Word. They seem to be doing well so the medium must be holding onto something lol. I added the worm castings and grokashi regardless, hopefully it helps even more. Next run is going to be straight amended soil with Grean Bicycles.
Most likely algae from wet conditions + light.
That seems to be the general consensus. I am going to scrap it off and put a bit of dry soil on top.
Back off on the watering
Def gonna haha. I wasn't putting much but apparently there was very little air exchange happening even with two fans running on them. I looked in the bottom of the propagation area (I have the seedlings on the top shelf, it has 2 levels) and there was condensation everywhere... lol. I opened the vent down low so that it isn't giving off too much light since the 5x5 is in the same room and in flower. I also opened the top vent a little more. I'm not running any type of exhaust cause its a 1x3 area and its for propagation anyway... We'll see how it shapes up.Back off on the watering
No doubt. It's fine in the 5x5 82/68/80 .96 LVPD. I just didn't think it was going to be a major issue with the seedlings since all I've read is that they like it hot and humid haha. It sits at about 80/80/80 .7 LVPD, which is good, right? I think I was just worrying too much that they were drying so I introduced too much unneeded water. I am going to continue to work on the moisture issue in the propagation area, just trying to stay in range of ideal VPD. I am using this site as reference...Definitely want to keep humidity in check unless your geared up to go head to head with Powdery Mildew
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Growing by textbook vpd #'s is outside my wheelhouse. With my location those humidity levels scare meNo doubt. It's fine in the 5x5 82/68/80 .96 LVPD. I just didn't think it was going to be a major issue with the seedlings since all I've read is that they like it hot and humid haha. It sits at about 80/80/80 .7 LVPD, which is good, right? I think I was just worrying too much that they were drying so I introduced too much unneeded water. I am going to continue to work on the moisture issue in the propagation area, just trying to stay in range of ideal VPD. I am using this site as reference...
Vapor Pressure Deficit VPD Calculator - Dimlux Lighting - The Best Grow Lights
Vapor Pressure DeficitCalculator Calculate both Room VPD and Leaf VPD automatically Just enter the value below to generate the VPD values for your room and your plants. You’ll need to know the room’s temperature, relative humidity, and the plant’s temperature. We recommend calibrating your...
I am still just only 2 days into flower, I'm going to bump the humidity down 5% every week until I get to 55-50%, so by week 4 flower I will have it down 20%, then run it around 50% until I chop them.Growing by textbook vpd #'s is outside my wheelhouse. With my location those humidity levels scare me
Also, from what I understand, as long as you dial in the VPD your good... When you get both temp and RH in an ideal range you can optimize plant transpiration rates. If you run a high humidity like 70%, your temps would have to be like 90F+ to keep up, and at that point, you could also be burning your tops... If you can only achieve 75F in your tent, then you'd want a lower humidity, 45-50%. I really don't understand the science of it all, from the reading I've done I've been able to grasp the basics and it makes sense to a degree. lol. Higher temp means you need higher humidity and vice versa, as the temp/humidity lowers it kind of has to happen in unison or you throw the environment off. You can achieve the same VPD with different temps/RH, its actually pretty interesting.Growing by textbook vpd #'s is outside my wheelhouse. With my location those humidity levels scare me
Ideally, telling someone what their RH should be without knowing the room and leaf temp, can be problematic. Everything should be determined based on all factors in the environment. Saying that a certain RH is good is subjective to the temperature.
Lighting spectrum plays a massive roll in the discussion as well.
I hear you. I've never ran any HID, so I have nothing to compare to. With all the LED I have it'll be a while before I am able to try HID, but when I finally buy a place I call my own I plan to have plenty of space for experimenting. Honestly that's one of the things that has held me back from growing for so long. I just decided to say fuck it, gave up my big office and crammed myself into a corner of the house I rent, for the time being. LED just seemed the most cost effective way to do what I wanted, and I have several homies who have had good results with current gen LEDs. I do have a friend that runs HPS/CMH and grows some fire as well. I only have 40 amps I can run off of in the other room and with the LEDs I can do a 5x5, 4x3, 3x3, 2x2 and 2 1x3 areas without going over 40 amps. I don't think I could achieve that with HID.Lighting spectrum plays a massive roll in the discussion as well.
Note that for years people have been growing bomb healthy happy plants under HID / fluorescent lighting. LED comes along and Bam - all of a sudden this VPD unicorn pops up as attempt to correct all of the shortcomings of the lighting spectrum being delivered to the plants.
It is the most unnatural way to grow a plant that I can imagine.
Purple Stems, mag deficiencies, overly compact internode spacings, odd leaf textures - I just can't dig it
I have been reading the thread and what a crazy change it has made!
