TalentedTen
Well-Known Member
Whole new experience for me going from outdoor to indoor. As I’m growing in Arizona, outdoor humidity can be as low as 5% and indoor humidity can be as low as 15-20%.
Set up a 3'X3'X6' tent, with a 440 CFM fan to carbon "stink suck" (for the flowering phase). It was surprisingly inexpensive and quiet. Received a 700 ViparSpectra (just growing 2 plants, WW and NL). I have an AirCare humidifier in place so the really dry Arizona air won't be an issue. I'll germinate in water and move to five gallon smart bags containing the KindSoil I have, so essentially no nutrients should need to be added for the short life autoflowering strain planned, but I'll monitor this closely. Arizona has shit water, (well....tastes great but mine has a 570ppm TDS), so all the water will go through my ZeroWater filter and will be pH checked, runoff as well, and adjusted accordingly.
Thinking I'll go from seedling to maybe three weeks under 6500 K CFL bulbs and then slowly migrate to the 700 PAR ViparSpectrum LED while weaning from the CFLs for the duration of the grow.
The principles of drying and curing haven't changed from the "old days" but have become more precise. Oh, and I do have non-toxic sticky tape "fly traps". I have six inch fans to keep the air moving when plants are small and a 42" tower oscillating fan when maturing. Seeds, from multiple seed banks, should arrive this week.
I THINK have all bases covered, but suggestions are welcome.
Set up a 3'X3'X6' tent, with a 440 CFM fan to carbon "stink suck" (for the flowering phase). It was surprisingly inexpensive and quiet. Received a 700 ViparSpectra (just growing 2 plants, WW and NL). I have an AirCare humidifier in place so the really dry Arizona air won't be an issue. I'll germinate in water and move to five gallon smart bags containing the KindSoil I have, so essentially no nutrients should need to be added for the short life autoflowering strain planned, but I'll monitor this closely. Arizona has shit water, (well....tastes great but mine has a 570ppm TDS), so all the water will go through my ZeroWater filter and will be pH checked, runoff as well, and adjusted accordingly.
Thinking I'll go from seedling to maybe three weeks under 6500 K CFL bulbs and then slowly migrate to the 700 PAR ViparSpectrum LED while weaning from the CFLs for the duration of the grow.
The principles of drying and curing haven't changed from the "old days" but have become more precise. Oh, and I do have non-toxic sticky tape "fly traps". I have six inch fans to keep the air moving when plants are small and a 42" tower oscillating fan when maturing. Seeds, from multiple seed banks, should arrive this week.
I THINK have all bases covered, but suggestions are welcome.
. People rush to dry their bud so they can "cure." And they end up with bud that's still GREEN. Back in the day (it was a Wednesday 
), curing just meant "put your bud away for a while," because the actual drying was slow enough that the actual curing process had already begun - and was well underway - by the time the bud got put away for storage, the chlorophyll (and, thus, the green color) was already disappearing from the plant matter by being converted to sugars, et cetera. I suppose quickly getting the vast majority of the moisture out of the bud means a person doesn't have to worry about mold, but I think people are taking that way too far. Again, just my opinion.
