K1Ng5p4d3's Cardboard Box Grow (hehe)

[-=4:20=-Guy]

Corkys lookin good. Dont chop her too soon man wait for it.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

DK, yeah, because of the heat in my tent, the humidity is almost non exsistent, because the heat from my lamp eats up everything moist in a matter of hours. Its all because i cant exhaust outside - i have to recirculate the air back into the same room my tent is in, and that sucks big time. Theres this thing on HTG.com that sprays the tent down every couple hours to keep shit humid, n i was thinkin about pickin that up, but it dont make sense to do that when i can just spray a fine mist all over the walls n cieling every couple hours, but i wasnt gonna do that until i knew that it would be safe to do...Either way, if i dont do it, then im fucked humidity wise, and i know its not a good thing, but i might not have a choice but to let them be and see if they adapt to dry hot air too, lol. There are a couple strains that thrive in that kind of conditions, but i doubt i have any of them.

N Raid, Yeah man, its a hydrohut knock off, you can get them in all kinds of sizes. Just make sure you get either a Secret Jardin or a Darkroom model tent, because they dont have that "offgassing" defect, causing plants to fuckin die on ya, lol. Thats what i think is goin on right now with my tent, which is why i have everything opened up hardcore. But i am gonna be peeling the vinyl tent material off of the frame, and making my own tent from panda film and velcro, which in all actuallity will work out better, because i can build everything to my own specs, like my own ventholes, and can make little holes for wiring n shit like that, and decide whats what, and still keep negative pressure in the tent when its closed.



If anybody has any ideas on how i can raise up the humidity, im all ears man. Will just misting the tent down without actually spraying the plants themselves work??? i mean, i know itll raise the humidity, but from your experiences, do you think that itll fuck my plants up any worse than they already are??(not that theyre bad, i just think that its bad in my mind for how shits goin right now, with 3 plants yellowing, and 3 plants doin ok, and one in dro thats not moving or growing at all. Im gonna fuckin have a bonfire n throw that god damn tent vinyl in there. Im definitely keeping the frame up, but i actually might just line my closet walls in some panda film, along with the front right in front of my closet doors, n give the plants just a tad more breathing room, without having to move my lighting or ducting or anything. just slide the cover off, and leave a barebones frame all hooked up, and have the room around it sealed up all proper n neat.

I NEED SUGGESTIONS!!! Seriously, things arent getting worse at the moment, so im not gonna make a move. but the second i see a fuckin leaf even get so much as a pale kinda greenish color, im goin fuckin RAMBO on that fuckin vinyl of death. its day of reckoning is coming, n coming fast.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

Corkys lookin good. Dont chop her too soon man wait for it.

I know bro, believe that ill be waiting until the EXACT day to chop that bitch down.

 

[DKskater75]

um dude... not to make you feel like an idiot or anything haha but you do know they make humidifiers right?

 

[raiderman]

wy not get some duct hose make a hole in the tent in the bak on the , mid or top, go to walmart get a 12 "to 16" round lasko fan (they got a little power to them ){standing floor fan be best} set the fan on the floor or set it up mounted behind the tent , get the duct hose just inside the tent trailing to the fan , put twisty ties in the bak of the fan tying hose to bak of it, blowing air away from the tent . this will keep that air sucked out and draw new air and co2 into the tent and will cool it down substantially.

 

[K1Ng5p4d3]

i have an active exhaust in the system, its hooked up to the carbon filter, and also cools off my lighting. its a pretty powerful blower too, i could probably use it to cool off another light if i needed to. But the reason that shit is so hot, is because i cant vent to anywhere outside the room without it being obvious to other tenants of my complex or anyone else for that matter. So the exhaust basically just blows all that hot air back into the room that the tent is in, and is sucked right back into the tent eventually. Im basically having to jerry rig the entirety of this grow until i move out because of heat issues. But like i said, the heat itself is not longer an issue, just the humidity. Since i transplanted into new bags (by the way Raider, those are 3 gallon bags which are plenty big for my grow, but they also have them in 5 gallon bags too. they rock seriously), im not gonna see any change in the plants for another day or so, n then ill know if its the tent thats fuckin shit up, cuz everything else is under control.

Im using 1 tbsp of Dolemite Gardening lime for every gallon of soil i have, so the ph is stable, n im still just using ph'd water for the plants, with no nutes yet - probably not gonna start feeding them growbig/bigbloom for another week (fox farms feeding schedule calls for using both bloom and grow during veg). So i have between now and then to fuckin go all out hardcore to try and find out what the problem is, because i dont wanna make matters any worse by adding nutrients to themix and possibly burning them because of inadequate conditions everywhere else. Ill get shit under control, im sure. Its gotta be mostly the heat that was the problem before man, when i was growin in my little box on the top shelf, heat was never an issue, and the plants did just fine til i fucked them up on my own. The light has gotta be the issue cuz its so big with so little space. Im grabbin a dimmer knob in a couple days here for the fan so its not so damn loud, n maybe ill hook it up to my light too, and decrease the intensity to around the equivalent of a 400w bulb, n hopefully thatll make shit a little less intense too. Im jugglin a couple ideas around, somethings gonna work, i aint really worried about that, so much as figuring out EXACTLY what the damn problem is, lol.

 

[raiderman]

i can see your point ,have you thought about refilling water jugs at a one of those water dispensaries? i do and its amazing, its got minerals extremely healthy, i have never had a leaf yellow on me in years. i never ph it because its perfect water . it may be an inconvenience somewat but cuts down on lots of crap, i fill up 9 gallons aweek ,one blok away, .35 a gal. it makes your nutes respond the way you want them to using lesser amnts.

 

[Thundercat]

How about a window box. Get this, build a shadowbox/vent, maybe only like 2 inchs high, with a split down the middle, put it into the window right at the bottom. You can put the shades down, it will just look like the window is just a little open, which it will be. Hook said vent/shadowbox to an intake hose, up to your light, and then back down to the exhaust side(thats why the split down the middle of the vent). Use an inline filter if your worried about smell, but if the tubes are sealed, then all that will be exhausting is warm air. That will allow the light to get cooler air in, and get the hot air out. Should drop your temps alot, and your other fans will take care of the rest back into the bedroom. If you build the vent box right, you should be able to eliminate any fan noise with some baffles, and polyfill.

It may or may not seem extreme, but I think it will do the trick, while still being removable, and stealth. What do you think man?

 

[raiderman]

yea you need to get that shit out of there , so you can get bigger buds.i used to have the same problem, i cut out a hole in my closet ceiling,set an oversize fan up there , and set it on the hole pointed it upward ,sucking air out of the room to the attic, it worked , 7 yrs later it still worx,lol.

 

[DKskater75]

i guess you didnt see my comment about buying a HUMIDIFIER lol raise the humidity 25% and drop the temps by 5...

 

[Thundercat]

I saw it DK, that should definitely fix the humidity, I didn't realize that raising the humidity lowered the temp?

 

[raiderman]

that would work to, but hes got to get that air in the room out of there to some where else and bring fresh in which contains fresh supplies of co2 for bud growth.reused air stunts bud growth alot.

 

[DKskater75]

yeah man high humidity means more moisture in the air meaning cooler air meaning lower temps lol well it makes sense to me...

 

[raiderman]

thankfully the humidity is always 20% or less here.

 

[Thundercat]

Ya my window box idea solves that problem. He would be taking the "problem" air out, plants don't need 'fresh air' they need 'clean air'. If the heat is the problem then eliminate the problem. Adding co2 would be great, but ideally you don't want to have your exhaust sucking out the co2. If he eliminates the heat coming off the light, he will lower the total room temp. He could even vent part of the fresh air off of the intake, and into the tent for cooler fresh air.

 

[Thundercat]

I thought it was the other way around, it always seems alot hotter in the summer when it has high humidity. I don't know, sounds like something good to google.

 

[420kush]

did you grow your plant in the closet with flourecent lights the whole time?

 

[DKskater75]

does it not matter if the humidity is that low?? i mean i know it wont help the temps but dont the plants dry out quicker and have to be watered more often and shit

 

[Thundercat]

If he used the window box, you would also be able to add a humidifier, and co2 to the tent to increase the atmoshpere in there. You can put one exhaust fan with your current carbon filter that vents back into the room, the air venting will be filtered, and will be lower temp, so it won't be nearly the problem, and put that fan on a timer, so it only turns on like once an hour to pull in cooler fresh air for ten minutes, and turn back off. Just a thought, seemed like it should work.

 

[raiderman]

ive heard that before ,yea that sounds good,, ......i guess dk, i never really give it much thought on humidity. i water once a week.i let the container get near dry before i water, each time.