Some notes on setup:
I built a flower “room” in my garage using R8.8 foam insulation as the wall (framed generously with wood). I’m using a 640W LED, have a window AC unit, a compressor dehumidifier, and some other little things to help fine tune the environment. It’s all being controlled by an AC Infinity Outlet Ai, which I wouldn’t recommend as it keeps trying to kill my grow (but runs fine most of the time).
Old pic
I’m running my Coots mix blend in a 3x3x1.5 fabric bed; the girls veg up through a few sizes before getting to 2 gallon fabric pots as their final size. Once it’s time to flower, I dig a hole in the soil bed, cut off the bottom of the 2 gallon pot, and plop it into the hole. That way, their roots can dig way down and explore, and talk to each other if they want.
I water the 2 gallon pots occasionally, but I mostly make the girls dig for their water. The 3x3 bed is kept well-hydrated by a gravity blumat system.
The plan is to drop a girl in every 3 weeks or so, eventually leading to a harvest every 3 weeks. I’m not great at sticking to the plan though; we’ve already deviated, I’ll share that eventually. Spoiler; there are more than 2 plants in there at the moment. Maybe 5.
Lights are on at night to reduce heat; next few days here will be 90F outside, and since it’s a garage, it’s gonna get warm in there. Luckily, the insulation makes the AC’s job a little easier.
My biggest problem currently is the AC Infinity outlet, the brain of the climate control. It has space to control 4 devices, so handles my dehumidifier, AC, humidifier, and exhaust fan. I have it limiting temp between 65-82F, and RH between 40-56%. It does this pretty well. However, it has two sensors; one that is attached to the unit (the unit looks like a power strip, because it is) and one that has a 15 foot wire. Since I need to plug things into the outlet, the sensor that’s attached to the unit is the “Inside” sensor, and the one on the wire is the “outside” sensor and is suspended outside the room. And here’s the problem. The default is the opposite; built-in sensor outside, wired sensor inside. So from time to time it will simply change the assignments in the app; suddenly it’s trying to drive the temperature of the whole garage down from within the insulated room, or thinks the humidity in the room is fine as it actually skyrockets.
ACI hasn’t responded to my support ticket. It does a good job when it works, so I hate to just abandon it. But man, when we go on vacation for a week I need it to just work right, and right now it swaps almost daily.
