Well, they say it can’t be done, or well maybe it can but a pain in the ass with the watering/feeding frequency and the lack of room for error, maybe a few other reasons I’m not thinking of… well maybe this sort of newb over here can make something happen, or some sort of hybrid, what could go wrong right? 
These grows might sort of be some experiments, we’ll see where it ends up going…
A lil bit about me, you may have seen me (previously Yawningtears) around lurking, asking stupid questions or making dumb suggestions, I don’t have that much experience under my belt, but I have consumed quite a bit of knowledge of which a lot has already probably slipped my mind and have a few handy skills a bit you could say.
The funny thing was that I was getting into growing because of covid, I was going to just grow food, and even for some dumb reason(not the most reliable choice in a crisis) wanted to pursue aero, and AAA aero at that (still might attempt later as I already built and parted much of it).
Then, after building a shell of a greenhouse, my buddy hands me a Mimosa, Purple Punch, and a Rainbow Punch and is just like, baby sit them for me for a few months while I go out of town…
Well he never came back so that turned into an adoption and a hobby was born…
That grow was ok, my friends loved it (I think cause sun grown), but it was a nothing special grow of Fox Farms and bottled nutrients with some definite nutrient deficiencies, bud rot and powdery mildew (I cut it all off and did some bud washing, I think it was ok 
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Even did a couple rounds of bubble hash and qwiso but gonna skip those pics for now unless requested.
Well, fast forward a bit and I’ve decided to go down the micro grow route, maybe even try my hand at some fun breeding or at least some seed making and hopefully give back to this great community one day.
I decided for another dumb reason that I wanted to build my own cabinets and made this crazy rigid tech box (I could do another write up/build if anyone is interested) with a few more planned to be built (1 prop/early veg, late veg/mother’s, regular flower, maybe a male/breeding tbd); they are approx 24x24x36”high:
A few other things, trying some blumat surface mount/cap mat setup…
Built my own Bridgelux EB series Gen3 lights (4k veg, 3k flower)…
The soil builds are going to get out of control, more on that later(gonna try some horizonal)… for now, the seedlings are in Buildasoil light, with aloe, yucca, mycos/benes, humic/fulvic, soy aminos, fermented grains, RO water (yeah, it’s stupid, I won’t know what went wrong lol)…
Trying some weird two container method with vermiculite in bottom, then coffee filter, then soil (separation for transplanting purposes ease; hand watering for now, not cap mat yet)…
Should maybe mention I started six seeds(F/photo), somewhat random but I think at least two strains may be suited for somewhat tropical environment (I’m SoCal marine but figured I might have high humidity and raise temps to compensate) but could be wrong (blueberry, super skunk, Uk cheese all from strainsupermarket). Put them in the RO water with a drop/splash of h202 for approx 24 hours, then threw in the 1/4” deep hole soil(pinched soil on top with aloe/myco) on the first night according to the moon gardening app 
(also started some catnip slightly before to test a bit)
So it’s been about a week since they have risen out of the soil, had some issues wary with heat and lack of humidity as I had the lights way too bright and humidifier issues and controller issues (cotyledons suffered); was pushing 90-95F… now I think I’m settled at 77F and 70% RH in trying to determine VPD in conjunction with figuring out leaf surface temperature differential on seedlings (I think the driest green zone on the 0 differential might be the safest bet for now?)… also been doing some foliar stuff, including one application of drzyme… also topped with some diatomaceous earth for some silica…
I def do (a lil) and mostly don’t know what I’m doing hehe, bought too many things, and welcome all ripping and constructive criticism, I’m sure I have left out a bunch, this is def somewhat of a trial for now hence why I ran those somewhat easy to get-ish strains vs some other “special” ones I have…
I should also say I am thinking of transplanting to maybe 3/4 filled 1 gallon pots and possibly half filled 5 gallons later for moms… am thinking of maybe taking 1-3 cuttings of each to save as moms while the “from seeds” plants go to flower.
That’s about all I can think of for now.
Also want to say thanks to some people around here who have helped, inspired, and shared seeds with me along the way and if I forgot anyone, truely apologize as there are so many people, but know I truly appreciate it(in no particular order): @Sebring @lefthandseeds @ReikoX @LemonadeJoe @JoeCrowe @Mr.Sparkle @Gpaw @nube @seven_trees @misterbee @heathen @Guitarzan @TerpSneeze @Chronickyle @ChronicMcBudz @ChemicalDependant @Seamonkey84 @Tinytuttle @Meesh @lotus710 @PlantShepherd @Badger @mr_jones15
Also want to give a big shout out to a veggie grower who I found on YouTube and has been there to bounce so many things off of, Kurafortak, this guy knows what he’s doing and is pretty next level for hpa.
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