first time wish me luck

hello iam currently doing my first little grow with 3 autos in a 50x90x5.5 ft tall space, in 3 gallon fabric pots,using bio bizz lightmix,under a kingbrite qb288 lm301b 240w full spectrum led,will be using mega crop nutrients at around 2-3 weeks, the temp sits around 22-25 degrees during the day at 75 humidity and about 18-22 at night with 50-60 humidity, iam also using still water brought from shop has a base ph of 7,3 and ppm of 90 i have lowerd the ph to about 6.2 and waterd 2 times with maybe a litre of water just wet the soil and have sprayed with water ever so often to raise humidity they are currently only 3 days old 1 of them with rapid growth (did have little longer in germination) and had a bigger tail then the others once planted. 1 of the seeds decided to grow upside down with tap root sticking out of the soil so i had to do some surgery if you can call it that ahaha all looks ok to me as a newbie I THINK just want to confrim my light is dimmed down to the lowest setting (not sure on the wattage) and sitting 21 inches away i will slowly brighten the light every other day once i see them ALL pop out a little above the soil my seedling thats has grown the most hasn't quite grown leaves yet looks a little weird to me (as shown below) or its just me maybe or is it just sooo young and me being a little impatient thanks for any feedback and will keep updated

 

[swangang67]

Day 21 week 3 (almost) first lst and blackberry got its first feed today of megacrop (bigger one is blackberry by fastbuds)

 

[Fuzzbird]

i will update soon
(pics). week 3 tomorrow and my tent is smelling a little my blackberry is literally loving life showing sex plenty of bud sites. little bit of leaf curling tho i think maybe could just be little bit of light stress im no expert as i say but i pulled the lights away a little.my sherbert is a little slower and i have notices a little brown spot on 1 of the leaves kinda making me worried but we will still keep going im sure its nothing.i did have issue during the week with my tent getting very hot as i forgot to turn my inline fan on to combat the heat as been very hot where i live recently got very warm in there but they seem to be ok especially my blackcurrant

Wow they look great! You’re doing so well! Great work.

little ladies, day 7. Not sure what officially marks their first day?

can’t tell if they are small or not haha. I can’t wait till I have more experience.

 

[swangang67]

they look good to me man for week 1 you are right on track its very slow the first 2 weeks as they are doing alot of stuff underneath the soil with roots half way through wee2 start of week 3 is where the explode man patience is keyy thats 1 thing iam learning.

 

[Fuzzbird]

they look good to me man for week 1 you are right on track its very slow the first 2 weeks as they are doing alot of stuff underneath the soil with roots half way through wee2 start of week 3 is where the explode man patience is keyy thats 1 thing iam learning.

Yeah it seems the more I stay out their way and just listen to them and give them what they request, the better they do. How funny, the more I leave my tent closed and leave them be, the more they thrive...totally fine with me!

I watered them deeply for the first time since they sprouted, they looked a little sad for some reason (no idea just a hunch) and I added 2ml of CalMag ( so they could better uptake the nutrients at their disposal in the soil) to 2 gallons of water phd to 5.9 ( trying to bring down my soils overall ph)..and they just exploded and perked right up and are throwing out new leaves like crazy. I love this process haha.

 

[NVbiker]

Yeah it seems the more I stay out their way and just listen to them and give them what they request, the better they do. How funny, the more I leave my tent closed and leave them be, the more they thrive...totally fine with me!

I watered them deeply for the first time since they sprouted, they looked a little sad for some reason (no idea just a hunch) and I added 2ml of CalMag ( so they could better uptake the nutrients at their disposal in the soil) to 2 gallons of water phd to 5.9 ( trying to bring down my soils overall ph)..and they just exploded and perked right up and are throwing out new leaves like crazy. I love this process haha.

In soil? I wouldn't deeply water seedlings unless its warm n dry environment and aerated media like coco.

 

[Fuzzbird]

In soil? I wouldn't deeply water seedlings unless its warm n dry environment and aerated media like coco.

Yes, in soil. I waited until the soil was nearly completely dry to eliminated fungus gnats. Then upon watering in a circular pattern with my mister 6 inches in circumference away from the stems of the seedlings until the slightest amount of runoff. Then, their growth exploded.

By exploded, I mean gained momentum exponentially for their seedling status compared to previous growth. Not vegetative state.

 

[Fuzzbird]

they look good to me man for week 1 you are right on track its very slow the first 2 weeks as they are doing alot of stuff underneath the soil with roots half way through wee2 start of week 3 is where the explode man patience is keyy thats 1 thing iam learning.

Any updates man? How’s everything going?

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Yeah it seems the more I stay out their way and just listen to them and give them what they request, the better they do. How funny, the more I leave my tent closed and leave them be, the more they thrive...totally fine with me!

I watered them deeply for the first time since they sprouted, they looked a little sad for some reason (no idea just a hunch) and I added 2ml of CalMag ( so they could better uptake the nutrients at their disposal in the soil) to 2 gallons of water phd to 5.9 ( trying to bring down my soils overall ph)..and they just exploded and perked right up and are throwing out new leaves like crazy. I love this process haha.

What you need to learn about watering will come with practice. Here are the basic rules: Never let the soil dry out. Soil and or coco can become hydrophobic if allowed to dry. This means it repels water. This in turn will create dry pockets in the soil and roots there will die. If your soil - coco have accidentally dried out use a surfactant to help re-wet it. I like yucca powder. Don't let soil remain soggy by watering too much too often. Root rot, damping off, molds, fungus gnats and other problems start in soggy soil. When you do water water the entire pot. How to learn when to water starts before you plant the seed. Fill your container with fresh soil/coco and weigh it (heft it) this is the lightest weight and consider it a dry pot. Now slowly water until the soil/coco will no longer absorb the water and run-off begins; weigh the pot (heft it) this is the maximum water, the wettest the pot can get. The difference between wettest and driest is the maximum water weight, for ease of explanation lets just say the water weighs 20 pounds. When the pot loses 10 pounds (half of the water weight) it is time to water again. There is an art to watering.

When you fertigate with a single nutrient to the soil/coco you can cause a lock-out situation. think about it like this: the only water available to the plant is 100% loaded with that one nutrient. The plant needs water so it must take up the included nutrient. 100% of anything is out of balance. Whenever you need to bump up a nutrient add it to your regular nutrient fertigation. Then the plant has all of the nutrients available in the water including a little extra of whatever you bumped up.

 

[swangang67]

All is well Fuzzbird now my baby's are 4 weeks old exactly they seem to be loving life I have a little bit a tip curling from heat stress but soon as I feed them they seem to look alot healthier Iam quite proud of myself for a first time and now even being able to be with my tent most of the time as at work I thought I was going to have problems but not 1 problem as of yet here are some pics (top pic is blackberry) bottom pic is orange sherb

 

[Fuzzbird]

All is well Fuzzbird now my baby's are 4 weeks old exactly they seem to be loving life I have a little bit a tip curling from heat stress but soon as I feed them they seem to look alot healthier Iam quite proud of myself for a first time and now even being able to be with my tent most of the time as at work I thought I was going to have problems but not 1 problem as of yet here are some pics (top pic is blackberry) bottom pic is orange sherb

Wow! Great work! They are chugging along nicely! Have you started any nutrients or anything yet? Awesome update, your ladies look like they are truly loving life!