ChiBa-WeedSeedsExpress Chiquita Banana

Lovely ladies. Both growing well. Not much to say for now. Soil temp is a big thing for me this grow with more effort going to support a happy medium rather then trying to control the entire grow space environment. The odd looking stand shes on is a home made experiment to try and regulate substrate temps using less power and direct heat then a heating mat. Also mats i think are only good for seeds, they are too hot and will burn the roots of a young/established plant. The idea behind my system is i use a 60w radiating heat tube attached to the aluminium strips the plant sits on. The bars do not get hot but they do radiate a constant temp that is above that of the room ambiant temp. The result is i now keep everything that needs to be warm i.e the substrate and roozone, at a constant 19-22c. From the research i have done as long as the rootzone is above 15c and below 23c then the magic will happen and nutrient uptake is at its optimum. The room itself is very high at 2.4M. To heat the space before i was using 220W of heater. Now i am on 60w a tube and all seems well. The other advantage is i can get a nice big drip tray under the rack to collect run off and i installed a small aquarium pump to pump out the run off so no more spills in the grow space.. Thanks for looking. Stay safe😷 Grow well.🌱😃🌱