Indoor Autofems growing very slow first few weeks

[Merlin.BAMF]

My autos arent getting any height hardly at all in the first 2 or 3 weeks hardly they may get to like 6 inches or so by 20th day......is this normal for a soil grow.........?

 

[MeefChief]

Post photos and more info about your setup. tent size, lights, light distance, nutrients, ventilation, temps, RH, etc.

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

I have a 36 36 63 tent
Advanced Platinum p300 led panel
Mars hydro reflector 150 for sidelighting
A 2 ft 2 bulb T5HO lamp i use w mars to veg........
And a fan and 4inch filter in the top of my tent.......
Im using fox farm ocean forrest soil and advanced nutrient iguana juice grow and bloom
I was starting seeds in rockwool and nanodome w a small t5 over the humidity dome a a heat mat
But im gonna try directly into the soil germination w a berry ryder i stuck in the pot last night and watered....maybe this will help w the growth the first few weeks if its not in a rockwool cube
....

 

[MeefChief]

I'm a new grower, so I won't be of much help.. BUT, here's photos of my white widow on day 20 and 27 I believe. Shortly after she started to flower she blew up. I raised my lights to make her stretch for them.



Day 20

Day 27ish

 

[MeefChief]

The only thing I can recommend is possibly raise your lights, and make sure you're letting her get near dry between feeding.

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

I just followed ur other thread.....its lookin hella good
Imma try ur light raising method myself.......i have grown a few diff times but this is my first led indoor auto grow
I have had photos outside plenty of time.....but as far as indoor im like u this is my first attempt at it......as long as i get a lil decent product out of this first little trial run i have ill be happy
I just want the quality to be there.....i can increase yield and soze by trial and error.....ya know

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

What are u tying ur branches up with......it looks like ur using a chicks hair tie
Ya know those little scrunchies or whatever the hell they callem...hahah
Smart tho.....and looks like u done it well......ill have to try that on my next one also.... .i stuck a berry ryder in a pot last night so im starting another one....today will be day one for it.......hopefully it pops up by this time tomorrow eve.....i have some tweaking to do myself as i work mon thru thur 7a to 7p right now at the power plant......so ill have tomorrow sat n sun to re arrange some things in mine.....i ordered everything i needed off amazon and it all came at diff times so it isnt organized very well........i just kinda threw stuff in my tent as it came to my door........but ill straighten all that out tonight hopefully.......ill for sure watch for ur grown tho man......maybe we could help each other when we run into things we arent familiar w......
You like those solar flares?
Im gonna buy either another advanced platinum 300 or a 220 fullspec solar flare
Just not sure which yet
Good lookin stuff tho man ......im ab to get things ready to leave work in a few......ill check back here in a few hours after i get cleaned up n grab some grub.......app the insight bubby and ill keep up w ya

 

[MeefChief]

I can't honestly give you an opinion on my solarflares yet. They seem to be doing a decent job. I've been looking at Black Dog LEDs, as well as KIND and Lumigrow. There's just so many lights flooding the market right now, I'm trying to find out what is best. For only drawing 165 watts though, I'm fairly happy with my lights.

 

[dwcnoob]

My autos arent getting any height hardly at all in the first 2 or 3 weeks hardly they may get to like 6 inches or so by 20th day......is this normal for a soil grow.........?

they look good but yes a little small mine at day 27 are a little over 3 feet big believe it or not

 

[Merlin.BAMF]

Yea im thinkin my soil was a lil to hot........for seedling anyhow......

Im assuming your running a dwc right @dwcnoob ?

If not and its soil, What soil or medium u use?