First Grow

danmanv2 October 30th @ 6:00PM, dropped two seeds in two glasses of water This will be my first grow. I have a couple years experience with greenhouse veg. So basically a step above beginner, what ever that would be... Water being used is from deep well. We have ALOT of calcium in our water. ---======######======--- Oct 31, 2022 - Monday Dropped two seeds into two glasses of 21°C @ 8:00PM Let sit overnight ---======######======--- Nov 1, 2022 - Tuesday Checked @ 8:00PM - Tap roots just starting on both seeds. One seed had a much more visible taproot then the other. This is the Tommy cup Planted each seed, tap root down, in its respective cup with 22°C pre-moistened organic potting soil with perlite. Seed was covered loosely with remaining soil Turned on inkbird heat mat Closed grow tent Checked the soil temperature every hour to monitor soil temperature soil rose to a max temp of 22.3°C by 11:00PM ---======######======--- Nov 2, 2022 - Wednesday Checked soil temperature in early morning: 23°C Here at work typing up this during "break" Just got home from work, Soil temp 24.5°C (unplugging to get temp down a tad) I have wifi power outlets that im going to set this weekend Ordered inkbird humidistat/temp - Don't trust the shit one that came with the gear Plus I will be able to setup alerts and remote monitor. ---======######======--- Nov 3, 2022 - Thursday Checked early morning soil temp. 23°C Thermostat set to 22 °C Soil is still moist, will give a drop of water tonight Check dinner time, ambient grow tent temps were 25 Unplugged heat mat Decided to turn on lights. 30 inches away from plants and turned fan on medium setting Checked 20 minutes later, ambient temp 26°C Turning up fan and will check later Later is now here (10mins) 25.8 It is going down will monitor I need my new humidistat temp thingy NOW Thursday evening... As I am learning, there is a bit of a learning curve to get this grow tent to the optimal conditions Tweaking my new setup to give me a humidity (around 70%-75% maybe?) Having alot of trouble reaching high humidity in the tent. Placed 5 bottles of open water and soaked a towel and hung on the side of tent Setup my TPLINK Kasa smart plugs I have the ventilation on one, lights on another and heatmat on the last one Setting the following: - Lights on 6:00AM - Heat mat off 6:00AM (Reduce temps in daytime due to led heat) - Ventilation on at 6:00AM - Lights off 10:00PM - Heat mat on 10:00PM (increase nighttime temp) - Ventilation off at 10:40PM ---======######======--- Nov 4, 2022 - Friday Checked plants this morning, humidity was decent but still need to be higher Temperature was 27 deg, which I thought was high Checked my settings on the power schedule (Low and behold I fucked up) I had PM where AM should have been Ventilation was not on when the lights came on (caught it very soon thanks to OCD) Remote monitoring my plants from work its now 7:53 AM and the reading on the stat is 26.3°C / 53% I am getting where I want to be but still need to adjust Will add another hanging wet towel - I now know I am going to have humidity issues, and I never had to control it like this - fun and interesting I guess I should get a humidifier if I cant use DIY methods 9:14AM 27.3/50 12:00PM checked vitals (26.7/47) - noooo good added a second wet towel and closed her back up Checked vitals at 1:00PM 26deg/61% (pretty close) I have to be carefull not to burn her up. I turned on the fan and within minutes the humidity dropped 10 points and temps to 25.6 I think even with the fan on at the lowest setting removes too much humidity from the tent. Will setup schedule to cycle inline fan with smart plugs Is this even a normal thing someone would do? Does anyone have these answers? Is there something else I could be doing? I guess a humidifier or cycle fan with timers and wet towels. 1:26pm --->26.7/67 Changing on off cycle of Ventilation. On once every 2 hours for 10 minutes. Will try that to help keep temps/humid in check One seedling has helmet head. Will try to gently remove tonight along with some water Top layer of soil is almost dry as a bone so may have to water when I get off work, will check and see Evening Temps are ranging from 25 to 27.6 humidity 40 to 70 I have setup the inline fan to come on every second hour for 10 mins. ---======######======--- Nov 5, 2022 - Saturday Picked up some plant spray, Cannabix rx. Started misting, give them a very subtle boost Getting the temps and humidity figured out Installed a large box fan at the bottom facing up. Circulates air in the tent very well ---======######======--- Nov 6, 2022 - Sunday😚 Misted multiple times throughout the day Plants are coming along nicely! ---======######======--- Nov 6, 2022 - Monday Little bigger! ---======######======--- Nov 6, 2022 - Tuesday Little bigger! Have the temps/Humidity to my liking. Remote control and viewing is extremely convenient ---======######======--- Nov 7, 2022 - Wednesday The humidity bags are working nicely in keeping up the humidity. Remote control and viewing is extremely convenient