BigBudEnergy
Member
Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time grower and poster. I decided to attempt my first grow and wanted to keep everyone updated as well as get some help, info and a guiding hand every now and then, whenever I inevitably make a mistake. I've read a lot before this stage and would like to thank everyone who posts and comments here, it's a great community with a wealth of knowledge!
Environment
I've started it in a little cupboard with a space of 1000mm deep, 700mm wide and about 1800mm high (there's a shelf at that height, it could be removed and actual roof is about 2100mm). I've set up a PVC frame to hang light, fan, filter etc from.
Walls lined in poly/panda film, enclosed with zip door, 4" phresh filter and fan, MarsHydro TSL2000 (true watt 300). Temperatures have been about 21-24°C with humidity in the 60-75% range. 24/0 schedule for now. No heater, de/humidifier etc. I want to buy a small fan for air flow but am worried about temps dropping, currently have Filter>Fan>Ducting that runs from top to bottom of tent and blows air near seedlings.
The light is 65cm from seedlings at 50% power per manufacturers recommendations.
Medium
Cyco Coco and Perlite
Nutrients
Hygen Coco Grow, Bloom and Budlink
Plants
1x Vision Seeds Auto Lowryder
1x Dutch Passion Auto Critical Orange Punch
1x G13 Labs Blueberry Gum (Photo)
Set up;
https://ibb.co/3y8QFKp
Plan
Grow out the 2 Autos, leaving lights at 24/0 until flowering stage at which I'd reduce to 18/6. The Photo I was planning on letting veg for majority of the Autos life and when it was getting a bit big, take a few clones, perhaps 6-8ish and then let it continue to veg, harvest autos and then flower photo while vegging clones for a SOG/SCROG setup.
Diary
I soaked the 3 seeds for 36 hours, then planted straight into Coco. Day 3 from planting the Lowryder sprouted, then the next day the critical orange punch. Both cotyledons popped on 4th day.
https://ibb.co/brrt54Z
https://ibb.co/SnsC5MT
https://ibb.co/RjYP4vy
Growth was slow over the next few days, I did water with a 30% nutrient solution of Hygens recommended seedling feeding.
The Blueberry Gum had done nothing and by the 5th day, I decided to dig it up like any patient gardener. I found it was black and looked pretty bad. I buried it too deep, pretty sure it died. I decided to germinate a second Blueberry Gum seed, this time I didn't soak it, just put it straight into a container with wet paper towel, duct taped up and put on top of my light for warmth. 2 days later the tap root showed and I put it in Coco. The next day it sprouted and the Cotyledons popped immediately, so this seemed to be a much better method than my first attempt.
I planted the autos and photo straight into their final 20L fabric pots but I put this second seed into a small plastic pot to transplant into the 20L pot later. I didn't mention I decided to leave the rotten seed in the Coco at that point due to being a first timer and in denial about the death of my baby girl. Once I saw how well the second seed was growing, I decided I better dry it out in the sun, fish the seed out and prep it for transplant in a couple of weeks. While it was outside, one of my cats used it as a litter, so I'm pretty sure that batch of Coco is fucked and I'll have to buy more before transplant.
The second go at the photo;
https://ibb.co/Pcx9FS2.
These are my 2 autos this morning;
https://ibb.co/zV6GVSK
https://ibb.co/HzKv35w
https://ibb.co/N2q01PM
https://ibb.co/s6mbfH2
How are the colours? I feel they are a bit light green which from what I read might be incorrect PH? Or maybe overwatering (I definitely have).
Here is a comparison photo with the Hygen Coco Grow bottle as I feel my camera doesn't really translate the green of the plants well.
https://ibb.co/gyTtTGc
Thank you everyone who read this far, I welcome all comments, questions, criticism and tips etc.
Long time lurker, first time grower and poster. I decided to attempt my first grow and wanted to keep everyone updated as well as get some help, info and a guiding hand every now and then, whenever I inevitably make a mistake. I've read a lot before this stage and would like to thank everyone who posts and comments here, it's a great community with a wealth of knowledge!
Environment
I've started it in a little cupboard with a space of 1000mm deep, 700mm wide and about 1800mm high (there's a shelf at that height, it could be removed and actual roof is about 2100mm). I've set up a PVC frame to hang light, fan, filter etc from.
Walls lined in poly/panda film, enclosed with zip door, 4" phresh filter and fan, MarsHydro TSL2000 (true watt 300). Temperatures have been about 21-24°C with humidity in the 60-75% range. 24/0 schedule for now. No heater, de/humidifier etc. I want to buy a small fan for air flow but am worried about temps dropping, currently have Filter>Fan>Ducting that runs from top to bottom of tent and blows air near seedlings.
The light is 65cm from seedlings at 50% power per manufacturers recommendations.
Medium
Cyco Coco and Perlite
Nutrients
Hygen Coco Grow, Bloom and Budlink
Plants
1x Vision Seeds Auto Lowryder
1x Dutch Passion Auto Critical Orange Punch
1x G13 Labs Blueberry Gum (Photo)
Set up;
https://ibb.co/3y8QFKp
Plan
Grow out the 2 Autos, leaving lights at 24/0 until flowering stage at which I'd reduce to 18/6. The Photo I was planning on letting veg for majority of the Autos life and when it was getting a bit big, take a few clones, perhaps 6-8ish and then let it continue to veg, harvest autos and then flower photo while vegging clones for a SOG/SCROG setup.
Diary
I soaked the 3 seeds for 36 hours, then planted straight into Coco. Day 3 from planting the Lowryder sprouted, then the next day the critical orange punch. Both cotyledons popped on 4th day.
https://ibb.co/brrt54Z
https://ibb.co/SnsC5MT
https://ibb.co/RjYP4vy
Growth was slow over the next few days, I did water with a 30% nutrient solution of Hygens recommended seedling feeding.
The Blueberry Gum had done nothing and by the 5th day, I decided to dig it up like any patient gardener. I found it was black and looked pretty bad. I buried it too deep, pretty sure it died. I decided to germinate a second Blueberry Gum seed, this time I didn't soak it, just put it straight into a container with wet paper towel, duct taped up and put on top of my light for warmth. 2 days later the tap root showed and I put it in Coco. The next day it sprouted and the Cotyledons popped immediately, so this seemed to be a much better method than my first attempt.
I planted the autos and photo straight into their final 20L fabric pots but I put this second seed into a small plastic pot to transplant into the 20L pot later. I didn't mention I decided to leave the rotten seed in the Coco at that point due to being a first timer and in denial about the death of my baby girl. Once I saw how well the second seed was growing, I decided I better dry it out in the sun, fish the seed out and prep it for transplant in a couple of weeks. While it was outside, one of my cats used it as a litter, so I'm pretty sure that batch of Coco is fucked and I'll have to buy more before transplant.
The second go at the photo;
https://ibb.co/Pcx9FS2.
These are my 2 autos this morning;
https://ibb.co/zV6GVSK
https://ibb.co/HzKv35w
https://ibb.co/N2q01PM
https://ibb.co/s6mbfH2
How are the colours? I feel they are a bit light green which from what I read might be incorrect PH? Or maybe overwatering (I definitely have).
Here is a comparison photo with the Hygen Coco Grow bottle as I feel my camera doesn't really translate the green of the plants well.
https://ibb.co/gyTtTGc
Thank you everyone who read this far, I welcome all comments, questions, criticism and tips etc.
