Topsy Turvy Fridge Grow/Clone Box

[Fishywater]

And he had to raise the light to the last click.*
Well, he can raise it one more, but it is just sitting in the end of the adjustment tube.
T-minus 3 days and counting till blastoff !

 

[Fishywater]

OK
The light has been moved all the way up and they are drinking a quart and a half a day !
Transplant to the fridge tomorrow.

 

[Fishywater]

Well the plants are in their new home.*
Was up at 5 this AM... couldn't sleep so I started mixing nutes... 2 gallons.
The roots came apart with minimal damage.
I am probably going to run the feeding continuous for at least half the day to ease the shock of the roots not actually swimming in the nutes.

 

[gaiusmarius]

sounds good, when will you switch em?

 

[Fishywater]

sounds good, when will you switch em?

I want to give them a week more of 18/6 veg with the Metal Halide light then flip the switch to 12/12 and the High Pressure Sodium.
I am gonna keep the UVB light on with the MH/HPS.

 

[Fishywater]

Outside temp today… 90*
Inside the res area… 81*
Nice !

 

[Fishywater]

Inside temp actually got up to 88*… I was shittin a brick all day, but all seems OK

 

[Fishywater]

Lookin pretty good after the second full day.
Plants feel strong when I try to move them around under the screen.
Was still a bit warm for my liking… 86 in the fridge.
Cooler weather coming soon.

 

[Fishywater]

I also felt the back of the fridge during the day and there is a lot of heat from the ballast that could be warming the case, all day.
I removed it and spaced it away from the metal back with some 3/4" aluminum standoffs/spacers.
That should help a bit ?

 

[Fishywater]

I adjusted the feeding times (8 feedings) to cover my whole 16 hour lights on.
I switched from every 2 hours to every 2.25 hours.
AND I increased the feeding time from 15 min to 30 min for each feeding.
After I did that, I figured I was up, so I just got done PH-ing a gallon of water and added it to the res.
PPMs were up to 1360 and the gallon brought that down to 775.
I believe I am having a fair amount of evaporation as well as the plants drinking.
So far, so good… fingers crossed !

 

[Mr Code]

perhaps break some of the seal on the fridge door, and pull hot air out of it from the top?

that way when ur pulling out the hot air its replacing it from the lower broken/missing seal slots and cooling the inside temps?

 

[Fishywater]

Day 40 !

 

[gaiusmarius]

looking good, keep it up mate.

 

[Fishywater]

Just switched bulbs to his morning to the High Pressure Sodium.
I will likely run this for roughly a week at 16 hour photo period then switch to 12/12.
Curious as to how the plants will respond to this?

 

[Meison]

Just switched bulbs to his morning to the High Pressure Sodium.
I will likely run this for roughly a week at 16 hour photo period then switch to 12/12.
Curious as to how the plants will respond to this?

Strech a lot hehehe, I would just go straight to 12/12 they will grow another 10-14 days then start to show buds

 

[Fishywater]

Sure is a really different light spectrum !

 

[Fishywater]

Strech like alot hehehe, I would just go straigh to 12/12 they will grow another 10-14 days then start to show buds

Hhmmmm….
Should I ONLY feed during the photo times then as well ?

 

[Meison]

Hhmmmm….
Should I ONLY feed during the photo times then as well ?

I feed when ever my RW is dry, or the bottom of my table has almost no water. I don't want my plants drying out anytime of the day

 

[Fishywater]

Hey guys,
2 questions…
1 Should I be spraying or misting the leaves with anything???

2 I am having PH swings every day from 5.5 in the evening when I adjust it to 7 or so by the next day.
I rinsed and rinsed the GrowStone before using, and then some, but my tap water is about 7 to 7.5.
Could it be my tap water rinse that will just maybe eventually level out?
It was VERY stable in the AeroGarden, but that was top fed DWC.
???

 

[MaddyDaddy]

Well-done journal, Fishywater!