SlempZen Seeds were planted on the evening of the 29-12-25, Tropicana Cookies and Gorilla-Z first poked their heads through the soil on the morning of 2-1-26, later that day, the White Widow also showed up!
My Equipment is all second Hand. A Buddy of mine does Homegrow. I helped him move to a new apartement, he got himself new gear and i got most of his old stuff as compensation for helping him move. Basically, just people helping each other out. Community FTW!11
I added some "automation" using basic, relativley cheap Smart Home Gear. 2 smart Power Outlets and a Sensor for Temperature & Humidity using the TP-Link Tapo system.
The Ventilation Sytem is overkill for the size of my Box. I set my System to blow out the air when it hits 70% Humidity inside the Tent and stops ventilating by 60% Humidity or below. The light is set to 20/4 h cycle. Temperature is my Room Temp. + whatever the electronics inside the Tent produce (so far usually 21°C-24°C)
I'm missing a Carbon Filter and a Fan for circulating the Air inside the Box, will ad them later this month (or at least try a small tabletop Fan i already have for summer Time)
This is my first grow in a Box, so far i did 2 Outdoor grows that went decently well
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Used method
Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
14d ago
1/3
7 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
SlempZen One week has gone by, and all 3 Ladies grew well!
I did put way too much water in the soil before planting the seeds, so i only watered the younglings a little and just around the plants.
I also learned from a Podcast by german content creator Vince & Weed that oscilating a Fan directly on the plants isn't the best decision, so i stopperd doing that with my small table fan. Instead, the Fan blows just on the walls of the Tent when it is running.
Climate inside the Tent stays pretty consistent so far between 20-22°C and 65-69% Humidity, so the vntilation system only starts 2-3 Times a Day. Of course, i open the Tent in the Morning and the afternoon to check on the Ladies.
So far i'm happy with this grow, but wondering if my light is strong enough for the 3 plants
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Week 2. Vegetation
6d ago
1/11
25 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
22 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
65 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
3.96 liters
Pot Size
0.03 liters
Watering Volume
30 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 1
growsartig Alfa Boost all in one
5 mll
SlempZen This week was fun! Really nice growth, like i've seen in other Diaries, Videos, Discord, etc.
I switched some equipment, started to introduce some mildish nutrients, learned about the Plants, and did some Defoliation-Training to finish the week.
Equipment change:
I upgraded my grow light. I'm now rocking the Mars-Hydro FC-1500-Evo. I knew that the weirdo Niello-Light i have is a bit underwhelming and that i should something better, especially in a 80x80 cm Tent and 3 plants....So, as someone that started growing again simply does, a lot of GrowVideos, the looking into lights, what LEDs and then stumbling across a good deal, i just got myself a new shiny thing. and YES......It is nice and bright and less noisy ('cause of the passiv vs. active cooling). Plants happy, me happy.
Nutrition.
Plants want food too.
I also inherited a bottle of growsartig "Alfa Boost all in one", some bio-fertilizer. It said, 5-10ml/l in veg. state. I water every other 3 days after feeling the moisture in the soil and weight of the Pots. 1-2.L on all 3 pots. I grow in Biobizz All-Mix, a pre-fertilized soil. I added 10ml of nutrition to yesterdays watering.
Plants.
Good growth. The GorillaZ is the fasttest growing, the White Widow is behind by almost a full pair of leaves, Papaya Cookies sits inbetween. They all had to bend a little too the center of the tent. that was caused by the potatoe light by niello nad its size of course.Well, we fixed that now.
GorillaZ developed some lighter spots on some of her leafes. Nothing to worry about too much, she is the biggest, fastest of the 3 plants. Nutrition might help, i think.
Defoliation Training.
On my 2nd Outdoor grow, i already have tried topping and LST. After watching a lot of Basementganja 's grows on Youtube, i decided i want to try Defoliation-Training. Basically cropping the leaves on the top node, helping the lower nodes to develop a more even and thicker canopy later. Just go watch Basementganja's Videos, he explains what he does really well and his Videos are very High Quality.
What's up Coming week?
-look out for signs of overnutrition after starting to add fertilizer
- Monitor the spots at GorillaZ
- might do some more Defoliation in a couple of days
-watch for amount of watering, might change a lot because of growth this week
-have fun watching them grow!
