Cinderella Dream part deux

sir_root 2/17/2026 - All of the girls have sprouted up and become nice and healthy looking seedlings. VPD maintained between .6 and .8kPa. Just got my 5 gal fabric pots and just waiting on the super soil I ordered. Fingers crossed it arrives this week, so I am ready to go for transplant. 2/19/2026 - The little girls are looking really good. I have the internal humidity stabilized between 70-75%. Inside temp is between 70-75 F. I am using an AC Infinity AI controller, with a target VPD around .8, and a +/- .2 variation. I love the controller, but when you use a VPD target, it is really hard to get the temps up. I currently have Temp as a priority, at 75-85 F, but it just does not get there. Maybe my heater and humidifier are too small, but I only need this for another week. I also increased light intensity a bit, to minimize the stretch on the seedlings. It is about 40% of max and I think it is working, because the two seedlings which got the tallest have stopped stretching and the third one, which emerged later, is catching up and holding to about the same size. Speaking of which, I found out my super soil order will arrive on Monday. I am going to use 5gal pots for this round, because I feel like the 3gal were limiting. I am also planning to be a little less aggressive on defoliation. The buds from the last grow were pretty, but they were also kind of airy and small. I am also planning on not using any supplemental nuts for this run, unless something pops up with the plants that makes me feel I need to react. Dehumidifier is finally coming in from AC infinity too. Should arrive on Monday as well. I don't need it right now, but I will later in flower. Fingers crossed this helps me with keeping the environment closed up, except for the exhaust fan, and humidity under control. Last time, I needed to really open things up to let a lot of air flow through. Unfortunately, this also made my house get a little smelly, which I want to avoid this time.

sir_root 2/21/2026 - Started this week a bit early, because my hot soil arrived in the mail today. I decided to run this round in 5 gal fabric pots. I was able to use the same catch trays as I had for the 3 gal. Just enough to get the shop vac in to suck out any runoff. I wanted to go with 5 gal pots this time, because I am hoping for a bit larger harvest and to give the girls a bit more room. Made new drip emitters. I realized on my last run that the nutrients were clogging up the drip emitters. Going to try and NOT use extra nuts on this run, but if I do, I will mix and hand water them in. I have limited space and it was looking pretty tight with heater, humidifier and dehumidifier all on one side, so I made the decision to move the heater and humidifier into the tent. Heater is tucked into the back corner and the exhaust is pointed up into the corner so it gets caught by the circulation fan and blown into the tent. Humidifier was setup in the front right corner. Ran the exhaust hose up to the top of the tent and tied it in place with some plant wire. It is pointed to the center, but slightly down to avoid the exhaust from getting caught up in the tent ventilation filter. For the dehumidifier, this was a gift and I have been waiting for it to come on back order. I hooked it up in a closed loop system, to help primarily later in flower stage, but I wanted to get it all setup now. My hope is that this also helps me manage the smell coming from the tent, while also keeping humidity down. During the last run, I had a couple of weeks where I had to open the tent up all over the place, to let some of the humidity vent. This caused a pretty major stink through the house, so I am trying to avoid that this time. Dehumidifier is on a little platform I built, so it is raised up above one of the vents on the side of the tent, but also so that I can put a catch bucket under the dehumidifier, to catch runoff. Since the drain is pointed toward the tent and I am using semi-rigid ducting, just being able to slide out that bucket will give me more time between maintenance and also avoid me messing up the ducts, trying to slide the catch tank out. The dehumidifier is drawing in moist air from the bottom of the tent and exhausting the dehumidified air back in to the top of the tent. Since this run will go into the warmer months, I am especially concerned about late stage humidity being too high. I am not too concerned with temp, since my house has AC. It is always moderate in the basement where the tent is located. I am trying to run this veg at a bit higher temperature than I did on my first run. Using VPD to drive the controller and targeting .8 with a +/- of .2 I have found that if I set the temp range on the controller, my heater only runs enough to keep the tent in range on the low end. I was rather hoping for more of the middle. So, I have raised the temp mins up to Lights are at 50% and at 17" above the canopy. Day - VPD target .6-1.0 kPa, Temp preference is 77-88 F to promote growth. Night - VPD target .5-.9 kPa, Temp preference is 70-82 F Tent is mostly equalized now and seems to be holding around 77 F, 74% RH and VPD of .8 kPa