Try switching your fan off completely during lights out. See what happens. If it doesn't work it's just for 12 hours. Then try whatever else you want.
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santb
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I'll try it tonight. Can't really hurt either way at this point. Still waiting for a new hygrometer that will now probably arrive too late to be much good for this grow, and it has a probe so I can set the unit up in the top part of the cab where the fans are and it should be dryer and cooler and I can actually monitor in real time, instead of waiting til lights on..
If I can lose 10% that'd be a great start, maybe enough to get away with..!
If I can lose 10% that'd be a great start, maybe enough to get away with..!
For the life of me I don't understand how it works, but I was get readings of about 76% RH when the light just came on and the fan had been on the entire dark period. Now when I open the tent up after the dark period it sits at about 58 - 60%. This has been the case about 4 days on the trot now. Once the lights come on, the humidity rises again. Still, better to have 12 hours of higher humidity and 12 hours of lower humidity, than a constant high humidity. Your plants will also drink more when the humidity drops.
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Actually i think the good point was better a HI/LOW cycle than just constant HIGH.... Already reset the fan timer!
Awesome job on everything Five stars... I think I rept you for the scrubber.. If not I meant to 
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Cheers, Grizz!
The top half of the cab is quite warm, and I'm really feeling it in the cool mornings.. All those buds jammed in there would be insulating the bottom of the cab.. I put one of those moisture removal thingys on the floor in there and RH has indeed dropped. Lights just went out, and today, so did the fans. I realised this morning that my circ fans are on the same circuit as extraction, so that may be a problem. Will see what they look like tonight. But max RH (so far) was down to 78! Which is good! I don't trust that hygrometer. I've seen it a few times sayin 00-99%, and I can't see how that would be possible. The cheapness + the moisture + some heat/cold/heat/cold might've been too much for my $4 hygrometer/thermometer, hopefully my $12 one is a bit better.
Except for that cold snap I freaked out about a few weeks ago, the temps have never really been that bad..Max from 18-28 (18 in cold snap); MIN 7-9 (cold) to 14-16 now.. (according to my crap hygrom.) Happy with that. It stayed pretty cold for that week or so, but then all started drinking again. SOG and GTH want a bit of water now but I wanna hold off til I see this RH drop a bit more. SOG might just get away with no more water. ATM and CHMOG almost certainly will; might harvest CHMOG in the next week. Her pistils are receding. Still a lot of clear with bugger all amber, so one more week for her and we'll see.
I always knew 4 plants would be pushing it... Was advised against it unless doin 12/12 from seed.. Then I vegged for 6 weeks! And between them, there's roughly 70 litres (pots are probably more like 17/18 litres) worth of moist soil, plus the large plants themselves sweating all over the joint...
The top half of the cab is quite warm, and I'm really feeling it in the cool mornings.. All those buds jammed in there would be insulating the bottom of the cab.. I put one of those moisture removal thingys on the floor in there and RH has indeed dropped. Lights just went out, and today, so did the fans. I realised this morning that my circ fans are on the same circuit as extraction, so that may be a problem. Will see what they look like tonight. But max RH (so far) was down to 78! Which is good! I don't trust that hygrometer. I've seen it a few times sayin 00-99%, and I can't see how that would be possible. The cheapness + the moisture + some heat/cold/heat/cold might've been too much for my $4 hygrometer/thermometer, hopefully my $12 one is a bit better.
Except for that cold snap I freaked out about a few weeks ago, the temps have never really been that bad..Max from 18-28 (18 in cold snap); MIN 7-9 (cold) to 14-16 now.. (according to my crap hygrom.) Happy with that. It stayed pretty cold for that week or so, but then all started drinking again. SOG and GTH want a bit of water now but I wanna hold off til I see this RH drop a bit more. SOG might just get away with no more water. ATM and CHMOG almost certainly will; might harvest CHMOG in the next week. Her pistils are receding. Still a lot of clear with bugger all amber, so one more week for her and we'll see.
I always knew 4 plants would be pushing it... Was advised against it unless doin 12/12 from seed.. Then I vegged for 6 weeks! And between them, there's roughly 70 litres (pots are probably more like 17/18 litres) worth of moist soil, plus the large plants themselves sweating all over the joint...
Black Thumbs
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Sucks arse about the rot bud but hopefully you've got it saughted.we all want solid buds but up this way it can be bad as well
That scrubber you made looks awsome bud and your girls are looking great.I don't no how you have been able to get away without one for so long.Ive doubled the size of my my can fan scrubber to be safe and apparently still not enough
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santb
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Cheers Black... The scrubber is still working so that's awesome.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Sir Budlovski
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Ive got myself confused aym i thiught i was subbed to one sof your grows but appears not lol well i am now.
The shape and look of your buds and colas is awesome and some nice frosting happening
Sucks about the rot man, ive had it before and ever since i swear its got me paranoid always checking plants and tent haha
Great work on that scrubber to looks real well made and even better that it works well
The shape and look of your buds and colas is awesome and some nice frosting happening
Sucks about the rot man, ive had it before and ever since i swear its got me paranoid always checking plants and tent haha
Great work on that scrubber to looks real well made and even better that it works well
So I figured out this humidity thing. I think... LOL!
On the 5th day of not running my fan at lights out, when I opened the tent the humidity was sky high. This after I told you not to run your fan at lights out. Then it rained later that day, and it dawned on me. If the ambient humidity is high, then not running your fan at lights out will likely increase your RH as it stabilises to the ambient humidity. However, if the ambient humidity is lower than the RH in your tent, then when you leave your fan off at lights out, it drops to match that of the ambient humidity... or something like that.
So, only leave your fan off at lights out if ambient humidity is low.
On the 5th day of not running my fan at lights out, when I opened the tent the humidity was sky high. This after I told you not to run your fan at lights out. Then it rained later that day, and it dawned on me. If the ambient humidity is high, then not running your fan at lights out will likely increase your RH as it stabilises to the ambient humidity. However, if the ambient humidity is lower than the RH in your tent, then when you leave your fan off at lights out, it drops to match that of the ambient humidity... or something like that.
So, only leave your fan off at lights out if ambient humidity is low.
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Cheers, SirB! Do not worry, mate.. Took me ages to get to yours... I'm pretty forgetful with that sort of thing also..Ive got myself confused aym i thiught i was subbed to one sof your grows but appears not lol well i am now.
The shape and look of your buds and colas is awesome and some nice frosting happening
Sucks about the rot man, ive had it before and ever since i swear its got me paranoid always checking plants and tent haha
Great work on that scrubber to looks real well made and even better that it works well
Yeah the the scrubber is actually pretty cool! Checked again this arvo; can't smell anything, even with your nose right up near the fans, so pretty stoked. No noise, either. Might even take some carbon out, to increase airflow... See if I can find the minimum needed..
That would definitely make a difference; I got my 10%-ish drop, but no more.. Now I'm leaving them on for a few hours after lights out to get rid of excess heat, then off for a few hours, then on again to get circulation going... See what it looks like tonight...
I might end up harvesting one plant this weekend; either the Atomic, which is getting quite chunky with big fat calyxes, or (and) the CHMOG, which is also quite chunky, pistils receding etc.. I'll bet my RH drops as soon as that happens..
How long did your Atomic go, Feral?
I harvested my girl at 59 days of 12/12
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started harvest at day 57 and finished up on day 59
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started harvest at day 57 and finished up on day 59
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santb
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Sweet mine will be there Sunday ish.. Could be on the cards!
TEE HEE! Mine has frosted up a bit more in the last week or so, rot or no rot. Great!
You look at trichs or pistils?
I don't wanna go too late.. And too early is too easy to do..
TEE HEE! Mine has frosted up a bit more in the last week or so, rot or no rot. Great!
You look at trichs or pistils?
I don't wanna go too late.. And too early is too easy to do..
Should get nice and frosty over the last couple of days are you noticing a purplish color to the trichs? that was one thing i really noticed near the end, they didnt go amber but purple
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Wow no, no purple.. almost all cloudy, some clear, very few ambers but a few bent over trichs, and a few with no mushie tops.. I get nervous when they look like starting to breakdown but no amber...
Black Thumbs
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Some don't go Amber,I was waiting for one plant last year to go Amber but never did,instead the tops burst or fell off and the buds started to get airyer.Still smoked alright but pretty short lived affect.Have you got another ready to take its spot or are you taking a break between grows?
Not sure about this amber fascination.. I got sucked in to it also.. I think it's gone to far and the stone isn't enjoyable.. It's seems more of a body couch lock but heads awake, that anti social stone.. Hit it clear to majority cloudy seems to be the peak time for the high. Even the indicas seem to have a clearer effect, especially at night, it floats you down for the evening. Amber seems to bomb me out then I'm awake and sitting awake in a bombed state.. Wouldn't surprise me if it's more for commercial growers, as they do pack on a little weight as they are finishing up to amber...
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santb
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No break, and only from seed; no veg area..yet. I have a few weeks yet, and I reckon a seedling will be ok under 11/13 for a week if need be... At least, I hope it will. Will try to pop 3 seeds in a couple weeks, should give me say 3 weeks from now to harvest the lot, which is doable, I think..
The SOG in the beam of my torch is just white coneheads, like 10 Dan Akroyds.. No green, except for the fans.. Crazy gorgeous with that torch. She is also putting out new pistils, as is the CHMOG.. Which is also frosty as. CHMOG might go this weekend too..see what these new pistils do..
Atomic has got these huge ball-like calyxes all over the buds, so I'm guessing she's about as full up as she's gonna get! You get that on yours, Fez? I go back and look at your pics.. She'll be down maybe even Friday night...
GTH is getting fat. I doubt she'll go the 80 days but she's also got new pistils. Mostly she is browning off, although none of the plants are using the leaves yet.
SOG is definitely showing more of whatever def she had a mild case of before but it doesn't matter anymore! Same with Atomic; especially Atomic!
Just got my new slightly-more-expensive hygro-thermometer... Set it up a half hour ago, so will go down before bed (Soon. Buggered.) and see what it says..
Cheers!
The SOG in the beam of my torch is just white coneheads, like 10 Dan Akroyds.. No green, except for the fans.. Crazy gorgeous with that torch. She is also putting out new pistils, as is the CHMOG.. Which is also frosty as. CHMOG might go this weekend too..see what these new pistils do..
Atomic has got these huge ball-like calyxes all over the buds, so I'm guessing she's about as full up as she's gonna get! You get that on yours, Fez? I go back and look at your pics.. She'll be down maybe even Friday night...
GTH is getting fat. I doubt she'll go the 80 days but she's also got new pistils. Mostly she is browning off, although none of the plants are using the leaves yet.
SOG is definitely showing more of whatever def she had a mild case of before but it doesn't matter anymore! Same with Atomic; especially Atomic!
Just got my new slightly-more-expensive hygro-thermometer... Set it up a half hour ago, so will go down before bed (Soon. Buggered.) and see what it says..
Cheers!
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santb
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Sorry, Grizz.. Just missed ya. I pretty much shut down my computer straight after posting. I notice the post times.. I started mine about 15 minutes before you posted! God, I hate typing..
I am def starting to agree with you about the ambers.. And I don't even mind couchlock!! In my limited experience, based on research, I go for 5-10% ambers.. I've read some go as far as 50%!
Last grow, I noticed a lot of wilting, broken trichs with less than 1-2% amber... Those wilted ones bother me. Amber is a sign of degradation, right? So surely you want NO ambers; maybe a few here and there..; even 5% CLEAR maybe... They're gonna degrade fast once the plants are cut.
This is obviously a popular topic, and everyone has their own ideas and/or needs, so that's cool.. But it strikes me as obvious (now!) that like any other fruit, flower or whatever, MJ bud has got to have a "best before" date genetically encoded, no matter what your own preference.
And like Black said; some just don't go amber.. I reckon it's those fallen ones, esp. without the mushie-tops.. That happening cannot be a good thing; I start to see too many of those, then chop-chop.
My 2c..
I am def starting to agree with you about the ambers.. And I don't even mind couchlock!! In my limited experience, based on research, I go for 5-10% ambers.. I've read some go as far as 50%!
Last grow, I noticed a lot of wilting, broken trichs with less than 1-2% amber... Those wilted ones bother me. Amber is a sign of degradation, right? So surely you want NO ambers; maybe a few here and there..; even 5% CLEAR maybe... They're gonna degrade fast once the plants are cut.
This is obviously a popular topic, and everyone has their own ideas and/or needs, so that's cool.. But it strikes me as obvious (now!) that like any other fruit, flower or whatever, MJ bud has got to have a "best before" date genetically encoded, no matter what your own preference.
And like Black said; some just don't go amber.. I reckon it's those fallen ones, esp. without the mushie-tops.. That happening cannot be a good thing; I start to see too many of those, then chop-chop.
My 2c..
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santb
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Oh yeah; and new hygro is workin fine. Except what is in and out temps?? No instructions. Which one should I be looking at?
According to this thing, my RH is not as bad as I've been thinking. Still high at around 60%low-75%high but the old one was telling me 95%, 85% highs and 00% lows! Or just no change.. In the bin it goes..
OOooo no: Hammer Time!!
According to this thing, my RH is not as bad as I've been thinking. Still high at around 60%low-75%high but the old one was telling me 95%, 85% highs and 00% lows! Or just no change.. In the bin it goes..
OOooo no: Hammer Time!!