Gary Sherbet Second Run

Prilyfe13 05/23/2026 Well, I decided to pop one more seed. Just to see what happens. Hopefully it's a little less wild. She already sunk and popped. So she's in a wool cube. She's in the germination system for now. On an 18/6 schedule. The light will turn off at 12 am. And back on again at 6 am. I had to mess with the temp of the heat mat is, so I got the temp sensor one so I know what to do. 05/24/2026 Looking pretty good. I'm not sure if leaving the seed in the open air inside the cube is a good thing. She's growing nicely in there. No problems at all. My plan for now is leave the light at 60% and wait for her to get a tap root. Then she goes in the tent in her final container. Being hydroton. DWC. I'll get all the light measurements when she goes in the tent. I have the light set to a DLI of 16 mol. 20% light power. The fan is 6" this time around and wow, does it work. I should have put up the support bars. Speaking of lights and what it. My supplemental lights are installed now. Lower to the bottom of the canopy. There won't be any missing lights in my tent. Thank you very much. Lol. 05/29/2026 Ahhhhhhhhh! Where the hell did my entries go?! Well, this is day 5 of living or something like that. Anyway, she has been planted in the DWC bucket. 1 good tap root. Vs, several roots, but not the tap root. Could be good could be bad, but this one has no issues of the sort. She's in a very mild nutrient solution, just to help get the ball rolling. Next week we can bring it up to half strength. Then the week after, she should be in veg and we should be around 75% of the dose. I'm thinking it'll be full strength by week 4. No idea why I'm writing this now. We aren't even in the veg stage. So far, everything looks good. 73° and 62% Not much else to say. She's definitely a healthy seedling. Leaves are still curving down though. 05/30/2026 The humidifier ran out of water last night. At like 1:30 am. So there was no humidity in the tent for 6 hours. Eek! I have to remember to do that. She seems fine though. The water is getting really warm and there's already a smell of piss. I can't remember if I added hydrogaurd or not. It seems not. Well, I'll just have to swap the water out tomorrow. I was gonna keep it in there for a week, but it's already compromised. Not sure where it came from to be honest. The water might have been warm, yes, but the rest is fine. What I'm trying to understand is how it's getting like this so quickly. The water was warm this morning. Not very warm, but warm enough. Maybe there won't be any issues. I really hope I added the hydrogaurd. I think I did, but not 100% sure. Again, I'll be swapping the water tomorrow in light of the piss smell. But who knows, I have a bottle of ice in there now. The temp should be fine by now. I'll have to swap ice bottles out a few times a day. I still don't have a chiller. I think I can get one for a few hundred, but that's a little overkill. I need an external water cooling agent that pulls from the bottom and empties at the top. That should keep the water cool throughout the bucket, but I can't find one like that for less than a couple hundred. And I can't afford it. It's times like this I would like being in soil. I don't have to worry so much about water temp and whatnot. It would be in soil which buffers the warmth. Unlike the DWC which needs to be between 64° and 69° at all times. Anyway, the environment was better for her on the germination system. But she was showing tap roots and I don't let them get too long. The DLI is like 11 mol. And 178 PPFD. Or something to that matter. I think once I see that true set of leaves I'll increase the light to 16 mol. So 20% power. Right now the light is on the lowest setting and 27" away. I think. I'll have to remeasure. 05/31/2026 It's been a week and we have a seedling still. Not gonna lie, but this seems to be a bit slow. I'm going to turn up the grow light today. I have a feeling she just isn't getting the light she needs. And now that's it's been a week or so, increasing the light intensity is very important anyway. Water check. The water is nearly always warm. That's a problem. I need something to keep the water cool, like constantly. Light DLI : 16.3 mol. Light distance. 25 5" Light power 20% 06/01/2026 Well, the water smells like piss. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 AGAIN!!! I'm gonna change the water and clean the shit outta this bucket and all the fixins. The heater is killing my water temp. Again. It's not warm enough in the tent. I have the heater pointing at the opposite corner of the bucket in the corner. The humidity is fine, but the apparently, there just isn't enough heat coming off the light. 06/03/2026 Got some pics of this one. Leaning so hard. Google suggested it needs more light. Also Google wouldn't give me a straight answer for a bit. It kept focusing on the clay pebbles. Then it said, the most likely reason isn't enough light, but the PPFD is 250. DLI is 16.1 mol. I don't think it's a lighting thing. Maybe I'll turn it up and see what happens. It's only on 20% power and 25.5" away from the little lady. That seems like the perfect spot. But is it?! I can't tell. But I'm going to increase the light power to 30%. Other than that, I have concerns. She's all bent over and the actual leaves are facing the light. Not sure if my top feed system is working. I think it's clogged. But I thought I cleaned the shit out of the ring. I may have not done so. I thought I did. The one that isn't installed is clean as a whistle. Unfortunately I don't think I can replace the system now. It's buried in the pebbles. And then putting it back in. Nope. The roots have already started to grow in the pebbles... I think. Lol. Either way, I'm concerned. The first one is surprisingly standing straight and tall. I didn't kill her yet. I wanna see how far she gets with very little attention. I'm keeping the environment in check, and I've attempted to feed her, but I don't think it works. Other than that, I changed the ice bottles out. Not sure if it needed it or not, but I did it anyway. It'll keep cooler for longer. I plan on changing them out again this afternoon and before bed time. Gotta remember to top off the humidifier. Too bad I don't have a constant flow of distilled. Now I have to buy them at the store. .49 per gallon. Is it me, or does that seems a little expensive for water? Anyway, I'm planning on checking the water after the ice bottles do their work. Oh, this is day 12 seedling. She seems to be making moves. At least while she leans she might be gathering Intel. Lol but no. The leaves are still growing. However. I have to say that since I've been running Hydroponics, I've seen this leaning every time. But with soil, it never happened. I'm pretty sure I'm doing something very wrong. That's it for now. All my readings have disappeared. I pHed to 5.8 Also brought the water temp down to 67° Light Readings: DLI: 21 mol. PPFD: 300 Light Height: 25.5" 06/04/2026 So she's definitely in veg now. Also starting to straighten out. I think it's from the light intensity. Must have been too low before. Anyway, looks like things are coming together for her. Happy with that. I changed the water out today. It smelled like piss again. The water got pretty warm overnight. The heater was on to 75° so I changed it to 68° heat should be fine now. Anyway, the water. I did half a dose. Minus a little more. She should be good with that. If not, I can always flush and then lower the dose. But it's already like under half a dose. I think I want a coffee. Brb And I'm back. Coffee in hand. Readings: pH: 5.98 EC: 923 cm TDS: 654 ppm Temp: 70.7°