Thank you
@Smoking Frog
Read everything I could find on the internet for about a month once I decided to have a go at growing and continued for another month while all the stuff started to arrive.
Didn't know a thing before I started so was finding out that there were females, males and hermies, autos and photos etc real easy stuff. That helped me figure what was right for my first grow like tent size, pots, medium, nutes, light and the seeds I'd get. Then I figured out what tools I'd need, EC, PH and Lux meters, measuring and nute mixing stuff, fans, filters and ducting. Once I tested my tap water, it wasn't great so bought a distiller.
Got bored waiting which is when I decided to use the Pi. First time setting it up for this kind of thing.
Thought monitoring would help me try for ideal conditions and a time lapse of the whole grow would be fun.
I tested a webcam at first but it wasn't great. I knew there were camera's for the Pi I had that was sitting in a drawer unused. After a bit of checking, yes there was, plus temp, humidity, soil probes I could use.
Used the time waiting as things arrived to get the Pi setup, prob only a week in all.
Tent was properly running for about 2 weeks before I germed a seed so I could check the environment over time to see how things reacted (lights off or on, fans high or low etc). Decided to run 24/0 after this as the temps were more stable. Got some speed controllers and a dehumidifier too this point to get more control over temp/humidity. More tweaking of the monitoring and testing everything at diff settings. Was careful with the camera time lapse setup. Knew once I started it would be difficult to change, you can't move the camera once you start.
All in all, very happy with how things are turning out and not to jinx it, but I'm hopeful I'll get something to harvest at the end and a nice video to share from her first day to her last.
Secretly hoping for world record haul ...but will be delighted if I get just 30g from her.
Can't thank everyone I've enjoyed reading and learning from over the last few months but huge props have to go to the folks here who have been so welcoming and helpful to this newbie just earning his stripes.