ROUND 3 | DAY 10
Sooo I noticed Photone has been trying to tell me I need to use a diffuser. Contestant #3 is looking like there's some ish going on with the ends/edges of the leaves and I have been wondering if I'm giving too much intensity too soon. I used the paper diffuser method to check PAR this morning and it was reading 670 some µmols
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD that is way too high. Needless to say I backed the light down to 325 µmols and will see what that does. There's still some dampness around the seedling about an inch below the surface. I will probably top water tomorrow, a cup or two
ROUND 4 | DAY 0
Contestant #4....these shits need names. Let's call this one Hank. For no reason other than that is the first name I thought of. Hopefully Hank is a tank
, or a tractor if she's an emoji. Vacuumed out the tent, tossed the pre-soaked pot and Hank in with #3 and we're ready to roll. I'm stoked to see how the pre-soak pans out.
I did notice a gnat walking around contestant #3 flexing like it belonged there
so some KGB traps are in order. I'd be lying if I said a part of me doesn't get off on seeing those bastards stuck to the traps.
I have the grow tents set up in my basement, along with a 30 gal fabric pot worm bin I started about a month ago. Along with the humidy this time of year, and the fact that I'm purposely keeping a vermicompost bin about 15 feet from the grow, the gnats tend to increase a touch when I add some water to that.
Hopefully I'll be able harvest my own castings in the next 6-8 months. Worms happen to love avocado btw
out fam