First Grow: Essie

Day 15: Dropped the lights to 29-30" off Essie. The dimmers on the PAR450 are set to 80% B&W, ~40% R. Over the next few days I will increase the brightness to a full 100% on the Blue and White spectrums and 50% on the Red spectrum. Then I'll start moving her a little closer to the lights to ensure she's not burning but not reaching either. Night 15: Watered this evening with rain collection water, required no amendment to hit the 6.5 pH target! 6.5 in 6.5-7 out. Day 16: Roots are coming out the bottom, there are pebbles between the coir and the bottom, so it wound it's way through those too. Day 16 - Transfer: Pics for the transfer, roots down to one side mostly 🤔 replanted in Fox Farms Ocean Floor and Organic Coco-Coir 70:30 ratio with heavier coir around the roots in an attempt to avoid shock. Currently in Viparspectra 3 gallon bag. Shout out to my wonderful wife for taking camera duty over. Watered with about 8 cups purified water at 6.25~6.5, (I'm getting a digital reader...) leaving out in the sun for the day: hot and sunny, got up to 89F. Night 16: Now in the 3gl pot, Essie is 26" off the lights, I have not increased brightness yet, I'll give it a day or two at this new height before I increase the lights. Slightly worried about the temp, as it gets warmer, the tent reaches 86 most the day, peaks at 88 and only down to 74 at night vs the 80 daytime / 70 nighttime I was running. As the lights go up in intensity over the next few days I'll have to keep an eye on it. I'm ordering the dual 120mm AC Infinity cabinet fans with 110 CFM to replace the tiny 80mm/26 CFM dual I have now (once got part way through growing what turned out to be a male plant in a CFL space bucket a few years back before I could do so legally - shout out to Nebula and everyone at GWE for stellar advice/info). I also plan to get a carbon scrubber and inline fan before flowering. Night 17: Watered with 2 cups of the ~6.25-6.5 water. Day 18: Today I have the tent off and Essie in the sun. With the high likely to be near 90 today, the arriving fans and the AC tune up next week, and lower temps for the next few weeks after today, figure just for today is fine. Sunny enough to keep her in direct sunlight inside in the window to avoid picking up pests outside. Watered with one cup of the pH water I mixed for the transfer. Day 19: While I wait on the new fans (~4days) we'll bring her out of the tent for sunlight during the hottest part of the day, got a good sunny spot by a big window for her during that time. Looks awfully perky today, I think the roots got through the Coir barrier and into the FFOF. Day 20: So it turns out that my wife is way better at taking these pictures than me. Lights B&W 90% R 45%. Watered at night, rain collection amended down to 6.5 pH. Day 21: Temps have been cooler, didn't get over 84 in the tent yesterday. Fans should arrive today it turns out, so will install later. The lights are now at full veg, 100% B&W, 50% R, and they are 25" off the plant. Will gauge how she does here and maybe see if I can get down to 22".