Hello all! This will be my first run in a new tent, new light, and upgraded setup. Hoping to do this right and get a Cultivators Club badge 
Tent: cheap (~$70ish) 3x3 tent I found on eBay. Brand called Matrix, brand new. For the price, I wasn’t expecting much. It has a solid pole structure, smooth zippers, and windows on two sides. It also has a bunch of light leaks around the stitching, small little things but plenty of them, and the zippers let a little light out. I keep my tent in a dark room, so not a big deal, I knew what I was getting.
Light: Mars Hydro FCE3000, got it for half price in an eBay auction. Currently running 24/0.
Medium: homemade soil utilizing @pop22’s recipes. Cut with some ProMix that I could get locally.
System: DIY Octopot copy setup with automatic watering reservoir. I have a storage with a whole cut in the lid, with a 7 gallon fabric pot sitting on top. The pot has a net cup that sticks through the bottom, down into the container, acting as a wick. The container water level is maintained by a small bucket in tent with a float valve, supplied by a 5 gallon reservoir outside the tent.
Strain: Sour Diesel, fem photo, Seedstockers via Multiverse Beans
Environment: 4” AC Infinity exhaust fan outside the tent. Heat and humidity ran with Inkbird controllers. Currently at 75%/80*F.
I started germinating with the paper towel method. Within a day and a half there was a good tap root and she was put into soil. She popped above soil 12/29/22.
I will wait awhile for her to get bigger before putting water in the reservoir. I also plan on putting in a net to attempt a scrog again. I’ve only done a couple of photos previously, and am excited for this one. It’s been awhile since I’ve had some good Sour D!
Tent: cheap (~$70ish) 3x3 tent I found on eBay. Brand called Matrix, brand new. For the price, I wasn’t expecting much. It has a solid pole structure, smooth zippers, and windows on two sides. It also has a bunch of light leaks around the stitching, small little things but plenty of them, and the zippers let a little light out. I keep my tent in a dark room, so not a big deal, I knew what I was getting.
Light: Mars Hydro FCE3000, got it for half price in an eBay auction. Currently running 24/0.
Medium: homemade soil utilizing @pop22’s recipes. Cut with some ProMix that I could get locally.
System: DIY Octopot copy setup with automatic watering reservoir. I have a storage with a whole cut in the lid, with a 7 gallon fabric pot sitting on top. The pot has a net cup that sticks through the bottom, down into the container, acting as a wick. The container water level is maintained by a small bucket in tent with a float valve, supplied by a 5 gallon reservoir outside the tent.
Strain: Sour Diesel, fem photo, Seedstockers via Multiverse Beans
Environment: 4” AC Infinity exhaust fan outside the tent. Heat and humidity ran with Inkbird controllers. Currently at 75%/80*F.
I started germinating with the paper towel method. Within a day and a half there was a good tap root and she was put into soil. She popped above soil 12/29/22.
I will wait awhile for her to get bigger before putting water in the reservoir. I also plan on putting in a net to attempt a scrog again. I’ve only done a couple of photos previously, and am excited for this one. It’s been awhile since I’ve had some good Sour D!
