Its too humid in here!

[gettingrimey]

Thanks Dave appreciate your advice.

[gettingrimey]

Hi just a little update on how its going, the humidity is now peaking at 52 percent and averaging at around 47, this is mainly due to the beast of an extractor that I got from ebay and my original shitty Spanish 4'' er being used as an intake instead of doing it passively as before. the side mesh on the tent is now partially open with the dehumidifier butted up to it to extract all that excess moisture, plus you have a free supply of RO water for the plants. were approaching week six and a few of the hairs have started to turn amber so they have all been fed PK 13/14 and are all in rude health, the only issue Im having is the smell leaching out of the partially opened side mesh as its stinking the fuck out of the basement. If anyone decides to grow in a basement make sure it is thoroughly aired out before you start as its a bastard to get the relative humidity down when your venting into it during the grow. Iv found clearing out a load of the boxes and running a fan inside of the cellar has really improved the situation.

Out of the four strains that I'm growing the cheesy Dick from Big Buddha is a fucking beast and if left untrained would have taken over the whole tent, it also stinks to fuck of cheese, which I was not expecting so this pheno maybe a keeper, I recon the yeild will be at least double of anything elese in the tent.
The MK Ultra is so covered in frost its unfuckinbelivable, although I think it may be done by week seven so it is a bit too early to judge, its also a lovely squat plant with massive indica leafs, again cuttings have been taken.
The two kushes og18 and Kosher are very stretchy in comparision to the last two, the OG has been super cropped twice so the main cola looks like a Nike swoosh, I reckon these will need 10 weeks so drying may be an issue.
If i was about to start again with the four strains I would defo scog the fuckers as the height differences has been an utter bastard, who thought VHS tapes had any use? They are great for leveling out the canopy.

How long would you advise flushing for, Iv used Canna Terra medium and nutes and fed the little bitches to the maximum, some say one some say two weeks, I have no idea?

Here is a shit photo taken on my wank camera phone.

[BigDanHaze]

Heres a tip: Place a few of those small boxes of baking soda with the top open or the ones made for your fridge for the last 30 days, this will cut down on the humidity more than you think, just replace every grow, cheap and easy.
Plants looking good, what size light you using?
Also using those nutes or any chemicals really needs full 2 week flush imho.

[gettingrimey]

Its a 400w HPS with a sunmaster bulb and a dutch barn shade, going to upgrade to a 600w air cooled one for the next grow, also thinking of trying hydro out as well as I can't taste ganja when I smoke and people seem to think it offers improved yields.
Thanks for the tip Dan.

[BigDanHaze]

Good idea on the cool tube it will keep everything much cooler. Mine runs so cool with my 400w I can touch the glass tube with my hand and its just warm, can also put the light very close to canopy and even had the tops touch the tube without burning. Good Luck!

[treetop]

Looking good sir. Nice tent full of goodies you have there. UK growers gotta have good cheese baby!

ps - have you looked at putting a few small disposable de humidifiers at the bottom of your tent? Usually they only shift the RH about 1-2% per unit so easy to control RH in such a small space that way.

pps - your RH seems ok to me as your airflow looks really good. You could also try increasing the rate of air extraction out of the tent. That might shift your RH down quite a bit.

The RH in my tent is much lower than that of the room outside due to fast airflow/exchange. Plants seem to love it too.

[Bob2]

fantastic its all going well. after the crop invest in a good filter. my rhino cost a fair bit, but you get what you pay for. cool tube is good investment, maybe a lumatek ballast?, DWC (bubble buckets) is the route i went after coco and airpts. added Guanokalong extract to nuts as well, theres a million things you can buy, id invest 100% in some bubble bags and make lots of iso. first few grows did flush at 2 weeks but went up to 3 weeks with half nutes the week before that. (smelt less beefy). its always fun when one of your babies turns into a monster

[gettingrimey]

Thanks for all the advice guys its all appreciated. The only issue I have is there are only two plugs in the basement so I'm a bit wary of drawing too much power and shorting everything out.
Iv already ordered the bubble bags Stewart, never had full melt bubble hash before so I'm pretty fucking excited about that.
Got some Under ground originals seeds ordered and thinking about trying out some Dark Delight form Dutch passion, it sounds fucking outstanding from all the reviews and grow reports iv read.
Going to take some SLR photos out of the tents when my babies are ready and give you all some bud porn and a smoke report when the time is right.
I have to say growing is piss easy as long as your not an utter numpty and can read.
The only issue I have is drying the bastards the tents a no go really as I plan to crack on and start a grow straight away and the humidity may be too high so I may test the old carpentry skills and build a drying chamber complete with the current filter and the old 4 inch fan. The six inch rhino is on its way as we speak.