Hey guys, Looking for some help on my second grow and I am trying to improve my growing conditions. Current Setup I am charged to fit 6-8 5 gallon pots in here. I am already changing out the MH/HPS light out ( I will be selling after this grow, I Live in Canada and willing to part with it for 200 CAD + Shipping and Handling. I am switching out the light for : 4 lights QB288 LM301H 3500k + epistar 660nm TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL or give up selling the MH/HPS for now use the MH bulb to veggy my plants and get 4 Lights QB288 LM301B 2700k TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL I have had issues so far with my first grow and they include - Temperature/humidity were sometimes off whack (days i had 32 degrees Celsius and the morning of this post I had a humidity of 83%) I have two amazon special dehumidifiers running ProBreeze 500ml and a Probreeze 1500ml On the thing on ventilation I am constantly running the fans nonstop. I am using a tower fan ontop of a 5 gallon pail oscillating across the canopy of the plants while i have a floor fan blowing air from under the canopy. I am using a Inline Duct Booster Fan to bring air into the Hood past the light and into the tent. Along one side of the wall I have Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller sucking air through this thing (this thing is about a foot and a bit long) Air Carbon Filter Odor Control . And this air gets exhausted outside. Soil I will be using is Promix HP M mix, I am hoping it pans out better this time round. I used General Hydroponic Bloom Gro and Micro and I was giving it them them once a week, I had a 4 litre (1 gallon) jug of Distilled water I would put cal mag and the nutrients in and give the plants about a quarter of the jug each, then I would water them either the next day or the day after depending on how dry they felt (I would lift them up and seem on the light side i would water.) Waterings were usually a 4 litre jug split between them every other day or two (depending on weight). I tried to do some LST by tying branches to Bamboo stakes using twine. I need to find a better way to spread them out like crazy. (I need ideas here too) TL;DR - I need suggestions on nutrient schedule, temperature/humidity controllers, layouts, upgrades. General Try this try that. This is will be my second grow.
I have been screwing tiny little holes around the outer lip of the bucket and using hemp twine to tie the pots and so far it's working miracles. It's my 1st time trying lst and topping too.
Damn maybe you can probably make some circle cage contraption out of chicken wire with the bigger squares and slowly bend your branches through the squares that would hold them and then you could even use some string and tie down further on cage.
I could use twine again but this time use a safety pin on the outside and tie the twine to that. Hopefully that can help bush out the plants.
Good idea man I was thinking you could even poke little holes around the edge of the fabric pot too but the safety pin idea would work better with less damage
