Zkittlez Auto Question..

twentyeight.threefive

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Week 3 of Flower.

Decided to add a few perq's. Side lighting & a DIY C02 concoction (Warmed up the C02 containers with some hot water to get the yeast activated and the separators already bubbling!) Hopefully it helps. Also threw in a couple crates under the grand daddy purps to even out the canopy.

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If your exhaust is running any CO2 generated is being vented out of the tent.
 

Skittlez12

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True. I cut it this morning but at lights off :-|. I wish the AC Infinity had a built in timer on the control panel. Do you think a timer programmed in 15 min increments would suffice? The cheap ones only come in 30 min increments. The tube in the separator bottle is constantly producing bubbles, seems to be working. Also, placed the fan directly under the bottles to help circulate.

Half an hour is a long time to cut the exhaust when lights on. I temp gun the top soon to be colas on it and see 77-79°, with the exhaust fan off. With it on I see 73-75° with that orange fan pushing at it. Trying not to fry the terpenes and trichomes seeing as I've got about 8-10 weeks to go. I've got about 6-8 inches of clearance left on the HID. Really misjudged the stretch on the Zkittlez. Should of left the MH in til this week.
 
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twentyeight.threefive

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True. I cut it this morning but at lights off :-|. I wish the AC Infinity had a built in timer on the control panel. Do you think a timer programmed in 15 min increments would suffice? The cheap ones only come in 30 min increments. The tube in the separator bottle is constantly producing bubbles, seems to be working. Also, placed the fan directly under the bottles to help circulate.

Half an hour is a long time to cut the exhaust when lights on. I temp gun the top soon to be colas on it and see 77-79°, with the exhaust fan off. With it on I see 73-75° with that orange fan pushing at it. Trying not to fry the terpenes and trichomes seeing as I've got about 8-10 weeks to go. I've got about 6-8 inches of clearance left on the HID. Really misjudged the stretch on the Zkittlez. Should of left the MH in til this week.
Honestly I wouldn't be super worried shit trying to get CO2 working. Temps aren't high enough anyways if you had a measurable amount of CO2 in there.
 

Skittlez12

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Honestly I wouldn't be super worried shit trying to get CO2 working. Temps aren't high enough anyways if you had a measurable amount of CO2 in there.
Well thats a bummer. I didn't want to spend the extra dough for the Co2 tank or generator, pretty much spent a little under a grand so far on this set up. That will have to come later down the road with some grows under my belt. Fortunately, I'd rather my temps be on the low end then high end without a chiller hooked up recirculating the water. I couldn't wait for colder days to get here, having to battle 78-82° room temps. Keeping water temps to 68-70° was a struggle to maintain.

Thanks for saving me the maintenance and headache though!
 

twentyeight.threefive

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Well thats a bummer. I didn't want to spend the extra dough for the Co2 tank or generator, pretty much spent a little under a grand so far on this set up. That will have to come later down the road with some grows under my belt. Fortunately, I'd rather my temps be on the low end then high end without a chiller hooked up recirculating the water. I couldn't wait for colder days to get here, having to battle 78-82° room temps. Keeping water temps to 68-70° was a struggle to maintain.

Thanks for saving me the maintenance and headache though!
Looking great so far, keep up the good work and it'll all eventually come together.
 

Skittlez12

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Supercropped a few tops during week 3 of flower. Added a dehumidifier this week 55-60%. Also added some lady bugs for any pest that may wander through the jungles.;)


The Gdp's look like they'll have a nice tight bud structure unlike the Zkittles. They're also showing off some nice violet stems. Can't wait to see what colors the calyx show.
 

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Skittlez12

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Could I let her ride like this or will it cause me issues due to air flow? If I cut the strings, colas will fall everywhere. Just trying to get an experienced growers response on whether or not I should go the yoyo route or trellis net. I opted out of using a trellis in the first place due to the fact that I wanted access to the buckets and water changes/readings. But I'm rethinking my decision.
 

Skittlez12

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Finally got the Trellis net installed in the tent, as well as strings tied to the colas. The Gdp to the right had a ph imbalance when I got back from a 2 week emergency trip, have been flushing with Distilled water for 8 days, seems to have straightened out the leaf curl on a majority of the leaves except for a few main stem branches at the top (3rd pic down plant to the right). The Gdp to the left is doing great, frostier than Jack Frost.
 

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