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[gitfreak]

Hello, I´m gitfreak (a guitar freak) from the south of Germany.

First of all sorry for my poor english, reading and understanding is more easier then writing in english for me.

I did grow already 2 times about 10 years ago. At that time it was a Top44 and Durga Matha from Paradise Seeds, if I remember right and a few other strains wich I can´t remember. So now I decide to grow again for Medical issues, athritis and back pain. The herb does really help me to relax and I feel much better when I vape some weed but I´m fedup of the low quality and huge price of the street weed. I pay 15€ for 1 gramm low quality weed here in my spot of germany, they are crazy. I smoke pot since back in the ninties and remember at that time I got weed or hash for 3 to 5 Euro. Anyhow, I bought a tend 1m x 1m x 2m and start my grow and now is Day 28. The strains are 2 Think Different and 3 Auto Ultimate from Dutch Passion. The first few weeks they grow under 2 180Watt LED and then switched to 400 Watt HPS since I had the feeling that the LED wasn´t covering perfect 1m².
I am growing this plant´s with the SCROG techinque and they are doing very well I find. But I have now issues with humidity. When light is on I have about 60% RH but when light is off I have until 89% RH and that is way too much. They are now in preflower stage so I would like to go under 50% RH. My question is, can I defoliate Auto´s? Does anybody have experince with that, or is it to stressy for Autos? Should I buy a dehumidicer? Does this work well? What do you experienced grower recommend to me?

Thanks much for reading and hope to get many useful tips.

I really enjoy here to read at this forum, all you are nice guys. PEACE AND HARMONY TO YOU ALL

 

[gitfreak]

... and this pic is from today
greetz

 

[Dr Fluff]

Hi gitfreak

Welcome to AFN

It would be great if you made and introduction, so we can give you a good welcome and it is a great way to get to know some of out wonderful members

Here I will give you a link - https://www.autoflower.org/index.php?forums/introductions.35/

Nice to see you have had some experience with growing in the past It will be a great help with your new grow.

If your extraction fan can not reduce you humidity then a dehumidifier is a good idea, especially with such high RH.

It is best to get a dehumidifier that has a RH control so you can set it to the desired RH.

Defoliating auto is not something I have seen very often but growers do often do selective pruning of fan leaves that shade out the lower bud sites.

I grow using techniques which produce short dense high yielding auto's and find that I like to selectively prune leaves to let the light penetrate the lower bud sites and to allow air to circulate.

One thing I will mention is cannabis likes to have a wet/dry cycle, allowing the soil to dry out a little between waterings will allow more oxygen to your roots and may reduce RH a little.

Even though you have grown before it may be a good idea to start a journal in the new growers section of the forum.
This forum can offer more help than some of the other forums which have less traffic.

I will give you a link to it - https://www.autoflower.org/index.php?forums/new-growers-forum.44/

If you are confident of your growing skills, then by all means start a journal in a different forum section.

happy growing

Arty

 

[epenguin]

Hey pal,

good to have a new German member. I have a Fender acoustic and there are other guitar freaks and musicians on site. Your English is more that OK. Enjoy the site and best of luck for your grows, eP.

 

[Tetra9]

Welcome to AFN ! Set up looks good. Dehumidifiers work well. My friend has a set up in his basement and had to use a dehumidifier, It takes a bit of extra vigilance and maintenance, but it is well worth the time. Best wishes!

 

[gitfreak]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome. Yes I will order a dehumidifier before humidity starts to become a serious problem for the plants. Thanks for the advice

PEACE

 

[ThatKracker]

Sir, your English is better than a lot of Americans I know. Be proud! Good luck on your grow!

 

[The Elvis]

welcome.. gitfreak music is a huge part of the AFN.

 

[Reedroguez]

Looking real good Gitfreak, welcome to the party

 

[tobe]

Hi gitfreak
Welcome on the best Autoflower board.
Herzlich Willkommen schön noch weitere Mitglieder aus Deutschland zu sehen.
MFG tobe