Hey all.
I planted a couple seeds last week and had germination success (mostly). I’ve managed to keep the oldest seedling alive for 7 days, so figured it was time to start an official journal of my first grow.
Set up:
2x2 tent
HLG 65 4000k for veg/HLG 100 3000k for flower
4” exhaust fan and carbon filter + hurricane clip-on fan
citric acid ph’d tap water. Shooting for around 6.5
Container: 2 in 5L fabric pots, 1 in 2.5L air pot.
Medium: 1/3 Kind Soil layered under 2/3 Roots Organic Original
Nutrients: none to start. I plan to top dress with Roots Organic Uprising Bloom in flower if/as needed. I will be starting a small weekly dose of Real Growers Recharge this weekend.
I planted 3
seeds directly to soil last week.
Rocbudinc’s Purple Scoops came up fast and is on Day 7 since sprout. Most vigorous grower of the 3 so far.
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Mephisto Double Grape x 3 Bears OG came up next and is on Day 5. You can see the leaf tips are a bit twisted and they have been doing that since it sprouted. It has had better growth the past 2 days, so I hope it’s not too stunted.
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My 3rd seed (meph northern cheese haze) never sprouted. I dug up a still ungerminated seed after a week and replanted with a Mephisto Forum Cookies. That has now sprouted and is on day 2 and looks good so far to my untrained eye.
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I am still only watering with a spray bottle, but plan on doing a slightly more thorough watering with Recharge tomorrow.
Right now I am on 24/0 and not yet running exhaust fan as temperature and humidity seem to be mostly ideal with 75-80F and 65-75RH. I would say average has been 79F at 70RH. At what point should I consider switching to 20/4 and turning on the exhaust fan?
Edit: also, the powder in the pots is diatomaceous earth. Only applied as a preventative measure since I noticed a couple ants in the laundry room where the tent is located.