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20 Dec (day 1): Start of week 1. I've been back to the grow shop and got the right size airpot now (12.5L) and they have been assembled and labelled. I've filled them with BioBizz light mix and made a little hole with my finger for the seed to go into. She's grown overnight and the tap root is even longer now. She had started to break out of her seed shell yesterday, but has grown out of it even further today. I've used a pair of sterilised tweezers to lift her off the cotton wool pad and transfer her into the soil. I put the tap root into the soil with the top of the seedlings leaves just above the surface. I have a watering can with water that I filled up yesterday and left overnight to de-chlorinate. I then added Biobizz PH down to adjust the PH from 7.8 to 6.5. The temperature of the water is 19C. I filled my 500ml syringe and the sprayer with the water and will use these for the next few days. I added water around the seedling in a circle using the syringe. Not much, just until the soil was wet as they don't need much water at this point. I then sprayed around it with the sprayer. As Orla and Wanda are still drying in the main tent, I have cleaned out my smaller tent as a temporary home. Its a 60 x 60 x 90cm cool grows tent and I have hung the Spider Farmer 100W light. As the tent is not very tall, I have hung the light as high as possible but its still too close. I have therefore dimmed it to 20% and will see how they go. Timer is set on a 20/4 light schedule. I have no room to put in the heater or the dehumidifier, but I have added a small fan for air circulation. Temp is 21C and RH is 80%. 21 Dec (day 2): Checked on her in the morning at 10:37am and she is growing nicely. Checked back at 3:28pm and I swear she has grown again already! Looking good and growing SO quickly. She's trying to break out of her shell and looks so cute. I don't want to remove it just yet as its pretty secure and I don't want to damage her. Topped up water with the syringe. 22 Dec (day 3): I trimmed Orla and Wanda last night and put them in jars for curing, so the main tent is now free. I gave it a hoover and spray with antibacterial agent (just in case)! Hung the Spider Farmer 450W light up and moved her into the tent. I know from my last grow that the light is MEGA strong and gives off a lot of heat when its at 100%. I don't want to fry the girls so have left the light at 34 inches from the plants and dimmed it to 20%. I will have to take it slowly and up the light as I don't want them to stretch either. Extractor is on minimum, light bird is set to 22C and the mini fan is on. RH is a bit low at 45%, but hopefully that will increase when I close up the tent. Topped up water with the syringe. Happiness level 8/10 😌 23 Dec (day 4): She looks great today and has grown overnight by at least 1cm! Her leaves are opening out nicely now too. Topped up water with the syringe. Temperature is a steady 22C thanks to the light bird, but the humidity has not increased. I have a bluetooth thermometer and it captures all the data so I can review it and enter it into my tracking spreadsheet 😇. According to the data, the humidity hasn't reached above 47% and I need it to be 80% for the girls. Looks like its ANOTHER trip to the grow shop for a humidifier 😩. Went for a 5L humidifier in the end which didn't cost too much and have now set it up. I asked my pal at the grow shop if I should use the dehumidifier as well to keep the humidity level steady and he said it wont get above 75%, so I have kept the dehumidifier switched off. I have set the output of the humidifier to maximum and am now heading out. Hopefully she will soon have the environment she needs 😀 24 Dec (day 5): Happy Christmas Eve all 😊 I've checked on her this morning and she is looking great and getting bigger again, another cm of growth I reckon! I know they are called "FastBuds" but MY GOD they are fast! So much quicker than my previous Dutch Passion seeds by comparison. She has shed her seed shell from her leaves and its hanging round her stem like a hula hoop! I haven't removed it as its making for good photos at the moment and also a good way to track growth 😂 If it looks like its getting too tight on the stem, I will remove it. I noticed the humidifier was off and it seems the water has run out. My pal at the grow shop said it should have lasted a couple of days...hmmmmmmm. I checked the data on the thermometer and the humidity climbed to 99%!!! FFS - so much for not getting above 75% 😡 I must have set the output too high when I put it on max and it used up all the water too quickly. I filled it up again and this time set it to a very low output. Will keep an eye on the levels today as I am at home and not going anywhere. Either way, she is looking pretty happy so I'm not panicking (too much 😰). Topped up water with the syringe. Increased light level to 30%. An hour later the RH level is 76% so I'm happy with that. May turn it up a little later when I check on the water level. Stress level 5/10. 25 Dec (day 6): MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄She looked well today, leaves are getting bigger. Gave her a little water and filled up the humidifier tank. Forgot to take photos for the diary as was rushing round for Christmas Day 🙈 26 Dec (day 7): End of week 1. She’s doing really well. Continuing to grow higher and her leaves are getting bigger. Can’t believe how big she is at the end of the first week! I would say she’s the largest out of the 4 plants, she shed her shell first and is the biggest. Environment is all good and the soil still looks damp, so won’t water her today. Great first week.