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I don't change the temps. Lights on creates some heat of its own so with a heat source from above and below, my plants are nice and cozy. When the lights are off, the temperature drops naturally due to the loss of heat from above. My seedling mats came with a temperature controller that I can set at any temp up to 90F I believe and it will cycle on and off to keep a constant seedling mat temp.The best I can do is to bring it into the garage which looks like is going to happen. The tiny space heater is on the lowest possible setting but still cranking out heat in such a small space is making me nervous. Going to abandon the space heaters at this point and try the heating pad with temperature control to see if that works better with the reduced risk of fire as well. I’ll have to change the temp each morning and night for the lights on/off temperature. Thank you everyone for your help, hoping to get this under control. Regardless it’s been one big learning experience that’s for sure!
Sorry to be the FNG but what exactly is that/how does it work?exhaust ventilation through something like an inkbird temperature/humidity controller
Mine is older tech (no smart phone or wifi connection). It works great but Inkbird has newer tech than my old Bayite brand.Sorry to be the FNG but what exactly is that/how does it work?
Not sure if anyone has mentioned some defoliation to the lower and inside leaves of the plant. That might help boost production a little more. Since people are mentioning over watered, the lower leaves next to the damp soil could spark an issue. Sometimes transplanting to a larger pot will give it a chance to overcome whatever is binding it up as well.
Should I wait for things to turn for the better or defoliate the larger fan leaves on the bottom of the plant now while it isn’t in the best shape?Not sure if anyone has mentioned some defoliation to the lower and inside leaves of the plant. That might help boost production a little more. Since people are mentioning over watered, the lower leaves next to the damp soil could spark an issue. Sometimes transplanting to a larger pot will give it a chance to overcome whatever is binding it up as well. Keep us posted on how things progress.
Start with the ones that look the worst. Those will likely be the ones growing inward towards the main stem and will be lower on the plant just like @Wolfe described. Don't remove them all at once though. You could shock the plant even more if you remove too much at once.Should I wait for things to turn for the better or defoliate the larger fan leaves on the bottom of the plant now while it isn’t in the best shape?
58 degrees at night with 63%rh should be good for night time and 74 degrees and 55% is fine for daytime. If you can keep those numbers you’re good.Over night there seems to be a bit of an improvement by moving the tent closer to the space heater, putting a bowl of water inside the tent, and shutting off the oscillating fan. It never got below 58 and the humidity was up around 63%.During today it was able to get up to 74 with 55% humidity with only the in-line fan running. I put the space heater in the tent and ran it for about a half hour and within that time the temp jumped to 88 degrees and the humidity dropped to 41. Seems like I’m not going to be able to find a balance here.
Is it better to have higher temps and super low humidity or better but not great humidity with better but not great temperature?
Yayyyy for the improvements. Add that temperature controller that I mentioned in this thread last night and you'll easily be able to control your temps. The fact that you hit 88F tells me you'll do well controlling the environment with that one addition to your set-up. I'd still be running that oscillating fan 24/7. Every time those leaves dance in the breeze, you're moving the humidity created by transpiring away from the interior part of the plant.Over night there seems to be a bit of an improvement by moving the tent closer to the space heater, putting a bowl of water inside the tent, and shutting off the oscillating fan. It never got below 58 and the humidity was up around 63%.During today it was able to get up to 74 with 55% humidity with only the in-line fan running. I put the space heater in the tent and ran it for about a half hour and within that time the temp jumped to 88 degrees and the humidity dropped to 41. Seems like I’m not going to be able to find a balance here.
Is it better to have higher temps and super low humidity or better but not great humidity with better but not great temperature?
Since you have been over watering, you need to NOT take any leaves off until it recovers. Every leaf is helping and if you take any off the water gets worse until it dries out some. You want it almost totally dry before watering.
Read this:
Watering SOIL
New Simplified Way to Water Marijuana Plants
The other day I had an idea and after testing, it works great. To know if you need to water, get yourself a soil meter. Poke or drill 4 holes in your pot 1/4 way up from the bottom spaced around the pot. Insert the meter probe into the hole and test for moisture. If its dry, then water SLOWLY...www.thcfarmer.com
I mostly agree but I have seen plants recover that looked dead. Leave them for a week, if they don't recover, take them off.Good to see you @ComfortablyNumb. Haven't seen you on here much lately. Hope all is going well for you.
I thought about that prior to posting. However, some of those leaves are going to be lost because of the problems the plant has had. Those are easily identifiable ... they hang straight down and have lost their color and will just about fall off on their own. Those are already pretty much dead and not going to recover. I see no harm in removing those.
Thank you everyone for the input and help, she looks much better today. Got the warming pad underneath and the temperature control all setup. Have the target temp of 75, 80 the exhaust fan will kick on and 65 the heating pad will turn on. Things look good but running into another issue, shocking right. I’m not sure if someone has run into this before but after putting the mat into the tent my humidity level spiked up to 82%. Is it the mat breathing after being opened up? I have since removed the exhaust fan as the cooling element as it’s doubtful to reach that 80 degree mark and have the exhaust fan running and that has lowered the humidity level back down to 61%.
The mat is probably making the soil give off moistureThank you everyone for the input and help, she looks much better today. Got the warming pad underneath and the temperature control all setup. Have the target temp of 75, 80 the exhaust fan will kick on and 65 the heating pad will turn on. Things look good but running into another issue, shocking right. I’m not sure if someone has run into this before but after putting the mat into the tent my humidity level spiked up to 82%. Is it the mat breathing after being opened up? I have since removed the exhaust fan as the cooling element as it’s doubtful to reach that 80 degree mark and have the exhaust fan running and that has lowered the humidity level back down to 61%.
I haven’t watered the plant since Wednesday of last week, is this still causing the humidity issues? I put the moisture reader as far as I couldn’t and does t read anything, put my finger in and feels dry. I’ll be moving the tent into the garage tonight in hopes of eliminating the issue. I think it being in the shed and having some rain the past 2 days is causing the issue, had the exhaust fan and oscillating fan running all night and the humidity was up at 75%. The temp didn’t fall below 65 inside the tent and now today although the temp is steady at 74 the humidity is back up to 67% or so.The plant is creating all the high humidity. Plants breathe but we call it transpiration. They breathe out water and oxygen.
Keep your exhaust on to vent the excess. It has to get rid of all the water somehow.
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