Thanks guys. I was in meltdown mode and it came through in my posts... I have the heat at the grow under control now, so I have at least some anxiety relieved. I had actually thought to myself after I installed the A/C, that I should have installed the heat exchangers for backup... but I figured the A/C was going to be enough. What a joke... So after 4 x 40min driving trips to the HD, I got all the parts I needed to hook up the heat exchangers. I hate PEX pipe, but the PEX fittings are nice. I just wish it worked with PVC too. Anyway, the Heat exchangers cool the air from 85F in the lung room to <75F which is the temp of the air being pumped straight into the rooms. I'll take some pictures next week after I finish... Right now there is so much condensation accumulating on the coils that they're working as a better dehuey than my drizair. I wasn't anticipating that but I left the dehuey unplugged b/c I didn't have any cooling and I figured humidity would be my only salvation until I got that fixed... So anyway, I need to fully enclose both radiators and hook up drain lines. I actually have all the parts, I just didn't put it all together in my head until after I got back on the road.
With crazy temperatures came problems... which is why I was freaking out... Oh well, shit happens. They're just plants. I lost the whole top right tier of the Headband stadium. I guess not enough nute solution was reaching that one. They were the runts anyway. All the best plants are on the bottom 2 tiers. @ 4.5 weeks
The veg is heat stressed as well... So I'm holding the plants back until they green up a bit. Next week I plan on raping the large plants for cuts, and then sending them to flower. If I don't get enough chem D clones for a large grow, then I'll have my answer on whether or not to continue with her. I'm getting 100% success with other strains. If Chem D won't clone for me then I need to quit wasting my time.
The feed for the tree grow is still undecided... I haven't lost not 1 of my 18 #5 bags of veggies outside being fed by blumats. I set them up after Flower Farmer told me what to do... There's an elevated 40gal trash can supplying the water. They've been doing just fine even in this crazy heat. I just pulled 3 big handfuls of green beans, the tomato plants are starting to flower as are the squash... So I'm torn... DTW or blumats... or more interestingly, how about E&F? Given the concept of no runoff with blumats... Why not do a E&F and recirculate the nutes. What's the difference technically? Neither system implements waste. Drip clean is supposed to make it so everything gets sucked up, right?
With crazy temperatures came problems... which is why I was freaking out... Oh well, shit happens. They're just plants. I lost the whole top right tier of the Headband stadium. I guess not enough nute solution was reaching that one. They were the runts anyway. All the best plants are on the bottom 2 tiers. @ 4.5 weeks
The veg is heat stressed as well... So I'm holding the plants back until they green up a bit. Next week I plan on raping the large plants for cuts, and then sending them to flower. If I don't get enough chem D clones for a large grow, then I'll have my answer on whether or not to continue with her. I'm getting 100% success with other strains. If Chem D won't clone for me then I need to quit wasting my time.
The feed for the tree grow is still undecided... I haven't lost not 1 of my 18 #5 bags of veggies outside being fed by blumats. I set them up after Flower Farmer told me what to do... There's an elevated 40gal trash can supplying the water. They've been doing just fine even in this crazy heat. I just pulled 3 big handfuls of green beans, the tomato plants are starting to flower as are the squash... So I'm torn... DTW or blumats... or more interestingly, how about E&F? Given the concept of no runoff with blumats... Why not do a E&F and recirculate the nutes. What's the difference technically? Neither system implements waste. Drip clean is supposed to make it so everything gets sucked up, right?