SUMMARY:
- overall everything went smooth but I overcompensated the LED height, I started too high (lack of extension cords), then I dropped them too low, ultimately burning the second set of "starter" leaves (after the cotyledon set). I didn't get the humidifier and climate to synergize in the way I liked either, but it went well overall.
nov. 11
12:00 - third seed has still not been able to germinate, resorting to emergency soak in glass of bottled flat water
15:00 - seed taken out of glass back in damp paper towel
nov.12
23:00 - put humidifier inside tent set to 95% but rH never got to 60% according to AC infinity's humidistat in between both smart pots at soil level
- lowered lights from 30inch to floor to 20inch to floor
- soil is 3.5" from floor
- seedling canopy is 1.5" tall
nov. 13
- 15:00 Grow tent climate stabilizing with the humidifier helping keep the rH between 50-60%, which is about 10% higher than before.
- note: humidifier is set to max 95% rH on its setting, claims the rH is high around 80% but the AC humidistat right at the canopy claims it is closer to 50%.
- Keeping the AC Infinity CLOUDLINE T6 controller set on 24/7 only on setting 2
- note: must be careful with the S6 active intake, as the ducting can drastically drop the cfm coming in, resulting in a rapidly increasing negative pressure which if left uncheck could force the tent to cave severely. It was very important to watch immediately when changing the inline fans speeds, and the ducting positioning to ensure a stable and safe pressure exists.
- Temperature stable around 78F during 18H of LED light
- soil is slowly drying up, its still significantly heavier than the empty pot, not quite moist so will have to see about watering, still trying to get those roots to work for it and avoid overwatering.
- Turned on 6" mini fans to get the lanky stalks to dance a bit and strengthen, fans are about 2 feet away at 45 angle set on "normal" power
nov. 14
19:00 - humidifier is able to get the tent to a low rH of around 60%+
nov. 15
14:00 - one hour after turning on lights without humidifier on and the rH drops from 53% (as it levels out to when lights are off for 8H) down to 40%.
Nov. 16
17:00 - seedlings looking a little sad and in need of some water
- the younger seedling’s leaves are starting to twist a little bit (like a propeller), this could potentially be from the mini fans moving them around.
- gave both plants 3x waterings of 50ml each, over the course of 5 mins. Watered until run-off, soil was extremely light and dry as to encourage greater root growth. Water was measured at 6.92 and the run-off is measured at 7.21 for the younger smaller seedling but 8.14 for the larger older.
Nov. 17
14:00 - seedlings had to sit in the room just under normal room lights as grow tent was set into final position and hooked up to the new ventilation going out of the house.
- some potential concerns with the air exchange “leaking” cold air back into the tent
- the concern is that the grow room sits around 70-74 during the warmest possible times
- whereas, during the coldest possible times it is possible for the grow room to drop to 63, which is the lowest temp just outside of the danger zone
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- 22:00 right now the fan settings are synchronized on 4 and humidifier set to 80%
- it appears as if this setting will hold the rH around 60-70% and the temperature around 70-74F
- grow room temp: 74
- humidifier: rH 78%
- set to 80%
- Older seedling getting some discoloured around the tips and a little bit of a brown tip
- likely lowered LED too long, but they were out of the grow tent a few hours , so not worried at all and expect full recovery in 48 hours
- Lights now 27 inch from the floor / 23 from canopy
Specifications:😎👇
Seeds:
- 2x White Widow feminized seeds from Crop King Seed
Tent:
- 4x4x6 Mammoth Grow tent
LED:
- 2x Spider Farmer SF1000 LED (default 100 watt draw for seedling but will be bumped up to 125 Watt for flowering if not sooner)
Pots:
- 2x 0.5 L starter pots
- 2x 5 gal smart pots after transplant
Soil:
- Pro-mix containing mycorrhizae and perlite, used for starter pots and mixed at roughly 1:3 ratio with Ocean Forest
- Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, used in the 5 gallon pots and mixed with roughly 3:1 ratio with pro-mix
- note: pro mix was mixed thoroughly with ocean forest in the 5 gal pot, then pro-mix was used on the top layer, in and around where the transplant will be to help the early veg stage avoid getting too "hot" via nutrients.
Nutrients:
- Fox Farm Big Bloom
- Fox Farm Big Grow
- Fox Farm Tiger Bloom
Inline Fans:
- AC Infinity CLOUDLINE T6 6" (exhaust)
- AC infinity CLOUDLINE S6 6" (active intake)
- AC infinity 6" ducting
Oscillating fans:
- 2x Wind Devil 6" fans
Carbon Filter:
- 2x iPower Carbon Filter on both inline fans
- note: carbon filter on intake fan as basement had mold issues in furnace room far removed but same floor, some mold issue in other room, cat litter in basement, thus, avoiding all risks and sleeping sound at night :) all mold was killed, scrubbed, cleaned, sprayed, painted, and sprayed again before setting up.
Humidifier:
- TaoTronics Cool Mist Humidifier
Timers:
- 2x Kuman 15A/1800W 24-Hour Digital Timer