Indoor Indoor 3x gorilla glue in coco coir first time grow

[Iriee Vibez]

 

[MedCzech]

Hey MedCzech and Pigskin, Just wanted to give you an update on how the girls are doing. I'm currently feeding about 400-500 ppm and the lights are 22' above the canopy, should I raise or lower the lights? Also when shoul I begin low stress training or topping? Thanks again

Unless you are trying to keep them small, I wouldn't top or fim them at all. They look very nice right now. Keep at around 500ppm one more week, keep light the same. Then next week, raise up ppm to 600 to 650, and make sure light is around 20-21" above. Slowly you will raise ppm and get light eventually to around 16"-18" in the end.
What light are you running again? Might want to check recommended distances from light. Other than that, status quo and watch them grow man. Very small and subtle changes are important, nothing dramatic at all.

 

[ryanisgrowing]

Unless you are trying to keep them small, I wouldn't top or fim them at all. They look very nice right now. Keep at around 500ppm one more week, keep light the same. Then next week, raise up ppm to 600 to 650, and make sure light is around 20-21" above. Slowly you will raise ppm and get light eventually to around 16"-18" in the end.
What light are you running again? Might want to check recommended distances from light. Other than that, status quo and watch them grow man. Very small and subtle changes are important, nothing dramatic at all.

I need to keep them small because my tent is only 2x2x4, I'm afraid if I let them grow naturally it will become to tall for my tent. there's only about 30 inches of room from the top of the pot to the tent roof. I'm using the mars hydro 600w, I lost the owners manual so I'll have to look up the recommended distances, I'm pretty sure it said around 18-24' for veg. Do you suggest me fim, top, or lst with the height issue? Also I'm kind of confused about the nodes, Is the node the new growth that's coming out of side of the stem? If so I think I have 3 of them now. I'll have to do some more research on topping/fim and lst, Is time of the importance right now to preform these things? Or do I still have a week or so to decide. Thanks again for the help to the both of you

 

[ryanisgrowing]

On a side note, I just looked and noticed that most of the leaves are curling up. Is this a symptom of heat stress or is it a nutrient thing? I lowered the lights to about 24' a week ago and they've been growing towards it. It's now sitting 21.5' above the canopy. Should I raise or lower?

 

[Hippy_BiotabsF70]

Hey mate, just randomly reading your thread. Looking good. Never go below PH 5.8, you mentioned you go between 5.5 and 5.8? I would aim for 6.0 as a rule, maybe 5.9 but feeding at 5.5 would be enough to cause those little brown spots you had earlier. Nutes not being taken up as PH too low.

They look good now mate. As for the leaf curl, what light is it? Mars 600w? Raise it a few inches and see if the curl stops. Autos need sod all light, as they are in daylight for many hours per day. It's cumulative, so a plant under 20 hours light needs much less intensity than a plant under only 12 hours of light, to get the same total light over 24 hours. DLi etc.

 

[Iriee Vibez]

I need to keep them small because my tent is only 2x2x4, I'm afraid if I let them grow naturally it will become to tall for my tent. there's only about 30 inches of room from the top of the pot to the tent roof. I'm using the mars hydro 600w, I lost the owners manual so I'll have to look up the recommended distances, I'm pretty sure it said around 18-24' for veg. Do you suggest me fim, top, or lst with the height issue? Also I'm kind of confused about the nodes, Is the node the new growth that's coming out of side of the stem? If so I think I have 3 of them now. I'll have to do some more research on topping/fim and lst, Is time of the importance right now to preform these things? Or do I still have a week or so to decide. Thanks again for the help to the both of you

Yeah, those are nodes, and it does look like you have three of them. You can LST at any time, even early on into flower, so you have time. If you want to fim, doing it now at the first sign of the new shoots (fourth node), would be ideal. You have options for managing height. You can also supercrop them later if they are getting too tall.

 

[MedCzech]

On a side note, I just looked and noticed that most of the leaves are curling up. Is this a symptom of heat stress or is it a nutrient thing? I lowered the lights to about 24' a week ago and they've been growing towards it. It's now sitting 21.5' above the canopy. Should I raise or lower?

Relax bro. They look fine. Leaves look fine too. Be careful with there light distance. They can handle about 1" closer per week, not 2.5", so that might be the smallest issue. Just back it up to 23", then check and can be 22" next week, and so on until you reach the minimum distance. Probably 16-18" based on that model. You want your PDF or par to be between 300 to 500 for veg, and 500 to 800 in flower depending on strain and temps, RH, etc.