Fragaria Gorillai

Anna-J 🌸Week 1🌸 Germination went very smoothly last week and these little girls seemed eager to enter the world! 🌱SUBSTRATE: - Pro Mix Organic Vegetable & Herb Mix (40%) - Black Gold All-Purpose Potting Mix (40%) - Canna Coco Professional Plus (10%) - Nursery Land Perlite (10%) I was intending to run three 7-gallon fabric pots but i seem to have misplaced one of them, so i ended up using one of my 5-gallon pots. I like to keep my pots elevated on wire racks, mainly for air circulation. 🌱NUTRIENTS: Remo Nutrients: - Micro - Grow - VeloKelp - Bloom - Astroflower - Nature's Candy - MagNifiCal 🌱EQUIPMENT: - Unit Farm grow tent, 2ft x 4ft x 6ft - HLG Elite 360 light fixture, containing 2 x QB96 Elite LED boards. Modified to replace the bluetooth controller with a manual dimming knob - Sunblaster 48" 6400K LED strip light (for veg only) - 2 x Sunblaster 24" 2700K T5HO fluorescent strip lights (for flowering only) - AC Infinity Cloudline T6 exhaust fan - AC Infinity 6" Carbon Filter - AC Infinity Cloudray S6 Circulation Fan - Toshiba 8000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner - Photone app - Dr. Meter pH Meter - HM Digital EC/TDS Meter ************************************************* Day 1: - All 3 seedlings have broken through the soil. - Removed humidity domes - Only the HLG Elite 360 light fixture is on, set to 20/4 light schedule and mounted 36" above the plants - LUX: 4800 - AC Infinity Cloudline T6 exhast fan is set to turn on to it's lowest setting when the temperature reaches 82F or the humidity reaches 76% - Temp: 74-78F - RH: 70-75% Day 2: - Added yellow sticky traps to tent. No sign of fungus gnats but i've added the traps as a precaution - Turned on the Sunblaster 48" 6400K LED light & reduced the intensity of the HLG Elite 360 fixture - LUX (Sunblaster light only): 5110 - LUX (HLG Elite 360): 3700 - LUX (TOTAL COMBINED): 8810 - Temp: 74F-80F - RH: 70-75% - VPD: 0.35 - 0.4 Day 3: - Turned on the AC Infinity Cloudray S6 circulation fan to 20%, mounted approximately 32" above plants - Temp: 74F-80F - RH: 70-75% Day 4: - watered each plant with a very small amount (approximately 100ml) of plain, dechlorinated tap water, pH adjusted to 6.35 - increased circulation fan speed to 30%. The fan is high enough in the tent where the wind does not cause much movement of the seedlings but mainly just helps gently circulate the air a bit better. I'll be slowly increasing the intensity to help promote strong stem growth. - Temp: 74F-80F - RH: 69-75% Day 5: - increased circulation fan speed to 40% - increased HLG Elite 360 light fixture intensity - LUX (Sunbalster LED only): 5110 - LUX (HLG Elite 360 only): 5290 - LUX (TOTAL): 10,400 - Temp: 74F-81F - RH: 70-75% Day 6: - no changes - Temp: 73F-81F - RH: 65-73% Day 7: - watered each plant with approximately 200ml of dechlorinated tap water, pH adjusted to 6.6 - Temp: 75F-81F - RH: 68-75%

Anna-J Week 2 This week i'll be focusing on increasing light levels and increasing the air movement in the tent to help promote strong stems. I'll be introducing some nutrients and trying my best to keep my VPD within range. To start the week, my AC Infinity exhaust fan is still set to turn on to it's lowest setting whenever the temperature reaches 82F or the relative humidity reaches 75%. Day 8: - I lowered both my "HLG Elite 360" and "Sunblaster 48W LED" light fixtures by approximately 1", increasing the overall light level. I'll be keeping a close eye on the small plants for any light stress, as this was a 3,600 LUX increase compared to last week. - LUX (Sunblaster LED alone): 5,900 - LUX (HLG Elite 360 alone): 8,100 - LUX (Total Combined): 14,000 - Circulation fan speed: 40% - Temp: 76F-82F - RH: 65-75% Day 9: - The outside temperatures have been very warm, meaning the exhaust fan is turning on more often, which has been lowering the RH in the tent. To compensate, i've added water to each of the three saucers under the pots. The evaporation seems to help bring the RH up just enough. - Temp: 77F-81F - RH: 60-66% Day 10: - Watered each plant with approximately 500ml of dechlorinated tap water mixed with 2ml per gallon of Remo Nutrients' "Micro" and "Grow" and 1ml per gallon of "MagNifiCal" and "VeloKelp". This resulted in a 320ppm nutrient solution that i then adjusted to pH 6.4. - For my pH adjustment, i'm using BlueSky Organics "pH Up" and "pH Down" natural adjuster. - I typically aerate my water for 24hrs before adding nutrients. - Increased circulation fan speed from 40% to 60%. This helps give the young plants just a little bit of a wobble, enough to hopefully promote strong stem growth. - Temp: 75F-81F - RH: 68-75% Day 11: - I accidentally unplugged the Sunblaster 48W LED strip light for 8-9hrs. The plants were only receiving about 8100 LUX during that time. Day 12: - Temp: 78-82F - RH: 65-72% Day 13: - Increased the light intensity of the HLG Elite 360 fixture by approximately 1,000 LUX. - LUX (Total Combined): 15,000 - PPFD (Total Combined): 230 Day 14: - Watered each plant with approximately 600ml of dechlorinated tap water mixed with 2ml per gallon of Remo Nutrients' "Micro" and "Grow" and 1ml per gallon of "MagNifiCal" and "VeloKelp". This resulted in a 345ppm nutrient solution that i then adjusted to pH 6.38. - Lowered the HLG Elite 360 light fixture so that both lights are 30" above canopy. This increased the overall LUX by about 1,000. - LUX (Total Combined): 16,100 - The temperatures in the tent have been hitting 83F-84F, despite the exhaust fan turning on whenever the temperature reaches 81F. It's been warm where i live so i turned on the portable air conditioner in the room where my tent is. When the exhaust fan turns on, it passively pulls in air from the room via a 4" duct. This has helped keep the temperature around 80F-82F during lights on. - Temp: 77F-82F - RH: 58%-72%