Hey DGC, sshaun23 here and just wanted to get some of that great DGC advice from the community. I have been growing for about 3 years now and I have gone through a lot of changes in my grow style and I learned most of everything I know front this podcast and the grow from your heart podcast and build a soil with Jeremy on YouTube. Thank you all for what you do!!
anyways, I am growing organically in living soil beds that are a little over a year old now. They started with 1/3 peat, compost and aeration and have been getting a mulch layer of plant clippings and cover crop with craft blend top dress, bokashi and insect frass mainly. I water in with recharge, mammoth p and silica and or just plain water. Lights are HLG quantum boards with rspec. 4×8 bed has two 550’s over it and 3×3 bed has a 350R over it.
My main issue is I have been getting fox tailing really bad on the top buds the last couple grows. The plants go from 1 gals in veg to living soil beds for flower and that first couple weeks the growth has been crazy and I think the fox tailing is coming from light intensity and probably a little too much heat. Temps with lights on have been 78-83 and about 60-65% humidity. Top buds closest to the lights on 2/3 strains being grown have been fox tailing and one of the genetics never does it.
I finally decided to break down and get co2 supplemented and I put in a mini split to be able to control the environment perfectly now. The co2 controller will keep the level between 1400-1500 now and I’m using a propane burner. Do you all think with the added co2 at 1500 Ppm and the better air exchange with the mini split that if I shoot for 82 degrees and light ppm not more the 1000 that I should be ok now and not get the fox tailing? I know part of it can just be genetics but I have grown these same 3 strains for over a year now and I have had zero fox tailing on previous runs.
Also, do you run co2 all the way through flower and any recommendations for late flower temps now that I can get them colder with the mini split? Want to try to bring out more color.
pics attached show 3 strains with 2/3 foxtailing
Any advice you all have is greatly appreciated!!
sshaun23
There’s nothing wrong with your plants. This growth structure is genetic.
Yeah that bud shape is often caused by genetics and is usually nothing to worry about.
Its also possible you are giving them a bit too much light, as that can cause this type of growth too. If the strain doesnt usually look that way, you might consider backing the lights off or dimming them a bit to see if that helps.
I don’t think your temps are causing any issues, (83 is fine) but if you want to bring out more color in your buds, I recommend trying to drop your NIGHT TIME temps. I’ve found having a 10-15 degree difference between day and night temps can really help bring out the colors.
Best of luck! Looks like a really nice setup, especially with the new minisplit and co2 added to the mix. Living soil beds + HLG lights is a great setup. 🙂
I have two 3×3 beds with 2x HLG 260w kits over each bed. I’m really loving the setup and have had some great results with it so far. (you can see my soil bed setup at: http://www.dudegrows.com/livingsoilbeds )
Thanks jmystro! I guess the living soil beds are bringing out qualities I hadn’t seen before when I grew in smaller pots.
Nice setup too bud! I am on day 4 of flower with the new setup and it’s been 81-83 with lights on and down to 68 with lights off. Before the ac I couldn’t get night temps below 72 and keep humidity down. Last couple weeks of flower what do you drop temps too? I was thinking 75 lights on and 60 lights off.
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