flytier
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Ok, so this is my first grow journal, and very close to my first grow. I've had a couple failed attempts the predecessors to this batch of four is going somewhat smoothly. I have two WWs that I switched over to 12/12 just over a week ago, but that's another story... I'm kind of hoping that in putting this down I may enlighten myself or others as to what I'm doing wrong and where.
Like I said, it's a crop of WW which I started from seed which I obtained from CKS. I've had very bad luck getting them past germination stage (I don't know if it's the seeds or what; most likely my inexperience with them). I've been putting them down using the paper towel method, but the next seeds I get are going right to the soil. I've started a bunch of bean and tomato plants in soil without much of a hitch, so that's what I'll try.
Anyway, the grow space is an alcove in the kitchen where the fridge used to be. It's lined with dollar store emergency blankets and sealed off with a sliding door/dummy wall, call it what you will. It has two levels, the top one for seedlings/veg stage, which is not very high. My plan is to use this space for training the plants to stay low anyway, and use the higher bottom layer for the flowering growth stretch. So far, so good.
Lighting is accomplished with a combination of (mostly for now) CFLs and some screw-in LED floodlights, 5700K daylights in the top section and 2700K soft whites in the bottom, although there is some minor overlap there. Every now and then I'll pick up another bulb or five and add to it, but I hit the limit with sockets (for now).
Air movement is done by a small 6-inch desk fan in the bottom level, I don't have anything like that in the top yet, but the plants seem to be doing good just the same. There is no venting either in or out, but it seems not to be an issue. I keep the door open while I'm home, except when it's the dark period for the bottom. Heat is supplied by a small space heater placed just outside the setup, pointing in at it, although it's now almost June so It's not being used much right now. The heat thrown off by the lights is enough to keep things comfortable for what's inside.
Humidity seems ok, at least the plants aren't complaining to me. Water/soil pH, well, beats me... I don't have anything to test it with.
The soil for the seedlings was a combination of enriched potting soil (that I wasn't aware there was an issue with at first) and regular soil. That has since been corrected.
Like I said, it's a crop of WW which I started from seed which I obtained from CKS. I've had very bad luck getting them past germination stage (I don't know if it's the seeds or what; most likely my inexperience with them). I've been putting them down using the paper towel method, but the next seeds I get are going right to the soil. I've started a bunch of bean and tomato plants in soil without much of a hitch, so that's what I'll try.
Anyway, the grow space is an alcove in the kitchen where the fridge used to be. It's lined with dollar store emergency blankets and sealed off with a sliding door/dummy wall, call it what you will. It has two levels, the top one for seedlings/veg stage, which is not very high. My plan is to use this space for training the plants to stay low anyway, and use the higher bottom layer for the flowering growth stretch. So far, so good.
Lighting is accomplished with a combination of (mostly for now) CFLs and some screw-in LED floodlights, 5700K daylights in the top section and 2700K soft whites in the bottom, although there is some minor overlap there. Every now and then I'll pick up another bulb or five and add to it, but I hit the limit with sockets (for now).
Air movement is done by a small 6-inch desk fan in the bottom level, I don't have anything like that in the top yet, but the plants seem to be doing good just the same. There is no venting either in or out, but it seems not to be an issue. I keep the door open while I'm home, except when it's the dark period for the bottom. Heat is supplied by a small space heater placed just outside the setup, pointing in at it, although it's now almost June so It's not being used much right now. The heat thrown off by the lights is enough to keep things comfortable for what's inside.
Humidity seems ok, at least the plants aren't complaining to me. Water/soil pH, well, beats me... I don't have anything to test it with.
The soil for the seedlings was a combination of enriched potting soil (that I wasn't aware there was an issue with at first) and regular soil. That has since been corrected.