Grow Mediums Popping my grow cherry

[Doulovebeef]

I've been battling Rez temps these few days all of a sudden it jumps to 73F! Root rot set in but I'm treating with root excelurator and I'm cooling the air that my airstones receive. Tomorrow ill insulate the "out" tube and manifold for obvious reasons.

20ft copper coiled in ethylene glycol based antifreeze. Half inch tubing run out the front where my beer taps usually mount and insulated. Fridge is still cooling the 5 gallons of coolant, should allow for decent heat exchange without taxing the fridge. Ar temp inside fridge is 50 and dropping and Rez temps are at 69.1 and still falling. This will take some tuning to make sure my Rez doesn't get too cold.

Oh, and that's my air pump sitting in my ac vent lol, before it was running 80 on the outside of the case according to my laser thermo. Now it's running at 60. Man.. What else can I run into..

 

[Doulovebeef]

Switching to bloom! Well after a few set backs, I'm left with one plant, namely I stressed the other two into males since they were from feminized seed. Well, she likes the extra attention from the air pump. Rez holding steady at 69. I'm still supplementing with root excellerator, ppms at 500.

Gonna switch to a recirculating dwc system next round, and I'm kicking myself for not running 500w x2 instead of my 250 x2. I really thought that growing was going to be a huge pain in the ass, but I'll be damned, I think it's actually theraptic lol.

 

[Jackal]

Sounds good.. and it's seems you have already been bitten by the grow bug, going bigger and better. Of course growing is therapeutic! That's what's keeps a lot of us sane :thumbs:

 

[Doulovebeef]

Today was chopping day, freaking 3 hrs of trimming. I'm sure ill get faster but damn. Well, here's the pics, the tray sitting on the air filter is all the sugar leaf drying a little for a bho extraction. I may throw it in the oven, but for now it's in with the rest of the hangins.

 

[Doulovebeef]

Trim oil, 2.2 grams on the first blast.