Ms. Monk is doing well, she is finishing her stretch and is feeding like a champ. Very consistent with the run off from her. Little white crowns are now starting to form and her smell is starting to come in. We were doing work moving the fan around, changing it to an external system and unfortunately the impact drill was dropped and caught a branch and ripped a hole in the fabric pot. The hole in the pot is no big deal but the drill did break the branch. I put a soft wire wrap around it and some liquid cloning agent into the crack. Hopefully she’ll keep the branch but only time will tell.
I haven’t really run a flowering in this tent before, I usually run this tent as a veg tent. As such the fan and light assembly is a little cumbersome, in the way, and a little low to be able to get around and work. It will also enable me to vent this fan external if I want as before the fan was venting out the side of the tent where the door opened and I couldn’t run any vent tubes along there or the door wouldn’t open.
I’ve made an air filter box that is 27” long, 18” wide, and 17” tall. Placed it above the tent anchoring it to studs on the wall and a truss on the ceiling. The panel that faces the room is removable for servicing of the filter. The filter has been upgraded to an 8” filter form the 6” that was in the tent, the fan is the same 6” fan I had before with a 8” to 6” adapter. I have an 8” tube running from the bottom of the box into the top of the tent. I used scrap wood I had left over from other projects. So some of the box is made with MDF and other panels with plywood. But it's for a filter in the grow room, I'm not to worried about it and if I do want to spiffy it up I can paint it or add a veneer and no one would know.
This has been a nice little upgrade as it’s given me more room to move the lights up and has also allowed me easier access to the light ratchet straps.
**pro tip, fan’s flow more air then the equivalent size filter, ex 6” fan can flow way more air then a 6” filter will allow. Running a filter that is 1 size bigger then the fan will allow the fan to work in a more efficient/optimal range, will help the fan to run quieter, and will help clean way more air. The filter will also last longer as it has a lot more charcoal in it. Filters prices also don’t jump that fast from size to size, a 8” filter is only marginally more expensive than a 6” filter but will last about twice as long when flowing the same amount of air.
Peace, Love, and a Corny Joke from the Funny Monk
What do you call 1 joint shared between 5 stoners.
A: Malnutrition