Greetings readers. Thanks for dropping a comment LOC NAR on probation.

I would like to seal the room totally and install air conditioning. I'm eager to have full control over everything. It's the only way. But when one has full control they have to concentrate on what is going on and understand whats happening. I feel I'm ready to take full control pretty soon. The results of this current op will determine how confident I will be in around 50-60days time.emperature

Ok, to the diary. I'm having temperature problems. As the weather changes and we approach the summer months I'm finding that 3kW of lighting is causing my inside temperature to reach 33C and beyond. I have had successful crops with soaring temperatures in the past, but I don't ever recall having such high temps so early in the year. I suspect that by mid July my garden will be in the early 40s.

I checked my pH and EC as normal today. The pH was above 7 and the EC was around 0.8 (though I cannot fully recall the EC). I decided to change the solution instead of wasting pH down. This might have been a bad idea.

I partially flushed the reservoir then topped off with around 40L of tap water. The flood pump was turned off to ensure a flood didn't occur while I was doin mainenance.

To the reservoir I added 1/3rd doses of H2 and F1 (Humic and Fulvic Acid), I added mild dosages of Barricade and CarboLoad. I then brought the EC up to 1.0-1.2 with Mother Earth Bloom then pH'd at 5.5.

I chose to pH at around 5.5 because so far the pH has risen as time has gone on. I'm hoping that I might get an extra day before I have to make ammendments in the reservoir. This might not be all good, but my changes are not over dramatic and I should be able to see problems occur quite quickly. I'm sticking to mild feed to enable me to make errors.

I'm at a stage where I'm wishing I was in soil as it's more straight forward. But I'm kinda expectant of 1-2 Oz per plant at the same time.

Feel free to indicate a balls-up on the horizon readers. This is my first go and I'm open to ideas.

No pics till the start of week 2. Thanks for reading...