This blog is in support of my recent investment of time, money, patience and an unbelievable amount of research about growing cannabis. There is SO much to learn and so many opinions on how to do things.
I purchased a Photon Agrow Systems 5 x 5 grow tent and outfitted in with a 6" air cooled reflector, 6" fan and a 600w MH grow lamp. I added a separate 4" fan and carbon filter for tent filtration.
The lamp is suspended by a pair of ratchet pulleys and the filter is suspended by nylon straps provided with the grow tent. Because of the noise from the smaller fan, I fabricated a muffler from two 6' to 4" reducers and a 6" duct connector and I wrapped the housing and muffler with self-adhesive reflective air duct insulation - this resulted in a 6 decibel noise reduction. Yes, it looks like and RPG launcher, but it works, it was inexpensive and it fits inside the tent perfectly.
I started my project with Dutch Passion seeds: three seeds of Masters at Work feminized Orange Bud, two seeds of White Widow X Skunk #1 (regular) and one seed of feminized Akorn (aka Snowbud). I also added two Burpee Mister Stripey Heirloom tomato seeds as my control set - while not an ideal control set, I had fresh seeds and was curious to see how they would do growing indoors.
I used a Jiffy 72-site starter tray and Rapid Rooter starter plugs heated from above by a small halogen lamp (the plugs were located on the opposite end of the tray and were shaded by construction paper from the light). I soaked the plugs in 200ml of Brita filtered tap water before inserting the seeds (point down) 1/4" below the surface of the plugs. Using a small piece from the bottom of each plug, I carefully filled each hole where the seed was planted. This allowed me to detect sprout growth without disturbing the plugs.
On day three, I added another 200ml of water.
For six days, I monitored the humidity and temperature of the tray. Temperatures ranged from 72 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity ranged between 70 to 90 percent.
On the fourth day, noticing that humidity was beginning to climb to +80 percent, I vented the corners of the lid in order to reduce the humidity, with limited success.
On day five, I noticed the humidity spike to 90% and I also noticed the first signs of sprouting in some of the plugs and decided to more aggressively vent the lid in an effort to get the humidity down to approximately 50%. I also removed all of the excess water from the bottom of the tray.
On the morning of day six, sprouts emerged from one of the two tomato plugs and two of the Orange Bud plugs. There is also movement on the other plugs. Humidity has dropped to a more manageable 68 percent and temperature is stable at 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
Whew! More to come soon, and I will add photos as soon as I figure out where to upload them too.
I purchased a Photon Agrow Systems 5 x 5 grow tent and outfitted in with a 6" air cooled reflector, 6" fan and a 600w MH grow lamp. I added a separate 4" fan and carbon filter for tent filtration.
The lamp is suspended by a pair of ratchet pulleys and the filter is suspended by nylon straps provided with the grow tent. Because of the noise from the smaller fan, I fabricated a muffler from two 6' to 4" reducers and a 6" duct connector and I wrapped the housing and muffler with self-adhesive reflective air duct insulation - this resulted in a 6 decibel noise reduction. Yes, it looks like and RPG launcher, but it works, it was inexpensive and it fits inside the tent perfectly.
I started my project with Dutch Passion seeds: three seeds of Masters at Work feminized Orange Bud, two seeds of White Widow X Skunk #1 (regular) and one seed of feminized Akorn (aka Snowbud). I also added two Burpee Mister Stripey Heirloom tomato seeds as my control set - while not an ideal control set, I had fresh seeds and was curious to see how they would do growing indoors.
I used a Jiffy 72-site starter tray and Rapid Rooter starter plugs heated from above by a small halogen lamp (the plugs were located on the opposite end of the tray and were shaded by construction paper from the light). I soaked the plugs in 200ml of Brita filtered tap water before inserting the seeds (point down) 1/4" below the surface of the plugs. Using a small piece from the bottom of each plug, I carefully filled each hole where the seed was planted. This allowed me to detect sprout growth without disturbing the plugs.
On day three, I added another 200ml of water.
For six days, I monitored the humidity and temperature of the tray. Temperatures ranged from 72 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity ranged between 70 to 90 percent.
On the fourth day, noticing that humidity was beginning to climb to +80 percent, I vented the corners of the lid in order to reduce the humidity, with limited success.
On day five, I noticed the humidity spike to 90% and I also noticed the first signs of sprouting in some of the plugs and decided to more aggressively vent the lid in an effort to get the humidity down to approximately 50%. I also removed all of the excess water from the bottom of the tray.
On the morning of day six, sprouts emerged from one of the two tomato plugs and two of the Orange Bud plugs. There is also movement on the other plugs. Humidity has dropped to a more manageable 68 percent and temperature is stable at 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
Whew! More to come soon, and I will add photos as soon as I figure out where to upload them too.
