First Time Hydroponics

Day 15. It's a new week and I am feeling happy to put last week and the fire behind me. I ordered an Automatic Fire Extinguisher for the grow tent, should be here in the next couple days. Changed water today and cleaned out buckets. Sole Survivor (thats the new name for the CO bagseed), appears to be doing fine and looks like it will survive now. The original CA bagseed I planted in the Rapid Rooter sprouted this morning. Just dropped the seeds into RR that had been soaked in the PH'd Nutrient water. Day 17. 5 more CA sprouts today. #1 CA Sprout is growing quickly and is now taller than Sole Survivor. Maintaining temps and humidity at 76-78° F and 50% Love the new cool mist humidifier, runs way leaner using only 25w. Only wish I had bought the top loading filler. Day 21. Really more like Day 14 from initiating germination, but keeping same log as Sole Survivor is still going strong. Not as peppy in growth as newer sprouted CA seeds, but I think it will start to grow quicker now that fan leaves are developing. Suspected that my LED grow lights were too high as the sprouts appeared to be stretching too much and a couple fell over. They have good airflow from the fan, so that should help them develop good trunks. Light was at 42" as per the manufacturer guideline (248w LED). I lowered it to 36" above seedlings and will monitor in next 24-36 hrs. Biggest news of the week is that we all feel a lot safer in the house now that I received and installed my automatic fire extinguisher. Having experienced what could have been a devastating fire during the first week, we have all been a little uneasy. Smoke detectors going off in the early hours will have that effect on you. I read a lot about people worried about losing their crop from an AFE being triggered. Let me tell you 2 things that make that completely flawed logic; 1. Lose your crop vs lose your home....... no brainer. 2. If the grow room temperature reached the 160° F to trigger the AFE, you've already lost your crop. Stay tuned and let me know if you see things I am doing wrong or could improve on. Or just say "Hi"