Hello everyone. Now that i have had 1 indoor two plant auto grow under my belt, i promised i would do a journal. Well…here it is. I couldnt locate a good template, so if there is something missing out of the list, please let me know and i will add it.
Beans dropped in spring water on thursday evening 12/12 for 24hrs, then put into a cotton pad sandwich lightly sprayed with spring water and placed in a 3/4 closed zip loc bag 12/13. Taproots were well formed on 12/15 and placed into the soil. All beans are Mephisto auto with a 70-85 day harvest range.
Strains: Hubbasmelloscope / Appletizer / Chemdoggin / Double Grape Tent: AcInfinity 5x5 pro Controller: New ACI AI controller Grow Light: ACI EVO8 Light cycle: 20/4 Humidifier: ACI T3 (for now) Circulation: 4 ACI S6 oscillating fans Exhaust: ACI Cloudline 6” pro Filter: 6” ACI pro refillable carbon Pots: 5 Gallon ACI cloth round Trays: ACI auto water (used as tray) Nutrients: General Hydroponics Trio + cal/mag Water: Tap PH Meter: Blue Labs w/care kit PH control: General Hydroponics / Soil: FoxFarms Ocean Forest and Cream of the Crop mixed 1:1 Lung room: 20’x13’ with a GE 50L smart dehumidifier. No temp control. Lung room is finished basement. Tent camera: Google indoor (night vision turned off)
Looks awesome! all that automation man! I like ACI but also it annoys me lol. I really like there fan filter combos thought so quiet for the amount of air they move.
I love how organized it your system is, kudos to your efforts.
I notice you have the auto-water AC Infinity trays. Do you just use those as trays, or do you use them for watering? If you use the for watering, how do they work for you?
Thank you. I tried to get the cable management under control. I still have some work to do i side, but i am waiting until this weekend. I just use the auto water trays as trays only. I like how i can catch the runoff and empty as needed rather than it go all over the place. I like checking my plants every day and watering. Makes me feel like i am actually doing something😂. They have a wick that is snaked through the top of the tray that soaks with water and soaks through the cloth pot. That is how they work as far as i can tell.
Auto seeds were sourced directly from mephisto genetics’ website.
Still a bit more work to do. I think i am gonna move some wires around and move the fans a bit. I wanna wait a week and see how the tent is doing before i change stuff.
Only thing I would say about making things super tidy and securing things down with zip ties etc, Is from experience its important to easily be able to take things apart for regular cleaning, that is if you plant to grow back to back. I have grower friends who have issues with random things growing cause they don’t keep things clean but there cables sure are tidy lol.
If i may make a suggesting. Think of the plugs for the whole tent like this… its much much easier to plug the tent into the wall socket vs trying to plug ]everything into the sockets. I zip tie all my heavy duty surge protectors to the ceiling tent bars then they plug into the wall sockets. And i always buy the surge protectos that are high jouls and 15’ cords on them.
And actually in 3 of my grow rooms im about to install ceiling sockets on 3 different breakers. When i max out my grow space i run 110 plants 1600sqft 15-20,000 watts and ive almost overheated some plugs. You can reach 130° without blowing the breaker on a 15amp circuit. Id love to wire in the new 20amp circuits but those plugs are a little different.
I have a power bar in the tent, it’s just to one side. I may have to move it to the center, but i will see…i am having some issues with 2 of my fans that i am working through with ACI CS. I may be moving that bar sooner than later if i have to pull these 2 fans.
Thank you for the advice. It makes a lot of sense.
Agree, I run a heavy duty cord(s) then a tee off surge protectors as needed. As far as jewels go, as long as you ensure your power draw is below the total rating of the surge protector should be find, personally I take the total and reduce by 20% for insurance.
Found them, I have a bunch of autos that were given away when buying seeds, if I ever grow an auto I’m going to self them lol otherwise to me it would be a waste of potentially great genetics.
On a separate note, my 2 brand new ACI fans are not getting picked up by the AI controller. ACI warranty process was easy as pie, and to be honest with you the fans still work. When i called them i was only wanting some tech support to see if i hooked them up wrong, but they said they are defective. New fans are getting delivered this coming friday, so i will have some work to do in the tent next weekend.
I am taking the advice of moving the power bar inside the tent to the middle. I am also moving the exhaust back to the back of the tent (where i had it to begin with).
Figured i should do the tent work while these are still babies.
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