The PhenoTent - round 1

~The Plan~ Well here we go back indoors, this time I’m setting up my tent, for the short term I will be using this to collect new genetics and do some pheno hunting of my seeds, eventually I might use this to also make some new strains. Either way I’m going to have some fun. First up, I’m still in build out and I am waiting on some supplies to arrive to finish it out, but for now it is operational on the cloning chamber which is where I have place my seedlings. In this chamber I will have (1) 18watt 18” LED light from Sunblaster it is a 5500k and has sufficient light for clones. This chamber will not be well ventilated just due to how the Secret Jardin Lodge 90 is designed, this is fine as I don’t expect much heat from an 18watt LED light, if anything it could use some extra warmth and humidity in the cloning chamber. In the chamber above which has more headspace. I will have a carbon filter/extraction fan which will help to refresh the air in what will be the Veg chamber. This will have a decent bit of air-flow as the extraction fan will be shared and controlled by the Flower chamber. In the veg I will have (2) 18” 18watt sunblaster LED lights for a total of 36watts, I’m not convinced this will be enough but it is a start, if I choose I will add more later. The Flower Chamber will then have my California Light Works SolarExtreme 250, this will be my first run with the SolarExtreme but I have run the CLW SolarSystems for the last couple of years on larger grows and really love them. This will be temperature controlled by the Titan Multi-Function Speed Controller hopefully this will keep my humidity, CO2 and Temps all in range with minimal cost and effort, but I will monitor and document those numbers. ~Soil and Nutrients~ Finally, an A-Z grow of only Roots Organic, it has been a very long time since this has happened, actually it hasn’t happened since my very first grow. I have tried several other brands but always I gravitate back to Roots. This time it will be Roots 707 soil, all three Uprisings used as soil amendments when planting/transplanting, and Roots Organic Terp Tea dry amendments done as a simple top-dress for minimal effort. I will also water in their Essential Earth(Humic acid), Oregonism and BioForce to help control the microbial ecosystem. This should be very easy. The seedlings and clones will be All be started in Roots Organic Microgreens which is an extremely fine textured and light soil, to this I’ll be adding about 10-20% worm castings by volume. I started my current seeds in 50% worm castings to MicroGreens and the result is a soil that is way too heavy and holds way too much water, I can’t wait to take clones because root root in that soil is a real possibility. ~Foliar~ Again sticking to ease and simplicity here I have 3 Foliar additions. First up is the Roots Organic Extreme Serene for a Kelp spray, and Ancient Amber for a transition to bloom spray, each of these will be accompanied by EM-1 as a Lactobacillus inoculant to prevent Powdery Mildew or other diseases. ~Final Notes~ You may notice some damage to my seedlings and some missing leaves, this is because they were started on a bench outside first, where some mice found them and decided to almost eat them to death with exception of the largest plant, luckily just enough plant material was left to recover and they seem just fine and happy now. Although they did spend lots of time in a west facing window following this so they got a bit lanky.