This week will be pretty simple growing time. The soil is nutritious, so I won't be starting the FF nutes yet. I may give them one more hit of the GardenRich Root&Grow so they can comfortably escape the plug and get a firm foothold in the good stuff, but, really, they're plants doing what plants do. Won't be ready for another water for another day or two anyway is my bet.
I've decided I don't like the way my stand/rack on the floor is. It's too low to the ground. If anyone actually reads this and has a great solution, feel free to comment. The catch-trays I bought barely fit and are extremely cumbersome to remove or access with a shopvac. Probably gonna re-imagine that over the weekend.
7/17
Morning Check:
First leaves are starting to get much bigger, about 2 inches tip to tip now. Looking a touch on the bright green/yellow side, but still growing healthily imho. I'm gonna chalk that up to a combination of low nutritional value in the plug, slight early-transplant stress, and new growth coming in at a good pace.
Forgot to hit the reset button on the overnight conditions monitor so it's the same as yesterday. My humidity controller should be here soon anyway so probably doesn't even matter.
Evening Check:
Messed with the exhaust schedule and the tent got real hot (>100F) for a bit, luckily I check on them way too frequently so they seem unphased. Still waiting on my new controller but it seems to be delayed due to covid possibly.
Decided to turn the single, low-profile plant shelf into 2 separated benches and add some 8" legs.
7/19
Morning Check:
Slapped a couple coats of poly on the stands yesterday and sprayed them down with 10% bleach solution overnight to help kill any potential germs/mold. Put them in the tent this morning.
Plants looking very healthy now, the slight yellowing seems to be evening out again. Gave them a bit of water and a light dose of the rooting nutrient.
Evening Check:
Noticed the two closest to the fan were starting to exhibit a slight curl/warp in the edges. Could be genetic I guess but, through the power of deduction, my bet is overkill on the wind.
I moved the fan to the opposite side and shifted all of them as far from it as I could, while deciding what to do permanently.
Otherwise, healthy and noticeably bigger.
7/20
Going to switch to 1/day updates. Ladies are doing just fine, pretty much just doing their growing thing.
I went and bought a handful of 1/2" pipe clamps with a 1/4" 20 bolt mount, drilled holes through my fan, mounted it to the back left tent post with carriage bolts and lock washers. I think that ought to solve the too-much-wind issues. Now it's ~2ft to the closest plant instead of 6".
I also attached an additional failsafe strap to the light mounting situation. Don't trust that single, plastic ratchet pulley, really. Two is one, one is none.
I feel the humidity was staying on the low end (~45-50%) a bit too much. Lowered the exhaust cycle and put some trays of water in there, seems like it's hovering in the 60s better now. New controller just shipped yesterday morning so hopefully a day or two and it will be here.
7/22
Yesterday I noticed that SC2 was leaning towards the back of the tent. Raised the light up an inch or two. Seems like maybe it's standing up straighter today.
Watered with ~2 cups plain tap water per plant, adjusted to pH 6.2