Mars Hydro Grow Journal - TSW 2000

[The Dalai Farmer]

Hi everyone and welcome
I'm coming into the home stretch of my 3rd grow, under the magnificent Mars Hydro TSW 2000 and once again the light has exceeded my expectations I'm not an expert, I'm more of a sod it that'll do kind of guy

Kit List
Lighting
Mars Hydro TSW 2000
20/4 light cycle
Tent
120 x 80 x 180
Extractor & Filter
4in Swiftair Filter & 5in RVK Extractor
Fans
2 x 6in Oscillating Monkey Fans
Pots & Grow Medium
12l & 3.8ltr Root Nurse Fabric Pots, Solo Cups with Canna Coco/Pebble mix 60/40
Nutes
GHE Flora Micro, Grow & Bloom, Vitalink Cal/Mag & Ph Down and Hard Tap Water.
Strains
2 x SSSC Auto Fat Pete's Cookies
1 x SSSC Auto Creeper
1 x FastBuds Stardawg
1 x Seedstockers Auto Nicole Cream
1 x Seedstockers Auto Gorilla Glue (welly boot)
1 x Seedstockers Auto BCN Critical XXL (welly boot) Finished
3 x SSSC Photoperiod Bruce Lemon Diesel (solo cups added around day 12)
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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 9 (Today)

I have a quick question which hopefully one of you fine growers can help me with I suffered with terrible bud rot on my last photoperiod grow humidity too high and I'm looking at buying a dehumidifier, but I'm not sure what size/power I would need, the tent is 120x80x180 and I think I have a passive intake, maybe I have one hole open at the bottom of the tent for air coming in and a hole open at the top where the extractor blows out the warm air, also the tent walls are always sucked in. So if anyone has any advice it would be very much appreciated

 

[The^Dude]

What’s your rh look like? What about temps? All fans above the canopy or any below? I use a large room dehumidifier outside the tent. Side note I’ve always found autos to be more susceptible than photos. Btw “Southern Ag garden friendly fungicide” blew me away last season, happy little bacteria that loves to kill botrytis.

 

[The Dalai Farmer]

What’s your rh look like? What about temps? All fans above the canopy or any below? I use a large room dehumidifier outside the tent. Side note I’ve always found autos to be more susceptible than photos. Btw “Southern Ag garden friendly fungicide” blew me away last season, happy little bacteria that loves to kill botrytis.

Hi mate, I have always had high rh around 80 - 90 at times and temps are up and down, between 20c - 30c depending on which way the wind blows and I have 2 monkey fans at canopy height.
I have never had bud rot with autos though, no matter how high the temps or rh got, in fact the walls of my tent used to get soaking wet (especially in my 80x80x160) but I still didn't get any I only have a small room to grow in, which could be half the problem, and the window always has condensation on it, which probably doesn't help either. I think you have the right plan though, stick a dehumidifier outside the tent, as I'm just sucking back in the moist air I've just blown out

 

[Jpkindbud]

My tent walls suck in too. I’ve seen people on here use small (like 1”) pvc pipe and some zip ties to make braces for their tent. Planning on doing the same thing...

 

[The Dalai Farmer]

Day 70 (for most)
Just a few pics as I had them out to feed I tried taking the pics with the light off, didn't come out as well as I'd hoped though
Creeper (left) & Fat Pete's Cookies (right)

Nicole Cream 3.8ltr (left) & Fat Pete's Cookies 3.8ltr (right)

Stardawg

Bruce Lemon Diesel (Photoperiod)

It's getting like a jigsaw trying to fit them all in, but where there's a will

@Marshydro

 

[Trichome farmer]

Day 70 (for most)
Just a few pics as I had them out to feed I tried taking the pics with the light off, didn't come out as well as I'd hoped though
Creeper (left) & Fat Pete's Cookies (right)View attachment 1275098View attachment 1275099
Nicole Cream 3.8ltr (left) & Fat Pete's Cookies 3.8ltr (right)View attachment 1275100View attachment 1275101
Stardawg View attachment 1275102View attachment 1275103
Bruce Lemon Diesel (Photoperiod)View attachment 1275104View attachment 1275105
It's getting like a jigsaw trying to fit them all in, but where there's a will View attachment 1275106View attachment 1275107View attachment 1275108
@Marshydro

beautiful plants looks like it going to be a great yield also i see the cat is fed well

 

[The Dalai Farmer]

Week 11
Getting very close and once again the Mars TSW 2000 has done me proud

@Marshydro

 

[Marshydro]

Wow, that's so amazing! Can I get your credit for these pictures? I want to post on our official social media

 

[The Dalai Farmer]

Wow, that's so amazing! Can I get your credit for these pictures? I want to post on our official social media

That's fine with me mate, help yourself

 

[The Dalai Farmer]

Week 12
2 down 7 to go.
The Stardawg was the first to be chopped and the Gorilla Glue a couple of days later. Both had there problems, the Stardawg took a while for the roots to take properly, she was quite loose in the soil and slow to grow. I was going to bin her but it would of been too late to start another, so I let her live and the Gorilla Glue didn't like the material the welly was made of, all the leaves turned brown and crispy pretty much straight away it didn't affect the trichome production though, if anything it made it better, she smells delightful
Stardawg

Gorilla Glue (welly boot)

The Fat Pete's Cookies in the 12ltr pot will be coming down tomorrow, well I'm going to start anyway.
Fat Pete's Cookies (12ltr)

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Fat Pete's Cookies (3.8ltr)

Creeper

Nicole Cream (3.8ltr)

Bruce Lemon Diesel (photoperiod, solo cups)