Steve's Blossers-Grow attempt 1-Help me out-(New Pictures Every Week)

[offspringfrk316]

Alright yea, thats what I thought..Thats not a prohlem right? should I lower humidity a bit?

[offspringfrk316]

I eventually want to get all my plants out of the humidity dome and acclimated to normal room temperature and room humidity.  Sally seems to be doing the best so I will probably attempt this with her first.  When should I try and do this and how would I go about doing it?

[|if3]

I eventually want to get all my plants out of the humidity dome and acclimated to normal room temperature and room humidity.  Sally seems to be doing the best so I will probably attempt this with her first.  When should I try and do this and how would I go about doing it?

That's very weird, my plants don't do that at all except for the ones that are closer to another light source. Most of the leaves are bent toward the light or a reflected light source such as the white border around my window, the window sill.

and my plants are in like, very minimal humidity. my eyes are dry as heck in here, especially when my cloning box isn't going!

I was thinking making too much light? Makes some sense to me, because the plant is getting more light than it needs? So maybe it curls it's leaves to sustain photosynthesis via reflected light from around it's habitat? But that's just a 'hypothesis'...

Happy Growin',
James

[offspringfrk316]

Thanks, I do have aluminum foil in the box so maybe thats why its curling to get light from the sides of the box...? Not sure and when shes doing a bit better im going to try and take her out of the humidity chamber..maybe Ive been leaving the lights on for too long..how many hours of light should I give them?

[|if3]

Maybe, I dunno either.

I have four of my clones on a 24 light schedule atm. It's a small 23 watt fluoro tube, and my leaves aren't curling. But I also live in a totally different climate than you do. No tinfoil for me, I just have them under the fluorescent tube, I had them originally in my tin foil cloning chamber and it didn't seem to make a difference to the curvature of their leaves even using a 42watt 6500*K bulb like 4 inches from the tops.

Happy Growin',
James

[Peaches]

I eventually want to get all my plants out of the humidity dome and acclimated to normal room temperature and room humidity.  Sally seems to be doing the best so I will probably attempt this with her first.  When should I try and do this and how would I go about doing it?

 when you girls have grown a good set of roots you will be able to work on acclimation, i have found that 3 weeks in a 3 inch pot of soil for a 6  to 8 inch plant and i am able to take them outside with the rest of  sallies, the wind has been blowing alot so the humidity drops to 20 percent and they are fine, by morning the humidity is back up to 90 percent.

[drift]

Thanks, I do have aluminum foil in the box so maybe thats why its curling to get light from the sides of the box...? Not sure and when shes doing a bit better im going to try and take her out of the humidity chamber..maybe Ive been leaving the lights on for too long..how many hours of light should I give them?

Plants need a dark period, your ideal lighting for veg would be 18/6. I run 16/8 and have no problems, but the extra 2 hours help.

[offspringfrk316]

Thanks yea..i set my timer for roughly 17 on and 7 off

[|if3]

Plants need a dark period, your ideal lighting for veg would be 18/6. I run 16/8 and have no problems, but the extra 2 hours help.

most plants don't get a 'true' dark period anymore due to good old humans. all of mine seem to be fine .

Happy Growin',
James

[drift]

Plants need a dark period, your ideal lighting for veg would be 18/6. I run 16/8 and have no problems, but the extra 2 hours help.

most plants don't get a 'true' dark period anymore due to good old humans. all of mine seem to be fine .

Happy Growin',
James

They don't get complete darkness, but they get enough to focus on putting energy into establishing roots and growth instead of straight up photosynthesis. Also, your equipment will function better given rests and you will use less electricity. Unless you're veging young cannabis, don't bother with 24/7 lighting.

[|if3]

They don't get complete darkness, but they get enough to focus on putting energy into establishing roots and growth instead of straight up photosynthesis. Also, your equipment will function better given rests and you will use less electricity. Unless you're veging young cannabis, don't bother with 24/7 lighting.

Thanks man! Would have never thought that that was the case :S.

Happy Growin',
James

[offspringfrk316]

Sally, Sylvia, and Selene
Day 21

(UPDATE!)
Alright, since my last post I have re-potted the plants into individual pots, and have added a 100watt equivalent CFL to my light setup and it seems to be doing well.  I've also drilled a few holes in the top side of the lid for air circulation and I'm also using an aquarium pump to pump in new air into the chamber, but will be installing a computer fan on the side wall soon.  The plants have tons of new growth.

Setup 


Sally






Sylvia


Selene (Accidental Sylvia Cutting)
When I transplanted her into her new pot i noticed that she had tons of root growth

[Hero4Evz]

Looking good! I see your using twisty ties to keep your plants attached to the support rod. As long as they aren't actually supporting a large amount of weight they should work fine, but if they do have a substantial force on them they could easily damage the stem of your plants. A very cheap alternative is using strips of a plastic grocery bag to attach support your plant (this is a suggestion I saw thrown around here so I can't take credit ).

[offspringfrk316]

Thanks, yea they're not putting too much pressure on the stems, they're mostly just leaning up against them to keep them up.  They really grow fast I was surprised.

[|if3]

haha I was using string, BAD idea. lol. Once the stems grow thick the string pierces into the plant. But oddly enough, I don't think it has caused any stress or anything to said plants. I removed the strings though. .

The aquarium pump should be more than enough . I'd buy a plastic tube 'T' and one of those 'circular' tubes from the pet store and just run it near the base of your plants so that they all get equal air circulation. The computer fan isn't necessary to introduce new air since the plants already have adequate air from the water pump. You could just let it run on the inside though if you wanted.

Acclimatize them, and experiment away!

Happy Growin' Steve!
James