first grow is my setup decent?
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Ben123456733
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Looks amazing for your first grow. I can tell you've done your research.
What kind of lights are you running? Plants look slightly light, but that may just be the lighting.
Do you plan on topping or doing any LST?
What strains do you have in there?
What kind of lights are you running? Plants look slightly light, but that may just be the lighting.
Do you plan on topping or doing any LST?
What strains do you have in there?
RynoGrow
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lights are nothing special, 2 dual true 240 watt leds with Samsung diodes and adjustable Meanwell drivers. red leds for flowering. they seem plenty bright tho. these are bruce banner autos from seedsupreme. 13 days in the pro mix organic. 6 days of germination, nice fat tap roots before they went in. yea i plan on LST in another week or two. currently just giving CalMag.
manfredo
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You are off to a nice start. They do look a little too wet, and as Ben said the color looks a little light, and that might be because of the soil. Most of the ProMix products have very little nutrient in them and they are meant to be used as a base. I grow in soil and I use ProMix as my base, and then add about a dozen amendments. unless ProMix has a ready mix product. I did see something in Lowes by ProMix.
A great start though!!
Welcome to RIU
A great start though!!
Welcome to RIU
Ben123456733
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Very nice man. Seems like some decent quality lights still, Samsung diodes and Meanwell drivers.
If you're using a 4x8, I would suggest a little bit more light. You're right at 30 watts per sq foot, which is good, but ideally, you want 35-45 watts of high-quality LED per sq foot.
Yeah definitely don't top if you're running autos, but LST is the way to go. Id personally start now, but it's all personal preference.
Southernontariogrower
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Get on lst right away, lf you manipulate stems and crush them gently you can get top down quick, faster you break dominance in auto the better.
RynoGrow
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i think its just the light and my old iphone giving it the yellow appearance in the vid. there nice n green. here soon im going to add another set of matching panels. ive had a few friends grow with promix and they swear by it. produced some fire quaility. i hear autos are weird with nutes so im easing into it. im just trying to have a successful grow without any major screw ups along the way lol.
RynoGrow
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do they look big enough to start LST? i thought they might need to be a bit taller?
Southernontariogrower
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Like ben said, l bunch together under lights, as close as they let me, my 1k was 6 inches from canopy on mover. Long strip of grow area, 2ft wide. As long as water, light and co2 are on point everything else will come easy to you. Id say you will do good with setup. Good choices and not overpowered. Cudos to you, l ll be watching for you, another light isnt really necessary. Id wait and master what youve got, shouldnt cause any forseeable problems, imo
Southernontariogrower
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Those are way big for lst.
Since leds are powerful, l suppliment with co2 homebrew method 15gal for 4x4 l only use bottom half of tent, l only vent once a day 1hr before lights out to 1 hr after, l let co2 build and give at least 1 hr after lights on to open tent. They suck up buildup under light cycle also have a fan that pulls co2 from floor into canopy. 2nd flower at 90 degrres and 80 % rh. No pm issues, growing well, perpetual grow and regretting descision to do it, but will work out well. Is starting to come together, dropped nets yesterday after rearanging, bigger to front as need more food. Waters heavy, hand water. Not that impressive but no veg. Let plants tell you if light ok. Ive got one 2 weeks in prays 2 inches from light, she loves it, in center back, tallest yet. Dimmer function at 50% for veg or they freak out, after switch they can handle 100%
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Southernontariogrower
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Clone lst only with Kushman chiroprctic. Top still on, true broken dominance, pic shows stalk to tip. Why l think lst is better, no stunt. Autos that stunt dont produce. Photo not auto in pic, my autos look identical to this within reason.
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WubbaLubbaDubDub
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Ideally lst should start small but I’ve found some strains are flexible enough to do it at any point.
Some strains are super flexible and you can do kushman chiro all day, Others even mildly working the stalk will snap it.
This is a GDP that was abandoned on my friends living room table in a 1 gallon fabric pot while he worked for 2 weeks. It started flowering because he took it out of his tent when He flipped to flower, It was too cramped.
I took it home and decided to reveg it so I topped it,Cut off one sides branches and cut off the little buds forming. planted it sideways in a 7 gallon pot, slowly worked the limbs down where I wanted them massaging slowly. Pulled out some wire to help them out.
None of the stalks broke or gave me trouble.
It will go in a 15 gallon pot outside this summer
Southernontariogrower
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Promix hp m white bag, because it works. I swear by it. Hp is high porosity, lots of air, m for mycorhyzae. Lime for ph but no nutes. Is soiless. Peat and vermiculite. Best thing ever made to grow in, dwc root rot, drop in promix hp m and save the day. Dont slow up at all, m kills the rot l suspect. Works well.
Southernontariogrower
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Going to be a monster!
Southernontariogrower
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Thought was in 15g, what pot is it in?
WubbaLubbaDubDub
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It’s was in my friends table in a 1 gallon. It’s currently in a 7 gallon pot.
Come the end of the month it will go outside into a 15 gallon
Come the end of the month it will go outside into a 15 gallon
Southernontariogrower
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lm putting my biggest cut in 15g, small cuts in 50g smartpots, l use totes everything. Backyard filled with plants. So l can flower big cut early. 15gal can be moved, l can hardly spin 50g to break roots off bottom. Looked huge, not so much now l know.
RynoGrow
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ive looked at many different watering / nute schedules. im currently giving each plant around a quarter of a gallon water with calmag every other day. i recently put together a drip system for ease of watering and feeding, before hand everything was done with a 2 gal watering can. am i anywhere close to what i need to be doing? im stating to see a lil droopyness in the leaves on a few.