SYSTEM DETAILS:
SPACE: Painted flat-white with mylar-covered walls
INTERIOR TOTAL: 24" x 46" x 75" = @ 48 Cubic Feet
CANOPY:
(maximum) 24" x 36" x 50" = @ 24 Cubic Feet
(comfortable) 24" x 30" x 32" = @ 12 Cubic Feet
RESERVOIR: 15-18 gallon RainForest 66 (w/vortex aeroponic sprayer). Air-pump oxygenates reservoir.
LIGHTING: Sun System VII 600w HPST Super (SolarMax - 95,000 lumens) and 400w MH (AgroSun Gold Horizontal 40,000 lumens)
Air-cooled reflector (Super Spectrum) attached via duct with a 4" Centrifugal Fan (170 CFM)
VENTILATION: 6" Centrifugal Fan (440 CFM) for exhaust and 3 passive 4" holes, and 6" clip-on circulating fan
MEDIUM: Coco-Tech liners/lids, 6" net pots, Hydroton, small piece of rapid rooter plug (to hold seed in hydroton planted about 1 hydroton layer deep)
NUTRIENTS/ADDITIVES:
BioBizz Root-Juice
General Hydroponics FloraShield
General Hydroponics Micro Hardwater
General Hydroponics Gro
General Hydroponics Bloom
General Hydroponics Floralicious Grow
General Hydroponics Floralicious Bloom
General Hydroponics KoolBloom
General Hydroponics FloraKleen
Soaked paper towel with Root juice and Distilled Water
Placed four seeds on towel, folded and placed in sealed plastic bag on top of computer tower (for warmth).
While I waited for germination cleaned and prepped hydro system with Flora Shield
Began soaking cleaned hydroton
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24 hours later
Two seeds have small (1/8") sprouts and one seed has a small crack with white sprout just visible, the remaining seed has not yet cracked.
Filled reservoir with tap water in preparation for seedlings tomorrow (24 hrs. let tap water stand)
DAY 1:
Added the following to 18 Gallon reservoir
1 tsp. Root Juice
1 tsp. Flora Shield
1 tsp. Flora Micro
1/2 tsp. Flora Grow
1/2 tsp. Flora Bloom
Adjusted pH to 6.0
Placed Coco-Tech liners in net pots. Added some hydroton. Placed seed (sprout down) into halved Rapid Rooter plug and covered with hydroton. Put Coco-Tech lid on top.
DAY 3:
DETAILS:
Ambient Temperature: 72 F
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 73 F
pH: 7.1 down to 5.9 after 1.5 tsp. pH down
PPM: 365
Notes: Three out of four seeds have broken the surface. Two have seeds stuck on their cotyledons.
Plastic cups still in place.
Turned on whole system (all lights, ventilation, etc..) except circulation fan.
DAY 4:
Ambient Temperature: 72.5 F
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 73 F
pH: 7.4 added 3 heaping tsp. pH down
PPM: 379
Note: Three of the four have real leaves and are aprox. 1" high. Removed plastic cups from the three and lowered lights to 2' above plant tops.
Remaining plant has visible tap root and continues to have plastic cup on top.
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DAY 5:
Ambient Temperature: 78.4 F
Humidity: 32%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 78
pH: 6.3
PPM: 390
Notes: Added 1/2 tsp. pH down, topped off with 2.5 gallons tap water
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DAY 6:
Ambient Temperature: 77 F
Humidity: 29%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 77.9 F
pH: 5.9
PPM: 418
DAY 17:
Ambient Temperature: 71.2 F/ 68.7 F
Humidity: 30% / 38%
Reservoir Details:
Temperature: 74.5 F/ 71 F
pH: 5.4/ 6.5 (added additional 1 TSP. down)
PPM: 551 / 483
Notes: Trimmed many large bottom fan leaves (single and clusters of three) from severely salt/nute burn to partial.
Reservoir down by nearly half! Reservoir change adding 1TBSP. each of Flora Micro and Bloom, 2 TBSP. of Flora Grow, 1/2 TBSP. of Floralicious Grow and 3 TSP. pH Down
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