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Week 1
Light settings
18/6 on at 6.00am of 0.00am
Light power= 25% 60w
Radiator settings
LIghts on
Turn on if temp drops below 21c
Turn off if temp goes above 21.5c
Lights off
Turn on if temp drops below 19c
Turn off if temp goes above 19.5c
Humidifier settings
LIghts on
Turn on if humidity drops below 60%
Turn off if humidity goes above 60.5%
LIghts off
Turn on if humidity drops below 54%
Turn off if humidity goes above 54.5%
Extractor settings
temperature 26c with 1c steps
Humidity 70% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
Wednesday 25/1/23 Day 1
5pm
Water 0.1L Ec=0.225 ph=6.8
Filled humidifier.
6.45pm
Height=5CM Dist=78CM DLI=8.3
Lowered light 5cm and increased power to 37% =89w
Height=5CM Dist=73CM DLI=13.2
Thursday 26/1/23 Day 2
Height=7CM Dist=72CM DLI=13.2
Friday 27/1/23 Day 3
1.00pm
Got new bluelab Ph pen put in cleaning liquid.
6.00pm
Feed 0.5L Ec 0.286 Ph=6.4
No runoff
Turn pots 90deg.
Saturday 28/1/23 Day 4
1.00pm
Calibrated New bluelab Ph pen.
Cleaned my older good ph pen then recalibrated.
Threw away the new kaizen cheap Ph pen in disgust.
8.00pm
Humidifier half full.
Height=7CM Dist=72CM DLI=13.2
9.30pm
Altered parameters for triggers to be within 0.1c and 0.1%
Sunday 29/1/23 Day 5
3.00pm
Both ph pens are reading correctly.
Feed 0.75L Ec 0.250 Ph=6.0
5.50pm
Extractor settings
temperature 26c with 1c steps
Humidity 68% with 2% steps
Max speed 8
Min speed 1
10.15pm
Humidifier settings
LIghts on
Turn on if humidity drops below 58%
Turn off if humidity goes above 62%
LIghts off
Turn on if humidity drops below 50%
Turn off if humidity goes above 54%
Monday 30/1/23 Day 6
7.00pm
#2 was bent over so supported it.
Tuesday 31/1/23 Day 7
9.15pm
Height=8CM Dist=72CM DLI=13.1
Increased light power to 42% =101w
new DLI=15.0
Round up for the week.
All above information is for me to remember what I did.
The 1st week has been OK. I have managed to keep the VPD in check throughout the week with the aim of keeping it between 0.4 and 0.8
I remembered the WiFi sensor doesn't constantly communicate with the app mid way through the week so managed to dial things in closer to the end of the week. How the sensor works is when the temp moves 0.5c from its last sent reading it then transmits the new reading or if RH moves 5% since last sent reading.
The DLI was a little on the low side for the week as 2 strains stretched and toppled over.
#2 Tropicana Cookies FF has done OK this week, but considering she is in the centre of the light and getting slightly more light then the others I was a bit shocked she stretched and toppled over, no biggie really, just supported her for now. That will teach me for not having the light close enough or the power being to low. Next grow I'm going to aim for 12DLI at soil level so this doesn't happen again.
Power used for week
Light
(1.23+1.61+1.61+1.61+1.60+1.60+1.64)=10.9Kw
Extractor
(0.05+0.05+0.05+0.05+0.05+0.5+0.5)=0.35Kw
Fans
(0.32+0.33+0.33+0.33+0.33+0.33+0.33)=2.3Kw
Humid
(0.08+0.13+0.17+0.07+0.13+0.07+0.12)=0.77Kw
Radiator
(0.93+0.81+1.18+0.9+1.16+0.84+0.68)=6.5Kw
Total for the week=20.82Kw
Back in a week.
Thanks for stopping by.
@Inganjawetrust, really simple mate. Bucket with water/nutes, water pump, tubing, 4way manifold, drip emitters. Suck all the Run off out the saucers with a big ass syringe. Need to sort that out to be automatic.
@GrowingGrannie, this one and the cheesecake are big bushes. I'm a week behind on my diaries, just finished 1st week of 12/12 and she has got way more bushy.
I messed up and accidentally got Trop Cookies autoflowers. So, i'm going to live vicariously through your grow. It's looking great so far! I'm excited to see how these fast flowers finish.
Good luck, bruv!
@ernest_twwg, she is bushy mate, real bushy. I don't have the space so I'm glad I flipped to flower when I did. I could imagine another few weeks in veg and she would have filled the tent on her own.
Great notes. Good to see someone else has a love of VPD charts. I have a custom spreadsheet in google sheets that graphs my VPD. I also have a lung room vs tent comparison with weather conditions added as well.
I am currently charting annual VPD conditions for "paradise" growing locations such as The Emerald Triangle in California, Hindu Kush Mountains, Thai Highlands, etc.
@Hashy, the camera sensors on phones are the best option without buying something like an ePar meter. Stretch occurs during early flower naturally (varies by genetics).
To induce stretching, one would need to increase the amount of far-red light (IR) to activate the plant's shade avoidance system. The ratio of red light to far-red light determines this. Check out Bruce Bugbee's "Far-red: The Forgotten Photons" YouTube video.
I actually cover up the IR diodes on my lights during early flowering to keep the stretch in check.
@ironf1st, lol I'm literally half way through my 1st joint of it. Iv not tried the auto version of this strain so I don't know how it would compare to it but I'm getting a very sweet taste from it, like a bit fruity as well maybe citrus. Its bloody nice I'll give it that, pretty damn strong as well.
Hey Growmie,
Thanks a bunch for growing our Fastflowering genetics, and sharing this diary with us :)
We hope that it was a nice experience, and that you enjoy the harvest!
Have a good one
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