New Grower Sweet Seeds - First LED Run!

[NuteBurn]

Picture update on day 4......

Temps are on the high side again during the day when the light is on. I hit 31.8 celcius today inside the tent, so i've moved the fan lower down and shortened my light cycle to 18/6.

On a side note, i'm not using postimage.org to host my photographs any longer - there are some pretty explicit adverts that pop up on there when you view the image and I know we have a mixture of both male and female growers on this forum and the ladies shouldn't have to see that sort of stuff - so now i'm using imgur instead!

Here are the girls looking healthy on day 4:

Peace
NB

 

[Waximus]

On a side note, i'm not using postimage.org to host my photographs any longer - there are some pretty explicit adverts that pop up on there when you view the image and I know we have a mixture of both male and female growers on this forum and the ladies shouldn't have to see that sort of stuff - so now i'm using imgur instead!

Looking fine, NB! And I am giving you a , because chivalry should never die! Way to be mindful. Far too uncommon, methinks... Righteous!! Hope you have a rockin week!

 

[pop22]

Now then Bilbo thanks for replying mate. I'm getting my readings from the floor at the base of the smartpots at the moment. I've got a mate who grows photoperiod strains and he has a meter that has 2 probes on wires so he can measure the temps at different places inside his cab, so now you've said about canopy-level temp monitoring I know why he has that kind of setup! Never thought to ask him at the time...

I'm gonna move the hygrometer onto the top of the soil in one of the pots and see what the temps are like there - my guess is higher than the above figures! I'll also have a fiddle with the light height and see if we can get some more stable temps in there.

Peace
NB

If you can, time your lights to run at night, and go off on the late morning. Wouldn't hurt to drop to a 16/8 schedule either, at least until your outside temps moderate a bit. I run mine 16/8 for my autos, and don't believe its cause any loss of bud.

 

[hope2grow]

Lookin good so far bro.. I grew out 2 sweet skunk there under LED.. got over 3oz combined from both and it was really gorgeous smelling delicious smoke couldnt recommend it highly enough and one of their cheapest if not the cheapest auto seed they do.. you prob have a few of those in there ;-) I will def be growing sweet seeds again V soon.. good luck with the grow partner.. smoke on

 

[NuteBurn]

Looking fine, NB! And I am giving you a , because chivalry should never die! Way to be mindful. Far too uncommon, methinks... Righteous!! Hope you have a rockin week!

- Cheers, Wax! Much appreciated lad! I know us blokes don't mind a few 'artistic' photographs of the fairer sex, but i'm sure the ladies don't like looking at that sorta stuff, well, maybe some do hahaha!

If you can, time your lights to run at night, and go off on the late morning. Wouldn't hurt to drop to a 16/8 schedule either, at least until your outside temps moderate a bit. I run mine 16/8 for my autos, and don't believe its cause any loss of bud.

Hi pop22! When I get 5 mins free when i'm at home i'll change the cycle so the light goes off at 12pm until 8pm. Good call pop22, i'll give your advice a whirl and see if things cool down a bit! It is much warmer than usual in UK at the moment but it is set to get colder in the next few weeks. Hope so!

Peace

NB

 

[NuteBurn]

Lookin good so far bro.. I grew out 2 sweet skunk there under LED.. got over 3oz combined from both and it was really gorgeous smelling delicious smoke couldnt recommend it highly enough and one of their cheapest if not the cheapest auto seed they do.. you prob have a few of those in there ;-) I will def be growing sweet seeds again V soon.. good luck with the grow partner.. smoke on

Hiya pal, yeah 3 zips is a decent yield man sounds like you enjoyed growing the Sweets stuff! I'm positive there'll be a few Sweet Skunk in the pack I got - tell me, how tall/wide did yours get? My tent is only 1.5M tall so I hope they dont go reaching for the stars.

Peace

 

[NuteBurn]

Peeped in on the plants this morning, day 7. Temps have not gone above 30 celcius since the light cycle change, which is slightly better. Still just giving them plain water (sat out for 24hrs) and they seem to be enjoying their environment. Both are a picture of health!

I've taken some photos - see if you see what I see!! First person to notice gets a gold star!

Got a new toy, too. A soil PH meter!
As you can see, reading on the high side at the moment at over 7 PH.

Back in a few days.

Peace
NB

 

[NuteBurn]

Day 10

Sorry for all these updates - they are for me as well as you guys, so I can fully document my first serious grow. You'll have to put up with my statistical ramblings if you want to follow me on my journey!!

So, today is day 10, i've been giving the plants plain water since day 1 and today they got their first feed. I made up a solution of '24hr water' PH tested at 7.8 out of the tap, 1ml AN Voodoo Juice, 1ml each of AN Sensi Grow A&B. The solution tested at PH 6.7. I hope they like it! I actually got a few drips of the solution on the leaves so i've got a feeling they are gonna be looking poorley in the next few days, but we'll see.

I must say, I have been looking through other grows of Sweet Seeds and seeing what my plants look like compared to others at the same stage of growth as mine, and they all seem to look much larger than my plants. Unsure of why, maybe the higher temps?
Temps have been running at just over the 28 degree celcius mark recently. What do you reckon?

Pics:

Feedback appreciated lads and lasses!

Peace
NB

 

[NuteBurn]

Got a bit bored this evening so took a few snaps with my fisheye lens:

Worshipping the Electrical Sun God

Plants are taking well to the feed in their water and are chugging along nicely. Temps are stable around the 28 celcius mark and RH steady at around 45%. Happy days.

Peace
NB

 

[NuteBurn]

Got another update: Day 14

Had a bit of bad luck and one of my LED pods has gone out. On the upside, I contacted Cidly and received a response within 5 mins saying they were sending me a replacement pod before this weekend so i can get it installed and back up n running by next week. Rather good customer service I must say, hope they stick to their word!

Generally the plants are doing ok, one has a bit of yellowing on the bottom leaves, and also the first true leaves are dying at the ends, but the rest of the plant looks healthy, apart from a slight bit of leaf-curl (been too hot at one point, methinks).

I've been giving them low doses of nutrients 1ml Sensi Grow A&B and 1ml Voodoo Juice per litre. Gonna introduce B-52 tomorrow hopefully they'll like that.

Have a butcher's at some pics and let me know what this strange yellowing is on the lower leaves - i'd really appreciate some insight into this because its bugging me!

Peace
NB