BigBlonde
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Today is the 41st day of this grow. They've been in the Grow #3 log till now. These grew very slowly because of the poor soil I started them in. I'm not likely to use commercial starting soil again. Now they're finally growing well. They look like they're going to be excellent plants.
They're in one-gallon plastic pots. I'm using Gaia Green All Purpose in a 1:1 mix of FFOF and previously used FFHF soil, with perlite and rice hulls. Occasionally, I water them with Bloom City Clean Kelp. I had to nurture them carefully during their bad beginning and applying the Clean Kelp helped them make it. I gave them some yesterday and they sure seem to like it.
The RH was a little low, so I put them on a tray with water on it and that helped. The VPD currently is 1.05 kPa. The pots have saucers under them, so the pots are not drawing water from the tray.
They were in the 2x4 tent with the Black Jacks till yesterday. Now they're in the 28x28 inch tent under an XS2000 light. Before I moved them, I used the Photone phone app to set the light level in their new tent to the same level it was in their previous tent. The reading was 120 PPFD. I was surprised to see that this light is using 14 fewer watts than the other light for the same PPDF, and it is 9 inches farther away from the standard measuring point I used. The difference is probably because the other tent has big plants in it that absorb a lot of the light. Both lights are XS2000s, but I know from experience that they differ in the amount of light they produce, and they don't have the same driver model. It seems ViparSpectra changed their specifications mid model year. It's not a big deal. It's just interesting to me.
I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep these in the one-gallon pots. They have not been topped yet. It probably should happen soon. I'm thinking I'll need to keep them short if I keep them in this tent, but I'll also need to pay attention to their width. Maybe the Black Jacks in the bigger tent will finish in time to move them into that tent, but I doubt they will.
On the left side of the picture are the three sensors I'm using. Two of them are for the Ink Bird controllers. On is a Sensor Push sensor that reports temperature, humidity and VPD. (It reports dew point, as well, but that's not needed in a tent.) I'm thinking about putting one of these in my other tent so I can have a report for both tents in one application. Sensor Push provides both phone and browser apps, and I like that a lot. I wish Ink Bird and AC Infinity would do the same. Currently, however, Sensor Push is the only way I know to have this feature. Sensor Push also has alerts and the ability to calibrate their sensors.
Here's a snipped report from the Sensor Push app:
They're in one-gallon plastic pots. I'm using Gaia Green All Purpose in a 1:1 mix of FFOF and previously used FFHF soil, with perlite and rice hulls. Occasionally, I water them with Bloom City Clean Kelp. I had to nurture them carefully during their bad beginning and applying the Clean Kelp helped them make it. I gave them some yesterday and they sure seem to like it.
The RH was a little low, so I put them on a tray with water on it and that helped. The VPD currently is 1.05 kPa. The pots have saucers under them, so the pots are not drawing water from the tray.
They were in the 2x4 tent with the Black Jacks till yesterday. Now they're in the 28x28 inch tent under an XS2000 light. Before I moved them, I used the Photone phone app to set the light level in their new tent to the same level it was in their previous tent. The reading was 120 PPFD. I was surprised to see that this light is using 14 fewer watts than the other light for the same PPDF, and it is 9 inches farther away from the standard measuring point I used. The difference is probably because the other tent has big plants in it that absorb a lot of the light. Both lights are XS2000s, but I know from experience that they differ in the amount of light they produce, and they don't have the same driver model. It seems ViparSpectra changed their specifications mid model year. It's not a big deal. It's just interesting to me.
I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep these in the one-gallon pots. They have not been topped yet. It probably should happen soon. I'm thinking I'll need to keep them short if I keep them in this tent, but I'll also need to pay attention to their width. Maybe the Black Jacks in the bigger tent will finish in time to move them into that tent, but I doubt they will.
On the left side of the picture are the three sensors I'm using. Two of them are for the Ink Bird controllers. On is a Sensor Push sensor that reports temperature, humidity and VPD. (It reports dew point, as well, but that's not needed in a tent.) I'm thinking about putting one of these in my other tent so I can have a report for both tents in one application. Sensor Push provides both phone and browser apps, and I like that a lot. I wish Ink Bird and AC Infinity would do the same. Currently, however, Sensor Push is the only way I know to have this feature. Sensor Push also has alerts and the ability to calibrate their sensors.
Here's a snipped report from the Sensor Push app: