New Grower The Killing Fields (aka My First Grow)

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Okay, that's good. Next question, where is the exhaust from the tent going?

I added a vent in the closet. Ran a duct off the central AC unit in the attic. Getting fresh air and whatever co2 the house air has.
 
200 cfm fan and filter exhaust into the attic.

Ran a test this morning... Set AC thermostat to 73f, the temp in closet was 73. Temp in grow tent, with 1 light(200w cfl) was 77-78. Turned on the 2nd light, waited an hour... temp in tent went to 83-84. I checked it every 15 minutes.
Temp in closet held at 73f.

I have a good laser temperature gun and using it on the foliage from a distance 1/2" gave a reading of 77.5f.
The temp/rh meter I got the other readings from is an Accu-rite, which I have clipped to one of the containers under the light. Not directly under, but pretty close.
 
Day 27 Pic update....

If you're a newbie, checking things out and comparing against your plants... these are about 10 days behind (more like day 17) because they were planted in MG Organic soil as seedlings and it stunted them for a while.

The NL Auto, Vertigo and SAS were all transplanted on 4/23, the 60 Day Wonder was transplanted on 4/27. All are showing signs of growth and are getting their color back.
Sorry for the blur on a couple of them. The lighter green in those photos is new growth.

Away we go...

Group day27.JPG60DayWonder day27.JPGNLAuto day27.JPGSAS day27.jpgVertigo day27.JPG

Group shot - Front row(l to r) NL Auto, Vertigo Back row (l to r) 60 Day Wonder, SAS
 
Guess who showed up at my house for the super moon? The Sex Pistils !!!!!!!!!!!

The SAS, Vertigo are pretty pronounced. The 60 Day Wonder looks like it, but a little hard to tell...maybe tomorrow.
Nothing on the Northern Lights yet.

Took another Laser gun reading on the foliage. Showing 4 degrees less than the Accu-Rite in the tent. Not sure who to trust, my $10 AccuRite or my $80 Laser gun.

Temp taken on top leaf at about a half inch away was 76.6 degrees
 

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Your temps are fine. Ideal is 80 and anything below 85 is good. Even some spikes above 85 are okay. It's when it gets high 80 and above and stays there that it's a problem.
 
Thanks Muddy, I will set the second light on the timer again and monitor the temps.

Appreciate you checking in on me!
 
Just read thru your thread,lookin good bro! Your usin a temp gun? Hi tech man! Gotta love those wanderin skunks lol,get the smell control fired up it only gets worse(better lol).
 
The carbon filter is doing it's job, I just poked my head in there to do a little bondage on the Super Automatic Sativa. She is getting tall quick.
I do love them wandering skunks.
 
Day 35 update

2 of the 4 pics did not come out, so I'll try to retake them and post again tomorrow.
Plants are looking healthy. Maybe a little stretched, because I waited too long to LST the Super Automatic Sativa. She was easily 6 in. taller than the rest of the girls, so I had to raise the lights to accommodate her height and the other girls stretched a little. Internode spacing on a couple of them is about 2 in.
60 Day Wonder
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She was the last to get transplanted after stunting in the MG soil. She is really at about 21 days worth of growth, but looks pretty healthy and is taking nutes at 20% dosage really well.


Vertigo
vertigo day 35.jpg
Looking healthy too. She is actually at about 25 days worth of growth due to the temporary stunting. Taking nutes well also. Internode spacing is good on this one. Only problem is that I knocked her over and almost killed her getting the plant behind her out of the tent.

I will post pics of the SAS and the Northern Light tomorrow. Camera batteries died on me and I will get new photos in the morning.
 
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