Date: 4/5/22 - Day 52 veg, day 10 in RDWC, day 7 of 12/12
Strain - Purple Haze photo clones x 4
Grow space - Vivosun 48x48x80 tent in basement
Light height and reading - Vivosun VS4000 400w LED @ 100% 16 Inches away - 50k LUX
Extraction - AC Infinity 6" extraction fan with Controller69
2x 6" oscillating fans + Tower oscillating fan + 12" floor fan
Nutrients - Mega Crop, Voodoo Juice, Pirhana, Hydroguard, z7, Purpinator
Medium - 8" Netpots with clay balls in 5g buckets (DWC)
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm)
Weekly Temperatures
I'm keeping the temperature low in the basement to encourage my other grow to finish. I'm hoping to raise them a little in the next week or two.
The RDWC system is still working great. pH and PPM are staying remarkably steady and it's really easy to top off the reservoir. I'm listening to the plants and topping off with water or nutes, depending on what they're telling me. I'm also making sure to keep plenty of beneficial bacteria in there.
Every morning the net is popped up from some buds. And every morning I'm LSTing those buds back down. I'm hoping that by the end of this week they'll be in full flower and I can let these girls start stretching. I don't see any flowers yet, but I like the trics this early.
Other than that I'm just running the system. I don't really have any automation in my tents, but I do have some monitoring equipment that I find crucial.
I use Govee wi-fi/bluetooth thermometers/hygrometers to track VPD in the lung room (basement) and in all of my tents. These all show up on one dashboard. I also have the ability to set alarms if the temperature or humidity goes out of my set parameters. This is great for quickly identifying malfunctioning equipment or other issues.
I also have two Govee water alarms. One is under the 'sink' I've set up in the basement and one on the floor of the RDWC tent. If triggered they sound an alarm and send text+email+notification. I have only 'used' it once when I left the water running by accident. It alerted me quickly enough that a couple of towels cleaned up the mess. It would have been a flooded basement at least and possibly an empty well
Govee also makes wi-fi outlets, of which I have a few. One of them controls the RDWC pump. So, if I get an alert that the RDWC tent is flooding, I can shut it down from anywhere. And they all show up on the same dashboard
I also use Wyze cameras in each tent. These have the ability to create time-lapse videos built in. I record videos in each tent using 10 minute increments (1 picture every 10 minutes). This really allows me to see what the plant is doing and adjust accordingly. You can also pull up the camera at any time and view live or playback from the last couple of days. I even got my Dad to put one in his grow tent that I can monitor his grow as well
And of course a smoke+carbon monoxide detector for the grow room. The Wyze cameras have a setting that detects the standard smoke or CO alarms and will alert me via text+notification if those tones are detected.
All of this allows me to monitor my grow from anywhere at any time. Throw in a couple of smart outlets and you can really run your grow remotely. For now I'm happy being able to monitor my grow real-time and make adjustments quickly. It also allows be to check on my ladies from anywhere at anytime, something I find the need to do often
Happy Growing.