My First Grow

@therivernile,That sounds like a 10/10 solution 😊 A decent oscillating fan will be one of the best upgrades for your setup (which is already killer) I move my stationary fan around quite a bit because I noticed similar growth patterns where the plant 'grew with the wind'. Now I also keep it blowing air from the bottom instead of from the top, and I have noticed improvement. In my mind it's beneficial to keep the air refreshed/moving wherever the plant is most bushy. So it can take as much CO2 as it can in areas where air would otherwise not move around so much. When the fan was pointing down, almost no air made it to the base of the plant. 👍 As an aside, I would not be too worried about the LED heat - there are some pictures/videos on the internet of heat radiation from HPS and LED lamps. HPS creates a lot of heat below the lamp and increases the soil temperature significantly, whereas the LED I saw in those demonstrations radiates most of the heat upwards. Although, from what I have read, the LEDs will run more efficient if you can cool it better. So it will be worth it regardless.

@BillMonroe, Yo Bill! I had an idea I wanted to run past you. I think I might just put a larger oscillating fan in the bottom of the tent blowing between the two plants. I think I'm going to take those white clip on fans and use them directly on the heatsink of the LED to more effectively disperse the heat. I have a 4 inch inline duct fan coming out of the top of the tent so it is pulling off the heat. Do you think that would be a better way to go for airflow? Cheers, TRN

@DudeGrowsWeed, appreciate that homey.

@therivernile, Yeah sounds good! If you are using any soil with nutrients already in it be careful not to over-nutrient it, but if not it should be fine! I'm using fox farm soil so it's pretty hot for my plants and I don't add nutrients til about 30 days and if it's a huge pot sometimes it can go longer.

@BudStinkWeed, Thanks for the feedback! I think I'm going to start 20/4 for light and begin the fox farm nutrients at 1/4 dose schedule, every other watering. What do you think?

@Stick, I have not fed any nutes at all thus far. It is planted directly into FFOF, so I am waiting until the plant indicates to me that it needs supplements. I am watering about 1/4gal of water every 36 hours. I water in a small perimeter around the plant. The pots are allowed to completely dry out (they feel dry on the top of the soil AND the bottom of the fabric on the smart pot) before I water again. That is such a sick idea about the misting with water. I actually already have a light timer plugged into the surge protector, but I decided on 24/0 as my first grow as an experiment. Where I live, it is very rare for the weather to have gotten as hot as it has. In another month, the outside temp will drop 30-40 degrees F. I think I'll be glad about this "heat problem" then. 😁 One more question if I could, you talk about removing those useless leaves. When do you start clipping away those large fan leaves? How many nodes into the plant do you think? My plants are at their 3rd node (first set of 7 finger leaves). I appreciate the shit out of your advice bro. Thanks again!