New Grower First ever grow.. Himalaya blue diesel opinions and advice? ?

[cjfd2006]

Hey how's it going. Gonna attempt to attempt my first ever grow. Lol I know you seen a million of the exact same threads asking for opinions and advice, but I just had to start another one. Even though I've researched and read a few grow nobles and threads. Nothing is as good as directed advice ..anyway you already know im going with hbd seeds I built my own grow box the the grow compartment measures 4ft tall 4ft wide 2ft deep painted flat white inside. With a separate compartment for a 400watt mh/ hps light currently have my seedlings under mh I mixed my own soil comprising of scotts premium topsoil with peat moss mixed with scotts premium humus and compost mix and the sunleaves international bat guano kit with the four types of guano mixed in. I also have the fox farm soil trio grow big this big bloom and tiger bloom .im watering with RO which I have bubble stones in to oxygenate it. I just started feeding the grow big this week at 2 capfulls to a gallon. I've also got one of those exhale c02 do dads . Box is vented at 100 cfm and stay bout 79 degrees. Right now the seeds are in small peat pots ill be transplanting them to 5 gallon grow bags as soon as they get here. I did get a 100% germination rate all 10seeds popped and are now 11 days old I will try to post pics if I get it figured out from my phone. I think I've covered everything. Thanks for any advice anyone could offer

 

[agito]

4ft tall and 4ft deep im aleady lost

first ever grow and mixing your own compost seem like a mistake to me

peat pots take to long to break down

feeding at 11 days sounds early as well

dont bubble pre made orgainic nutes

 

[BK1988]

im growing some HBD as well mine are on day 10... as stated in the other post... easy on the nutes... fox farms is known for burning up plants... less really is more... i also use the trio and fed 1/2 a capful of Big Bloom on day 6 and it burned one of plants... and that was only big bloom i hope your plants are tougher than mine if your going with 2 caps of grow big.. i dont plan on using the grow big until at least 18 days...

let us know how they take it and good luck to you
BK

 

[cjfd2006]

Thanks for the advice. Trial and error I guess. They look good so far. Ill hold off on the nutes for a while longer maybe ill get lucky and they'll be ok.

 

[agito]

Thanks for the advice. Trial and error I guess. They look good so far. Ill hold off on the nutes for a while longer maybe ill get lucky and they'll be ok.

just play it by ear if they look hungry feed them

 

[Muddy]

Welcome to AFN and the New Growers Forum. I agree, go easy on the nutes for awhile. With all that guano you've already got a lot of nutrients in the soil. Also, have you checked the pH of your soil mix or tested your run off? If not, I think you should. I don't see any mention of adding lime to your mix. With all that organic matter it may be on the low side.

 

[cjfd2006]

Never crossed my mind to ph the soil I just been checking the water. They're still chilling out in just a tiny bit of soil in peat pots at the moment so it ll be easy to add to the mix. Thanks to the post office my grow bags wont come for another week will they be ok in the peat pots for a little while longer?

 

[Muddy]

Yes, pH is probably the most overlooked thing with new growers and is the root cause of most issues. If the roots are growing out of the peat pots I would get them into some type of soil, even if it's a small pot. You can always move them to the bags when they arrive.

 

[cjfd2006]

They're on day 13 from seed now looking good. About when will the hbd start to show sex.

 

[Muddy]

Usually when they have about 5 sets of leaves, or nodes. Anywhere from about day 16 on. Males will usually show first and are generally the biggest ones at that point.