Indoor First Grow: Short Stuff Mi5 Grow Diary

[alex10]

Hey guys i've been browsing the site for a while but you seem a very friendly bunch of people so thought i would join in!




I have about 8x2x5ft of space
I am running the light & fan's on 12/12, Mainly because they are about 3ft from my bed aha
250w Powerplant HPS bulb & ballast
5" Cooltube
Homemade seedling light
Canna Terra professional soil + 1/3 perlite
Can't decide between canna's terra or bioterra range at the moment, but seedlings are on a weak solution of canna start now.
All will end up in 11l square pots
Still need to get a suitable exhaust fan, have a desk fan blowing on the cooltube to keep temps down at the moment

I have 5x Mi5 in there at the moment, along with two big bud & one big bud x NL photos'

Any advice or criticism welcome!

 

[alex10]

Day 5

Ok here we are at day 5

 

[alex10]

Day 7

These pics are from today
Mi5:

This one has strange looking leaves, any thoughts? thought it was getting a bit hot so put it back under cfls.


Big bud

thought i washed this mi5 seed away into the bottom of the pot went digging for it for a good 5/10 mins with no luck so planted another mi5, couple days ago she poped her head above ground in the same pot put her in a little pot for now.

 

[Muddy]

Looks like a pretty nice setup you've got. Mi5 is a great strain, one of my favorites, and should do well for you.

To me your seedlings look fine. Just a suggestion, take your pics under natural light. A lot easier to tell if there is an issue.

 

[alex10]

Update: Day 9

Helloo everyone,
A little update for day 9, added a couple drops of superthrive to their water earlier.

Speaking of water,
what do you guys use? all the reverse osmosis systems i've seen are pretty expensive for me, but if i see a nice, cheap unit i might pick one up.
I am using one of those Britta type water filters at the moment, which i guess isn't doing much?

Here's that Mi5 i rescued, looks like it's on its way out


-Apologies for the pics, quality looked a lot better on the little 2" screen haha.

 

[alex10]

Looks like a pretty nice setup you've got. Mi5 is a great strain, one of my favorites, and should do well for you.
To me your seedlings look fine. Just a suggestion, take your pics under natural light. A lot easier to tell if there is an issue.

Thanks bud, hoping for the best!
had a look at your Mi5 grow and thought....wait..... I swear i've seen these pictures before somewhere, then the seed pack caught my eye aha! nice work.

 

[alex10]

Extraction now sorted
Ghetto acoustic fan


5" Ram inline fan. taped up all joins and holes, placed it into the box it came in and filled with expanding foam filler/insulation, has reduced noise alot!

All that's left to do now is get a little intake fan to bring in air from outside, and think of where to run the ducting.

 

[HomieHogleg]

Extraction now sorted
Ghetto acoustic fan
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5" Ram inline fan. taped up all joins and holes, placed it into the box it came in and filled with expanding foam filler/insulation, has reduced noise alot!

All that's left to do now is get a little intake fan to bring in air from outside, and think of where to run the ducting.

Most folks just go passive on intake. If you have enough air going out, you just need vents to let the air in.
HomieHogleg

 

[alex10]

Ah sweet thanks, this fan pulls 386 cfm so that should be more than enough. less monies to spend!

 

[alex10]

Update: Day 13

Day 13 and they are all looking healthy (to me)
I will start them on Canna Terra Vega in 3-4 days

Ignore the little cactus type plant ahaha, not sure why i put that in there