PiperPete's White Rhino, Blackberry, and Bubblelicious in Soil, 1/5/2014

piperpete;1973051 said:

The three Rhinos went into flower last night. Honestly, I put them in because I want to test things out. Of the 7 remaining plants, they are the normal seeds (not feminized), so I'd rather make sure I am doing things right and sacrifice them if I am doing something wrong. With the exception of one of the Rhinos, they are taller than all hell, and have a huge distance between nodes. From all the stuff I have read, I'm am guessing two of the three are males. Of course, I am basing that on research and no real experience, but its fun guessing.

Also, since I just started the first real flower cycle, I noticed some light issues. As stated, I have two tents, a veg and a flower. Both have vents on the side, so air can passively enter when the fan comes on. On the inside of both tents, this vent is covered with a flap that has black material facing outwards, and reflective mylar type material on the side facing inside the tent. In theory, this flap is supposed to let air in, but keep light out. However, when the lights are on in the tents (the veg is always on, even during flower night cycle), you can see a ton of light coming out of the vents. Tonight when the lights come back on, I wasw thinking of taking the Rhinos out of the flower tent, and then close myself up inside it, then turn the lights on outside the tent. I'm hoping that will give me an idea of how much light is allowed in. Of course, my wife will inevitably try and lock me, but oh well.

I know this is always geeky, as it seems like I have focusing on the graphs allot. But, one of the aspects I want to learn is how much it truly costs me per grow, as the seasons change.

Below are three graphs. The first is the graph showing the temp in the two tents, as well as the room that the tents are locked up in. The second is the humidity in all three areas. Lastly, is a graph showing the energy use. This chart shows cumulative energy use throught the first 7pm through 7am Flower Day cycle. This includes the use of the HPS, the Humidifiers, the Heater and the Fans. My electricity is billed at $0.15/kwHour. As an example, here is what I believe is my Flower tent usage for last nights 7pm to 7am cycle:

HPS: 7.5 kw/hr
Flower Humidifer: 2.41 kw/hr
Flower Exhaust: .37 kw/hr
Flower Humidifer2: .10 kw/hr
Flower Heat: .09 kw/hr

Flower Day Time Cost Equals: $1.57

Also, on the temperature and humidity, will the plants care that the temp and humi fluxuate a bit. It bounces up and down as you can seel. Its not allot on the temp side, and not much I can do other than let it run super cold. Anway, thoughts?

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