Mine never hit above 79 in stretch, 76 in bulk, and 70 in finish. Light and CO maxed till finish where I pull it back to get it way cooler. Do you supplement AC? I had crazy beginners luck with flower results a few years back with ~65°F intake air from my home AC and a window ac unit with piped supply to cool a 1000W MedicGrow EZ-8 light in a 4x4. The temps were 76 in stretch, 72 in bulk, and 63-65 in finish, and I didn’t ever stop blasting 1000W until harvest. Best results I’ve had
The plant loves a lot of light/CO2, and will grow more dense with longer trichome stalks if it’s really cool and dry. Irrigate your dry backs well and you’ll have consistent top shelf ready to harvest. Rest is up to you ;)
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This is the one I’ve been using. Super reliable and never failed me. Had to figure out the differences in comms hardware protocol between the light and controller (😅 hard to catch every spec sometimes) as one was RJ11 and the other RJ14, but just had to splice and switch 2 of the 4 wires and suture it back up but worked like a charm. There’s wiring diagrams online that can help. Has never failed me.
But right, I know it sucks to turn down the light intensity, especially when you want to push your buds hard in flower non-stop; but there’s that decision you have make between how hot is it getting, and at what rate, and how high does it really get if for some heinous reason your cooling load isn’t big enough or if it fails. And then of course the most important part, do you ever want your plants to be at 85-90°F for extended periods of time in the event you lose cooling?
There’s a lot to consider and literally one strain would love it and thrive and the other would shrivel up and die.
Hope this helps!
@gasmanthegascan@CaliforniaBuds_ My light controller has over temp protection (OTP) such that if it goes over a certain user set point (depends on stretch/bulk/finish) but that will drop the light percentage down to 50% automatically. Very great feature and a highly recommend using one with it.
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