Mephisto Genetics White Crack and Kis Organics Soil

[MMMi]

In the thick of winter, mine is def in the 50's.

 

[MrOldBoy]

That’s a warm concrete basement floor for winter. Must not be too cold in your neck of the woods (which is good).
i was thinking floor surface temps in the 50’s at best.
cheers
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Floor was around 63 degrees a month or so before, I’ve been running heaters in that section for awhile now ..... House basement is divided into two pieces - other side with no heat is around 62 degrees with a corner area at 61 and by inside entry door 63 degrees

 

[MMMi]

A new possibility for heat has emerged. Instead of throwing away 600 watts on a heater, I have an 20+ year old 400w ballast/light setup. Going to see if that thing still works and if it will generate enough heat to displace the heater. If it does I'll park a few quantums until I need them.

No top dress this weekend. Going to brew some AACT and apply tomorrow with MBP only.

Also going to up my gnat game again. Fresh traps, apple cider vinegar traps, couple potato slices to see what is where. My Fugue state still isn't amber and she's lost virtually all her fan leaves already. Might harvest anyhow, need to get on the tent reorg. Will decide later. The Jr is looking fantastic and starting to flower. Will snag a pic later.

 

[slowandeasy]

For those who know my phone is garbage, I am sad to say that it stopped working 2 dsys ago. It wont power up. So, I am using my sons tablet to write this. I am not sure the exact date, but WC is yellowing fast. She is bulking uo nicely. I have not looked at the Trichs, but by looking at her I say 10 days left or so. I am not going to look for Amber, mostly cloudy is where I like it anyways. Plus WC presses Rosin so goooood, I dont chase amber. I will try to use wifes phone tomorrow to take pics. Peace, slow

 

[MrOldBoy]

A new possibility for heat has emerged. Instead of throwing away 600 watts on a heater, I have an 20+ year old 400w ballast/light setup. Going to see if that thing still works and if it will generate enough heat to displace the heater. If it does I'll park a few quantums until I need them.

No top dress this weekend. Going to brew some AACT and apply tomorrow with MBP only.

Also going to up my gnat game again. Fresh traps, apple cider vinegar traps, couple potato slices to see what is where. My Fugue state still isn't amber and she's lost virtually all her fan leaves already. Might harvest anyhow, need to get on the tent reorg. Will decide later. The Jr is looking fantastic and starting to flower. Will snag a pic later.

HPS would be a good alternative and a solid light as well but may want to invest in a new bulb.

 

[slowandeasy]

A new possibility for heat has emerged. Instead of throwing away 600 watts on a heater, I have an 20+ year old 400w ballast/light setup. Going to see if that thing still works and if it will generate enough heat to displace the heater. If it does I'll park a few quantums until I need them.

No top dress this weekend. Going to brew some AACT and apply tomorrow with MBP only.

Also going to up my gnat game again. Fresh traps, apple cider vinegar traps, couple potato slices to see what is where. My Fugue state still isn't amber and she's lost virtually all her fan leaves already. Might harvest anyhow, need to get on the tent reorg. Will decide later. The Jr is looking fantastic and starting to flower. Will snag a pic later.

This is just my humble opinion from my years if experience. Autos are different vs photos in more than a few ways. I believe that Autos finish differently, and degrade differently. Some Autos do not like to be taken too long looking for Amber. If your leaves are falling off, it is dieing. Many tichs will disappear vs change to amber. So the potency can actually go down on many Autos vs changing to amber. I press a ton of Rosin. I see a direct correllation between Rosin yield and harvest times. The "Peak" Rosin Yields for many strains is when the Trichs are mostly cloudy, minimal amber. And taking them an extra week can often change the smell and taste in a negative fashion. In short, if your plant is telling you it is done by dieing off...you should listen. Chop Chop! Make room for a new one.. good luck, slow.
OH yeah, i woukd use the HPS vs a Heater. If it is warm enough, use it for a couple of months vs QB. The heat generated from the HPS is significantly higher.

 

[FishWizard]

Soil temps should be lower so unless basement floor is real cold I would leave alone or perhaps fold up a tarp to size and slip under.

I use a Piece of rigid foam insulation as a floor in the tent, with the spill mat over that. Then elevated about six inches from the floor on plastic racks for good airflow around the entire airpot. Its worked out well.

 

[MrOldBoy]

I use a Piece of rigid foam insulation as a floor in the tent, with the spill mat over that. Then elevated about six inches from the floor on plastic racks for good airflow around the entire airpot. Its worked out well.

I like the airflow idea for your setup - Last grow when I had some fabric pots I picked up some old Pepsi cases and was using them but I didn’t have any rigid insulation underneath .....

Currently with my SIP Container they are on concrete and the soil temp is 75.5, air 80 degrees and no insulation or warming mat.

 

[MMMi]

Chop Chop! Make room for a new one.. good luck, slow.
OH yeah, i woukd use the HPS vs a Heater. If it is warm enough, use it for a couple of months vs QB. The heat generated from the HPS is significantly higher.

Agreed. It was day 90. Here is a pre-chop pic and a pic of the Jrs. They are looking fantastic. Still have to feed/water today, been busy choppin.

 

[slowandeasy]

Agreed. It was day 90. Here is a pre-chop pic and a pic of the Jrs. They are looking fantastic. Still have to feed/water today, been busy choppin.

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Awesome man! What day are you on for Juniors? How are the 5gal pots doing? I am amazed at the health/growth of my plants in Juniors. I have all different strains, but it appears to me that the 3 plants I used Popcorn SST seem to be preflowering fsster than the first 3 plants I did nothing to. But again, hard to compare. I will say that the SST was easy to make and def didnt hurt. So I will do it on my Sour Cracks in a few days. I will get the Popcorn soaking tonight. My order from Build a Soil shoukd be here tomorrow. I will use some top dressing tomorrow on a few plants. Then will start weekly dressings on Mondays, kinda like a work week. Then I know next Monday how the previous WORK WEEK went. I have to look at the trichs on my WC, I predict 10 days til chop. Peace, slow