New Grower First Grow Ever...Lowryder 2

[Thezeker]

Been a while

Really wanted to post this week but life kept getting in the way. OK where was I?

I guess it was last weekend when I just planted the seeds into the pellets. I put them in darkness over night and they started to sprout a bit. By the second day they were coming out. On the third day I put them outside in the warm and bright Florida sun and they seemed to like it.


On the fourth day the larger sprout had a root creeping through the bottom so I transplanted them into the autopots. I soaked the autopots first in water with canna start and rhizotonic (abot 1 tblsp per gallon of each). The next day before lights out I added water that included half strength canna a + b.

Today I hooked up the resevoir tank to the autopots and added nutes to the water at 3/4 strength. Here is what things look like today 6 or 7 days since germination. (Sort of lost track).




The light I am using is from Hydroponics hut. It is a pro-grow 260. It draws 180 watts so I think this should be plenty for my space.

Looking at the pics they look pretty much in the ball park at this point compared to others. What say you guys?

 

[Thezeker]

More info

I looked back in retrospect I realized I left out some details.

For growing media I am using Coco Coir and perlite. About 70% Coco 30% perlite.

As you may have gathered I am using autopots, Each bucket is about 3 gallons. I really like the automatic watering feature. The media never seems to completely dry out, just stays damp.

I picked Canna nutes. Since this is my first grow I really got diverse opinions but they seemed as good as any and were available from where I ordered a bunch of stuff so it just made things simpler. And they had a nice grow guide for your use
http://growguide.info/

Since I hooked up the reservoir today there doesn't seem much else to do except adjust nutes, monitor temp and ph. If anybody has thought s on how far the lights should be from the plants I'd appreciate it.

 

[The Squid]

Keep your lights anywhere from 18-24 inches away for vegging. Good luck.

 

[Thezeker]

Day 15 update Lowryder 2

Ok, it has been 8 days since I last posted. Plenty of good growth. The one plant is a little smaller than the other and has been since the get go.



There is a bit if a problem. I noticed this mark on the bigger plant. It looks like nute burn to me. Just to be on the safe side I flushed the pots and dilluted the nutes in the reservoir by half. A couple of days ago I increased the nute to 3/4 strength. I guess that was too much too soon.

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

Thezeker, Your plants look nice and on track for their age. I am not familiar with the auto pots but they seem interesting. I like your setup, I am growing with a LED so I like to check out other grows doing the same. You can check out my current grow under a 240 blackstar here https://www.autoflower.org/f44/bikinis-auto-berry-ryder-big-bang-grow-8115.html I am not positive and nobody else said anything but it sounds like you are giving a lot of nutes, I use a different line so I am not sure what your feeding schedule is, but it sounds like you are giving them a lot for their age. Hopefully Muddy or someone with a little more experience can come by and help you out with it. Good luck with your grow.

 

[JasL]

Lookin good thezeker. That little spot looks more like a splash burn. Sometimes just a little droplet of water can do that if the light is too close. It's nothing to stress about. Keep up the good work!

 

[oldboy]

Hey Thezeker,

Love your setup. Wishing you all the best mate.

Oldboy.

 

[AutoMan]

Yummm....lowryder 2....I like the uniques taste of the LR2...AND the dokey d--- size of the colas....yours is looking good my friend..
Welcome to the AFN...where auto lovers love their autos...any of'em...

 

[virginia gent]

Hi Thezeker. Looks like your off to a good . Good luck.