B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Tent

[Heirloom]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

BAH! "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Heirloom again."

Yeah, it gives me that a lot too. You need to stop giving good advice for a while.

 

[jandre2k3]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

yeah, it gives me that a lot too. You need to stop giving good advice for a while.

neh-varrr!!

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

lol i lol'ing over here like totaly fer sure! jeeze im a big dork,,, heirloom just read your journal good stuff i like hydro in theory i got stuff to do it but i get pithium big time mabe when its colder,,sorry to hear bout your gramps sucks loosing loved ones my deepest sympathies to you and yours...tacticalgrow -on my way

 

[jandre2k3]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

lol i lol'ing over here like totaly fer sure! jeeze im a big dork,,, heirloom just read your journal good stuff i like hydro in theory i got stuff to do it but i get pithium big time mabe when its colder,,sorry to hear bout your gramps sucks loosing loved ones my deepest sympathies to you and yours...tacticalgrow -on my way

Like- Omigawd!

 

[Heirloom]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

Thank you for the sympathy BID. Glad you enjoyed my journal.

 

[spiffy]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

In certain areas of this country, they employ what is called a swamp cooler to control temps inside the house. Water effectively strips heat from the surrounding air as it evaporates. I have been in several houses that use this type of A/C and can attest to their effectiveness.

However, like you said, humidity does add to the "Heat Index" or how hot it actually feels. This reference of heat does not effect plants in the same way it does mammals that perspire. Please indulge me for a moment whilst I explain.

In humid areas of the world, it feels hotter to us because of the copious amounts of sweat that is present and does not evaporate quickly because of the humidity. We are accustomed to being dry and comfortable, and as such, when soaked with sweat, we get very uncomfortable, and suddenly notice that it is hot because the sweat is not evaporating and cooling the body as fast as it does in drier climes.

I have lived in places that have a very low RH most of the year, and thus, the "Feels Like" temperature is lower than the actual temperature because of the heat index. Imagine this: 115F at 5% RH. Your sweat evaporates very quickly and you don't notice the heat as much as if the RH was at say 40%. This is actually a very dangerous heat that can cause death if not heeded. When you sweat it evaporates and cools the body, so you don't notice how hot it really is, so you stay out longer, and can dehydrate very quickly because of the water loss through the sweat... bad juju...

All that said, a swamp cooler, or evaporative air conditioner can actually lower the air temperature considerably, just as evaporating sweat can lower the body's temperature. Granted is is not as effective as refrigerant, but I have been in houses with swamp coolers that are as much as 30 degrees cooler than the outside. Yes, it is more humid inside, but with the cooled air moving by the fan, it is much more comfortable than the same humidity at 30 degrees higher outside.

In this instance, the fan would be blowing air that has been cooled by the evaporating water from the towel over the plants. If RH in the area is low, the danger of fungus is low as well. HOWEVER, if the RH in the area is above 40%, a swamp cooler would NOT BE RECOMMENDED for use in this situation. For one, it would not be as effective as in drier climate, and two, it will raise the RH around the plants to well over 60%. Warm, moist air is a haven for airborne fungus, and will cause bud rot in the flowering stage.

Thanks that is what I was wondering...If the plants would be effected by the humidity like we are...

 

[jandre2k3]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

Thanks that is what I was wondering...If the plants would be effected by the humidity like we are...

Any time, spiffy, dear. You should know by now that if you want a big complicated answer, I'm your guy!!

 

[GreeenFingers]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

Hey bigirishdoode

I'm just after reading through the past 13 pages, delighted to have found this grow

The videos are a really nice change to see in a journal I loved watching them, your grow is very interesting.

Hope you don't mind if I stick around for this, I'm subbed, +REP

My journal is in my signature if you are interested.

Keep up the good work.

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

i got some nylon cord yesterday and i created a screen in the veg tent cool thing i like is i is i can adjust it to any height and adjust the squares to different sizes as needed and the tent provided the frame heres the pics

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

Thank you for the sympathy BID. Glad you enjoyed my journal.

its good stuff your doing a good job

Thanks that is what I was wondering...If the plants would be effected by the humidity like we are...

hey baby good to see you posting again

Hey bigirishdoode

I'm just after reading through the past 13 pages, delighted to have found this grow

The videos are a really nice change to see in a journal I loved watching them, your grow is very interesting.

Hope you don't mind if I stick around for this, I'm subbed, +REP

My journal is in my signature if you are interested.

Keep up the good work.

thanks for the good words welcome aboard!! i try to keep it interesting i'll get some new videos going again soon they are lil more work than just a few quick snaps and take eons to upload

 

[thspot]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

very clean looking

 

[SurfBuddy]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

BID- probably a stupid question, but are you running your lights at night? Can help with cooling maybe...

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

2 tents i split the cool time of day fairly between the 2 im thinking veg may not need it as much but im plsnning on flowering both tents so it would be pointless to readjust for the week or 2 i leave it to veg before flip

 

[Buckshot]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

i got some nylon cord yesterday and i created a screen in the veg tent cool thing i like is i is i can adjust it to any height and adjust the squares to different sizes as needed and the tent provided the frame heres the pics

Now I can see why you might want to have "some nakey time alone with your girls!

Beautiful!

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

question im a worm farmer i build my own castings, but i also started a small indoor compost bin, but started thinking where do the digesting mycos come from,just off of the organic matter? or should i inoculate with something? would the mykos i use in my teas be a good source? does anyone else do this or have knowledge on how to get this thing kicking it seems like its just sitting there rotting all wrong lol

 

[Vapedogg223]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

question im a worm farmer i build my own castings, but i also started a small indoor compost bin, but started thinking where do the digesting mycos come from,just off of the organic matter? or should i inoculate with something? would the mykos i use in my teas be a good source? does anyone else do this or have knowledge on how to get this thing kicking it seems like its just sitting there rotting all wrong lol

Hey BID...there's a lot here...let me see, indoor composting... Most indoor composting I've seen uses fermentation, If that's what you are after, search Bokashi...I don't know a whole lot about it.

I'm not sure regular composting will work indoors, you'll need to have appropriate ratios of carbon to nitrogen, or "green" to "brown" waste and it needs to be kept moist (not wet) and turned over every so often. The microbes usually find their way into the compost pile on their own, but you can wet it with a compost tea and some fish fertilizer to kick up the microbial activity. But this method of composting will take many weeks of cooking to break everything down, and there will be odors as the pile decays...you can actually see an active compost pile steaming on a cool day as you are turning it over when all is well.

I don't think mycorrhiza are all that important in composting, the term literally means fungus-roots...they live in the soil and colonize the roots to help with nutrient uptake after all the composting is done and the plants are planted. Myko innoculants are usually applied directly to the roots when you transplant.

I'm not sure if that helps any, or maybe I misunderstood the question!

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

no thats good info vape its in the garage smells are fine,,have you heard of soil secrets company? got their earth nectar product, im headed out now to replace my base is promix peat good to start, i will check in when im in a hotspot to see what you say, i just found another damn spidermite invasion god im sick of them every couple weeks i have to take em out, even tho i have sterilized everything over n over the only constant is the soil

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

im after some srp too any brands i should be looking for

 

[Vapedogg223]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

no thats good info vape its in the garage smells are fine,,have you heard of soil secrets company? got their earth nectar product, im headed out now to replace my base is promix peat good to start, i will check in when im in a hotspot to see what you say, i just found another damn spidermite invasion god im sick of them every couple weeks i have to take em out, even tho i have sterilized everything over n over the only constant is the soil

im after some srp too any brands i should be looking for

Doc has been having great results with his Pro-Mix blend...some of the best yet. I think he is using the general purpose BX...if you are planning for high Brix and can get the same stuff, you'll be able to closely follow Doc's recommendations.

For SRP, I use Espoma, but that's just because it's the easiest to pick up around me, as long as you don't get hard rock phosphate or one of the super phosphates, you'll be fine.

I'm not familiar with Soil Secrets, I'll check them out when I have a chance. As for the mites...I've never dealt with them, but I've been told once spider mites are in a room it's very difficult to fully eliminate them...they are so damn tiny they can safely hide almost anywhere! I've been looking in something like Best Yet or one of the other Cedarcide products with a fogger as a way to "sterilize" a room from unwanted pests...but I don't know that you'd want to use it around the plants...more of a between grow treatment. They market the products for use against bedbugs, which are very hard to eliminate. Supposedly the stuff is a death sentence for all arthropods.

 

[BigIrishDoode]

Re: B.I.D. 3.0 Video Grow - BPN - JDL600 - Coco - GLR - 400WMH - Multi-Strain Tent Pa

sounds good i gave up theres nothing local im gonna have to go to the next town over tomorrow im tired and need to sit on the o2for a bit thethe heat and humidity is kikkin my butt,makes my back and knees hard to cope with, i have been following doc i just forget exactly what stuff i need with all the info overload lol