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Growing past the lightsource

ItsGrowTime

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mdgot2k said:
Anyway, I'm glad you posted in my thread, I've read some of your post and you seem to know a lot.

If you have any suggestions and/or comments I'll gladly hear them! :)

Thanks!

/MdGot

Actually I do have some experience with plants outgrowing their living quarters but not much that would help you. I just bent and tied branches and cut off anything that wasnt getting much light, then added supplemental light to the branches that overgrew the light. Just some CFLs on an extension cord hung from the ceiling worked ok. But....I pussed out and took them down early. Unexpected trees are a PAIN IN THE ASS! Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Careful strain selection will avoid this problem in the future, btw.

Haha I hope I never have to see this again:
 

mdgot2k

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Klutter said:
As far as your temps being at 90, this might be ok for now but will create problems as you continue flowering. Mainly because the plants will bulk up and begin to hold more heat due to the decrease in air flow around them. Might wanna look into working on your air cooling system to try and get this number down to at least the mid 80's if possible. Again, if you're looking for the larger harvest, the lower the air temps the better your ladies will grow :)

Yeah I know, the problem is where the setup is situated, and it having to be ultra stealth.

I have an AC running, but it didn't help as much as I thought it would... The problem is more likely to be the wattage and tight space.

In a few months time tho I will have a bigger grow-space, 6x bigger than my current.

Maybe I could get an extra circulating fan atleast, to avoid stale air and the risk of getting mildew.

Thanks!

/MdGot
 

mdgot2k

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ItsGrowTime said:
Actually I do have some experience with plants outgrowing their living quarters but not much that would help you. I just bent and tied branches and cut off anything that wasnt getting much light, then added supplemental light to the branches that overgrew the light. Just some CFLs on an extension cord hung from the ceiling worked ok. But....I pussed out and took them down early. Unexpected trees are a PAIN IN THE ASS! Good luck in whatever you decide to do. Careful strain selection will avoid this problem in the future, btw.

The strains have been carefully selected, but due to the tight space I have to deal with, cloning is impossible. So the difference in genetics between the individuals within the same strain is impossible to predict.

The big one is a mazar, and one of my smallest ones (half the size) is also a mazar.

This won't be a problem when I can use clones instead of seeds.

I'll think about if I should supercrop or get like you said, an CFL for that plant.

Thanks!

/MdGot
 

mdgot2k

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Update!

Update!

Here's some new pics:








This is what I ended up doing with the whole tie down/supercrop thing. I pussed out and tied em down... didn't wanna hurt them by supercropping... They're tied down by YoYo's :D



Out of all the leaves I got 2 that look like this, and they're on the same node. Why?


I've noticed something else aswell, all the leaves closest to the circ. fan look like this, simply dry or is it something I should worry about?


/MdGot
 

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