I picked several items today a fan/filter and most importantly the tester...it's a Hanna 98129 it's not the best or anything but it's a 4 in 1 with ph/ec/tds/temp with 2 point auto calibration and temp adjust the ph has display down to the hundreths and is accurate to .05 which should be more than enough for my casual application...I chose this model because other testers were only cheaper by 20-30 bucks and weren't nearly as accurate this one got a bunch of good ratings and the next step up was over $400

The instructions say to let it sit in storage solution (which I didn't buy) for 2 hours before calibrating so I'm just soaking it in tap water now...I've heard a bunch of people say they have the pen testers and just store it in tap water and that the pen is still working the same several years later...I'm probably gonna pick up the solution and a bunch of other little things as I get the rest of the room completed (finally)...probably another 30 hours of work or so left

The plants are looking bigger each morning when I check on them and in a few days the final res change before going with bloom nutes...Stil can't tell for sure which are males/females but I can atleast see the (parts) on all of em most look kinda ballish but I'm hoping it's just too soon haha

And WH I'm sure there are people out there that can grow weed that's not even like weed anymore haha but your advice is always directed and keeps me focused on making the plants better immediately rather than worrying about every little thing that's not perfect about the setup so I have appreciated it a ton ;-) my goal is to learn about horticulture and avoid having to feed money into groups I really don't approve of just to get some mj

I'm pretty anal though so I'm sure as the room and skill progresses I'll get better it's just a matter of time...more pics and info on the new toys tomorrow once they are operational...I'm psyched about bein able to tell how much food they actually have

Since I've given them more food they've started to pick up much more during the day, however, they still droop almost saggy at night...until tomorrow ;-)