First time grower coming to the end of my first run

[LoudPackJack]

Looking good, Nice job you’ve done! What strain is it?

Thanks man. Had a few temperature issues, don’t quite know how they look so good haha although I’m quite fussy and dying for more trichomes

 

[LoudPackJack]

Looking good, Nice job you’ve done! What strain is it?

Cheers man. 3 Gorilla glue x Zkittles and a Zkittles x gushers

 

[Sueet]

10% the whole way seems unreal. Any chance the meter is just fuxed?

 

[Stoneisland]

Cheers man. 3 Gorilla glue x Zkittles and a Zkittles x gushers

Really tempted to try these strains from seed. I’ve only ever done clones, from haze or amnesia strains. Beggars can’t be choosers haha.

 

[StoneOtter]

Here's a vdp chart to tell what rh and temps are right for the stage of life of your plant. Virgin Ground And The Little Star Asterion

 

[Nunyabiz]

Ideally your temps should be about 79-80⁰ and 70% humidity in veg.
In flower you can drop the humidity down about 5% every week, 65-60-55 etc until harvest.

 

[LoudPackJack]

10% the whole way seems unreal. Any chance the meter is just fuxed?

It’s possible. It’s brand new out of the box though. Although I haven’t seen it move from 10% to be honest

 

[LoudPackJack]

Ideally your temps should be about 79-80⁰ and 70% humidity in veg.
In flower you can drop the humidity down about 5% every week, 65-60-55 etc until harvest.

Damn how do I adjust temps and humidity like that?

 

[LoudPackJack]

Here's a vdp chart to tell what rh and temps are right for the stage of life of your plant. Virgin Ground And The Little Star Asterion

Thanks bro

 

[JD Green]

Damn how do I adjust temps and humidity like that?

If you look at the pics that are on my journal, you will see 2 meters, 1 is for humidity and the other is for heat and cooling. I run my extraction fan off of which ever one I need. If its too hot, the meter runs the fan. If its too humid the meter runs the fan and draws in lower humidity air. Thats what works for me in the cave. It's not perfect but it is effective.

 

[Sueet]

It’s possible. It’s brand new out of the box though. Although I haven’t seen it move from 10% to be honest

That pretty much screams that it is defective to me.

 

[013]

Meter is hosed.... I went thru 14 brand new in the box hygrometers at my local grow shop to find one that worked. The manager knew I meant business on the product return cuz I carried the receipt plus 4 other of my garden hygrometers with me....

 

[Nunyabiz]

Damn how do I adjust temps and humidity like that?

Its going to vary with each setup.
But in general you need a way to cool, in my case I use my house AC.
You need a way to heat, which I use the lights themselves, the dehumidifier heats pretty good and the house furnace if its just plain cold.
You need a way to lower the humidity like a dehumidifier.
You need fans.
You need a humidifier.
Also by raising the humidity you can lower the temp a degree or two.

Just have to have a way to adjust all the parameters and figure what works for your setup

 

[LoudPackJack]

If you look at the pics that are on my journal, you will see 2 meters, 1 is for humidity and the other is for heat and cooling. I run my extraction fan off of which ever one I need. If its too hot, the meter runs the fan. If its too humid the meter runs the fan and draws in lower humidity air. Thats what works for me in the cave. It's not perfect but it is effective.

That’s awesome. Will have to look at getting a similar set up in mine

 

[LoudPackJack]

Have just found a seed in one of the buds will have to inspect further but what do I do? Will post pics soon

 

[Sueet]

Have just found a seed in one of the buds will have to inspect further but what do I do? Will post pics soon

Well, what do you want to do? They (the flowers) can still be dried and smoked as usual. You just have to pick out the seeds before you grind because seeds are not at all pleasant to smoke, and can cause your hots to pop off sometimes.

 

[LoudPackJack]

Shall I chop them now then? Am I right in thinking they start producing seeds towards the end of their life?

Well, what do you want to do? They (the flowers) can still be dried and smoked as usual. You just have to pick out the seeds before you grind because seeds are not at all pleasant to smoke, and can cause your hots to pop off sometimes.

 

[Sueet]

Shall I chop them now then? Am I right in thinking they start producing seeds towards the end of their life?

I recently saw an implication of that, but I was puzzled by it - as far as I know they produce seeds when they are exposed to pollen - whether from a male plant or a hermaphrodite or semi-hermaphrodite plant. If one of those things exists in the space with your plants, you will likely have a great many seeds, they are already there, chopping the plant wont make them go away now.
The only thing I could think of even sort of like that is I guess the possibility of a plant going 'hermie' at the end and producing her own pollen in a last desperate attempt to make seed, but ... seeds are not instant, so if it happened, and you have actual seeds, it was done quite some time ago.

 

[StoneOtter]

I recently saw an implication of that, but I was puzzled by it - as far as I know they produce seeds when they are exposed to pollen - whether from a male plant or a hermaphrodite or semi-hermaphrodite plant. If one of those things exists in the space with your plants, you will likely have a great many seeds, they are already there, chopping the plant wont make them go away now.
The only thing I could think of even sort of like that is I guess the possibility of a plant going 'hermie' at the end and producing her own pollen in a last desperate attempt to make seed, but ... seeds are not instant, so if it happened, and you have actual seeds, it was done quite some time ago.

Cannabis will self pollinate if left to flower for an extended time to ensure its survival. How much and how long it takes, I don't know.

 

[Sueet]

Cannabis will self pollinate if left to flower for an extended time to ensure its survival. How much and how long it takes, I don't know.

Ok, so it is what I thought then. It is not instant or automatic, the plant has to develop and mature pollen sacs first, it doesn't just 'go to seed' by itself like grass or something.