AlienFingerRSA Initial Setup:
2 X Plants transplanted into a 15L of water in each hydro bucket
1 X 4-outlet air pump with 2 air stones going into each bucket
Nutrients:
3.5ml EHG Bloom
3.5 ml EHG Grow
3.5 ml EHG Micro
pH:
DP1 - 6.09pH
DP2 - 6.19pH
Size:
DP1 - 36cm
DP2 - 34cm
Note:
Both plants acclimatising to the transplant into hydro buckets.
DP2 is currently wilting more.
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Transplantation
Technique
2
Week 2. Vegetation
3d ago
1/14
36 cm
Height
18 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
5.6
pH
No Smell
Smell
329 PPM
TDS
69 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Solution Temp
21 °C
Substrate Temp
17 °C
Night Air Temp
20 l
Pot Size
50 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 3
Bloom
5 mll
Grow
5 mll
Micro
5 mll
AlienFingerRSA Week 1 Update (July 9 onward): The Afternoon Spike 🌱
First full week of real data since transplant, and overall - solid.
🌡️ Temp: Swinging more than I'd like - cool mornings, warm afternoons. Bigger jumps than a young plant loves.
💧 Humidity: 55-78%, averaging 69%. Right where a young plant wants it. No complaints here.
📊 VPD (aka "how thirsty the air is"): Weekly average was spot on for early veg. But every afternoon, for a short window (roughly 3-9pm), it spiked - right when temps peak and humidity drops fastest. And funnily enough, those spikes lined up with some leaf stress I noticed a few days back.
So: not the main culprit (still chasing a nutrient/pH issue for that), but probably a sneaky sidekick making it worse.
🔧 The fix: Not a big one. Just telling my controller to kick the humidifier on earlier in the afternoon - get ahead of the dip instead of reacting after it's already dropped. Aircon-before-the-room-gets-hot logic.
TL;DR: Environment's healthy, no red flags - just tightening one small screw before it becomes a bigger problem. 🔩