Lol, could have fooled me dave, you go for the underdog!!!:thumbsup:
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Lol, could have fooled me dave, you go for the underdog!!!:thumbsup:
Hey Razzapiggy ,
A real cool chick on this site turned me on to a handheld temp gun . :hippy:
I found them on ebay for gas powered remote control cars for cyl. head temps / tuning . Acurate from 0-430 deg. in 1/10 degree increments for like 24.00 or something silly . You can measure the actual leaf surface temps w/ it . Maximium photosynthesis is achieved at like 68-78 deg. or so I been told .
:) You can rule out canopy temp. probs. super easily . :thumbsup:
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:
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Yikes... just went in there and realized my pH is at nearly eight (sunshine#4) this is way too high. I was using 100% r\o water for a while and the ph was always pretty much right on always, so I needed to check it less frequently.
I have been using around 25% tap water mixed with the r\o water, and have not been completely on the pH so they most likely have been receiving 8.0 pHed water for a few weeks now - yikes. It's tough to tell what the problem is because lock out\nutrient burn\heat stress all look fairly similar on the page I view for plant problems.
Obviously going to check every single day from now on, but now I think I have my answer that pH problems are bringing up some lock out?
I don't have an easy way to flush em all, and quite honestly most of em look good... not huge buds but I'm dealing w. a relatively small yielder and I've been told they add alot of their overall weight in the last 3 weeks. But perhaps I should flush the ones that have the yellow patterns on a few leaves. What ya guys think?
Three weeks from being done, so I'm thinking flushing em out is going to make me reduce my nute strength to about 25% for a bit... that's not really good either so I am unsure of what to do here lol.
They have only received 2-3 waterings with the high pHed water, so I am going to go ahead and go as planned, at PPM 850 and add Shooting Powder which is high in Pot and PH to finish these ladies up in the next few weeks. If I don't see signs of improvement with the ones with yellowing on the leaves I will flush but I'm gonna try to just be vigilent about it from now on with this grow and see what happens. I really prefer not flush because I have to cut back big time on nutes after that, and most of the plants appear like they havent been overly effected by the water they were receiving.
Yikesssssssss. I was measuring the room temps with the censor a bit away from the canopy, I put it in there..and the temps are 98 and rising right now.. holy shit balls, I am an idiot since being on vacation I have not been as much on this as I should be. I think it's time for an a\c unit !!!
Razza - for a good discussion on pH, nute lock-outs and how to correct them, check out this thread, Another pH Question. Although the heat problem isn't the same, there some real good advice from knowledgeable growers about pH, lock-out and how to correct them.
PC :smokin:
The worst of that damage is scarring from pest munching, which looks even WORSE becuase of high temps.
I'm not sure if you can apply 'Bang!' this late in flower, but it's meant to heal over mite scars and protect your plants from what you are seeing.
Damn Razza, lol, we didn't realize you were so cruel to your plants.... :D
Just released a butt load of lady bugs in there, hopefully this helps out the mite problem. A\C unit goes in tonight or tomorrow as well.
Here is my question now:
I am putting in a window a\c unit. I'm going to put ply wood over the entire window except for the area that the a\c unit is and then put a tapestry in between the wood and the outside so it looks like a tapestry. As of right now my fresh air is coming from under the door to the room but I put a towel there to prevent the lady bugs from coming out as they might wish to. =)
Will the a\c unit now provide the path of least resistence for fresh air coming into the room? I am not an expert on a\c units but I am assuming it pulls air from outside and conditions it and then pushes it into the room.