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Week 3 Veg Complete

Hi there neighbor, looks beautiful!

Hey diddly doo, hope your grow is blessed.:weed:

Week 2 Veg Complete Few Key Updates - Took out old control board and relay boards/ now using a mechanical timer for lights and exhaust fan - right plant (broke rootball by accident) is recovered and 1 week behind the left plant; healthy nonetheless

Wow, that is real neat! Hope to see some pictures during the grow! ;-)

Week 1 Vegging - Complete Right plant is OG Kush I accidentally broke part of rootball during transplant. Is it smaller than most plants? Or is it reforming a rootball? Ive been super gentle with it since transplant; re-inforced stem with some wire. Seems to be maybe reforming a root before...

The soil moisture sensors have quality control issues. Unreliable for flooding checks.

No problem! Arduino is a fun way to build something from scratch. It's good if you know basic AC/DC circuits, controls wiring, and the Arduino IDE for coding. If you are looking for a middle-ground solution (no coding, but still some hands-on/plug N play), I found this Energizer smart outlet...

*Added WebCam* - Remote monitoring when I go out of town for 2 days. $10 was what I paid for the camera (ESP32-CAM). *Moved grow light control to mechanical timer* -Grow light relay would sometimes "stick" closed - leaving my light on for extended periods when it was supposed to be OFF...

Coming from a mech. eng. background, I must admit, failure modes are often key in design. What are failure modes? We sit together in a team and come up with all the ways a device may potentially fail. Failure Modes - Water pump relay gets "stuck" closed - pumping water when it should be off...

Hi bud, thanks for sharing, and your advice. As a new grower, I appreciate your feedback! - I relocated them more towards the outer edge of the pot. #NedsGrow #HappyGrow :D

Hey bud, you make a valid point, and you're right. Do you by any chance remember if your sensors were "resistive-based?" The ones I used are "capacitive" meaning inside soil, they can't corrode. It's a perk or "upgrade" as opposed to the cheaper resistive-based sensors. Anyways, thanks for...

Thanks friend. I fill my water container and let it sit ; chlorine, should evaporate out. I’m so happy to see thek ^ Blue Gelato OG Kush^ Plant stands I got shown below the pot - The way watering works is I fill my 5 gal bucket with water. When the soil moisture sensor reads low...

a) plant bags sit on risers * not visible in photo b) too late; already mixed ocean forest and some happy frog c) thanks will keep in mind ;

Averaging 80 F