AdmiralGeneral
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Use the two fans. One solely for the lights and one on the extraction filter. Passive intake is very much acceptable.
Begginner planning on using 5x5x80" grow tent
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chronnie49
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Glad to see you got everything setup. Just try and keep the plants within 4x4. If you use the whole 5x5 you will need more light.
Cheers. Will probably scrap the least favorable 2 before I start training . All of them are standing tall now , no more sad plants !
Cou
Could just be shock from transplanting hey ?
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Thanks was worried I added a little bit of nutes to each plant and raised the light as far up as possible. Lights are off for another 2 hours . Lights on 18 and off 6 . Will post more pics after the lights are one to see how they look today. Pics were taken yesterday
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Hey all been 5 days how do my Do Si Dos clones look to all? Made a mistake and topped soil with organic nutes next day some yellowing occurred but its been looking better over the last few days they're standing tall.. any recommendations or opinions on how they look? Temps 80 F humidity is 35% (best ill get around my part of town). Had light(600W MH) as far up as possible and moved it down yesterday couple inches 40" away now currently what do u think
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Good move keeping that light up higher for now, gotta eeeeease them babies into bright lighting.
Careful with feedings. From my experience with Fox Farm soils I found they pack plenty of nutrients to keep your plant going for a while so be careful about adding too many additional nutes this early in the game. I transplanted into FFOF soil last go around and I had burnt tips on my plants after a about a week with no additional nutrient added, just some water at transplant. Once the plants got a little bigger they were cool with it but I didn't add food until they grew a few more nodes.
Fox Farm states their soil is pH adjusted to 6.3 to 6.8 but after my issues with the burnt tips last time I tested the FFOF soil this go around and found the pH was at 5.8 and the PPM was almost 1,000 - which I feel is too hot for the young ones. Your Happy Frog soil may not be as hot as the FFOF but it could partially explain some of the brown on the early leaves. Like Master said above keep an eye on that new growth and take it easy on the feedings.
Also it is a good idea to try and keep your pH in check as you go along. As you can see from the attached chart if your soil's pH gets too outta whack your plant won't be able to eat what you are giving it and the nutrient buildup could turn the soil rather toxic. I'd go out and pick up some PH strips and check your soil if things start looking bad down the road. Lack of nutrients usually isn't a problem for new growers. More times than not when it appears there is a deficiency there is actually plenty of nutrients in the soil but the plant just can't use them due to the pH level.
Nice setup, you should do good with that.
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Came to conclusion I was not giving enough water . Was wondering why soil was so dry in a day was being cheap because I was concerned about over watering. Gave them 2.5 cups each this water and got some run off from each plant . When I water I want some run off right ?
I am of the opinion you shouldn't make a practice of watering to runoff in soil because it can drown out your roots from lack of oxygen. Especially when your plants are little and don't have a big root system. The only time I water to runoff is if it looks like I need a corrective flush due to nutrient buildup. Also I will do a good pre-harvest flush (14) days prior to harvest. I have been running Nectar For the Gods nutrients and SLF-100 which is very forgiving unless I really want to push heavy feedings, so other than my pre-harvest flush I haven't intentionally watered to runoff for quite a while. If your soil PH is all good and your plants are healthy it is actually difficult to over feed when using the Nectar line. I should say difficult and costly because that stuff isn't cheap.
Typically with soil you will want to only feed enough to keep the soil moist so it doesn't completely dry out. If the soil dries up too much you'll create dry pockets that the nutrients won't easily flow into when you feed. Sometimes if you get too many pockets you will notice you get to the point of runoff much faster because the nutrients aren't filling up that part of the soil, they just simply flow around the pocket and oversaturate the rest of the soil then run out the bottom.
I did switch from larger plastic pots to 3 gallon smart/cloth pots for my last go. I judge when I need to feed by the weight of the pot and compared to the larger plastic pots the smaller pots always felt so light when I picked them up. That being said my first few feedings did result in some runoff, but it didn't seem to hurt anything too bad. Once I was familiar with the weight I got my feedings dialed in again. I recommend you get familiar with the weight of a soaked pot and the weight of a dry pot. Just keep picking up the pot everyday and get used to the weight. With some practice you will be able to tell when you need to water just by slightly lifting the pot.
mistergrafik
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In the current cannabis climate. New growers are shelling out cash in expectations of massive harvest. So I wouldn't put it passed some "trappers" turned "growers" to drop 1,000's on their soon to be debunked setup. Totally off topic but your comment caught my eyes because I literally just talked with someone who planted their first crops and dumped over 5,000 on gear. They don't even know what EC is.
Well all but one are looking okay. Made a mistake watered them with 2 cups of water in the one gallons all but one are looking good since the watering. Will be trying 1 cup per pot next watering. transplanting into the 10 gallons at week 4 . Pleased with how things are going. 26 C and 45% humidity . Exhaust fans going on and pulling air at full speed every hour for ten minutes. What do you think? Plan on cloning some new guys around week 8 . 3 are growing tall and the other 3 aren't growing much height. Raised the light down another 2 inches today
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Ukulele Haze
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Your plants look very healthy. But, I haven't spotted flowers yet on your plants. I've only been growing on and off for two years (I might not have the trained eye). Are they still transitioning? Also, I was wondering what strains you are growing. Thanks!
Do si dos. Week and a half into flower