Diary PCBuds mini-grow

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I dug out some soil and mixed up some seedling starting mix with about 50% perlite.

I put a dome on the planter...

 

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My seed has cracked...
I will plant her soon.
I'll do it properly this time and plant it about 2cm deep and leave it alone.

My closet is almost ready.
I installed 4 more 5000k strips. I just need to wire them up.

So now I have 40 one foot strips and 4 two foot strips for a total equivalent of 48 strips.

 

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I glued a hygrometer to the inside of the dome...

I took the dome off of the window plant to take pictures.
It fits the closet dome pretty good !!

So now I just have to buy two more cakes. Lol

 

[Itsmychoice]

Don’t think i forgot about my maple syrup and soy sauce

 

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Don’t think i forgot about my maple syrup and soy sauce

You have some ketchup coming too...
lol


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Let me in, i have some baggies of ketchup from MC!!
Around, 240 gr dry, only buds.

I loved those foxtails buds

Peace

 

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The seed looks good enough, so I planted it...

 

[Sampas92]

Here we go again

 

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Here we go again

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Yeah, I had a bit of a false start but I only lost one seed and a few days, and that gave me time to put more strips in the closet and prepare my planter better.

The numbers look good...

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The window plant looks really happy and healthy...

 

[f-e]

If you raised household RH, would it just piss down the windows?
I have a big humidifier I don't really want. Holds 10L and can do it in a day. Postage might be a bit silly, but I really don't want it.

 

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If you raised household RH, would it just piss down the windows?
I have a big humidifier I don't really want. Holds 10L and can do it in a day. Postage might be a bit silly, but I really don't want it.

I can get one for $50 or even cheaper for something used, but I don't want one.
My windows do sweat even with my low humidity and my cat and I don't mind the RH except in the summer.
I had a dehumidifier but I gave it away because I didn't want to bother with it either.

The humidome is working fine and I intend on removing it as soon as she hits the top of it.

I've grown a bunch of plants in the winter and they turned out fine.

I might try to make a bigger dome for the closet so that the plant can get big enough to make her own humidity.

It's just in the infancy that I want to have an optimum environment.

 

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The RH goes right up to 99% when the lights are off, but the numbers look good when the lights are on...

 

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The numbers are low in my jars, but the buds smell great !!

 

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I lifted up the closet planter dome a bit.
The numbers look better now...

 

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I decided to remove the dome from the window plant...

Now I can watch the plant as she gets used to life without the dome.
I don't think she's going to show much change?
I think that she will just keep growing normally and I won't even notice a difference.
She'll probably start drinking like crazy though?

 

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I've got roots growing into the reservoir !!
Cool !!
I was looking forward to that. I'm going to have lots of interesting pictures coming...

 

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I decided to remove the plant from the reservoir and put more holes into the planter to let the roots get out and let air get in.

I found more roots...

I melted holes through with my soldering iron.
It was really quick and easy.
I was worried about gunking up my soldering iron with melted plastic, but it all just wiped off easily.
It did stink up my house but that's not a big deal.

I raised the lights and screwed in a 16 Watt 1500 lumen 5000k Walmart LED bulb.

 

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I thought that I'd point out everything that is wrong with this picture...

Really low humidity and 16°C with the lights off.

A pair of sick leaves at the bottom of the plant.

Lights way too close to the plant...

75000 lux at the top of the plant...

7 inch tall planter sitting in 1 ½ inches of nutrient solution...

Roots growing into the non-oxygenated water...

I know that this is considered a recipe for a dead plant, but I intend to grow a monster on my window sill.
I may have to use a machete to get to my stove in the future.

 

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