New Grower First Post First Grow

[Just1dude]

New to growing and haven't even smoked in almost 20 yrs but the Med/CBD developments in cannabis have intrigued me as an anxiety, depression and neuropathy sufferer.

Anyway, after lots of research I decided to give it a go.
Agromax Silverback Tent, 4'7"X4'7"x8' tent
Two Sun Systems 315LEC's
6" Fan & Carbon Filter
5 gallon squat Rootamer fabric pots
Kind Soil with CocoLoco topper


3/23/19 Germination: 4 seeds in rooters in solo cups. Soaked rooters in distilled water and squeezed out excess. Placed in solo cup filled with Coco Loco.

Auto Seeds are 1 ea: Dina Fem Critical +, Barneys P Express, RQS Diesel freebie and Seedsman Sweet Tooth.

Placed cups in tent on heating pad set to 3 out of 6, placed CFL light about 6” above on candle sticks, put sandwich bag over each cup to hold temp and humidity.

Morning of 3/24 the bags had condensation in them. Removed each bad and dripped the condensation back onto the top of the rooter cube.

 

[Just1dude]

3/25/19

3 of the 4 seeds have popped and shown themselves. Temp in the room is 65 but the light and heating pad are doing their job. The cups are slightly warm to the touch.



I added a bit of water to each cup. Drizzled some on the rapid rooters which looked and felt dry (condensation production had dropped off) and around the edge of the soil. Not too much but just enough to add some moisture to the cup. I looked down in the 4th rooter and it looked like something is going on with the Pineapple Express so I expect to see it fully popped tomorrow.



I reread the net and reminded myself of them being ready to transplant when the leaves are as wide as the cup mouth. I’m also deciding when I want to go to the main Grow light. I’ll start with one, probably this weekend, but keep it pretty high.



3/27/19

Three plants show their first real set of leaves popping. The P Exp didn’t make it. Looks like it got twisted up trying to get out of the rooter and it’s head snapped off. Upon inspection I was amazed how long the tap root had grown in such a short time. I didn’t water but will tomorrow. I reset a new P Exp seed in

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

hi and @Just1dude
nice set up ya have there and off to a good start
been lurking for some time or first day here ? im archie gemmill your butlins blue coat hi de high site rep a few things well worth a read.

Site Terms Of Use
regardless if you read them or not,you have agreed to abide by them,so best cast your eye over takes 2 mins,in short no religion politics and dont be a knob
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/site-terms-of-use.13737/
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New Member Intros
why not do an intro,tell us something about yourself your grow or your ferret
https://www.autoflower.org/forums/live-introductions.35/
Live Stoner Gossip bit lost or stuck,got a question ? a cuppa tea getting cold and a rocket to burn ?
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/january-2019.69160/page-35
some Guides and Tutorials
https://www.autoflower.org/forums/guides-tutorials/
start a journal in the new growers section
https://www.autoflower.org/forums/new-growers-grow-journals.44/

follow along with Ash-A-Ton from seed to jar thread
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/school-daze-seed-to-jar-live-guide.65331/

have a good look around,click on some signature links.

anything else just ask away or @ me
good luck n keep er lit

 

[Just1dude]

3/30/19
Three seedlings are still growing but slowly. The Sweet Tooth has caught up to the other two. The re-germinated P Express is showing signs of life and I expect it to show itself within the next 24 hours. The room has been cold at 65 degrees steady and I think that may be the slow growth issue or maybe this is just how it goes in soil. I removed the fluorescent and flipped on one CMH for 18/6 and will only add the second when needed. The temp of the zipped up temp is already at 77 and I expect it to get higher. I’ll open a vent if it gets too warm. I watered again this morning. Not too much. I’ve also got the bags off the 3 seedlings. Left the one on the P Express that’s still germinating. I expect to transplant to the 5 gallon pots next weekend.

4/1/19
I put the bags back on the seedlings last evening to get them in some humid air. Tent humidity is reading low 40%. I filled a nursery pan with some filtered water to add some humidity to the room. This didn’t help the humidity so I put a small fan blowing over the pan in the room. The bags were completely full of condensation to the point that the RQS was actually being mugged by the wet bag. I pulled the bags and reused the water. The coco looks nice and dark and the rioters are still damp so I didn’t add more water. I reread growweedeasy and noted I should have already lowered the light to 24” above the plants when the first full set of leaves appeared. They did just now start looking like they were stretching. Crisis avoided I think.

4/2/19
Checked the girls this morning. The Dinafem looked really good with the leaves reaching up to the light. The others looked fine. Moving the light was good timing. The humidity was up to 45% which is great as it was down to 35% last evening before I put the small fan on blowing over it.

4/4/19
Got back home from out of town and was very pleased. Temp in the tent was 80 with 45% RH. The original 3 are all equal size well on their way to growing out their second set of leaves with the third set already showing. P Express is not far behind them. All look very healthy. All had practically bone dry media so between the light being closer and them drinking more they needed water asap. I think the dryness let some oxygen get to the roots though so it worked out. The leaves are to the edges of the solo cups so I’ll be transplanting to their 5 gallon pots with the coco loco kind soil set up. I’m feeling very positive about the state of the grow so far. Oh, the RQS Diesel and Sweet Tooth are already giving off a faint skunk smell. You have to get ur nose right in there but it’s unmistakable. That got me pretty pumped.

 

[Just1dude]

Thanks for the quick reply Archie. Been lurking for a while. I don't have anyone to share my new hobby with...except for you guys/girls which is actually the best resource anyway.

 

[Just1dude]

4/6/19
Transplanted the girls to their forever homes last night. Watered them and brought the bag weight up to or above original weight. Put the lights at 20”.

4/7/19
Last night I put a cup of water around each plant. Today I noticed the girls, especially P Exp are showing heat/light stress. Curled up leaf edges. The leaves also seem paper thin which I think is from not enough water but I’m scared to overwater. Temp was around 80. Decided I needed to do a couple things. First raise the lights. I didn’t measure but they’re at about 24”. I also hooked up the exhaust fan. WOW, even on medium I’m getting a nice negative air pressure and temps dropped to low 70’s. Humidity was hovering around 50%. Soil is dry on the surface but just slightly damp 2” down. Picked up the bags and they feel heavy. I plan to water aging tomorrow. Looking forward to the roots hitting the kind soil and showing some rapid growth.

 

[Just1dude]

4/10/19
Watered this evening with two cups of distilled water on all but the Px which got one cup. The Px is showing mottled yellow on the leaves which may be tobacco mottling disease. If it is I’ll be fucked and have to trash all the plants and disinfect the tent. I’m holding off on overreacting though. That plant got some heavy doses of hot lights and a young transplant so I need to be patient. I have moved the lights up some to 24”. And temps and humidity are holding low 70’s and mid to high 40’s rh. The leaves finally looked healthy and moist. This latest watering should help that even more. I water with two cups again on Friday and then I’ll top at least two on Saturday, the Sweet Tooth and either the Diesel or Critical, whichever is stronger. I’ll let the other and the Px just go natural for the whole grow.

 

[Just1dude]

4/13/19
Watered with 3 cups to each plant yesterday. I really get the feeling I’ve been under watering. Also read about the TMV on GWE. I’m not convinced PE has that. It’s probably stress or something else. It hasn’t spread to the other plants which is a relief.

Today was a big day. I topped all but the PE. Topped them to the 4th node. I checked the soil and it was still damp under the surface so they should be able to recover with plenty to drink. I’m a little disappointed in how light green all the plants are. I’m sure it’s due to the organic water only grow I’m doing.

Also shut off one light and turned down the fan. I’m going to see how the plants react. The tent looks dark compared to the two lights but I think all I’ll be losing out on is the reflective light for now. I’ll turn the other back on for the whole flower cycle.

 

[Just1dude]

4/19/19
Did the first training on the Diesel, Sweet Tooth and the Critical +. The Critical has stretched a good bit and looks a little gangly. The Diesel is short and dense. The Sweet Tooth seems to be just right, good density, height and stem/branch thickness.

I fimmed the P Express just to try something different from the others. It’s really come a long way in the last week. The molteling of the leaves seems to have dissipated so I think that was a stress reaction. I tucked some leaves on it for better light to a couple of the low cola producing branches.

I watered each plant with 3 cups of distilled water. Moving them around to train them the bags felt pretty light. But there’s no sign of being to dry from the plants so the watering schedule seems perfect now. The Sweet Tooth is showing some white tips on the tallest new growth. I’m thinking this may have been light burn but not sure. I also did a very light defol of the lowest leaves that were totally hidden.

 

[Just1dude]

4/20/19
WOW, the girls responded great to the training and a good drink. Stood right up in less than a day. Both the Diesel and Sweet Tooth are showing signs of consistent underwatering. Since they got 3 cups yesterday evening I’m going to wait till tomorrow to water with 4 cups per, or till I get a touch of runoff. Temp at 70 and RH at 51.