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Today I harvested the two ZxP and four KmintZ. The KmintZ had some interesting colours on one or two branches that I will try get better pictures of during the day.

Hello So I just started a grow room. I have clones. So currently I have a 16 m2 room with 25 plants in. They are Elvis clones. I received the clones on Friday and planted them in OrgasoilLux. There are 4 x 600 Watt HPS lights with the magnetic ballast and reflectors. Temp & Humidity sensors and sprinkler system. And an extractor fan. There are also 2 fans blowing air around the room. Currently the lights are switched on 24 h/day only 2 at a time. Room temp is between 27 and 29 and humidity is 75% now. Extractor is off because it takes all the humidity away. If all the lights are on then it gets too hot. Humidity is created by hanging wet towels in the room. the question: the leaves looks like the edges are curling inwards? And some leaves look wrinkled. Can it maybe be the lights that burning them? TIA

Do you have 4 x 600w covering an entire 16m2? 1 600w in my mind is good to veg upto 1.5m2, and for flower upto 1.2m2, but more ideally only 1m2 You probably could get away with it for veg. What height are those bulbs from the top of the plants?

Week 9 , sherbet crasher gone

update I have been in the process of getting a new light for this tent, just haven't done it yet. Saw the great deal @Totemic offered, so I couldn't resist! Thanks again man, was a pleasure to meet you! added the 120w qb to help the blurple out a little here's a photo with both lights on, the 288 samsung qb almost overpowers the 300w blurp to anyone interested, the blurple is still up for sale together with some free seeds and free pots here is a few shots with just the 288 qb individual shots Blueberry Hashplant - she was stretching way too much so I made a bunch of cuttings Super Cheese - took a few cuttings of her aswell, just in case she's a keeper. French Macaron - added a photo of a friends outdoor plant, the one I got this cutting from Chernobyl Frosted Apricot - leaves praying like there's no tomorrow!

Hello all, I am a new grower and here to learn

A single portable aircon in that sized space with HID lights is not going to cut it, especially in summer when heatwaves hit. You can simply change the bulb from HPS to MH and then change back when it is flower time. Best to have the lights on an 18/6 cycle and then change to 12/12 when it is time to flower. Do not rotate having some lights on and then others on - if you have plants under the lights then have those lights on, according to the timer.

Induction(if you have one running) should be running 24/7, if not, the plants get to a point where they are basically holding their breathe as the PPm of CO2 drops significantly. Extraction can also run constantly, or when humidity gets to high. Given the size of the grow, both are very necessary

I like what I am hearing and seeing so far huge project to take on for a new grower! more power to you man Sounds like you have a nice setup there, enough space to grow a shit ton of weed. that's for sure! Setup also seems like it has everything it needs. Just out of curiosity, how big is the extractor fan for that big room? I see you using HPS blubs to veg the clones. Is there a reason for this or was MH bulbs just not an option? MH bulbs gives off a much cooler white light that's more desired by the plant during veg. just a from my side, however vegging with the HPS is far from the worst thing, hell I've seen people veg with 3000k CFL bulbs and get away with it just cause it's the only option they have for the time being. no problem with it, but the plants will obviously grow much faster and happier if you give them exactly what they want when they want it. Touching on the question you asked, the light may be a contributing factor to the leaf curl, yes. What you have there is a form of "leaf canoe". The upward curl of the serrated edges of the leaf. There are other forms of leaf curl, all indicating different things. Most common cases for leaf canoe, in this order is: 1.Heat stress 2.Light intensity stress 3.Overwater stress 4.Overfeed stress. Let's look at them all individually. 1. The temperatures you're giving us seems A-OK. So scratch that one. 2. Light intensity? Could be, because your HPS is more for flowering. the difference between a veg light and flower light is during veg the light needs to be much softer, plants prefer the "cool white" spectrum during this time. during flower your plant wants "warm yellow" light and a lot of it. you'll see indoor growers dim their lights during veg and during flower it's full blast. flower lights are generally more intense and powerfull than veg lights. 3. Do you let the soil dry between waterings? How big is the pot and how big is the plant? Can the plant suck up all the moisture out of the soil before the next watering? If not you're over watering. 4. Do you have a PPM/EC probe? Can show you a test you could do to check the amount of nutrients in the soil. Orgasoilux is known to be a little hot (too much nutrients), because they jam pack that bag with enough nutrients to help you through till mid flower sometimes, but that could mean the soil is a little too hot for the younglings. You're still not burning tips so you're still safe, but this means no nutrients for a while. Just clean water till they start asking for nutes. Hope this helps!

Hey @Naughty.Psychonaut Good to hear from you again, bud. Still looking at bit droopy but lots has changed. It's like my uncle Keith used to say, " if you pick up ladies just anywhere you might get crabs " in my case it was 🕷mites . Yupp , as I see it " Growers STD " Anyhow, you can't go back, only forward so gathered those girls, pulled a JZ, and gave them a long shower, Nkandla style Then it was the long task of removing the other girls from my tent, giving them some attention, removing everything from my grow room and treating and disinfecting everything. Will spare you the exhausting details but those mites are a thing of the past and my grow space smells like a surgical ward again. The girls have been through a bit of an ordeal today so it's no surprise they are still drooping but I rekon they will be strutting their stuff again in another 2 to 3 days. There goes Eiishkom again, just checked on my emergency lights and all is good for now. BTW how do you guys keep the lights on during loadshedding? WINTER IS COMING! I think I need to look into an inverter/ups setup, and deeper down the rabbit hole 🕳 I go Thanks for the detailed description of clones transplant. It's encouraging that I've been on the money with that one. In the dark, feeling Very Berry right now, think will get me some Dutch Coffee and cheese on the way to bed. Peace ✌ ☮

To make me feel better I took some pictures of the surviving KmintZ cola as well as the untouched ZxP. Harvest will likely be this weekend. KmintZ ZxP

starting to shape up, getting stinkier by the day Frosted Apricot, just starting out Blueberry Hashplant will be first to finish, couldn't get a good shot, she's tucked away good, some buds flopping over already The Star of the show, Deluxe Sugarcane taking over the tent with complete disregard to its surroundings, growing straight through the light

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Hi and wow thanks for all the information. This is amazing feedback. Oky so I will answer the questions you asked me I did not know that the HPS lights is more for flowering than for the veg state. So I am stuck with 4 of them for now. Can I mitigate this by doing a 18/6 hour on off split? Currently they are on 24/7 and 2 at a time. I also raised the lights about 30cm higher. The extractor is 200mm and not on all the time as it sucks the humidity out to about 35%. Should I get a humidifier and switch the extractor on more often? The plants have just been transplanted (4 days ago) into 25L pots. At the moment the plants get a cup of water every 2 days. I don’t have a PPM/EC probe yet Then a question - is induction air inflow from outside? The only air coming from outside is basically an opening in the wall and then a normal fan in front of the opening blowing in air. What would the ideal Humidity be at this stage? I am following a basic VPD chart. And currently using the green blocks… See attached plant size pictures and also the chart that I use. Also just a side note: the temperature spiked to about 31 yesterday. I am thinking of getting a portable aircon. I really appreciate the info

Welcome! The forum is a great place for the local growers to gather, collect and share knowledge, so you came to the right place is there something specific you would like some guidance and adivce about right now? sheeeeeeeeesh, 25 elvis plants?? that's quite a big grow! I grew an Elvis pheno once, looking to grow it again if the pheno is the same as the one I had! here's the pheno I had how big is the setup you're doing this in and how big do you let the plants get?

Sorry for me late response here! Let's run till end of April and see how it goes. Otherwise we'll move the prizes over to an SOTM for May.

I have pruned a little bit of the ZxP plants in the Organic Tent™. I like the shape I have managed to get thus far with some simple LST. I have decided to flip them to flower today and will add a net in a day or two to help manage the upcoming stretch period.

Almost there. About 85% colonized. Taking kak long though. Going almost 2 months now! Luckily no signs of contamination. @Naughty.Psychonaut

Here we are on week 3 One control plant is massive and the other one has been topped of her soul, then both experiment plants are growing fire

Quick update on the KmintZ and ZxP, they are 8 weeks into flower tomorrow. ZxP looks pretty good to go to be honest. I will try take some trichome pics later tonight and determine how ripe they are. The KmintZ is getting a bit more colour in the pistols but I am feeling another week or two. I would also like to get a better idea from the trichomes. I have for the most part completed the hardest part of the training for the ZxP in the Organic Tent™. So far things look nice and flat, 8 main stems designated on each plant. When I get some length on each stem I will throw in the scrog net and then flip to flower.

Disaster strikes! I have had some problems with electricity the last few days. Our DB board has been tripping on odd occasions and at really early hours so my flower tent had been sitting for a few hours at maximum humidity, like 80%+. Unfortunately this has caused two of the KmintZ colas to develop bud rot and they have been lost as a result. I have had already tapered off the nutrients to near zero so I think I will cut the reservoir feed tomorrow and try let the pots dry out then make the harvest happen.