MindlessCorpse starts a new Hobby. Can you guess what it is?

[MindlessCorpse]

Hi all
I have started my first attempt at a grow and am open to advice and suggestions that might be useful along the way.
I am a couple weeks into it and have two sprouts of White Widow feminized started in solo cups. One has three leaves and the other (which is a week older) suffered from a slight case of light burn when I first started the new LED light. She was sprouted under 2x24" grow lights (one is a 7200k fluorescent tube the other is a LED grow light bar) Three leaf was sprouted under 1x100 watt 6700k spiral in a 10"dome.
They are now both under a 1000 watt LED at 36" above and 3x100 watt 6700k spiral cfl's around the tent, all are set for 18 on 6 off cycle in a 38"x38"x60" tent.
The tent has a digital timer for the lights and 1x8" exhaust fan ran by a digital temp controller set to come on at 78 deg and shut off at 76. There is a Humidifier set at 55% humidity and a couple of 8"desk fans for circulation.
The soil is Fox Farms Ocean Forrest and I have been watering with tap water ph'd to 6.5.
The light burnt sprout was dropped into a Burpee Seedling starter after a 24 hour soak and then dropped that into a solo cup of FFOF after a few days, and the three leaf was put straight into a mix of FFOF and a bit of Morse organic seedling starter after a 36 hour soak.
So far all I do is spray a few squirts from a spray bottle around the dirt away from the stalk and no nutes yet but I do have the FFOF trio waiting to try.
I have the el'cheap-o ph tester off Amazon and no solids meter yet but I will get one.
My main light (led) is a 1000 watt dual chips grow light. It is a cheap one and I am thinking it will not last as it already has one blackened led emitter.
Anyhow, this is about as far as I have gotten so far. Any questions I have not answered, just ask. I am open to all the help and advice I can get.
Thanks for reading,
Mike

edit... I posted here after adjusting my profile and did not see the Diaries button, so if an Admin could move this to its proper place that would be great

[Schmokin]

Hi mindlesscorpse. Welcome.
You seem to have this under control. Nice work.
When you say that the exhaust switches off with the temp - do you have a continuous supply of fresh air to the tent? Your plants will want fresh air with fresh CO2 all of the time. As a grower I had a fan on 24/7 sucking fresh air into the grow area.
Interesting point about the LED burning out. We are constantly warned about the problems with cheap LEDs. I sometimes wonder if we are being too precious about it. Maybe not.
I will look forward to seeing how this grow goes. I will see to it that this post moved into the diary section. Thanks.

[admin]

Moved. Thanks all.

[MindlessCorpse]

Hi Schmokin
Thanks for getting this moved to proper thread.
You were correct in your read. The exhaust was sensor controlled, but I have since changed that fan out and placed an 8"circulation fan into the top of the exhaust hole and am leaving it on 24/7. It does a decent job and provides a constant flow of fresh air, also developes a nice bit of neg. pressure in the tent.
On the cheap LED light, yes I am learning that not all LED emitters are made the same. Having one burn out already is no big deal (unless it was the only U.V. or IR emitter) but there are enough remaining lights to do pretty good. I have already ordered two of the Roleadro 400 watt COB lights. They also were fairly cheap, ($80 each) but they come with a 2 year warranty and through Amazon I added another 3 years extended policy so if any problems with those, Amazon will handle the issue for the next 5 years !!!
Anyhows, Thanks for reading and the inputs, I will be needing advice from time to time on this, my first grow.
Thanks
MC

[Saturnalia]

Hi MC. It's nice to see a beginner who has done his homework. There's enough info out there (and on here!) for anyone who takes it seriously to hit the ground running. I'll be watching with interest. Nice one.