new grower using spydrx plus growing in smart pots peat moss /vermiculite

needynate

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So this is my first grow ever. im growing in a 6x6 x10 storage area, it has a door but no vents anywhere and in that storage area i have a 4x4 gorilla grow tent .im running co2 and my light is a spydrx plus from fluence bioengineering . I have a 6 inch mountain air carbon filter rated at 340 cfm and an 6 inch inline , hyper fan rated at 315 cfm .i also have a titan atlas one controller to control my co2 levels And i have a portable single exhaust ac/dehumidifier . I recently potted some sunset sherbert clones , they came in rockwool , they were pretty well rooted.im using peat moss and vermiculite as my medium . First day i got clones i potted them and next day i noticed my temps were at 91 degrees , this was before i bought ac. Plants were droopy but since i bought ac that problem is taken care of ,but im still having problems with clones ,yellow leaves and slightly burned tips .clones have been in pots for five days and for the first day i watered no nutes and i lightly watered ,2nd day no water or nutes, third day i gave very light nutes ec was at 0.6 and ph at 7 . Since then i see slight growth on clones but still i see slightly burned tips and slightly curled edges of leaves .ive dimmed lights tremendously, humidy is around60% and temps never go pass 85degrees .also niticed my ppms in room are always higher than i have set on my atlas 1 . Does anyone have any idea why my clones are struggling ? Could it be lack of ventilation? To many ppms in air ? Not enough water or to much water? Or not enough feeding? Please help and im sorry if i typed this all confusing .i typed this really fast..
 
pinner420

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You have a touch of chloriosis as most cuts do its OK. This coupled with temp stress will come to pass. Not knowing what line of nutez your running or the guy that cloned them was using I'll say this. Feed at 1.0 ec and get some compost tea brewing. They will take hold. Peat moss has a tendency to become ph imbalanced around week 4 as I recall in flower so look forward to that next run go with coir same properties just better stability for the long haul. Share your intended feed for the ladies..
 
needynate

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Bottled"pinner420, post: 12444977, member: 122942"]Is your co2 bottled or burner ?[/QUOTE]
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thumper60

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I hope u limed that peat,if not better top dress asap,peat-vermiculite will hold a ton of water.looking at pic looks like perlite in there I hope so.also little heat stress.
 
pinner420

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Since you don't have a fresh air intake be extra vigilant about having extra bottles around of co2 as when you run out they won't be able to breath. Get a fresh air intake on deck as a fail over.
 
needynate

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thumper60 said:
I hope u limed that peat,if not better top dress asap,peat-vermiculite will hold a ton of water.looking at pic looks like perlite in there I hope so.also little heat stress.
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Yea heat was a big issue in beginning. I didn't lime anything .as far as i know its just hp peatmoss and virmiculite .what would i top dress it with?
 
WattSaver

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Would love to see how this light performs. Been on a quest for the perfect full spectrum light source for 5yrs now.With that said if I was smoking a fatty thinking growing has been way to easy lately, what would be the most challenging medium to grow in, I'm sure a mix of peat and vermiculite would be near the top of the list. Both are water hogs and peat will become evil if it drys too much. You'll only in a wk at this point, so I'd recommend to pull the clones out and put in coco, or perlite coco mix, or pro-mix, or any of many different soiless mediums. I can only see extra struggle with this medium.

Best of luck with your grow.
 
needynate

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WattSaver said:
Would love to see how this light performs. Been on a quest for the perfect full spectrum light source for 5yrs now.With that said if I was smoking a fatty thinking growing has been way to easy lately, what would be the most challenging medium to grow in, I'm sure a mix of peat and vermiculite would be near the top of the list. Both are water hogs and peat will become evil if it drys too much. You'll only in a wk at this point, so I'd recommend to pull the clones out and put in coco, or perlite coco mix, or pro-mix, or any of many different soiless mediums. I can only see extra struggle with this medium.

Best of luck with your grow.
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im actually a little over two weeks in now. I just topped all my plants and they seem to be doing well .here's a pic a day after topping
 

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needynate

needynate

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WattSaver said:
Would love to see how this light performs. Been on a quest for the perfect full spectrum light source for 5yrs now.With that said if I was smoking a fatty thinking growing has been way to easy lately, what would be the most challenging medium to grow in, I'm sure a mix of peat and vermiculite would be near the top of the list. Both are water hogs and peat will become evil if it drys too much. You'll only in a wk at this point, so I'd recommend to pull the clones out and put in coco, or perlite coco mix, or pro-mix, or any of many different soiless mediums. I can only see extra struggle with this medium.

Best of luck with your grow.
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Five weeks in veg
 

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