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Long time smoker ,first time grower here . Finally in a position to try my hand at growing a few plants for my own use so iv took the plunge and iv got my self some seeds. 5 Strawberry pie by fast buds .

Il be growing them in doors in/with the following

1.2m x 1.2m tent
600 watt hps @18/6
100 mm inline ram fan + carbon filter
6 inch clip on ram fan
12 litre fabric pots
Coco coir + 20% perlite
General hydroponics Flora trio
Cal mag
Tap water left to de-chlorinate with no pump
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About 5 days ago I started to germinate my seeds using the paper towel method. The seeds have germinated slowly and at different times . I think this was because the ambient temperature in my house was too low . Anyway I planted the first of the seeds a few days ago and it popped its head on the the 20/2 the next seed popped up on 21/2 . Another was planted in the coir today and 2 more are still in the paper towel. I think I fucked up a lie but they all seem to be germinatin so I think I got away with it .
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Seems to be going well so far but I'm having problems with temperature already . My thermometer is reading 30 degrees C when the lights are on. Iv got my extraction fan on full but It doesn't seem to be doing it . I'm venting into the same room so I'm going to extend the ducting out and see what difference it makes. Seem strange I'm having troubles when its 10 degrees outside maybe 15 in the house . God knows what il do in the summer. Anyway fingers are crossed and I'm optimistic wish me luck
 
Looks like iv posted this grow journal 3 Times when I was trying to change spelling mistakes . I can't figure out how to delete them :/ oops
 
Long time smoker ,first time grower here . Finally in a position to try my hand at growing a few plants for my own use so iv took the plunge and iv got my self some seeds. 5 Strawberry pie by fast buds .

Il be growing them in doors in/with the following

1.2m x 1.2m tent
600 watt hps @18/6
100 mm inline ram fan + carbon filter
6 inch clip on ram fan
12 litre fabric pots
Coco coir + 20% perlite
General hydroponics Flora trio
Cal mag
Tap water left to de-chlorinate with no pump
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About 5 days ago I started to germinate my seeds using the paper towel method. The seeds have germinated slowly and at different times . I think this was because the ambient temperature in my house was too low . Anyway I planted the first of the seeds a few days ago and it popped its head on the the 20/2 the next seed popped up on 21/2 . Another was planted in the coir today and 2 more are still in the paper towel. I think I fucked up a lie but they all seem to be germinatin so I think I got away with it .
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Seems to be going well so far but I'm having problems with temperature already . My thermometer is reading 30 degrees C when the lights are on. Iv got my extraction fan on full but It doesn't seem to be doing it . I'm venting into the same room so I'm going to extend the ducting out and see what difference it makes. Seem strange I'm having troubles when its 10 degrees outside maybe 15 in the house . God knows what il do in the summer. Anyway fingers are crossed and I'm optimistic wish me luck

heya @Elcoop and :welcome: to afn! :toke: i'm an organic soil grower, so can't help with coco, but otherz will chime in ;) i deleted ur 2 "oopz" thread entriez, so jus stick with this one & u'll be fine...when/if u need to edit something, jus click on "edit" at the bottom left of post, make ur changez, then "save"...ez pz :thumbsup: ppp
 
heya @Elcoop and :welcome: to afn! :toke: i'm an organic soil grower, so can't help with coco, but otherz will chime in ;) i deleted ur 2 "oopz" thread entriez, so jus stick with this one & u'll be fine...when/if u need to edit something, jus click on "edit" at the bottom left of post, make ur changez, then "save"...ez pz :thumbsup: ppp
Cheers man much appreciated:thanks:
 
Okay so its 1 week on from when the first seed sprouted . I'd like to say things are going well but its a bit hit and miss . Atleast its still going I guess ...

Up to now I have 4 seedlings in the tent. There was a 5th bean that never sprouted properly in the paper towel . She's in the tent aswell , I figured I might aswell plant her and see what happens. As of now she has yet to break the surface .

Environment in the tent is not ideal . Temperatures range from 19C with with light off to as high as 33C with the light on. Humidity ranges from 60% with the light off and 30% with the light on .

I'm considering a humidifier but I feel like if I could bring the temperature down this would help the humidity climb to an acceptable place. Also worried the humidifier might raise the temperature . Up to now the seedlings have domes over them so I hope the humidity is okay. I'm gonna have to try and come up with a way to lower the temperature but I'm not sure what that will be just yet . I'm thinking of putting my carbon filter on ratchets to keep it just above the light as that is lowered . I definitely don't want things getting worse

The ladies

Plant 1 Sprouted on 20/02/2021

Seems to be growing slower than the others but looks healthy enough to me other than the strange leaf arrangement.
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Plant 2/sunshine Sprouted 21/02/2021

This ladies growing strong. Definitely the largest of the bunch and has a grand total of 4 serated leaves
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Plant 3/ Happy Sprouted 22/02/2021

Oh the sad tale of Happy. She was living her best life until a clumsy novice gardener knocked over her humidity dome and she was crushed under the weight of half an empty coke bottle. I'm keeping my fingers crossed she'll come back from it but I'm not holding my breath .
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Plant 4 Sprouted 24/02/2021

The youngest and second largest of the lot so far . New to the game but coming up strong . This kids got potential
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Side note - the reason 2 plants are named and 2 aren't. I cut up strips of a booklet from something I had to make labels for the plants . There was some print already on it but I just ignored it. When I realised what was printed I thought , these plants have there own name
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Okay so its 1 week on from when the first seed sprouted . I'd like to say things are going well but its a bit hit and miss . Atleast its still going I guess ...

Up to now I have 4 seedlings in the tent. There was a 5th bean that never sprouted properly in the paper towel . She's in the tent aswell , I figured I might aswell plant her and see what happens. As of now she has yet to break the surface .

Environment in the tent is not ideal . Temperatures range from 19C with with light off to as high as 33C with the light on. Humidity ranges from 60% with the light off and 30% with the light on .

I'm considering a humidifier but I feel like if I could bring the temperature down this would help the humidity climb to an acceptable place. Also worried the humidifier might raise the temperature . Up to now the seedlings have domes over them so I hope the humidity is okay. I'm gonna have to try and come up with a way to lower the temperature but I'm not sure what that will be just yet . I'm thinking of putting my carbon filter on ratchets to keep it just above the light as that is lowered . I definitely don't want things getting worse

The ladies

Plant 1 Sprouted on 20/02/2021

Seems to be growing slower than the others but looks healthy enough to me other than the strange leaf arrangement.
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Plant 2/sunshine Sprouted 21/02/2021

This ladies growing strong. Definitely the largest of the bunch and has a grand total of 4 serated leaves
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Plant 3/ Happy Sprouted 22/02/2021

Oh the sad tale of Happy. She was living her best life until a clumsy novice gardener knocked over her humidity dome and she was crushed under the weight of half an empty coke bottle. I'm keeping my fingers crossed she'll come back from it but I'm not holding my breath .
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Plant 4 Sprouted 24/02/2021

The youngest and second largest of the lot so far . New to the game but coming up strong . This kids got potential
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Side note - the reason 2 plants are named and 2 aren't. I cut up strips of a booklet from something I had to make labels for the plants . There was some print already on it but I just ignored it. When I realised what was printed I thought , these plants have there own name
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rooting for Happy :yay1: u'll be surprized at the abuse plantz can endure, lol :thumbsup: ppp
 
What a week its been . Ups and downs , mostly downs but its all learning . So this time last week I had 4 plants and now iv got 2 .

Happy didn't pull through and I manged to kill another plant by knocking the dome over with the tent door. Also the first plant to sprout has been stunted since like day 3 so that's basically dead.
So I'm down to one strawberry pie :/

Sunshine is 2 weeks old now and she looks beautiful to me ..
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She looking pretty healthy to me . Iv managed to solve some problems I was having before that I think contributed to the deaths of the other plants . So hopefully she'll make it through

To lower the temperature Iv changed to insulated ducting on the extraction fan and I used some of the old ducting and sealed it in a duct whole to passively intake air from the other side of the room instead of the ambient air around the tent . This has lowered the temp from highs of 33c to highs of 27c . Atleast on the floor thermometer. Readings higher up the tent aren't great. Il be changing light soon to fix this and hopefully my plant will make it

But wait ... as I said iv got 2 plants . One of my friends gave me a cutting of orange diesel. Not an autflower so maybe i should watch what I say haha. I didn't have rooting gel or anything and it went straight into coco but its been about a week now and it looks healthy so I think its good.

Not too sure what il do with it. I'm waiting on some more auto flower seeds so I'm gonna concentrate on those . This might be in for a long veg and then flip to 12 12 when my autos finish . Mostly just gonna look at it as an experiment fuck around with some training techniques and get some experience .

Anyway that's more than enough for one week . Hopefully this time next week il have a few seeds germinating and my new marshydro ts3000

Wish me luck . I need it:smoking:
 
What a week its been . Ups and downs , mostly downs but its all learning . So this time last week I had 4 plants and now iv got 2 .

Happy didn't pull through and I manged to kill another plant by knocking the dome over with the tent door. Also the first plant to sprout has been stunted since like day 3 so that's basically dead.
So I'm down to one strawberry pie :/

Sunshine is 2 weeks old now and she looks beautiful to me ..View attachment 1294467

She looking pretty healthy to me . Iv managed to solve some problems I was having before that I think contributed to the deaths of the other plants . So hopefully she'll make it through

To lower the temperature Iv changed to insulated ducting on the extraction fan and I used some of the old ducting and sealed it in a duct whole to passively intake air from the other side of the room instead of the ambient air around the tent . This has lowered the temp from highs of 33c to highs of 27c . Atleast on the floor thermometer. Readings higher up the tent aren't great. Il be changing light soon to fix this and hopefully my plant will make it

But wait ... as I said iv got 2 plants . One of my friends gave me a cutting of orange diesel. Not an autflower so maybe i should watch what I say haha. I didn't have rooting gel or anything and it went straight into coco but its been about a week now and it looks healthy so I think its good.

Not too sure what il do with it. I'm waiting on some more auto flower seeds so I'm gonna concentrate on those . This might be in for a long veg and then flip to 12 12 when my autos finish . Mostly just gonna look at it as an experiment fuck around with some training techniques and get some experience .

Anyway that's more than enough for one week . Hopefully this time next week il have a few seeds germinating and my new marshydro ts3000

Wish me luck . I need it:smoking:

:goodluck: :karmacloud: :headbang: ppp
 
Its been another interesting week . This new hobby is certainly filling up my time in lock down .If I I ever see the fruits of my labour I think iv found a pass time for life .

Big changes to the grow space this week . Iv been having lots of troubles with heat . So I decided to take the plunge into led and put my 600 watt hps in storage . So I ordered the marshydro ts 3000 and I'm happy with it so far .
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The plants seem to be loving it . The environment is alot better . Temps range between 75-85 with the light on and drop as low as 65 with the light off . Humidit iv manged to keep floating around 60% lights on and %70 lights off .

Here she is the survivor. Sunshine
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I think the light makes her look a little yellow but for reference here is a few days before . Picture taken out of the tent after an overwatering
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Apart from that the orange diesel clone i got from my friend is still alive although its looked better. I guess il see what happens.

Also iv just planted 3 new autos less than an hour ago. They sprouted in a paper towel and have now been planted in there final homes , coco coir and perlite in 15 litre fabric pots.

I planted 2 gelato and 1 AK47 both by fastbuds . Its bit annoying I actually ordered lemon AK but they sent me the original AK by mistake . I emailed fastbuds but no response as of yet. I figured when life doesn't give you lemons , plant original AK47 .

I'm not too stressed about the mix up in seeds anyway . Going off my track record i Will probably kill the plants so I doubt the subtle difference in terpene profile will be noticed .

Wish me luck , I think I need it haha
 
Elcoops back at its again , ending the lives of innocent plants . The clone died. That's plant number 4 that i have killed and im yet to harvest anything :doh: but apart from that Its been a good week .

My environment is alot more stable now with the new light in there and the plants seem to be liking it . This week has seen the birth of 3 new little seedlings in the tent. 2 gelato and 1 AK47

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Strawberry pie has had its up and downs as per usual but seems to be hanging on . I fucked up and had her looking droopy at the start of the week . I had a big ph swing that I didn't know about . Lesson learnt check ph every time before feeding.
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Sad times, I was planning on starting training end of week 3 but I had to wait for her to recover . Might of been for the best anyway she was probably to small to train . This is her a few days later just before training and looking a bit better.
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I decided to go a bit easy on her so I tilted the pot a little to get her to bend toward the light in the direction i intended to tie her down . Seems to have taken well to it. I pulled her a little each day and I'm happy with where she's at for now . Gonna let her grow a bit more before getting too carried away . Here some photos of her through training and a canopy shot.
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she looks like she is taking to the trainiing well to me. I find it really cool the way the leaves from the now bottom of the canopy have made there way to the now top . There's an explosion of growth in that new light spot .

I hope to god I get something in the end from this but I am definitely enjoying the ride either way . This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and its been a really interesting hobby to pick up in lock down . Fingers and toes are crossed anyway . Wish me luck
 
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