16set Mainline - First Ever Grow & Daily Progressives c_0

Day 7 Measured the distance of soil to lamp and soil to leaves to see if they were getting enough ppfd for photosynthesis (18" soil to lamp - 3.5" soil to leaves = 14.5" distance of leaves to light where photone measured 325ppfd for LED full spectrum at the top of the leaves) The light is still on low power but I dont want to take it too far away either. 300 to 325 is where I had expected to be this week - so I plan to monitor to ensure its height doesn't get the leaves past 350 for this week; I may have to adjust. Soil still looked moist but I didnt check with a finger. Temp was 79F and 74%RH CO2 level was 1065 Royal Queen Seeds rep replied and told me that the situation with the seeds is not typical and if I bought them from the website I could contact their customer support. Unfortunately that wasn't the case this time, but I wont be using hte local retailer for future purchases of Royal Queen Seeds and I will go directly to the source rather than using "unknown retailer practices." Im still looking for this grow to be a good one. (or at least a good experience to measure future grows from) Day 8 Soil looked dry but finger tested to see it was still moist so checked again before lights out and decided tomorrow will start with a light watering. (also felt the leaves - texture is almost velvet like) Temp stayed consistent at 78F with RH between 73 to 76%RH Day 9 started the day with 75F/75RH with 71.1 soil temp - The soil looked and felt dry about an inch deep - weighed the pot and found 13lbs and 5oz. prepared 2lbs of 7.4ph (66F) water and H2O2 to get back to the starting weight of 15.5lbs. Used flower pot to water around the stem and then a spray bottle to moisten the top - in total just what I weighed out. (about 3 ups) rechecked the soil temp and seen the same reading as before. Calibrated and my ph meter and Prepared my Veg Concentrate Mix to store until the next feed - exact recipe listed in week 3 when I start using it. I removed the dome tonight as I feel I have a nice handle on the humidity now. I plan to set the overnight tgts at 73F and 65%RH for a .97 KPA of room VPD Measured light at leaves and seen 340 still where I want it but will continue to monitor. Day 10 I checked the stats at lights on time to see what the end result was overnight with humidifier and heater set to achieve 73F/65%RH with inline vent set to lowest - got 69F/73%RH but saw that was the humidifier just kicking off at its highest just as the lights came on. I'll adjust the heater up a few degrees tonight and keep the same setting on the humidifier. One hour later I had 78F/75%RH with 70F/70%RH settings and 50% vent power. Set up a second fan to strength train the stem. Also raised the lights a bit since my new ppfd was at 340 - now back at 325ppfd and about 15 inches away from the leaves. Day 11 Not much to report today Lights were 330-340 ppfd today at leaves, soil is moist under the top 1/4 inch, fan is gently bouncing the leaves and heat/humidity seemed stable. 74F/69%RH was at lights on -- after that it was 78F/71%RH for the rest of the day. Day 12 My new PH meter showed up today, so I was able to check the slurry I had prepared for a PH test. Glad I did - the old meter showed 2.4 then climbed about.02 every second for what seemed forever... eventually (seriously minutes later) it showed 4.04 and still climbing (that was the reason I ordered another one - this one could never calibrate correctly as a result of this imbalance) The second PH however was same brand and model but came with dead batteries, new battery housing replacement, and a booklet that had been crumpled up in a corner of the package... refurbished and sold as new. -- it measured the same sample as 5.84 to 5.64 -- better, but I decided to get a refund and order a new one -- different brand this time. The new ph meter came same day so I calibrated it and used it on the same sample soil -- it showed 5.75 so i think that is better than the first one i had and it matched the new one with deadish batteries. Saw a gnat today - so I put out some sticky insect pads and re-directed my fan to blow more directly on the soil - I checked the pads later this evening and no insects, so I think I'll skip the tea for now. I checked light ppfd and have 3.25 to 3.5 might need to trun the large leaves Day 13 Checked lights, had to reposition to a 12 O'clock position and raise lights today. Moved light panel about 20" from soil and 15.5" from leaf tops. That gave me 300 at 12, 295 at 3, 300 at 6, and 305 at 9 - I didnt want to reduce them too much since they have been going at 325 to 350 already and tomorrow is the start of week 3. Temps running 77 to 78 most all day with humidity at soil checking in at a 10 degree range between 61 and 71 - humidifier is set to maintain 65% but the fan directly on the soil moves the humidity off at that level - I will move the fan again tomorrow, but for now I want to see if I have an insect issue. Soil is mostly dry on the upper 2" now - so I will check again before lights out and decide if I am going to feed with nutes tomorrow or wait another day. (it's had 2 plain water feedings of about 1 cup and 3 cups so far) par weight is 15lbs 4 oz