New Grower Northern Lights AF first grow

[silverback64]

Hi this is my first grow. I am using a 60/40 mix of Happy Frog and perlite in 3.5 gal. square cloth pots.
The grow is in a 2x4' gorilla grow tent with a Kind series 3 450 watt LED Lamp. I planted the seeds directly in the bags and all 3 sprouted within 3 days. Since then I have been running a 24 hour light cycle. Temps were originally running in the low 70's but I have raised it with a small heater to 80-82 degrees.Humidity is between 35-40 % I have purchased triple nutes and will be following an earlier threads feeding schedule.Today is day 11 for my girls and they are approx.2.5 inches tall and seem to be developing well but having no experience I really would appreciate any comments or suggestions. It is very important that this grow turns out well as I have no local connections for weed since relocating to a new area.
I'm 64 which makes it difficult to find sources and I need my weed so I've decided to grow my own.
Thanks for your help.

 

[EvilScotsman]

hey buddy welcome to afn! and congratulations on starting your first grow! had to go see what that light was and fuckin hell you spent a lot on that. i can rig out a full room for that price ya mad man lol. girls are lookin awesome though. happy, healthy and about the right size : ) need to get that humidity up a bit though mate. high for veg, low for bloom. not sure what the official numbers are to be honest but i try for 60%+ for veg and havent had any problems. i dont know how to explain it properly but its called VPD. vapour pressure deficit. basically the plant can only suck up what it can sweat out. so if theres too much moisture or not enough moisture in the air, it fucks with the plants ability to suck up water and therefor loses growth. sounds technical and scary but just get it a bit more humid in there and you’ll never need to understand it lol.

 

[EvilScotsman]

oh and what seedbank did you get those beans from mate?

 

[Rapha El]

hey buddy welcome to afn! and congratulations on starting your first grow! had to go see what that light was and fuckin hell you spent a lot on that. i can rig out a full room for that price ya mad man lol. girls are lookin awesome though. happy, healthy and about the right size : ) need to get that humidity up a bit though mate. high for veg, low for bloom. not sure what the official numbers are to be honest but i try for 60% for veg and havent had any problems. i dont know how to explain it properly but its called VPD. vapour pressure deficit. basically the plant can only suck up what it can sweat out. so if theres too much moisture or not enough moisture in the air, it fucks with the plants ability to suck up water and therefor loses growth. sounds technical and scary but just get it a bit more humid in there and you’ll never need to understand it lol.

http://opennlabs.com/vpd/VPD_calculator.php

 

[EvilScotsman]

http://opennlabs.com/vpd/VPD_calculator.php

yeah thats the one mate. its amazing how noticeably the growth rate changes when you get it right/wrong. i could swear my plants even smell better when it stays spot on for a while.

 

[silverback64]

oh and what seedbank did you get those beans from mate?

Thanks for the information. I got the seeds from Nirvana. Very happy with the service and stealth shipping

 

[EvilScotsman]

Thanks for the information. I got the seeds from Nirvana. Very happy with the service and stealth shipping

phew, been seeing a lot of people slating a certain bank for their NL recently but not them so all good : )

 

[silverback64]

http://opennlabs.com/vpd/VPD_calculator.php

Thanks, great info.

 

[AJrexxx]

Welcome. Very nice. My first auto grow was 2 Nirvana Northern Lights and 1 Blueberry Kush. They ended up being monsters and I had nowhere near the light you do.

 

[silverback64]

I hope mine do as well as yours. Fingers crossed.