NEW SET UP! YAHOO!!! CBD Overgrow

I'm very happy with the growth, so far! The air stone seems to be doing a nice job, along with the custom layered medium - I'm getting better growth than I have with my old set up, with the stems thickening up nicely. I did a bit of low stress training, and scrogging. As you can see in the pictures, Frannie is growing a bit differently, this is because she somehow topped her self and made three primary's before they all reached the net, her stem growth has lagged behind the others a bit, but her spread in the canopy is much wider. Nutrients are now in effect. As this is the first time I'm using the auto-pot system, I don't really know what to expect. I think the TDS seems high; however, the water was at 5 TDS before adding nutrients at the suggested concentration. This is one of the reasons I'm running with free genetics, if I screw up the first run with the new equipment, no harm no fowl, and the gods may rest easy knowing that no prodigal cultivars went to waste. 😇 To battle the heat, I've been rotating movie theater cups of ice close to the intake filters, and in the tents, and running my lights at night to avoid temperature spikes in the afternoon heat of the day. It's working quite well, and I haven't had to air condition at all. What a great first week! I'm excited for this grow, and future grows with this set up 🙏 Update : After doing some more research in to my light fixture, I lifted it to 30" above canopy and reduced the power output to about 75%. This has greatly improved the VPD in the grow tent, as humidity is staying up at 60% and the temperature is staying at 27C with the light on, putting VPD right around 1.0-1.03 during the light cycle, perfect for veg. I've ordered a large humidifier for the room the grow tents are in, to try and improve the humidity of the air coming in to the tents, because Alberta is just so damn dry.