Setup is a full Spider Farmer growtent (70x70x160cm) including their Sf-1000 100W grow light and their carbon scrubber airfilter system with inline fan which has cost me 499โฌ.
As allways I like to boost things, so I bought an extra growlight which is a purple red 295W led light by Hydrotec for another 95โฌ.
I also bought a normal fan to increase the air circulation inside the setup (another 40โฌ).
No need to say that we will need timers for the lights, the first one was included in the spider farmer kit, the 2nd one I bought for 20โฌ.
The seeds were provided by Zamnesia seedbank, a well known online shop based in Amsterdam. I use them already for more than 7 years and I've allways been happy with the way they work.
Much online shops could take an example by this shop, they treat their customers with respect, and are allways willing to correct errors (bad seeds, delivery problems, u name it,...) without any cost.
The seeds themself were about 10โฌ per seed.
The total cost of this setup was give or take 700โฌ - 750โฌ including the Plagron nutriรซnts and the plagron lightmix grow medium, taking into account that the tent, lights, fans,... are reusable and this is the first time I'll be growing in a 100% controlled environment.
So this being the initial overall cost, knowing that all my following grows in this setup will cost me only the seedprice, the nutriรซnts, the electricity Bill and the time I invest in it, this setup looks promising to me.
Now about the grow, all seeds came up as expected, no problem at all to germ these Anesia seeds.
This is the first picture after 4 days of germination and some more pictures of the setup.
For who might wonder how I get an approximate balance of light for 2 different wattage lamps is that I switch position of the lights every 24h (right one to the left, and left one to the right side and vice versa the next day).
For this grow I will be posting 1 picture per day, so that everyone has an objective view of whats happening during the entire cycle.
when its underwater , they dont wrinkle edges of leaves, thats more cold envoirment or root ptoblem, overwatering leaves roots long without oxygen, hence root problem. my thought.
@DevilsEyez, here right timing is crucial, lift pots, overwatering will bring ph and root issues.
If you wanted to avoid it, go with coco next time indoors, some guys are soaking pots 4 times daily and having outstanding results.
Ill have a look, will DM you if i see something strange.
All the best, you are on good way anyways !
@AsNoriu, thanks for the very detailed info!
I've already been growing the herb for about 25 years now, but mostly outdoors (1 grow per year) and a couple of times indoors with hps light and not in a grow tent (which has brought me a few good harvests, and failed miserably one time, which made me quit growing indoors. Had a big pest problem then which ruined the whole shabang).
This grow is the very first time I grow in a tent with ventilation and Led lights (a controlled environment and led being completly new to me).
So u can imagine that I need to adapt to this controlled environment, especially the watering schedule.
When growing outdoors in pots, the plants need water every day, especially in Hot summers which we had when I was growing outside.
It has been a couple of years ago since I had my last grow going on (had a kid been born, stopped smoking, the last indoor grow going wrong and so on...), so I'm a bit rusty I guess ๐
Anyways, I very much appreciate your input, please feel free to follow my grow and please drop a comment if u see me messing up.
I see u are kind of an expert on your profile and your grows (the awards, and the grows u finished).
So I'll be following u for sure, even if its just to take your grows as an example.
Have a nice day bro, and hopefully we'll be talking soon.
Respect!
@AsNoriu, will be taking that advice. Today (day 40 in pictures) the problem seems to be stabilized.
Plant is not droopy anymore.
I lifted my pots and by weight it seems not to be nececairy to be watering today.