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Day 25 (from sprout)
The weather changes too fast around here......
Ms. Big Seed is doing her thing. She is growing, but her pace is quite slow. The plan was to apply Epsom Salt water to her last night, but the pH was a little low (5.8). I put one drop of Hades Down (in a quart with the Epsom Salt) and the pH went to 10........ Ugh!!!.... I could have put some nutrient in to bring it back into range, but I didn't want to start adding a lot of things to a plant that already has problems. My sample NFTG nutrient package doesn't contain Olympus Up. I didn't have any extra RO water I could waste for a retry, so I just watered her from the bottom (RO water only @ 6.5 pH).
I also watered Ms. Small Seed (RO water @ 6.5 pH). I took a couple of small branches that were in the way and released all the cola branches to let them raise up some. I made sure the main stem was still held down. I'm going to allow the branches to start growing up, and I will train them with pipe cleaners to spread them out. I didn't take a picture afterward, but you will see the result in the next update (if I do not bore you to death with this one
). I found a few spots on Ms. Small Seed's leaves, but I think they are just places that I've hurt during the LST sessions (ends of wire). I'm watching to ensure she doesn't have some other problem. If they get worse, I'll include some pictures.
Both plants got 1 quart each of RO water at a pH @ 6.5
I had to turn down my cob light, for the heatsinks were too hot. I could not hold my hand on them. Although the maximum temperature for the LED chip is 275 deg F (135 deg C), I'm not a fan of running an LED very hot. They run much longer if you can keep them cool. I like to keep the heatsink temperature under 122 deg F which is the threshold of pain for most people. I dialed them back to 50w each or a combined 150w. This lowered the temps of the heatsinks (after a while) to a reasonable temperature. I could easily hold my hand on them at that power. I also lowered them to keep the relative power somewhat the same at the plant level. The LEDs are about 20 inches now from the tops of the plants. No signs of light stress.
Temperatures, in the tent, are running 75-86 deg F and humidity is 33-51% RH. I'm not liking that temperature, so the exhaust went back to the window. I'm going to need to find a way to control the temperature and humidity much better. All of this is with the LED driver outside the tent. The driver gets really hot. I'm not really happy about its temperature. I didn't pull out my temperature gun, but I may need to put a fan on the driver as well. I may see how hot it is later with my IR gun.
It's going to take a while to get a system worked out to deal with temperatures and humidity. I'll need to think about the best way to control these. I can throw an AC unit and a heater at the problem (heater is already being utilized), but I'm trying to keep this within a reasonable amount of money and equipment. Dehumidifier and humidifier are also in that equation.
I'll just deal with it this round, and work on a plan to fix it for the next. I will also need to make a choice for a permanent location for setting up my tent when growing. I'm not planning to grow year round (at this point).
Pictures are what everyone wants to see:
The weather changes too fast around here......
Ms. Big Seed is doing her thing. She is growing, but her pace is quite slow. The plan was to apply Epsom Salt water to her last night, but the pH was a little low (5.8). I put one drop of Hades Down (in a quart with the Epsom Salt) and the pH went to 10........ Ugh!!!.... I could have put some nutrient in to bring it back into range, but I didn't want to start adding a lot of things to a plant that already has problems. My sample NFTG nutrient package doesn't contain Olympus Up. I didn't have any extra RO water I could waste for a retry, so I just watered her from the bottom (RO water only @ 6.5 pH).
I also watered Ms. Small Seed (RO water @ 6.5 pH). I took a couple of small branches that were in the way and released all the cola branches to let them raise up some. I made sure the main stem was still held down. I'm going to allow the branches to start growing up, and I will train them with pipe cleaners to spread them out. I didn't take a picture afterward, but you will see the result in the next update (if I do not bore you to death with this one
). I found a few spots on Ms. Small Seed's leaves, but I think they are just places that I've hurt during the LST sessions (ends of wire). I'm watching to ensure she doesn't have some other problem. If they get worse, I'll include some pictures.Both plants got 1 quart each of RO water at a pH @ 6.5
I had to turn down my cob light, for the heatsinks were too hot. I could not hold my hand on them. Although the maximum temperature for the LED chip is 275 deg F (135 deg C), I'm not a fan of running an LED very hot. They run much longer if you can keep them cool. I like to keep the heatsink temperature under 122 deg F which is the threshold of pain for most people. I dialed them back to 50w each or a combined 150w. This lowered the temps of the heatsinks (after a while) to a reasonable temperature. I could easily hold my hand on them at that power. I also lowered them to keep the relative power somewhat the same at the plant level. The LEDs are about 20 inches now from the tops of the plants. No signs of light stress.
Temperatures, in the tent, are running 75-86 deg F and humidity is 33-51% RH. I'm not liking that temperature, so the exhaust went back to the window. I'm going to need to find a way to control the temperature and humidity much better. All of this is with the LED driver outside the tent. The driver gets really hot. I'm not really happy about its temperature. I didn't pull out my temperature gun, but I may need to put a fan on the driver as well. I may see how hot it is later with my IR gun.
It's going to take a while to get a system worked out to deal with temperatures and humidity. I'll need to think about the best way to control these. I can throw an AC unit and a heater at the problem (heater is already being utilized), but I'm trying to keep this within a reasonable amount of money and equipment. Dehumidifier and humidifier are also in that equation.
I'll just deal with it this round, and work on a plan to fix it for the next. I will also need to make a choice for a permanent location for setting up my tent when growing. I'm not planning to grow year round (at this point).
Pictures are what everyone wants to see:
<---fell down can't get up.
