250w hps, NFT, Fem The Church Scrog Grow.

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Hello fellow gardeners,
Well here goes! I attempted to grow shiva shanti #2 about 10 years ago. I grew them for about a month and they were looking all lovely (i wasted about 20 seeds prior to this which didn't germ or died) then my girlfriend of the time got paranoid and I had to abandon the operation. £250 approx wasted.
So over the years the idea of growing left me. Never really was in the right situation to grow
Recently after being sick and tired of being ripped off with weed that either doesn't get you stoned, is under for the price, doesn't burn because of no flushing and is generally a shit rip off. I decided it was time to set up a grow once again.
Like last time I was limited with space, but less this time than before. I built myself a cab approx 2' x 3' x 5' tall. I am going to try a scrog in there, due to height restrictions. The equipment I got is as follows
250w HPS Light
125w Blue Envirolite
RVK 100 Extractor Fan and Speed Controller
N.F.T. 205 Growtank
Nutrient Heater
Vitalink Grow and Bloom Nutes
The complimentary bottle of Superthrive.
Nutrient Truncheon, P.H. Down and Liquid Test Kit (Waiting for Electronic P.H. Tester)

Like last time i'm growing in rockwool as for the time being I tend to kill most potted plants, hence me stcking to hydro and N.F.T.
After looking around at strains, I decided I didn't want the bother of gender so got myself some Greenhouse Feminised The Church (to my knowledge there was no fem seeds about 10 years ago, and less internet/info, so thanks to my only source of info back then The Closet Cultivator by Ed Rosenthall). I was hoping to get some grapefruit but it seems impossible to get you hands on. Shame because it sounds real good to me.
So 2 weeks ago today I germed only 2 of my five seeds, stuck em in a cup of water for 12 hours then into a saucer with moist toilet paper. One of the seeds cracked within about 14 hours and the 2nd a day and a half later. Got them in small rockwool seed cubes and put them in my heated propogator. 3 days after the first seeds went in the cup I decided to germ another, this popped within 24 hrs of being placed between the saucers.
3 seeds in rockwool in the propogator at this point, the first to crack went on a stretch and started to lean. After a couple of days in the prop i put them in my cab under the enviro. They did well under this for a few days but noticed the plants were growing towards the same part of the lamp and it didn't feel there was enough room under the envirolite to cater for 2x3" and 1x seedling cube so i got the 250w hps in there.
I noticed that plant 1 had slightly twisted first leaves, plant 2 had slight curl down on the first leaves, while plant 3 was fine. I started with 1/4 strength feed and read in lots of places that it is maybe a little strong. So I began flushing with P.H. adjusted water similar colour to piss so it's between 5.5 and 6. The run off was tested at about 6.5 until i got the runoff the same colour as the adjusted water. Thats when they went into the N.F.T. 4 days ago. The P.H. of the reservoir ain't altered it's staying between 5.5 and 6. In the four days it's had 4 ltrs of just P.H. adjusted water, think I might back off the nutes a little. The leaves on 1 are still twisted and 2 is slightly less curled but they are growing ok I think.
Night and day temps are fine, no problem with heat or cold whatsoever. Day is between 77 and 81 usually and night drops to just below 70 down to about 61.
My environment tends to be dry and my humidity drops to between 37 and 41 RH. I tend to have to mist and get the humidity up to 60 but it eventually it drops until i mist again. I built myself a diy humidifier which helps a bit but i still want it a bit higher. I read humidity should be between 40 and 80 RH and in other places 50 - 70 RH.
Everything seems to be ok, i think. Other than low humidity.
Hopefully i'll be able to get some pics on here as soon as possible, other than that i'll keep you all updated. Thanks for reading and feel free to post any advice on NFT Scrogging, humidity ideas, anything will help. Thankyou all for your helpfull info throughout these threads, i have and keep having a good read and love looking at all those fantastic mouthwatering crop pics

[Durban_Guy]

im busy growing church too. Bought feminized from greenhouse as well. You'll find they are strong and fast growers. I once came home and found my vegging floros and dropped onto a batch of my rooted clones. They were properly snapped 90 degrees. I figured id leave em and see what happens, it aint gona cause me any effort. 4 days later they were all up and almost straight again. They growing too fast, cant wait to flower them