Hi, Im a newbie from south asia and we have a bit warm climate here (70-95F). Will I have to implement some other mechanisms to reduce the temperature other than an exhaust fan? Also could you recommend me some beginner friendly strains that will thrive in this temperature?

Thanks!! ❤️

Sour Diesel auto fem in happy frog potting soil. No nutes. Ph treated, filtered water. Only watering when the moisture meter is on the low side of good.

Stays around 78°. Humidity is a bit low at 40% (VT basement heading into winter, I'm going to struggle with humidity). I just turned off the main light, and misted the heck out of them. Waited an hour, and most was absorbed. Misted again, and when it's fully absorbed, I'll kick the main light back on.

Obviously I'm leaning towards humidity, but I am not very well versed at growing. I've had several successful runs using the Happy frog potting soil and no nutes, but I figured I'd ask the experts in case this is a deficiency. This is my first go at Sour Diesel.

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Bucket gardeners of the world! Welcome to the weekly sticky discussion thread. You can use it for general questions, and also for some casual bucket conversation.

1st time grower here,needing some honest reviews. I'm growing a Royal Dwarf Auto, she germinated around the 11th of October, so she's 16 days in. I'm growing in a 80L bin, I wrapped the interior with a Survival blanket. The light is a cheap Aliexpress 40W grow light. I was focused on buying something very cheap, but I think I would have gone another path had I done more research… Seems to be working alright though. The soil is a veggie soil I had lying around, mixed with a "Monster Bud Mix" I bought from the seed supplier. Two cheap 5V USB fans for intake and outtake. I'm doing an 18/6 hr cycle. I had some issues keeping the temp at a 22-28°C (72-81°F) radius, so I'm keeping the lid open to get some additional fresh air in. I also had issues with humidity and some pest (I think it was gnats), I'm assuming that the soil is a bit heavy and retains water. I really Don't think I was overwatering. I sprayed some neem oil water and Added clay beads on top of the soil to suffocate the larvae. I seems to have worked very well. I also raised the pot to allow more airflow and to allow the top soil to dry better. I find the plant to look healthy now, but the grow speed seems to be on the low side. I didn't use any nutes yet because I didn't really wanted to spend too much on the grow and didn't want to make mistakes. I have some all purpose veggie fertilizer lying around but I'm not sure if it'll do more good than harm. Pease tell me what you think about the grow !

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She’s getting there! Humidity dropped to like 30% today and my humidifier is still on the way, so hopefully it survives the next couple of days 😑

Hello, I'm planning on making a self watering plant system and would love to get some more feedback on the idea. Our group would greatly appreciate it if you were able to do this quick survey about self watering plant systems.

Some context is our idea is to create an advanced self-watering system for your plant that only waters your plant while the soil is dry. This will be achieved by incorporating a small soil moisture meter into your plant and only watering your plant once the soil is dry. The watering system will also be using a small water pump so the product is non-invasive and doesn't have to rely on placing the watering system above your plant like cheaper alternatives.

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Not exactly sure what is causing this, any solutions?

I have 2 of each of these bulbs and was wondering which would be better for growing ( yes I have other lights in my grow setup)

Bucket gardeners of the world! Welcome to the weekly sticky discussion thread. You can use it for general questions, and also for some casual bucket conversation.

I’ve been looking into doing a small grow and something I’m having trouble figuring out is what the final dimensions of the common 5 gallon bucket configurations from floor to the top of the highest bucket.

I know it can vary when you start adding spacers but what’s the overall height of a minimum viable bucket system starting out? Not including any lights or stuff bolted onto the lid.

How tall does it end up by the end for those of you who add spacers as the plant grows?

I am in the process of building a SpaceBucket with 2x 110L Totes on top of each other. The place where i am going to grow, a filter is a necessity. I went online, got a few ideas and came up with my filter that i wanted to build. The question now is, how do i set up my PC Fans.

I have 3x Fractal Aspect 12 PWM fans. They are 120mm and are rated to have a 56CFM at full RPM.

For now i don't know how to configure them. The ideas i have are as follow:

• Place 2 fans in series with 1 fan in parallel for the outlet and buy 1 fan for the inlet. (Increased air pressure and flow for filter)
• Place 2 fans in series for the outlet and use the other fan for the inlet. (Increased air pressure for filter)
• Place 2 fans in parallel for the outlet and use the other fan for the inlet. (Increased air flow for filter)

The issue being, i know that carbon filters and PC fans don't like each other that much. But this is the situation i have and need to make due.

Placing fans in series increases air pressure and placing them in parallel increases air flow. So I'm not sure what is the preferred route to go with this home made filter.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

The top part can come off, that's where the activated carbon will be placed. The fitting size is 50mm.

transferred from natural light about 48 hours ago. topped before i put in and fertilized. any help? im running 70W of cfls

Things are looking pretty good I think.

As a first-time grower, it’s currently day 27 since germination, and I’ve been providing 24 hours of light. I topped the plant at the 6th node on day 18. Are there any other improvements I could make?