New Grower Auto LED Grow Journal - GSC & GG

[Mañ'O'Green]

GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]
PH WATER 8/13/18
• Water roughly 1/4 gallon per plant
• Ph levels 6.2 - 6.8

GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]
PH WATER 8/15/18
• Feed roughly half gallon per plant
• Ph levels 6.4 - 6.7
• Continue LST

GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]
FEEDING [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG] 8/15/18 (2.5 weeks)
1/4 strength nutrients
• Grow Big - 3/4 tsp per gallon
• Big Bloom - 1 1/2 tsp per gallon
• Feed roughly half gallon per plant
• Transplanted into 5 gal pots 8/14

Thanks for all the encouragement and following my first grow.

@Mañ'O'Green i tried getting some pics without the LEDs on to try and give a more true perspective of the plants. Let me know what you think.

Knock on wood, everything seems to be going as planned and they all seem happy. You may notice in some of the pics I have what I'm calling my "grow [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]" in the 1 gal pots. My 5x5 tent is certainly tight for all 8, so I'm trying to figure out a solution before all the girls get to big. Thinking about adding a 3x3 tent with one 450w led for seedlings and veg. Ill most likely be doing a separate journal for these unless it turns into a perpetual grow.

Only potential issue I'm seeing is I'm thinking my humidity levels may be too high, especially for flowering. They are hovering in the mid to high 60% range. Any suggestions for keeping that down? It's super humid here in MA right now so I'm sure that's not helping.

Anyway that's it for now. Trying to continue with the updates roughly every 2 days when I feed or water.

Your plants look fit. Well done.

Thanks for the white light pictures.

That humidity is about where you want it for now. Keep it in the gold as much as possible:

New growers should aim to keep lots of air movement with the humidity <50% when flowers are about 1/2 done. This is the goal with an abundance of caution to avoid bud rot. With more experience you can run higher humidities in flower.

Right now I have some Zambeza Blueberry Photoperiods with some really heavy indica phenos. They are showing growth traits that lead to some bud rot so I am running my room <50% with lots of air circulation. I am 6 weeks into flower with up to 5 or more to go.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Ps run your pictures through some software or turn the camera down to make smaller size files that load quicker and take less drive space. You can use the higher resolution when needed for diagnostics.

 

[Anelson512]

GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG]
8/17/18 (26 days)
1/2 strength bloom nutrients
• Grow big - 1 1/2 tsp
• Big bloom - 3 tsp
• Feed roughly 1/2 gallon per plant
• Minimal LST continues

GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG]
PH WATER 8/17/18 (20 days)
• Water roughly 1/2 gallon per plant
• Ph levels 6.2 - 6.8

Hey fellow growers, back again on water/feed day. GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG] are at day 26, and GSC & GG [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] are at day 20. All the ladies seem happy so far and are loving the nutrients they've been getting. They really do perk up after a water/feeding. The GG was originally smaller than the GSC but is now taller and alot more lanky with long skinny fan leaves. The GSC is stout and bushy, but they are both giving off great scents. Both are definitely getting ready to flower soon, and have a pretty decent count of future bud sites already. I've been trying to finalize some of the LST and I was able to stretch a few things out some more today.

Thanks to everyone that's posted/liked/commented on my grow. Any thoughts, comments, or ideas for improvement are greatly appreciated.

Happy growing!

 

[Iriee Vibez]

They look great! Nice job with the early training!

 

[DTOM420]

Looks great! Helping to inspire me to start an indoor grow. Now, if I can just find the funds to buy the equipment. Lol! I’ll be following your grow. Keep up the great work!

 

[Anelson512]

Thanks @DTOM420. Glad that even my first grow can help inspire you haha. I hear you on the costs, it can get expensive. I'm already trying to find the funds to expand my setup.

Felt like I needed to share a few quick pics from this morning.

I'm pretty thrilled with their response to the feeding. Forgot to mention that I also introduced calmag into my feedings yesterday.

Nice and perky!

 

[DTOM420]

Your plants look fit. Well done.

Thanks for the white light pictures.

That humidity is about where you want it for now. Keep it in the gold as much as possible:
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New growers should aim to keep lots of air movement with the humidity <50% when flowers are about 1/2 done. This is the goal with an abundance of caution to avoid bud rot. With more experience you can run higher humidities in flower.

Right now I have some Zambeza Blueberry Photoperiods with some really heavy indica phenos. They are showing growth traits that lead to some bud rot so I am running my room <50% with lots of air circulation. I am 6 weeks into flower with up to 5 or more to go.

I know I’m going to feel stupid when I get the answer to this question but what do the numbers/values inside the central boxes (i.e. the gold boxes) mean? At 90°F and 80% Humidity there’s a gold box with the value: 9.5 in it. What does that represent??

I know this graph is going to prove extremely useful....I just need to understand how to read it! Lol!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I know I’m going to feel stupid when I get the answer to this question but what do the numbers/values inside the central boxes (i.e. the gold boxes) mean? At 90°F and 80% Humidity there’s a gold box with the value: 9.5 in it. What does that represent??

I know this graph is going to prove extremely useful....I just need to understand how to read it! Lol!

Ok here you go: That number represents the vapor pressure deficit. You can get as scientific about it as you want or just accept the numbers in either event your plants will like it.

 

[DTOM420]

Ok here you go: That number represents the vapor pressure deficit. You can get as scientific about it as you want or just accept the numbers in either event your plants will like it.

Ok, I gotcha. So, just to make sure I’m clear, if the room temperature is, say, 90° then you’re looking to keep a humidity level of 80% for an optimal scenario. Is that correct? I’m not saying 90° is ideal - that’s another topic - I’m just saying that IF that’s the temp then you want 80% humidity.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Ok, I gotcha. So, just to make sure I’m clear, if the room temperature is, say, 90° then you’re looking to keep a humidity level of 80% for an optimal scenario. Is that correct? I’m not saying 90° is ideal - that’s another topic - I’m just saying that IF that’s the temp then you want 80% humidity.

Yes that is correct.