1st Grow Journal
Starting Early and Excited!
Expected my stuff to arrive next week, but here we are, and I am happy to start a week early.
Day 1: Planting the Seeds
Planted those 6 bad boys yesterday in Eazy Plugs and had a bit of a learning curve adjusting the tent, resulting in a high 90% humidity on day 1 in a small greenhouse.
Considering I didn’t soak them in water before and am using Eazy Plugs, I think I am fine. Watered again on day 2 with a sprayer. Already seeing white signs of life!
Adjustments and Optimizations
Adjusted the humidity (cap off a bit and not closed). Now it sits at 55%, temp around 25°C.
Moved the lights closer to the plants, readjusted my airflow for the light temperatures, and am spraying the little ones 2x a day. So far, so good!
Considering moving my main LED cooling fan a bit lower to achieve cooler temps, but I will also get a second fan for the plants later on.
🌱 Day 2: Mission 1 Success
Moved the lights closer to the plants, readjusted my airflow for the light temperatures, and am spraying the little ones 2x a day. So far, so good!
Today feels more chill. Beeing away at work for 9 hours and not looking at temps every 2 nanoseconds helps to grasp that those little things do well without me :")
I can see the first leafs; one seed wasn't placed well and had to be readjusted. Helped some out of their cage, and now they are looking good.
All 6 alive and well!.
After revisiting the Mars Hydro site i decided to lower the Lamp to only 30 cm away with 25% Dim. My Measurings showed high 5-600 ppfd with me aiming for 300 before this is a big change but the temperatures seem to be good so ill give it a shot in fear of long long legs.
🌿 Day 3: Steady Progress
The first few real leafs are getting stable, and roots are already piercing the bottom. They seem to react well to the new, shorter distance to the grow light. All seed shells are gone; I helped birth some.
I plan to move to a pot very soon, maybe tomorrow, but will keep all 6 (the initial plan was to choose the best 4).
All the nervousness has turned to happiness. Cool hobby.