scrap and kidsmoke---
i'm definitely in the same boat with the heat and my fucking portables.
i've got two blasting full bore 24/7, racking up huge electricity costs. i shoulda sprung for the minisplit from the get go but we wouldn't have had enough cash left to pay our bills in the months before the first harvey.
with the garden set up the way i have it, both flower and veg are exchanging air with the lung room/office space. i've got the portables in the lung. i have managed to get most of the dehumidification to be handled by one unit, so i'm only dumping one bucket a day, but it's a daily chore, twice on rainy days.
but they just don't cover the cooling needs during these hottest weeks of summer.
i've only been running 4 of the 6 gavitas basically since july started. at least that cuts down the electricity bill some.
i also have the three veg lights on staggered timers, so at least one is shut off during all flowering daylight hours.
with these conditions i'm maintaining 78--82* in flower with lights on. we get some bumps at the end of hot days (when it's dark outside but still 80+) and get up to ~85*, but the gavita controller starts auto dimming at 84*, full dim at 87*, and will do an emergency shut off if the temps climb to 95*
the good news is the lung is a pretty decent environment for drying, so we've been getting nice 10--14 day hang dries before trim and cure, and shit is coming out LOUD. we maintain a constant 65% rH which is right where i want it to meet the needs of veg, flower, and dry simultaneously. also the lung rarely gets above 75* so it's kinda functioning like a huge humidor.
oh! the mod! i love it so much! i built it myself lemme see if i can say all the jargon right: i've got a 32a samsung battery in a phantom mod with a doge RDA on a hybrid adaptor. my current coil i made with 22g nichrome80 and it's 0.35 ohm. i considered putting a stainless wick in there like flatslabs was recommending in the portable dabs thread, but i get such good legit dabs by buttering up the coil that i dont mind the inconvenience of packing one at at time.
drek---
i love my sssdh!
i'm actually itching to pop these 5 old rez stock SSSDH i got from the 'bay with my last order. in the f2's we made we've seen some decent variation from sour phenos to hazey, but even the fastest expressions are gonna run at least 10 weeks. she's in the same soil as everyone else and as you say, she feeds herself what she wants when she wants.
another thing to keep in mind when growing these longer flowering NLD plants is canopy management. if you're growing them alongside stout WLD 8 week plants they will not cooperate without your intervention.
you can pretty much bet on any sssdh seedling stretching like crazy when put in flower, so i'd start on the smaller side, and train or trellis them carefully to keep them manageable.
give the 12 12 from seed thread a read. seems like a great technique for growing sativa dom plants in a tent from what i have heard.
good luck!
i'm definitely in the same boat with the heat and my fucking portables.
i've got two blasting full bore 24/7, racking up huge electricity costs. i shoulda sprung for the minisplit from the get go but we wouldn't have had enough cash left to pay our bills in the months before the first harvey.
with the garden set up the way i have it, both flower and veg are exchanging air with the lung room/office space. i've got the portables in the lung. i have managed to get most of the dehumidification to be handled by one unit, so i'm only dumping one bucket a day, but it's a daily chore, twice on rainy days.
but they just don't cover the cooling needs during these hottest weeks of summer.
i've only been running 4 of the 6 gavitas basically since july started. at least that cuts down the electricity bill some.
i also have the three veg lights on staggered timers, so at least one is shut off during all flowering daylight hours.
with these conditions i'm maintaining 78--82* in flower with lights on. we get some bumps at the end of hot days (when it's dark outside but still 80+) and get up to ~85*, but the gavita controller starts auto dimming at 84*, full dim at 87*, and will do an emergency shut off if the temps climb to 95*
the good news is the lung is a pretty decent environment for drying, so we've been getting nice 10--14 day hang dries before trim and cure, and shit is coming out LOUD. we maintain a constant 65% rH which is right where i want it to meet the needs of veg, flower, and dry simultaneously. also the lung rarely gets above 75* so it's kinda functioning like a huge humidor.
oh! the mod! i love it so much! i built it myself lemme see if i can say all the jargon right: i've got a 32a samsung battery in a phantom mod with a doge RDA on a hybrid adaptor. my current coil i made with 22g nichrome80 and it's 0.35 ohm. i considered putting a stainless wick in there like flatslabs was recommending in the portable dabs thread, but i get such good legit dabs by buttering up the coil that i dont mind the inconvenience of packing one at at time.
drek---
i love my sssdh!
i'm actually itching to pop these 5 old rez stock SSSDH i got from the 'bay with my last order. in the f2's we made we've seen some decent variation from sour phenos to hazey, but even the fastest expressions are gonna run at least 10 weeks. she's in the same soil as everyone else and as you say, she feeds herself what she wants when she wants.
another thing to keep in mind when growing these longer flowering NLD plants is canopy management. if you're growing them alongside stout WLD 8 week plants they will not cooperate without your intervention.
you can pretty much bet on any sssdh seedling stretching like crazy when put in flower, so i'd start on the smaller side, and train or trellis them carefully to keep them manageable.
give the 12 12 from seed thread a read. seems like a great technique for growing sativa dom plants in a tent from what i have heard.
good luck!
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