New Grower Medi's Medical grow

[medi]

Thanks for all the responses, especially the links, I'll follow up on those. I've been using Leafly, but that doesn't tell me a lot about people's experience with growing it, which is why I figured I'd just start asking around. I'm really leaning right now toward a NL X BB like Cash Crop or the one from World of Seeds. I'd like to grow some berry goodness, but I'm concerned about the difficulty, and yield, so I'll save that for when I don't badly need to replenish my supply.

On to the topic of my grow the girls are perking their heads up, and my camera skills are a bit better than they were yesterday. I'm more encouraged by the one that still has its seed attached because of how straight and taut it looks. The other one is already starting a dip/lean in the stalk. I ordered some Sensizym today, should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. Other than that not much to update, I was going to wait until tomorrow to do pictures, but I was in there anyway, and had the light off to fix the height, and figured I'd take a couple shots to get a clear look at the health of the seedlings.

 

[Trapper]

They both look fine. (Congrats, BTW!) I, myself, gently removed the seed casing...don't know if that's good or bad...I've seen other people give an assist on that.

I also really like leafly but since making the move to autos, I find it's only useful for seeing the components that go into our AF's and the
attributes they contain. Can't find a Dark Devil Auto on leafly but you can find Jack Herer and Hindu or Chitral Kush...

Really like the info on Seedfinder

I also find a lot of info (some good some bad) by youtubing autoflower grows.

 

[medi]

I also find a lot of info (some good some bad) by youtubing autoflower grows.

Man is that the truth! That said there are a lot of helpful people, and it's how I found this forum so that's cool. I'll give that seedling until I can't stand it anymore or tomorrow, whichever comes first, then I'll probably use some fine point tweezers to very gently nudge it off. Thanks for the tip.

edit: I lasted about 5 minutes, all is well, came right off.

 

[Trapper]

...edit: I lasted about 5 minutes, all is well, came right off.

LOL!!!! I didn't even last that long...

BTW, on that droopy one, it may just be reaching for the light, rotate it 180º and see if it
begins to straighten out.

EDIT: Nevermind, it's actually resting on the soil isn't it? Let er dry out a bit.

 

[medi]

It might be kissing the soil, but it's not resting on it, you can't see in that pic, but the stem has a crook in it right around soil level, and it's making the plant dip in that direction. I'm hesitant to correct it until it gets a little bigger. Maybe you and others can chime in on your thoughts.

 

[Trapper]

It might be kissing the soil, but it's not resting on it, you can't see in that pic, but the stem has a crook in it right around soil level, and it's making the plant dip in that direction. I'm hesitant to correct it until it gets a little bigger. Maybe you and others can chime in on your thoughts.

I think you're right, give it time and see what new growth does for it...I bet it will pull that crook out.
I would personally advise letting it dry out a bit, just looks a little wet in there, but I could be wrong.

 

[medi]

I would personally advise letting it dry out a bit, just looks a little wet in there, but I could be wrong.

It's still wet from me having kept it wet for soil germination, but I'm not going to water it for at least 2, probably 3 days depending on how temps hold up. On that note my temps are fluctuating between 79, and 81, and my humidity is between 50%-59% depending I'm assuming on the temperature. I suspect I'll have a hard time building humidity with an LED, I might add some CFLs for flowering, to help with transpiration, because getting temps to 85 even in my smaller space seems like a challenge.

 

[medi]

.:ay 6 Update::.

I was in the grow room today cleaning up, ,organizing and vacuuming and decided I'd grab a couple pics of the girls. They're both looking healthy, and happy. I've been giving them a 20/4 light schedule, and a good dry out for the last few days to get some air in there and force some root growth.

I was getting temps between 80-84 the last couple days, so I picked up another fan to use as an intake booster for the box, and temps have stayed a very consistent 79 degrees since. The humidity is still floating between 48-50%.

Also yesterday I started over on the para cord holding up the light, and was able to get the leads very short, so it's sitting a solid 18 inches from the tops now, which is as far as it can go until my tent comes in this upcoming week. I got this one from Amazon: http://goo.gl/1jRS7S The price was right, and it looked fairly solid with good reviews. I guess we'll see how well it performs in the coming weeks/months.

I ordered a couple pairs of ratchet hangers for the tent, and I plan on starting off with just some fan boosters for ventilation, with a make shift carbon scrubber when/if I need one. That's about it for updates, but hopefully I'll see a growth spurt in a few days and have more to keep busy with. Thanks for stopping by!

edit: Including the pics.... Shouldn't medicate before posting.

 

[medi]

.ay 7:.

Not too much to report today, I cleaned out the inside of my grow cabinet, and decided growth seemed to be slowing down, so I watered 2 quarts per plant.
It was fairly dry up to an inch and a half down, and the pot was about half the weight of the last time I watered. I use Misco pots with the bottoms removed,
and about a 1 inch layer in the bottom of the pot of Perlite for drainage. PH of the runoff is 6.8, which I'm happy with.
Temps are hanging between 79-81 as the rest of the house fluctuates, but I'm not too concerned and they girls look fine still.
Humidity is a fairly consistent 45% or so, but I suppose I could have worse problems, and my setup will change significantly when my tent gets here.

General picture of the girls. The water has been since removed, I was just letting it finish runoff.

 

[Trapper]

Sounds like perfect parameters... Each day is a day done!