I like the bend. If it’s not so long I’ll just secure the break with duct tape. If it’s heavy I’ll brace it the way you have done.
All the best.
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Can I ask about your heat mats on the tent floors? Are they needed to keep a constant temps between night and day?
I like how your tents always look so tidy/squared away.
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Of course any questions are always welcome @TricycleOfDoom !
Living in Canada and having an electrically heated home my climate control is… complicated. So much so I’ve been tweaking every year and it’s always better for it.
The heat mats were a game changer as I was able to get higher air temps at the cost of drying out the plants but no matter what the root mass was always “meh” so the growth could be better.
I then lined the bottom of the tent with 5mm thick foam mats; in my case working station foot resting mats from the dollar store. But you could use anything like workout mats, insulation board, etc.
Over this i put the reflective “drip tray” that comes with the tent with the heat mats on-top of this tray. They are all waterproof and i’m not watering the floor so I just keep a tea towel around to spot clean after watering.
All this fucking around resulted in steady warmth for the root mass which meant I my ambient air temps could be dropped as it wasn’t needed to compensate for the cold floor “sink” saping away the heat from the root mass.
I’ve learned the hard way that a messy grow environment is just a step away from a big problem. Insects, missing something you can miss, etc…
I hope the above helps! The 40inch mats can be bought as a combo on amazon which gets you the best bang for your buck if you need them.
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No kidding aBout Lifting that LITE lol @Pigeonman. They have taken-off
I also missed a detail… did not notice fully that these ambitious Watermelon Hash Plants, were in Solo’s… lol
Nice one Bro!
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I started to wonder about this last winter. Growing in my winterpeg basement, my leafs were often dry, almost like paper. This year I have some AC Infinity gear and a controller. With the gear and controller, it’s not perfect yet but still I think the climate has improved. Plants leafs are looking much better.
I never considered root development. And I happen to have some pink foam board sitting in my garage. I’ll measure the drip tray temps before and after the pink foam. Then get the heating mats if needed…probably. 
Thanks @Pigeonman 
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Good Morning everyone!
Been doing lots of puttering, cleaning and re-arranging of the household and I feel like I’ve been doing hard labour 8 hours a day for weeks and tbh with the pace I work I probably have!
In the last few weeks I’ve:
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Rearranged the dry-bar downstairs into my rosin/pollen making station.
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Opened up room in my crawlspace… long overdue after our water heater
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I found during the cleanup and finally installed into 2 different tents (2x2 upstairs and AC Infinity 2x4 downstairs) as supplemental side-lighting 4x Red Spectrum flower boost led fixtures I got on clearance for 5$ (down from $60) each from a friend who works at home depot.
(These type)
- Trimmed most of my plant collection and made cuttings to root; where a good chunk of them have rooted. This is part of a recently incorporated business Mrs P and I are venturing into together! *Green Ribbon Crafts Inc." offering hand crafted knit wear, crochet wear, semi-precious jewellery, “pet plants” and “pet plant foods”.
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One room in our home has been unused for a few years and looked like an episode of hoarders. Corner to corner with piles of “to do” and no time or mental energy to do it until now. So 1/2 of the room is all my large tropicals arranged with full access for the first time in 10 years (no plant winter yoga for me this round!). Additionally I finally ceiling mounted all the LED’s that keep em going the dark months so no more stands everywhere! That and I bought and installed at hurricane 16" oscillating wall mount fan so the air quality in the house has increased as biomass is breathing better.
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Our 1967 home isn’t the most insulated thing in the world… so I pulled out all our surplus wool sarape’s and tacked them onto the outside facing walls as tapestries.
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As part of our new business, I have converted our former dining room into a full on product photography studio.
It’s still in the permutation phase but it’s all coming together like the dude’s rug.
There’s more but this is already a really wordy post so I’m gonna close with: NEVER MAKE NETTLE TEA INSIDE.
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Very interesting 
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That model doesn’t even have a head!
Looks cool.
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Yeah… I’m already almost 1 week in and it’s holding steady at 25c. I hope I see the foam stop when I stir before the 2 weeks ends as I really just wanna get this into a carboy and not stinking up my plant lab… which is also the laundry room.
Right next to this bucket is another bucket filled with bubbling worm tea + black-strap molasses. There’s no heater on this one so it’s sitting at 18c… not great but I don’t have options right now.
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I know nettle tea, but it’s not interesting to me, I prefer other concoctions. 
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Cuts down on back talk, and the savings on food! Faghettaboutit 
Isn’t nettle tea just used for knocking down your seasonal allergies?
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Good morning everyone!
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It’s morning? Is it morning? Good morning.
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I had a very full long night of trimming but it’s all done now. Foreigner spent.
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Congrats! I gotta check your thread to see the results I guess?
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