Greetings all, new to the site and relatively new to growing. In my third year of organic gardening / urban homesteading (edibles, ornamentals, & medicinals - 400 sq ft of actual soil surface), and I am finally at a point where I can start to address some of the issues I've had indoors, in years past (environmental issues - excessive heat and inadequate lighting).
This is the first run with a new light, and a new attic exhaust fan to vent closet heat.
4x Dutch Passion Daiquiri Lime
3 gallon Root Pouches
35% EB Stone Recipe 420 OG
35% EB Stone Recipe 420 Hypor
20% Bu's Compost
10% Castings (local worm farm)
50/50 DTE Bio Live & Bio Fish applied as directed by volume
They are getting between 300w - 450w from the wall right now, when outside temps are 90+ it prevents me from running it at 450w.
Light schedule is 18/6 (lights out 1pm - 7pm, heat of the day, danger zone is from 7pm to 10pm while the heat is still venting out of the attic, when lights come on. Stabilizes between 9-10pm, working on making sure it never gets over 85f. It has been 100+ outside the past few days.
Average humidity to date is 44% but has gone down significantly this week due to the weather, and has been around 25% the past few days.
Average temp to date is 83.2f in that closet. High of 90.3f, low of 69.3f
So far I am watering every 3-5 days, with any combination of fresh aloe fillet, AgSil, Recharge, molasses, rehydrated kelp tea. It's going to get a blast of corn sprouts / alfalfa meal / and malted barley today, then onward to flower. I didn't really plan on posting this grow, but it will most certainly help me learn, to have all of your shared wisdom and experience. I have pictures from the start, but this is Day 19 from soil break.
I am planning on LST, in my experience I find that I prefer to train them once they get a little height, it's very possible that I am doing this wrong, (insights welcomed as to when specifically I should be LSTing an auto) so far it's what has "felt right" to me. I will LST in the next day or two. I am open to defoliation, I haven't done any yet, with the exception of those leaves touching the soil surface (they have since been removed). In the past I have just pulled them down and out, and tucked some fan leaves. Open to suggestions.
This is the first run with a new light, and a new attic exhaust fan to vent closet heat.
4x Dutch Passion Daiquiri Lime
3 gallon Root Pouches
35% EB Stone Recipe 420 OG
35% EB Stone Recipe 420 Hypor
20% Bu's Compost
10% Castings (local worm farm)
50/50 DTE Bio Live & Bio Fish applied as directed by volume
They are getting between 300w - 450w from the wall right now, when outside temps are 90+ it prevents me from running it at 450w.
Light schedule is 18/6 (lights out 1pm - 7pm, heat of the day, danger zone is from 7pm to 10pm while the heat is still venting out of the attic, when lights come on. Stabilizes between 9-10pm, working on making sure it never gets over 85f. It has been 100+ outside the past few days.
Average humidity to date is 44% but has gone down significantly this week due to the weather, and has been around 25% the past few days.
Average temp to date is 83.2f in that closet. High of 90.3f, low of 69.3f
So far I am watering every 3-5 days, with any combination of fresh aloe fillet, AgSil, Recharge, molasses, rehydrated kelp tea. It's going to get a blast of corn sprouts / alfalfa meal / and malted barley today, then onward to flower. I didn't really plan on posting this grow, but it will most certainly help me learn, to have all of your shared wisdom and experience. I have pictures from the start, but this is Day 19 from soil break.
I am planning on LST, in my experience I find that I prefer to train them once they get a little height, it's very possible that I am doing this wrong, (insights welcomed as to when specifically I should be LSTing an auto) so far it's what has "felt right" to me. I will LST in the next day or two. I am open to defoliation, I haven't done any yet, with the exception of those leaves touching the soil surface (they have since been removed). In the past I have just pulled them down and out, and tucked some fan leaves. Open to suggestions.
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