ComfortCreator
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Get a smaller tent and put one or 2 in it. You will be a lot happier. 4 x 4 is big.
Flowering but maybe some deficiency
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Nutty sKunK
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Dude. Buy yourself a cheap 85w or something greenhouse space heater.
It’s cheap to run won’t break your metre and will keep the rootzone much warmer.
Also raise your pots off the ground. Even an inch but 3 inches would be ideal
blindmannzz
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They are elevated about 3 ft off ground. Because they are not in enclosed space I am not sure if a space heater will do anything.
blindmannzz
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What about using heat mats under the plants. I see vivosun has mats. I know they are for seedlings but would it work for flowering plants. The plants are about 4 weeks into flower maybe 5. So perhaps they are done in 4 weeks. Should I just leave them alone or do you think the added heat for the next 4 weeks will make a big difference?
What is the downside of the cooler temp? Will the resulting harvest not be as strong? I am sure it is to late for the quantity to change drastically.
What about just moving them outside to finish? on east coast so temps have been ranging 80-96 with lots of humidity.
Again, thanks for taking the time to share the knowledge. I appreciate not getting reprimanded.
ComfortCreator
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There are 2 different considerations for mats. There is root temp, and then the ambient air temp.
A heat mat wont heat a pot or bag very far up, it is designed for seedlings mostly. Root temps in the 60s is fine.
Its the ambient temp that you will benefit from increasing - and a mat cant do that. 75f will cause faster growth giving you bigger and denser buds.
Outside would work fine but it is too late to acclimate them to sunlight and the big change from where you started (light levels and temps).
2x4, 3x3, 2x2, any tent will solve your issues. If yours is too big get another. They are under 100.
4 weeks in is just past stretch and where the bud sites are set. From here all the growth fattening and finishing occur. You basically have all of flower left!
No strains grown by amateurs (incl me) are done in less than 10 weeks fyi, most go 12.
blindmannzz
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Thanks, may just have to deal with what grows at this point. I agree on time frame. 12 weeks at least. even The auto flowers take a lot longer than the state. I guess it depends on where u are buying seed from.
question how long have you been growing? All indoor? Personal use. ? if you do not feel comfortable answering no problem. This is how you learn.
question how long have you been growing? All indoor? Personal use. ? if you do not feel comfortable answering no problem. This is how you learn.
blindmannzz
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Oh the reason I never set up tent last year we had our septic backup. 2 inches of shit water throughout the basement. It’s all clean but need to rebuild parts of the room. so I set up on a desktop added few windshield reflectors and lights. I have grown outside several times. But inside I am still experimentingNw Hilde we were locked down
ComfortCreator
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I think I am at 2+ years now. My 1st grow is here somewhere as I did a homemade supersoil, manifolded them and learned a ton in just 1 cycle. I am a voracious reader about anything that interests me, I have read 100s of hours of books, websites and threads here and elsewhere. I take risks and learn by doing. I love this hobby. Long way to go learning but I already can beat most of the growers I have known. I have been hesitant to post many pics but may do so from the latest as it goes along.