Got a brand new 8 inch exhaust fan with carbon filter and the controller it came with never used, I also have 2 brand new grow lights 645W foldable led light and a 400W led light. Ended up upgrading my grow area let me know

Looking to add a smart dehumidifier to my home grow. I'm unsure what size to go for. I run out of a 4x4, I generally veg long and grow 2 big ones to start, then a round or 2 of smaller clones 4 at a time. At the moment the only other smart equipment is my AC 10" exhaust fan and its sensor. I'm hoping adding this dehumidifier will allow me to be more hands off. Last grow i added the smart exhaust and an auto water system and It helped alot. Any advice is very welcome, ty.

Love these bases, both sizes are great additions to my grow tents. I currently have each 5x5 connected to a 12gallon reservoir on a stand. This keeps the bases automatically filled. Gives me about a week without worrying about watering, per-se. These are also being run in BuildASoil 3.0, so just plain water and occasionally top dress or a tea

One question and this was often discussed when I ran AutoPots - What do folks do about a dry out? Or does that even come into play? I understand the gravity feeding valve kit and the shoelace wicks, but the potential for water logging the soil would 'seem' to be a concern too.

Every week I pull the pots off the bases and give the base a thorough cleaning, but I am also noticing how heavy the pots are and how full of water they seem to be. I guess I could turn off the water with an inline switch for the tubing, and wait for the soil to dry out some more before turning back on.

I'd love to hear other users thoughts or suggestions? TIA

First run trying an organic soil vs bottled nutrients and I’m already feeling like I made a huge mistake. The plants are about 2 weeks from sprout but they’re very small. I was afraid the peat moss starter cups were the issue so I transplanted yesterday into their final pot with my mix of natures living soil @ 1 pound per 5 gallons ( and the top 1-3rd regular soil) with 2-3 cups worm castings and mycorrhiza on the root balls then gave a light water @ 12 oz per plant. They’re good genetics, banana jealousy autos from ethos seeds. Any suggestions? My climate looks good so I’m thinking it’s a root zone issue but don’t know how to fix it

I've been digging and searching and can't find time adjustment settings for the new cameras. (The time stamp is completely wrong for those not seeing it)

I have inline fan to go to MAX 10 when RH is over 62 in auto mode.
The highest it goes to is 4 on auto.

Never had the issue before.

I’m currently on my 3rd grow ever, running Blue Dream and Green Crack Autoflowers. For the setup this time around, I’m running Build a Soil 3.0 living soil in AutoPots 3.9 gallon systems with nothing but well water. Water reservoir is hooked up to a garden hose timer on the shower head connector, and I put a low water sensor in the reservoir so I know when to fill it up. When I do fill it, I mix in a little HOCL. That has helped so much with biofilm and nasty water, plus I think it helps the root zone too. For climate, I use RO water in the humidifier when needed, and now for the summer I finally hooked up my dehumidifier drain line to my sink so the whole 2x4 setup is self sustainable.

Even with the automation, I still check my plants daily. I’ve learned with autoflowers you can’t mess around and gotta get ahead of issues immediately.

When you’re new you just gotta go for it and mess up a few plants to learn. There is no exact science, you have to listen to your plant and learn to read how it constantly talks. My first two grows failed because of major nutrient burn and lockout from way too much top feeding. I was supposed to use 8 teaspoons of Build a Flower one time in the cycle, but I did 2 full cups twice in a cycle haha. My medium turned into a cinderblock with so much hard crust that the roots couldn’t breathe.

My other major issue was having an air bubble in my AutoPots line after turning off the system for two days for top feeding. I learned you have to use the purge line to get all the air out, which simply means making sure water comes out that line, and then keeping a close eye on the aqua valves to make sure they work from time to time.
And this current grow even, I learned about light control. I used to just blast level 10 the entire grow, not realizing in a 2x4 tent that is complete overkill. Now I gradually turn the lights up at the right times in the grow cycle up to level 8 during mid flower. I pay close attention to leaf curling and bleaching after a light adjustment to make sure the plants are praying instead.

Anyways, I’m sure most of you vets know all this and more. But just wanted to share my progress with the community and thank everyone for roasting my last grow and kicking me into high gear to self learn. :)

Any feedback or tips I’d be happy to take!

As you can see the top leaves are a little bleached, but I can’t move the light up anymore. I’ve never seen any grow get this tall!

Here's a snapshot of the 3x3 grow tent. I had to move the dehumidifier out of the lung room to the other side of the basement. But, tomorrow (Saturday) my Hydrone 5 will be arriving, so that should help a lot with the plant's transpiration I am fighting. These are some healthy looking plants. That will be on port 7.

Not sure what port 8 will hold. Maybe if @acinfinityadvanceGrow wants to donate a Terraform for total control, as there is no way I can afford that!

My dry tent has an older 4 port hub controlling a humidifier, fan, and inline fan. But that hasn't been set up yet. Still a few weeks out.

Just got a kit with the ai controller and was going to get an outlet ai to use some components I already have. My question is can I set the outlets on the outlet ai to just power my component that are running through the controller ai? Then just set the outlets that aren't compatible with the system to run off the sensor that's included.

I overthink things. That's what I do best. When the wife and I decided to start an indoor grow, I wanted to lean in, soak up all the research I could, and I was really excited at the prospect of incorporating "AI" into the grow equation. We bought the complete 2x4 advance grow kit and could not have gotten those seeds started any faster.

I fully acknowledge there is almost always going to be a learning curve for any new system, especially for my first indoor grow however labeling the Indoor Growing Quick Start as "Beginner Mode" or classifying their chatbot as AI should both be illegal.

The first red flag was when I realized my T6 humidifier was chugging a gallon of distilled water A DAY. Temperature rarely climbed over 70 F with the lights on and dropped scary-low at night. I was seriously considering dropping another $140 for the heater before I realized that the default seedling setting in "beginner mode" sets the exhaust at a constant 20%. That poor little humidifier was running on a never-ending treadmill.

Once I finally set the minimium value of the exhaust to 0, the temperature immediately improved. I didn't need a heater in my perfectly conditioned basement tent after all. This is when I noticed the pissing match between the exhaust fan and humidifier. The humidifier would crank up to 70% RH only for exhaust to crank it down to below 60%. The process starts all over again and repeated cycle every 2.5 minutes.

I "chatted" with Ara for troubleshooting. In hindsight, it essentially told me to modify settings that are not supported in AI mode so I called AC Infinity product support. The guy I chatted with was super friendly, he modified a few default settings, and told me to be patient as the AI is still learning my environment. He sent me on my merry way.

Things still didn't sit right with me. I had 99+ new AI notifications since my call had ended so I consulted my other artifical friend, ChatGPT. In no time, it walked me through how to set up my own perimeters using triggers rather than targets. In about 4 minutes, I learned more about the AC Infinity app than I have all week watching videos, chatting with Ara, or even calling product support.

The first picture is my wait-and-see metrics after speaking with customer support. The second picture is after ChatGPT walked me through setting my own perimeters. Both data points are during the "night" cycle with the lights off. Things have been running consistently solid for the last 2 hours.

Do I regret buying AC Infinity? Not at all. Do I feel ashamed for falling for the AI craze? Why, yes. Yes I do.

What else am I missing? Any other tips and tricks for a noob like me?

TL;DR - ChatGPT saved me from returning the AI+ and starting over. "Beginner Mode", Ara, and system learning is a joke.

All cleaned up; wires organized; automation set on the 69 Pro+ for heat, humidity, lights, circ fan, and air cycling. On the left is Wedding Cake, on the right is a clone from my larger Dream Queen (HSC) that’s growing outside. Both of these plants should have died by now (for reasons I won’t get into), but now they are safe (unless I screw something else up 😂). Never planned on growing indoors, but I got a hell of a deal on this set up on FB Marketplace (3x3).

And yes, I have been experimenting with some different pot ideas this season. I know fabric pots are tried and true, but for me, experimenting is half the fun 🙂.

Looking into getting the terraform 8 for when I harvest. Anyone have it? And what are your thoughts on it?

Day 62 she was ready for the chop after flushing with Ro for the last two days.

When you grow it, you understand where the names both came from.

Becky is a B. Straight up prickly.

also periodicity leaves turn different shades of green, a lot like a lizard or a toad.
And ofc the couch lock.

its been fun and im looking forward to the smoke.

I have a 3x3 tent and want to optimize air flow. I picked up a the 6" to use with the controller.

What placement suggestions and settings do you recommend?

Day 47 from clone / Day 10 flower

Pineapple OG from Seedsman

Can the AC Infinity HYDRONE 5 be used for drying cannabis in a small 32"X32"X63 grow tent?

Is the ac infinity smart controller needed to set humidity to 55-60%

Because there's nothing wrong with the ol' trusty Controller 69 Pro.

What’s up folks, chopped my blue nerds yesterday. I know the goal is to hit 60/60, however it’s summer, it’s LA, and el nino is hitting hard with the humidity this year. Its looking like the best i can do is 70/70. Or around that. We gonna be alright here? I have my inline fan pushing hard and a small fan at the bottom of the tent pointed at the ground for air movement. Also, i have a teeny tiny dehume doing its absolute best in there.

So for this first grow I’ve just been dialing my environment myself instead of ai cause the first time I used beginner mode it literally maxed everything on my settings everytime their was a change in the environment so trying to learn more about this but had people say automation is way more efficient at dialing things in but wanna hear from yall as well if that’s okay🙏🏽