So yeah the stretching has stopped and the stems are sturdy as fuck, i guess it was just because of the 200w CFL they were originally under as new seedlings. I won't use CFLs again, only as supplemental lighting.
Anyway, we got a fair bit done today, rigged up an intake and exhaust fan and fitted hooks onto the ceiling for the existing lights. We're gonna keep the 600w's about 20" above the canopy cos it seems about the right distance. I want to have them as close as possible for maximum lumens.
Ph is still about 6.5 for all, we bought a Ph/moisture checker today but to be honest, you don't need a meter to tell you when the soils wet or dry. A finger is just as good. I'm also chuffed that the Ph of the tap water is 6.5 in my area. Just got to let it de-chlorinate for 24 hours and it's perfect.
Problems
Only problem so far is a few leaves on one of the AIs seem to be curling up, also a tad crispy maybe. I'm putting this down to too much heat, not nutes seeing as i've only added a tiny amount of nutes once in the whole grow. Hopefully moving it nearer the edge of the grow should help. You can see this in the pics (118,119)
Pic 116 (church i think) also seems to be showing signs of browning on the leaf edge, maybe too high Ph for it, see what you think.
Plans for tomorrow are to research/order the next batch of seeds and to maybe start building/designing a small mother/veg room. I think we're gonna get some more trainwreck as i'm really psyched about them and then from Attitude seeds its gonna be between -
Barneys Farm - Red Dragon
Big Buddha - Cheese
" - Blue Cheese
" - Chiesel (see a pattern here?!)
Fantaseeds - Armageddon
Greenhouse seeds - Super Lemon Haze
maybe (and hopefully) some of all of these plus the freebies they offer