hey all
DAY 11
so i decided to make a preemptive strike against powdery mildew... no signs since the one time when they were about 8" tall. this stuff my hydro shop sold me is tits. i only used it the one time when they first had it and like i said, it never came back. i think it is called eagle20? not sure, its an unlabeled bottle. i decided why wait for it to return? i gave them a full treatment today.
while i was in the room giving them a spray by cell phone light (always spray at least an hour before lights come on to avoid light burn)... when i was done i decided to check for light leaks and sure enough there were a few mainly around the window but also from my plastic flap door. so tonight i did a re haul on those two items.
i took off the door flap and made a larger one that overlaps onto the wall more. as for the window i basically covered the window with my light tight black plastic and screwed a wood frame around the window to hold it down. after i was done i realized it was too tight and no fresh air from the open window could get in to level the temps out. with my new door flap it really got hot quick!
i came up with a very nice design that i am currently using with great success! i knew the best way to keep light out and have fresh air come in was to build a box around the window but the window is too big for that. had to improvise (as usual). anyways here is my design:
so it looks kinda like a chimney. the black openings are covered with folded over window screen to help dampen any light. in the drawing you can see the gray area which represents the black plastic. the long yellow areas are 1x2 boards sealing the plastic down around the vent! so now my 400 cfm can fan is pulling that nice fresh cool air from outside! temp is back to a nice 74.4!
looks much larger than it really is in this pic. its only about 2 ft wide.
