New Grower with several questions/issues

[Joemac879]

Remember, with coco you have to water with nutes at minimum once a day..


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[Renaissance Redneck]

In regards to temps, I'm in Australian summer and have the tent in a garage. I'm quite limited in my accessibility and really lucky to have the tent at all. Not sure how to get the temps lower. Ambient temp outside is 26 celcius, maybe I should draw air in instead of out?

I used to use a modified camp cooler filled with ice and wet rags. Had a vent on the side, and a bathroom exhaust fan on the top pulling out the cooled air and blowing it on our gals. I'll try to track down a pic.

 

[Joemac879]

I’m not a coco guy but there’s a ton of really smart dudes on here


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[Joemac879]

You got fans going in your tent?


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[AussieMeds]

Okay update, I got a second fan for the top of the tent to blow the hot air from the light towards the exhaust. I also disconnected the carbon filter as smell was not an issue. Instantly the temps lowered 2 degrees, I got some reflective material for the top of the tent and now am operating consistently within 25-27 Celsius, with 65-70% RH


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[Rev. Green Genes]

Okay update, I got a second fan for the top of the tent to blow the hot air from the light towards the exhaust. I also disconnected the carbon filter as smell was not an issue. Instantly the temps lowered 2 degrees, I got some reflective material for the top of the tent and now am operating consistently within 25-27 Celsius, with 65-70% RH


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Great job! Thats a lot of good tweaking.

If you are a DIY er you can make a bucket AC with the equipment you already have.

 

[AussieMeds]

Great job! Thats a lot of good tweaking.

If you are a DIY er you can make a bucket AC with the equipment you already have.
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Yes! These are really great ideas, thanks. So I did some more research and I realised my plants were under developed because I was not feeding them enough regularly. I'm now giving proper feeding with pH correctly balanced and the past 7 days have shown some strong growth.

What is this going to mean for the timeline of my autoflowers? Other journals have seen a 79 day harvest at latest. Is it even possible that my plants veg for longer and then flower later?

 

[Rev. Green Genes]

I have had many plants go 90- or over a 100 days.

When they get stunted they take longer for sure. I have never had the underdevelopment problem you have though. I am not sure whta can be done. I'm thinking that for these plants you can throw good money after bad and never get a big harvest. I would start a couple more, and keep those going with them. Being auto's they can live together just fine. No light schedule problems.

They will likely kick in once all the environmental variables are fixed, but will not achieve full size.

 

[AussieMeds]

I have had many plants go 90- or over a 100 days.

When they get stunted they take longer for sure. I have never had the underdevelopment problem you have though. I am not sure whta can be done. I'm thinking that for these plants you can throw good money after bad and never get a big harvest. I would start a couple more, and keep those going with them. Being auto's they can live together just fine. No light schedule problems.

They will likely kick in once all the environmental variables are fixed, but will not achieve full size.

Okay that is good to know. I can honestly say that the grow is doing better overall since fixing the environment. I have since started a photoperiod for my friend thats doing really well and I transplanted it yesterday. I wanted to ask, when can I start a plant in its final home. I use 3gallon fabric pots as the final home and im not sure if i should be transplanting up or just start in them. Thanks