Alright folks it’s 33 days into my Grobo first grow and I finally got the tent set up at work and a couple seeds germinated. I now officially grow at home and at work! What’s cool is it’s all legal since I have permission from the building owner to grow in the “residential” area of the building. I purchased this tent about the same time as my Grobo and have been waiting to clear out space in the small room it’s set up in. Well, that day finally came about a week and a half ago. Anyway, so the set up is:
-Mars Hydro 2X4 Tent
-Mars Hydro TSL 2000 light
-4” Inline Duct Fan connected to 4” Carbon Filter
-4” Diameter Flex Ducting
-4” Hole cut in the wall of the room for exhaust
-6-Cell Germination Trays w/ Humidity Lid
-1 Gallon Nursery Pots
-5 Gallon Grow Bags
-Room where the tent resides is around 6’x12’
Additional Equipment:
-Vicks Cool Mist Humidifier outside the tent (trying this for now since the room is so small)
-Small Cool Mist Humidifier ran inside of the tent as needed only
-Vivosun Digital Outdoor/Indoor Thermometer/Hygrometer
-Extra thermometer/hygrometer
-Wyze Cam V2 (for monitoring)
-Wyze Smart Plugs
-Mechanical Timer for Light
-Space Heater with physical knobs and switches, ran as needed. (Heaters with electronic buttons cannot be powered on&off with smart plugs)
-Battery Operated Liquid Transfer Pump (pumps water from 5 gallon water bottle)
-Two 6” fans
-Vivosun 10”x20” Heating Pad with Digital Thermostat Combo Set
-UV Safety Glasses (this is a must, the light really fucks with my eyes)
Soil, Water, Nutrients, etc:
-Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil
-Fox Farm Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, Grow Big, Bushdoctor Kangaroots, Bushdoctor Kelp me Kelp You. (Will be following the fox farm feeding schedule posted on their website, will be purchasing additional fox farms products listed on schedule)
-6-Cell Germination Trays w/ Humidity Lid
-1 Gallon Nursery Pots
-5 Gallon Grow Bags
-60ml syringes with 14 gauge blunt needle for transferring nutrients
-Primo purified R/O water filled into 5 gallon bottles, about $1.75 per refill at local grocery store
I began by trying to germinate 4 seeds, two of which I planted too early and didn’t sprout. I used the 2 plate method using a vivosun heat mat. What I was left with was a Girl Scout Cookies Extreme and Granddaddy Purple (both fem seeds) from ILGM.
My other 2 seeds should have germinated completely before I planted them, but live and learn I guess.
Roughly a week after the two seeds sprouted from the soil, I transplanted them into 1 gallon nursery pots. Roots were visible at the bottom of the starter cells and first sets of true leafs were out with another set starting.
Today is day 11 overall.
The main problem I’ve run into is the temp in the tent shooting up above 80 occasionally. Normally it stays between 77-80. I also didn’t have a humidifier set up initially and humidity was staying under 25% inside the tent. I am now around 40-45% with the humidifier outside of the tent near one of the mesh “windows” of the tent. The temp likes to drop down to 60 sometimes at night when the light is off, This is why I have a heater connected to a smart plug. The heater will only run for small periods of times as needed since the room is so small. I also have a Wyze Cam pointed at the plants with the Hygrometer/Thermometer visible. The night vision helps when the light is off. This also gives me peace of mind while I’m at home away from the tent and keeps me from disturbing the plants too often. The Wyze Plugs are connected to the space heater and the duct fan. This helps me control temperature and humidity remotely.
I used a 24hr light schedule for the first week, and have been using 18/6 since then. I’m hoping I can keep the tent cool enough as the spring/summer months approach. I’m currently only using Fox Farm Big Bloom since it’s only the second week.
Here are some pictures and I’ll update occasionally throughout the grow! Any suggestions or tips are welcome! Remember this is my first soil grow and only second overall grow, so expect me to make mistakes and ask lots of questions!
For now I’m loving the size and they seem to have responded just fine to the recent transplant.
Oh well. So I got another tall tent. It’ll do! On a side note, these Vivosun tents seem better built than my Mars Hydro. And the prices are about even if I remember correctly. Not that I don’t like the Mars Hydro, it’s nice too, but the Vivosun one is noticeably better quality. 
