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would love to know as well. I have the fan running for a about a week now and I’m still working on it. Their automation recepies don’t work at all for me. currently I’m using two programms, 1 for night, 1 for day and I fiddled about till it reacts in a usefull way to environment changes. Since it’s getting cold the night programm is just set to not let the temperature drop below 20°C (68°F) so it’s on speed 1 all the time. the day programm tries to work on humidity and kicks in if the temperatures are getting to high. I’ve set the humidity target to 60 and the transition to 3 (Fan min/max is 2/6). with this settings my daytime VDP is around 0.8 – 1.1 (I’m in early flower). the fan does change its speed but not from min to max within minutes
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I have the same issue, the 250g bags as well. I now just fold the top and secure it with a clip and I wont buy them again. they are expensive and I can see they wont last forever despite me using them for longterm storage. I open them weekly not daily. once a week from the bag to a jar.
other than that I think they do their job quite well.
You said they made it right, how, with replacements? I didn’t reach out to them cause I don’t need them to replace something that lastest 2 weeks with something that will last another 2 weeks. -
the hop latent virus is known since the 1960s. It’s hard to belive they started their evil plans to destroy home growers 60 years ago.
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I hate to be that guy but I have to ask because I just can’t get my head around it:
Can you actually dechlorinate water with H2O2? Wouldn’t you just get (ideally) ClO2 which outgases on its own but slower than Cl2 or (worst) chlorates and chlorides?
anyway I can’t see why anyone would bother with H2O2 (or anything else) to get rid of Cl2 when you can let it sit for a day or two and get the same result. It’s not like putting H2O2 in and the chlorine is gone within an hour it takes time too.
and if you havn’t already check that you actually have Cl2 in your water (might want to know the concentration as well). Where I live they use ClO2 and I just don’t bother with anything chlorine
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my space heater taught me that. if I don’t clean it it’s burning all the dust off and smells.
I live in a dusty place. I try to vacuum all of them weekly (well TRY) but I have to give them a proper clean (aka take them apart, good opportunity to get a drop of oil in there too) every 2 to 6 month depending on what the fan is used for: PC, AC, dehumidifyer, space heater, general ventilation. The only thing I have not looked at yet is the inline fan becasue it has a carbon filter in front of it
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what are your temps and rH?
VPD around 1 kPa can mean 86F at 65% rH or 68F at 45% rH
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…hm…it’s not the surplus of water but the lack of oxygen at the roots. as long as there is enough oxygen at the roots you can’t overwater. that’s why hydroponics work.
you can’t breed a strain that doesn’t need oxygen. usually plants (or animals) that need less oxygen have a slower metabolism and thus slower growth/less overall vigor. that doesn’t mean they have to stay small but it takes them longer to grow tall.
it’s an oversight by nature: plants release oxygen at the leafes but for their metabolism they have to take it up via the roots.
for the asian strains: it’s often said that rainforests don’t grow in the soil but on the soil. checks out with what I learned from growing weed.
that’s just my two cents. I can confidently say parts of the above is true but it doesn’t paint the whole picture and I’m no expert on that
on the other hand: just give it a try. you’ll have a lot of fun and who knows maybe you’ll get something really good out of it.
worst case: it doesn’t work as intended
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I forgot, I kinda do
I bought nutrients from them twice. they have some weird monthly discount scheme going. If they have the stuff you use you can get a good deal there:
https://www.plantplanet.de/and for ACinfinity they have a distributor for europe in germany. at least that’s what they say on their website. I’ve never ordered there but I have my eyes on a T6 😜
https://shop.growtechnology.de/
and ya amazon and ebay. I bought my viparspectra light on ebay. they sell their stuff in europe via amazon and ebay. the bigger companies – for hardware at least – usually have some sort of europe distribution
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No I don’t. I order wherever I can get what I need. Here in Germany everything has become ridiculous expensive since the “legalisation” so it’s good advice to look around and just check.
Usually I search for the item I need and google (or whatever) will show me a handful of shops.
UK can be a problem. Since they left the EU you have to pay tax and customs and what not.
Sometimes you can save a couple of € by looking at shops “more east” of you: For me as a western european lets say in Poland or Czech Republic etc.
And of course have a look if the manufacturers themselfs ditribute their products in Europe. this way you don’t have to pay the retailers as well
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I just had bud rod in my tent. but only on 2 buds which admittedly were in a calm part of my tent. they just didn’t get enough airflow. I’ll get another fan in asap (the 3rd one, currently 1 below and 1 above the canopy). I have about 50% rH (+/-10 depending on weather outside) in my tent, certainly higher at night. And I’ll inspect every remaining bud everyday for the last 2 weeks.
What I learned from that: airflow airflow airflow
as long as it’s not raining inside your tent airflow is your best tool
(T-shirt idea: “keep calm and you tent windy” ..nah sounds wrong)
I’d be more worried about light getting in the tent when it stays open at night.
but that’s just my opinion
you’ll be fine
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(new grower with no expierence)
here are my two cents:
there is this story that the oscillation of an oscillating fan died but
it kept blowing air over the same bud and this bud was way more amber
than the rest of the grow.
1. chemically I understand the ambering of the trichomes as an oxidation.
naturally this would be promoted by UV radiation. instead of harming the plant the radiation is “captured” by the oxidation before reaching tissue. but this reaction doesn’t necessarily needs UV and you can steer a reaction (like a plant). by providing more of the educts on the left side of the equation you promote the products of the reaction, thus:
2. blowing air with a fan over the trichomes will increase the oxidation rate
(of course everything else regarding plant steering and bud ripening still applies and has its own effects.)
if the above is true is it desirable to (kind of artificially) “age” your trichomes this way? I don’t think so. I’d guess you lose more than you gain and potentially screw your curing.
on the other hand if the above is true it raises the question if the ambering is indeed a sign of ripening/finishing or merely of aging/oxidation. this would be the question for adding UV to amber your trichomes as well. does it help ripening the buds or are you just ageing trichomes?
and it depends on what it does to the buzz or medical qualities you are after. there might be strains you want to harvest before it’s all amber and there might be strains you want to see a deep amber before harvesting to get what you want out of it.
I’d love to know the answer to that but you’d need a fully grown lab and a lot of time to actually test it
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for that early stage I’d raise the temps a bit over a couple of days. they are in the general zone but at the lower end of the zone
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that helps me a lot in understanding what winter frost is and does. I will keep in mind that it has its most effect on the longer flowering strains. and it’s probably best to know/get used to the strain you are growing to get it right before adding something like that in. Thank you
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Getting experience with the basics and some good genetics I like before working on the last couple of % on top of it sounds like good advise to me 🙂 thank you.
