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Seed in damp paper towel for three days. Root pretty long--an inch or more. Placed in Fox Farm Happy Frog (80%)/Perlite (20%), which constitutes top two-thirds of soil in a seven-gallon grow pot. Bottom third is this mix combined with 22 ounces of Nature's Living Soil. Light at 30% of power, 6 hrs on, 8 off, 14 on. Then onto 6 off, 18 on. Provide a bottle-cap full of water.
The plant broke the soil on Monday, 6/28, two days after being placed under it in the pot. I'm keeping the grow light at eighty percent of max (10% during germination to start of day two; 40% day two; 60% day three; 80% day four) until there is more leaf development. An eight-inch box fan is on the floor of tent, while a six-inch clip-on fan is hanging from tent ceiling cross pole. Both have been running on low settings since day four. The floor fan is angled as far upward as I can position it; it points toward the front corner of the tent from its position at a back corner. The, ceiling fan points straight across top section of tent. On day three, I slowly doused the soil with tap water in a circle two inches from the plant until the water dripped from the bottom of the pot. Doing so took most of the water from a couple-gallon watering can. It will probably be ready for another dousing by Day 9.
Watered on Day 9, two inches from plant in circle, until dripped out the bottom; took most of a two-gallon watering can. Turned light up to 92% or so on Day 13.
First faint smell on Day 15, up close to leaves. On Day 16, turn light to one hundred percent water 1 gallon in ring around plant until water drips from bottom of pot.
Flowers are forming. A watering on Wednesday 7/28 (Day 31) and a tremendous growth spurt are this week's highlights. 16" to 28" in one week. I placed a metal support pole in the soil near the side of the pot and tethered the plant to it with a bendable rubber plant tie. The plant was leaning to one side, so I wanted to take some stress off the roots and prevent it from possibly falling. Going to have to move the light and plant within the grow tent next week, as I've run out of room to raise the light any higher beneath the exhaust fan. Sliding the support rod from which the light hangs will bring the light past the end of the exhaust fan, closer to the tent side, and make it possible to raise the light as high as this plant will ever need.
Very nice 🍀
Hope she grow well 🙏🤘
I have a question, how much your electricity bill with that led?
I’m thinking change HPS To LED
Thanks, appreciate any help
@tricombo420, Thanks! Good question about the light. This is a new light for me, so I'll do some number crunching and get back to you on that in the next day or two.
***Edit: The light's draw is 100 watts. I found a U.S. Dept. of Energy electricity cost calculator that gives an eighty-day germination-to-harvest cost (at 18 hours light on per day) of $17.28. If I leave the light on 20 hours per day, the cost will be $19.20. At 24 hours, $23.04. Here's a link to the calculator: https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/maps/appliance-energy-calculator
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