Diary PCBuds mini-grow

[Frosty Nuggets]

She's putting on a great show.

 

[PCBuds]

She's putting on a great show.

Thanks.

She's looking all most perfect!
All her leaves are a deep green color with no yellow or brown leaves at all.

The only issue is a very slight whitening of the tips on some of the new leaves.

I figure that means she is getting just enough nutes.

 

[PCBuds]

The window plants are doing well.

 

[ReikoX]

They grow up so fast.

 

[PCBuds]

My car & cat...

 

[PCBuds]

They grow up so fast.

Not for so much for me. Lol
They normally seem to take forever.

My closet plant was started on September 29th.
She'll be 6 weeks old tomorrow.

It's supposed to be a 7-week plant from seed to harvest.


That's not going to happen. Lol


Your plants are doing great though!


I want to hurry up my Candy Cane so I can start one of your plants in the closet.

 

[PCBuds]

 

[PCBuds]

My closet plant is looking good...

 

[SuperBadGrower]

Lookin good!
Just a heads up, I always see a low temperature in your pictures. 69°F, 70°F. That's great for HPS but with LEDs your plants are on the cold side. If you increase the temperature they will grow faster/healthier, basically everything will be easier and better for the plant. 82°F is golden, but even 77°F is a game changer compared to 70°F.
You may be gettin weird readings as well with the sensor on top of the medium, right there is a microclimate of high RH and evaporation, and the irrigation water is typcally cooler than the ambient temperature

 

[PCBuds]

Those RH meters arrived so I glued a stick to one and stuck it in the planter.







The RH seems right and the temperature is about the same.

I think I'm just going to ignore the temperature.
I don't want to heat up my whole house for a plant. I don't want to spend the money on heating and I like my house cool.

I could put an electric heater in my closet but it would use 500 Watts and my whole grow is only using 110 Watts right now.


It will be a lot warmer in there once I turn on the sidelights.
That will add almost 200 Watts to the closet.

 

[PCBuds]

I put the other meter on the window sill.

The readings are about the same as the closet.

 

[SuperBadGrower]

O yeah it's fine, just saying, things will optimize as you hone in on 82 F. For me that can mean I could close a door, use less air/extraction, stuff like that.

 

[PCBuds]

I could turn off my exhaust fan to help the heat from a heater stay in the closet so it's less inclined to run nonstop.

As far as I know, you want to circulate air to bring in CO2 but I've got my wine bubbling in the closet, and I may be just blowing all the CO2 out of the closet?

 

[SuperBadGrower]

if there's no problem don't go creating one. Turning off air circulation is a good way to get mold

 

[PCBuds]

if there's no problem don't go creating one. Turning off air circulation is a good way to get mold

Yeah, you're right.
I would still have the circulation fan running, but I'm just going to leave well enough alone.

 

[PCBuds]

I put another RH meter in the closet.

They agree with each other.

It is more humid in the closet. The house is at about 50% RH.

 

[PCBuds]

Are these flowers starting or just new leaves?

 

[PCBuds]

These are the start of flowers right?









What week of flower might this plant be in?

Where would she be in terms of stretching?

 

[ReikoX]

IME, that is just pre-flowers and would indicate the beginning of the "stretch" period.

 

[PCBuds]

OK, good.

I'd hate for her to be halfway through her stretch.

But, as far as I've read, they can only double in height after stretch, so she still may be a little short in my closet?