the smell started, the termite guy had just come so we made sure not to call any repair services during that time. Summer will be here by the time this flowers and I have to keep the smell down this time. Should I pull this out of the tent? I hope no since I don't know if I can smell-proof the room.
- I need to change the water, but due to the plant height I can't get the bucket out without pulling the whole plant out of the tent. I know now that I should build a small stand next time but right now, I can't figure out how I'll change this. I've been adding solution and I measured the other day and I was at over 4k ppm and pH has dropped to 5.0. That's about triple strength from the original mixture so I put the last two gallons in of just pure filtered water. It doesn't appear to be hurting the plant now, but I'm concerned that it might become too toxic. What should I do here?
Thanks.
Here are the problems:
- I can't raise the light anymore. I have LED so it's not that hot, but I'll have to take it out of the tent if it keeps growing up. Should it stop growing up about now, 2.5 weeks into flower? I may be able to get the light another 3" high if I get help from my wife. If it's going up more I'll need to take it out of the tent. Should I do that? It's in a 4x4 room that has white walls, black ceiling, and dark brown floor. If so, I'll need to redo the exhaust. Last grow was in the 4x4 room and I had a LOT of smell at the end. You could smell it from outside, but in the winter not many people are walking around. When the smell started, the termite guy had just come so we made sure not to call any repair services during that time. Summer will be here by the time this flowers and I have to keep the smell down this time. Should I pull this out of the tent? I hope no since I don't know if I can smell-proof the room.
- I need to change the water, but due to the plant height I can't get the bucket out without pulling the whole plant out of the tent. I know now that I should build a small stand next time but right now, I can't figure out how I'll change this. I've been adding solution and I measured the other day and I was at over 4k ppm and pH has dropped to 5.0. That's about triple strength from the original mixture so I put the last two gallons in of just pure filtered water. It doesn't appear to be hurting the plant now, but I'm concerned that it might become too toxic. What should I do here?
Thanks.