I decided to do something knowingly stupid, and planted 10 plants of 6 different strains in 1 tent (6 of one strain, the other a mix). I tried to be smart and made sure they should reach the same height and flower around the same time, all of them autoflower/ruderalis.
I'm now at week 8 (the spec sheet gave them all 8-9 weeks), and it's clear that some will need just 2 more week and others will take longer. I suspect one of the plants in the back of the tent (which is so full I can't actually see) should already be cropped.
The issue is drying: because a carbon filter is a must and I only have one the original plan was to cut and dry all plants at the same time. A past attempt to dry a plant in a carboard box (to block the light) inside the tent while other plants kept on maturing ended up with a moldy mess. So what would you suggest I do? Would it be better to prematurely crop some plants, or let a couple of plants get to 100% brown pistils for a week while the rest reach the 50-70%?
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Side question: there was a spell of heat on week 6-7 which caused 4 of the plants crazy crazy stretching, doubling in height and leaving the others behind. To avoid burning the tall plants I had to lift the LEDs, but now the smaller plants get less light. The new massive growth, to make things worse, is far behind on flowering. I did a mix of supercropping and LST on the tallest stems, but I have no idea how to handle this situation either.
I'm now at week 8 (the spec sheet gave them all 8-9 weeks), and it's clear that some will need just 2 more week and others will take longer. I suspect one of the plants in the back of the tent (which is so full I can't actually see) should already be cropped.
The issue is drying: because a carbon filter is a must and I only have one the original plan was to cut and dry all plants at the same time. A past attempt to dry a plant in a carboard box (to block the light) inside the tent while other plants kept on maturing ended up with a moldy mess. So what would you suggest I do? Would it be better to prematurely crop some plants, or let a couple of plants get to 100% brown pistils for a week while the rest reach the 50-70%?
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Side question: there was a spell of heat on week 6-7 which caused 4 of the plants crazy crazy stretching, doubling in height and leaving the others behind. To avoid burning the tall plants I had to lift the LEDs, but now the smaller plants get less light. The new massive growth, to make things worse, is far behind on flowering. I did a mix of supercropping and LST on the tallest stems, but I have no idea how to handle this situation either.