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4l pot of a mix of coco coir, perlite and clay pebbles, with proportion of about 4:3:1 between each component. Mixed in 30ml of dolomite lime into the medium to offset any potential issues with lack of Ca and Mg, although a supplement will likely be needed. Dolomite will also help to prevent the sudden PH drops, however it may keep PH higher than needed as well as potentially produce a higher run-off PPM, I had some serious issues with the latter during the previous grow.
Diluted the medium with a feed of NPK ratio of 3:1:2 using a mixture of ammonium nitrate with Flora Duo A/B before planting. Haven't been watering the plant yet, the medium feels moist so only applied occasional sprays of distilled water to it.
2 quantum boards are used as a light source with 120W each, 240W combined. I expect it to run at around 50%-60% capacity keeping the light intensity at around 70K Lux throughout the grow, however it will be lower at the seedling stage.
Nothing unusual so far, the plant stretched quite a lot more than I would like it to, supposedly that could be partially due to a low light level (~8.5K Lux), as well as cotyledons getting stuck together, which was preventing the plant from catching some light for a couple days. Increased the amount of light to ~35K.
The humidity is in check so far, in the 50-60% at the moment, so the humidifier is on a standby at the moment. Circulation fans haven't been installed yet either, for this grow I am planning to use PC case fans with a Raspberry Pi as a controller.
Tied the plant down a couple days ago to start spreading the shoots out. Planning to top it after the third of leaves once it stretches a bit, had 5 levels during the previous grow and the top of the plant was hard to manage with it going over the edge of the pot.