I just caught up on the entire journal, and what can I say--awesome job. I'm transitioning from hydro to LOS and your journal has been a great read. Stellar work on the grow and the sharing of valuable info.
Yeah, you'll want to keep the temp as close to 68 as you can. My hempy mix is 70/30 perlite/vermiculite. I just whipped up a couple of pots for my seedlings using coco and perlite, which I think I'll likely switch to. Coco seems to be a happy medium between soil and hydro.
I think I'm gonna...
There are others who can explain the science behind the gas lantern routine much better than I can, but I will say that the 12-5.5-1-5.5 schedule seems to be working just fine for my plants. I don't think thirteen hours straight would work, the interruption in the middle is to disrupt the...