Beginner Grow - 5x6 Room - 1000Watt MH/HPS - PK Maui Waui Blackwater

Spec420 said:
Subbing in on this one....Love to learn from new growers as they learn. I learn something new all the time here.
I am new to indoor, but have lots of outdoor experience.
Great community here to learn from!
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Yes for sure. Great please to share knowledge. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and leaving comments.
 
Will sub up and try to help a bit.

You need to get the humidity up and the temp down. That will help stop the taco leaves. Local big box store should have a humidifier. If you can get a cool mist one. It will not raise the temps just the humidity.
 
JustMeds said:
Will sub up and try to help a bit.

You need to get the humidity up and the temp down. That will help stop the taco leaves. Local big box store should have a humidifier. If you can get a cool mist one. It will not raise the temps just the humidity.
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What temperature am I aiming for? I could prob work on that right away.
 
JustMeds said:
You will see a difference.
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Lets hope! Hopefully they are salvageable. I have a few towels and jugs of water in there and it is up around 40% now. I will be getting a humidifier in the next day or two.
 
They will be fine, you did not kill them. You are now just starting to fine tune things. That just gives you a proven target to shoot for its not the "Must be there or they die thing".
 
JustMeds said:
Will sub up and try to help a bit.

You need to get the humidity up and the temp down. That will help stop the taco leaves. Local big box store should have a humidifier. If you can get a cool mist one. It will not raise the temps just the humidity.
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Well last night after reading this and the informative article that JustMeds also shared I put the girls in a container and put some plastic wrap on the top to crank up the humidity.



Not even 24 hours later and there is a noticeable difference. The humidity is 70% in the plastic dome and the plants seem to be loving it. Can actually see the difference in growth since last night.

This evening I was also able to make some time to go out and pick up a humidifier. Hopefully this unit does the trick.



Thanks again to JustMeds and anyone else stopping by and commenting.
 
I feel good that I was able to help. One word of caution with the plastic wrap. Don't seal the container tight when doing it for very long. You need a good air exchange. If you leave two opposite corners open a small amount you will get some air movement through the container yet also bring in some CO2.
 
Tunkers said:
Wow. That sucks
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I purchased a taotronics humidifier from Amazon and it can increase the humidity in my 4 by 4 tent by approximately 40%. Actually I purchased two. I needed the second one for a few weeks because humidity in my house was down to 18%.
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Placing plants in that age/size in dome is begging for problems/pests/diseases. If you can't up the humidity, plants will adapt and grow through it, do your best with towels, humidifiers and so on but I personally would never wrap my plants like this.

No airflow, no fresh air, 70+ humidity, powdery mildew incoming.
 
JustMeds said:
I feel good that I was able to help. One word of caution with the plastic wrap. Don't seal the container tight when doing it for very long. You need a good air exchange. If you leave two opposite corners open a small amount you will get some air movement through the container yet also bring in some CO2.
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It may be a bit hard to tell in the picture but I did leave a few openings. Thanks for the heads up either way. Good for anyone else reading this.
 
MJ1771 said:
Placing plants in that age/size in dome is begging for problems/pests/diseases. If you can't up the humidity, plants will adapt and grow through it, do your best with towels, humidifiers and so on but I personally would never wrap my plants like this.

No airflow, no fresh air, 70+ humidity, powdery mildew incoming.
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Thanks for stopping by and contributing to the discussion. I have since removed the girls from there. The room is above 40% now. I am going to give it a few days to see if it will continue to climb as everything acclimates and takes in the moisture. If need be I will purchase another humidifier.
 
MJ1771 said:
Placing plants in that age/size in dome is begging for problems/pests/diseases. If you can't up the humidity, plants will adapt and grow through it, do your best with towels, humidifiers and so on but I personally would never wrap my plants like this.

No airflow, no fresh air, 70+ humidity, powdery mildew incoming.
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I think this was a very temp fix for him. Nothing he is planning on doing long term.
 
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