Indoor First Time Growing - Dinafem Fruit auto

[Anarual]

Hi everyone!
After some time, I finally decided to make the leap and grow my own.
My setup is a 1x1x2m Budbox ( was supposed to be 75x75x160 with a 150HPS but they were running low in the store and gave me a free upgrade to a 250W HPS, soil and floraduo series nutes.
I started germinating seeds, I put them between 2 wet paper towels and covered them with a plate yesterday, now I'm kinda terrified that I'll screw something up. When I finally transplant the seeds, how close should I keep the HPS lamp to the pots (11L)

 

[namvet25]

Just high enough so when you hold the back of your hand at the same height of the seedling you can't feel any heat from the light,about 2 1/2 to three feet.

 

[Anarual]

A little update. Only 1 out of 3 seeds actually sprouted (Full story: I used the paper towel method on 2 of them, while taking out the third seed from its package I dropped it by accident into a bag of soil which i then kicked, also by accident ( I'm not usually clumsy..) anyway, It got lost, the other 2 did not want to sprout in their paper towels ( 1 popped and a little tail came out, but it stayed stunted for more days after which I gave up and stuck it in soil.) While preparing my soil for planting I noticed the lost seed, fully sprouted sticking out of the 20 litre bag - 0.0), yesterday, my little girl ( the only one that actually developed, and that I thought was lost, just got its first pair of real leaves ( only 12h after getting that first pair used to start the photosynthesis process, they're still small, tiny even, but they are growing FAST! Hope something'll come out of it.... I transplanted it and put it into my tent under the 250 hps 2 days ago.. it seems to love it. The other 2 are also there but they didn't even break soil yet.... oh and they're covered with ghetto humidity domes..

 

[Anarual]

I am currently at week five. The plant is little but looking like it'll be mostly 1 big top, which I'm very satisfied with for growing anything for the first time. I am only expieriencing 1 little problem now, the bottom leaves ( the 1st and 2nd ones ) lost a bit of their dark green color and are sagging a tiny bit, any idea what it could be ? Besides that the whole plant is a real nice dark green and budding up bit by bit every day..


And as always, here comes my noob question: GHE Ripen vs Flushing? What do you guys think I should do? (I'm at about 5 weeks, give or take 2 days, from other grow logs I've seen it'll be ready in about 3 - 3.5 weeks. I've read that GHE Ripen is awesome and that there's no need to flush afterwards, on the other hand 90% of grow logs I read talk about flushing..

Ps. I am taking pictures but I will upload them after the harvest.

 

[Eschatos]

Don't worry about the leaves, the first couple sets don't make it till the end like 100% of the times

You didn't mention what nutrients you use, if you use any.

I am taking pictures but I will upload them after the harvest.

Nothing like live streaming haha joking :smoke:

 

[Anarual]

I'm using the GHE flora duo series I got with my set, I used 25% of what GHE says at first and I switched to 50% yesterday. I usually water every other day, sometimes everyday, but that's rare..

 

[Anarual]

I have a bit of a problem.. Some leaves are starting to go brown at the tips, I personally thinks it's nute burn as I grow in shit soil with osmocote.. Besides that the fruit looks awesome, all frosty.. Still got about 2 weeks to go... I'll post a couple pics then

 

[Anarual]

A little sneak peak... almost ready... I think I will harvest it in 3 - 4 days... Started flushing it with plain water yesterday, omitted the ripen but I'm still thinking about giving it a small dose today as it's last meal...

 

[Anarual]

So what do you guys think? Should I give her a little GHE Ripen 4 days before the Cut? Might be 3 days as I'm looking for a last minute vacation at the moment ...

 

[MrN]

looking good Anarual!!:thumbs:...very nice first grow my friend!!...:smokebuds: