First ever grow. 18"x20"x72" Cabinet. Total newbie, suggestions appreciated.

tortie

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This is my first ever grow. Built a small but very tall cabinet with the only free space I have in the house.

I used Royal Queen Seeds Royal Dwarf Autoflowering in a 6L pot with coco coir.

I placed the seeds in a wet paper towel last September 1. After the seeds germinated I transferred it straight to the 6L pot.

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This is how it looks now at day 10. I have only watered it twice so far, the first one is pure water (6.0 ph) right after I transferred it and the 2nd one was a few days ago with 1/4 strength generic hydro nutrients I got from my local store. Im planning to water it again tomorrow with pure water. I plan to have 20% run-off every time I water.

Im using 2 60w Daylight CFL bulbs and I currently have my lights at 18 on/6 off. My humidity range through out the day is 45-60% while my temps are ranging from 70-90.

Comments, suggestions and violent reactions are greatly appreciated as I know NOTHING and I am eager to learn!
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budbro18

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a little high on the temps but not too bad.

before your next watering let the medium get really dry, lift it to feel the weight, then water fully like you plan, and then lift to feel the weight.

This will help you learn when your pot is dry and your plant is ready for another watering.

other than that it looks pretty good. Get a fan for some air movement if you dont already. one blowing across the plant and one either sucking air out or blowing air in.
 
tortie

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budbro18 said:
a little high on the temps but not too bad.

before your next watering let the medium get really dry, lift it to feel the weight, then water fully like you plan, and then lift to feel the weight.

This will help you learn when your pot is dry and your plant is ready for another watering.

other than that it looks pretty good. Get a fan for some air movement if you dont already. one blowing across the plant and one either sucking air out or blowing air in.
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I have a 10" exhaust fan up top and a 4" intake at the side. I also have a clip-on fan up top with the lights. I plugged the intake fan to my light timer so it shuts off with the lights, hopefully it will lessen the temp variations.

Thanks for the watering tip! I will definitely try that out.
 
tortie

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First disaster with my grow. My light moved and got too close to the plant! :wall:.

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The bulb was touching that burnt leaf when I opened the cabinet. I already moved the light to a more stable position and I flushed the plant with PHed water.

Anything else I can do for this plant?
 
tortie

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Plant looks ok now, at least there's new growth again but that damn mishap has set the grow back nearly a week. Gonna give the plant some mild nutes tomorrow.

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Day 25

Is the plant growth normal? Although it's delayed, plant growth seems to have picked up and is growing nicely. I moved from CFL lights to LED lights since the CFLs raised my temps a lot and I find it easier to adjust my LED panel vs. multiple CFL lights. I did the light change last week and was looking for signs of stretching but so far nodes are still tight.

It looks delayed by about 10 days but aside from that the plant looks healthy (to my virgin eyes) and no bugs or other problems so far. Anything I should do aside from the normal watering (PHed water + nutes) everytime the pot is light?

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budbro18

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yeah just a little lopsided. Itll happen to clones alot. probably just tryin to establish a good root system.
 
tortie

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Day 27

Plant growth seems ok. Aside from the expected growth up top, I do notice some new growth IN BETWEEN the older nodes. Is this normal?

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tortie

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Day 30

Why are my leaves drooping? First time I have seen her this droopy :( The only thing I did differently is moving my LED lights closer to it a few hours ago. I already readjusted it back to its original height (8 inches away). It looked fine a few hours ago.

Temp 77
Humidity 53%
Gave her water about 48 hours ago but pot still feels super heavy and top of soil still very damp.
Lights off time is in 4 hours (if that matters)

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tortie

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Day 53:

The package says this strain should be ready for harvest in 60 days, but it seems delayed because of my poor lighting?

The plant doesn't seem ready so I have not started my flush yet. How do I know when to start my final flush?






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budbro18

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I dont start my flush til i see amber trichs. Not alot but just a few. That way you dont get fucked by starting the flush too early. You really dont need to flush. I just stop feeding with nutes the last 3-5 days. No excess amounts of water. Just the normal pHd water, maybe a little molasses, and only when the plant needs it not just pouring it until it runs out the bottom.
 
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