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Ideally you want the light fixture as close as possible without being too intense to limit stretch. Cold temps will slow overall growth and increase stretch during the day with colder temps at night. Warmer nights and cooler days can limit stretch. I’d personally want the environment warm for faster overall growth. Having the light a bit…
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PM is an environmental issue. Plant’s don’t get PM based on structure.
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What up DGC! I hope everyone is staying warm and keeping their grows warm!
This weeks Growtalk is gonna be about temperature stress. Help us out by giving us your best tips and tricks for keeping your grow running smooth, even when it gets way too cold for the AC to work!
Let’s talk Cold Stress:
- How to avoid it
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How to deal with it
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Tools and tricks…
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Let your water warm up a bit before you pour in on your plants!
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Put your plants on foam board to keep them from sitting on the cold floor
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Get your plants off the ground. Put them on plant stands.
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Hang your lights a little higher, and turn the intensity up
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My grow room is part of the garage and the air conditioners face the big car part of the garage and they keep it warm enough in there for them (the A/C’s) to keep running. It’s about 50° warmer in there than outside temperature. Even when it’s -30⁰ My air conditioners kick on. When it does get that cold I do have to add a little bit of heat… Read more
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Easy fix to raise temperature is to raise the light a bit and increase intensity. It’s ok to let the temp get up to 84-86F in veg the last hour or two before lights off to help maintain a higher temperature after lights off for those few hours.
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