Reason to worry or overthinking? First grow

[SoberGrower]

Hey everyone. So this is my first time ever attempting to grow anything at all. I've decided to try and keep everything as simple as possible while still trying to keep everything balanced. I started with the free 5 double grape x strawberry nuggets seeds from mephisto. I wasn't actually planning on running all 5 but I assumed I'd have germination issues with at least 1. That didn't happen so 5 it is. I have a vivosun 4x4 smart grow setup. I have 2 e6 fans, 2 aw200se lights, 6 inch air filtration setup, smart hub, and an old humidifier I run to try and keep the vpd in what I believe is an acceptable range. Water is tap which has sat with an air stone for at least 2 days before being ph'd to right around 6. Once the seeds popped and small tap roots developed they were planted directly into 5 gallon fabric pots. The pots are filled with a soil mix I prepared consisting of roughly 3 parts ffof and 2 parts ffhf with some additional perlite and some earthworm castings added. When filling the 5 gallon pots I placed a 6 inch planter (roughly 1.4q) at the top in the center then filled that 6 inch planter sized whole with 100% ffhf and that's where the seeds were planted. The lights are placed around 49 inches above the pots and set at 60% giving me around a 12dli and 186ppfd. The seeds were planted on the 7th at which point I spray above the soil with a spray bottle then used water bottle bottoms and placed over as humidity domes for the first 4 days. The seeds were out of the ground and showing leaves on the 9th so I guess I'm supposed to consider that day 1? Since removing the humidity domes I've given each plant about 100ml of water every other day which seems to be when things are pretty dry again. I've been trying to keep vpd between 0.6 and 0.8 which is proving to be a challenge. I can't seem to keep temps down in the tent without using an e6 fan jammed in one of the large holes in the tent but that spikes vpd and dries the tent out. I've read vpd is more important than temperature so that's what I've been more concerned with. Temp often hits 86-87°F. Today marks 1 week since planting and I feel like 4 of the 5 are doing well but 1 has me a little worried and since I'm in the learning phase I'm hoping all the greater minds here might educate me a bit on what could be happening and/or what I may be doing wrong overall. Anyways, thank you everyone in advance and hopefully I'm not forgetting anything. I already feel as though I've learned a lot here so thank you all for that as well. The last photo is the plant im concerned with.

 

[PeaceLove&Buds]

That is a very pretty sight!!

Thank you! I don’t hold on to photos of my grows but I’m guessing everyone has a pic of their first grow.

 

[Dutchie]

Thank you! I don’t hold on to photos of my grows but I’m guessing everyone has a pic of their first grow.

I dont actually have any pictures of our first it was long before the days of mobiles with cameras but that picture of yours is all you could ever wish for really, If mine look remotely like yours il be very very pleased.

 

[SoberGrower]

Looks good I have the Same setup. all vivosun aerotech eqip. AW200SE lights are awesome and the wings gives you a lot more control! I use the E42 hub to run the aerotech system with the vivosun 6in fans as well. you will find its very simple! I am on my 3rd plant and had zero cannabis experience, but my grandparents had a garden I managed. you can get a vivosun small humidifier that is 30 bucks and is great. I bought a mix pack of seeds before starting and using these 5 seeds to learn, and boy have I. I find myself overthinking quite a bit. but have made my grow as automated and easy as possible using fox farms coco media. I use grow dots and recharge that way I don't have to worry about feeding and ACI autopots so I don't overwater. have not lost a plant yet. good luck and have fun, autos are mostly tough plants.

Yes so far I'm finding the vivosun setup to be very easy to manage. I water every couple of days with a few buckets i fill and ph when the plants seem to need it and refill my little humidifier once a day. I want the larger vivosun humidifier that works with the e42 hub eventually but I'd like to get through this grow first to see how it goes. I'm using a mix of fox farm happy frog and fox farm ocean forest and plan on top dressing when the time comes. It seems the easiest to me. I watched a podcast on YouTube not long ago where a guy who apparently is known for growing monster autos explained how he makes everything as simple as possible now and no longer goes overboard with his grows. I guess time will tell and when this grow is done I'll decide what I believe worked for me and what didn't. Thank you for the luck

 

[Dutchie]

Hi SoberGrower your plants look as if they are coming along very nicely, I am a pretty long time photo guy and im starting my first lot of autos so im like the new guy here ,itll be really interesting to watch yours as they progress. A couple of my friends who grow photos have switched over to autos and say theyll never go back so im really excited about trying this. From what you said in these posts it seems like you have a pretty good grasp on all this already so i may end up asking you for advise along the way. Good luck mate and keep posting as youll be helping me out.