My apologies for the second post, but I got interrupted when double checking and then apparently my 10 minutes ran out. I can't edit or remove the first post, if an admin can do it, could they please get rid of the duplicate right before this one?

In the days after the last update I found I was not liking the heat inside the greenhouse. It was constantly hovering around 35Ā° C and I wanted to have a little more control than that. So, as soon as we had a few bucks I bought a $20 bathroom vent fan and a $4 piece of flexible 3" ducting. I chopped up another dollar store extension cord to wire it up, put a vent flap in the top of the greenhouse and pointed the end of the vent hose elsewhere (sometimes out the window, sometimes not depending on the weather outside). It moves 50 CFM and since the greenhouse is only about 25-30 cubic feet it changes the air in there pretty well. With the door zipped shut, air comes up through the bottom shelf under the sides of the greenhouse (which I rolled up slightly) and goes out the hose through the fan at the top. Later, I plan on connecting the vent up and out through the attic.

[align=center]Vent Fan:
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Now, with everything closed up and the lights on it remains between 26Ā° and 29Ā° C inside depending on how hot the day is outside - only slightly warmer than the room. Good enough for now.

Since transplanting, progress has seemed good with the exception of one plant (the one with the worst stem). 1 plant is doing extremely well, 2 are close behind it, and the other two look healthy even if they are not as dense with leaves. Heights are between 6-7.5cm and the largest leaves are around 4-5cm. Ever try to operate a DSLR camera while holding something to show a size perspective in something inside a closed space a foot off the floor while trying to keep yourself from falling over? Well, that's why the next pic is crooked.

[align=center]The Healthiest One:
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I'd show pics of every plant but I think it would get a little tedious, since they are all just about the same. If you are curious you can look in my gallery. They have gained only modest amounts of height, but have lots of leaves. The one I transplanted almost to the depth of the cotyledons has spread out much more than up and has therefore gained virtually no height at all. I think all of them have not quite reached the official "5th node" to no longer be seedlings, but they're close. They definitely grow faster than more traditional garden plants like tomatoes.

The hardest part of this is that I don't know where they "should" be. Comparing day-by-day pics of plants grown from seed in other places, they look to be slightly behind some but at about the same level of others and I don't know if this is simply a trait of the individual strains, or due to the fact I needed to transplant from the weak stems, or what. Of course, sometimes I look at the plants and I start to wonder if they are cannabis at all and someone isn't just having a bit of a laugh. Most of the pictures of young plants you find online are grown from cuttings and they look so completely different that it can really mess with your head. Don't buy seeds online if you have any tendency toward paranoia or it will keep you up nights.

The last plant is another story. It is still alive, but it is obviously going to lag far behind.

[align=center]The Worst One:
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This is the plant that had the weakest stem but the largest leaves when they were transplanted. It has since fallen far behind - I probably broke the stem when I was burying it to judge by its lack of thrivage (yeah, I made up another word). When they began to show signs of weakness and browning, I trimmed off the cotyledons and half of the first set of leaves, leaving only the node 3 leaves to carry on. Since then the stem has strengthened (probably root development) and it is developing tiny new leaves, spreading them out in a fan. Looks like it might make it. Maybe. It will definitely be a late bloomer!

Here are some pics to give an overview of the whole thing. Yes, I know the mylarish stuff is wrinkly and so on - things need some tightening up, due to some moving around and sloppy work early on when we were rushing. I think the wife and I will tackle tidying things up this evening. The worst plant is front and centre, so it is easiest to check.

[align=center]Looking In:

From the Left:

From the Right:
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Oh, one other thing - placing the blanket material in the pots seems to help reduce evaporation a little and had the added benefit of killing an earwig that had somehow got into the pot - guess the air between the soil and the blanket got hot enough to bake him. Might not work for all bugs, but it helped with that one.