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The chiller worked fast. Water temp dropped from 75 to 70 in under 20 minutes. I bumped up the temp in the tent a degree a few days ago which brought the rez temp up.

Tent Temp: 76
Tent RH: 70
Res Temp: 70
PH: 6.0
Ppm: 160
 
GrumpAzz said:
I feel like I've aquired all the equipment necessary now. Things are only going up from here!

I still have my fingers crossed a dehumidifier won't be needed.
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These last 2 years are the only years I've grown in the winter months and found it necessary to add a dehumidifier in my room. I heat half my shop with lp heater to 50 deg and my rooms are controlled with split.
 
smoke said:
These last 2 years are the only years I've grown in the winter months and found it necessary to add a dehumidifier in my room. I heat half my shop with lp heater to 50 deg and my rooms are controlled with split.
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It's a lot more humid here in the summer months. It gets really damn dry around here in the winter.
 
4Plants said:
My dehumidifier pulls 5 plus gallons a day out of my garage grow. Runs non-stop. Shit sucks. its like running a 2nd AC
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When I get a few grows under my belt and expand, I'll surely need one. I'm just hoping this single plant tent can manage without. I'm not opposed to getting one, of course.
 
I shouldn't have put this off for so long but I finally fashioned something to help the hydroton block out the light. I just cut the bottom off an old soft-pot I had from when I thought about growing some trees.
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Hey @CannaGranny
I'm building a 3x3 rack for this plant. Is 10" above the lid a good height for the first net? I won't be gluing any joints so the height will be adjustable. It'll be made to add a second net for stretch, if necessary.
 
That's all the further I made it. The toddler isn't much help and she's insisted mom leave her alone today. I've got rings to screw into the lid for the first bit of LST in case the netting takes a while to finish.

Saturday afternoon I brought the pH back up to 6.0 and it's come down to 5.7 since. It just hit 5.7 so I would say it's basically been two days. Cause for concern? Or just usual drift and bring it back up once it hits 5.5?
@Moe.Red
 
I brought up the water level about a half inch with the top-off res which sits about 6.9 and is mostly RO. That brought the pH up to 5.8 and brought the ppms down to 150.
 
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Rootsruler said:
@Moe.Red

Hey Moe! Do you think, now that he's showing roots through the basket that he should turn up the light a click or two?
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I bumped it up to 20% this morning. She seems to be loving it.

Little booger took a nap and let me weave the first trellis. It's fun seeing ideas come to life.20230529_153959.jpg
 
GrumpAzz said:
I bumped it up to 20% this morning. She seems to be loving it.

Little booger took a nap and let me weave the first trellis. It's fun seeing ideas come to life.View attachment 4782
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looks perfect man. You can raise it with longer pipes easy enough. So the next thing is to set it in there and plan your grow.

So take your plant's current shape, and think about what you will need to do to stretch it and shape it into that net. Lots of tucking in your future.

You will set the height to what works best in your space. So considering the light with space overhead for cooling, Then how far away from the plants do you want the light? 18" or so? Then you have how long your colas will be. A lot of that is genetic.

You get where I am going, once you start using this I don't think you will want to be making adjustments in height, so size it to your growspace.

Now you have the height underneath the net set for vegging. That's what we need to look at next, with a clear side shot of the plant and figure out the steps to train it to fit the space.

Looks light, get ready to hold it down when you are in heavy veg the thing might move on you.
 
GrumpAzz said:
Also found this on the backside of the netpot..
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OK time to look at bringing EC up.

Target is 250PPM on the 500 scale for this maneuver.

You need very little P and K. All about the N right now. The GH chart will show that.

I believe I see a biofilm forming, but no fungi (yet). Now would be the perfect time for a root bath in Great White or Orca then dump the leftovers in the res.

This also means we will be adding photons. Just try not to do too much at once, so if something goes wrong we have less variables.
 
Rootsruler said:
@Moe.Red

Hey Moe! Do you think, now that he's showing roots through the basket that he should turn up the light a click or two?
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Yes, I do.

Time to shape the veg to fit the screen. If we do this scrog right, the photons hitting the plant will go up without adjusting the light. So now it is a dance to see what she likes. Every grow for me has been different.
 
GrumpAzz said:
That's all the further I made it. The toddler isn't much help and she's insisted mom leave her alone today. I've got rings to screw into the lid for the first bit of LST in case the netting takes a while to finish.

Saturday afternoon I brought the pH back up to 6.0 and it's come down to 5.7 since. It just hit 5.7 so I would say it's basically been two days. Cause for concern? Or just usual drift and bring it back up once it hits 5.5?
@Moe.Red
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So @Aqua Man and I have somewhat different experiences with PH. Mine tends to the downside, his rises. I've seen both from many growers. To me, a PH that kinda sticks around 5.7 is stable. The difference between 5.7 and 5.8 is irrelevant. I would do nothing but continue to observe. Aqua has a thread on PH you might want to check out.
 
Moe.Red said:
Looks light, get ready to hold it down when you are in heavy veg the thing might move on you.
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Will for sure be fastening it to the lid.

Moe.Red said:
OK time to look at bringing EC up.

Target is 250PPM on the 500 scale for this maneuver.

You need very little P and K. All about the N right now. The GH chart will show that.
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Micro has the most N and less of the P and K. Is that what I should throw in there?
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I believe I see a biofilm forming, but no fungi (yet). Now would be the perfect time for a root bath in Great White or Orca then dump the leftovers in the res.
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I thought I smelled a new smell in there today. Do I just make a new diluted solution of Orca and top-feed for the root bath?
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This also means we will be adding photons. Just try not to do too much at once, so if something goes wrong we have less variables.
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I'll bump it up to 30% in the morning. That's the recommended intensity for veg. It's been on 20% for today.


That was a lot and I've still got some catching up to do. I'll snap some pics and a video maybe to show you what we're working with.
 

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Moe.Red said:
So @Aqua Man and I have somewhat different experiences with PH. Mine tends to the downside, his rises. I've seen both from many growers. To me, a PH that kinda sticks around 5.7 is stable. The difference between 5.7 and 5.8 is irrelevant. I would do nothing but continue to observe. Aqua has a thread on PH you might want to check out.
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Also at low ppm ph is less stable… so it may just trend differently when upping the ppm
 
I'd give it a day or two to acclimatize to the 20% bump you already did. Bumping it another 30% is going to really up the photons and you might stress the plant.

Moe and Aqua would know better but that's my opinion.
 
Rootsruler said:
I'd give it a day or two to acclimatize to the 20% bump you already did. Bumping it another 30% is going to really up the photons and you might stress the plant.

Moe and Aqua would know better but that's my opinion.
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Cool. I also plan on adding some ppms tonight so another day or two before bumping it up would probably help her out.
 
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