1st timer LED soil Small seedlings?

Hey all, been lurking for months, first post...
I hope this isn’t the wrong thread for this..
Thank you all for all your wisdom and kindness!

My setup:
2x4x8 tent
FFOF cut with perlite, about 6 to 1, soil to perl
300w LED Mars Hydro SP3000. 28 inches above, at 75% power.
6” AC inf duct fan (exhaust) w/ carbon filter
8” passive intake, filtered
2 smaller lower fans
4 total plants:
3x fem’d indica dom. from Twenty20: Avenue of the Giants
1 mystery bagseed

My 2 questions are, what if anything can i do to help if i up-potted too soon? And,
does this light distance and intensity seem ok at this stage?
I would absolutely appreciate any advice or encouragement!

I thought the growth looked slow and probably got too eager to get two of them out of
the year-old seed mix they were solo cupped in, so i transplanted all of them from solo cups,
into one-gal. Fabric pots just six days after they sprouted.

still trying to get climate dialed in..
Now it’s 83 f. 46% RH, but RH has swung from as low as 37% to the mid 60s.
Exhaust on constant low setting, 2;
The small fans were never pointed at the girls, just keeping minimal movement,
until increased a bit today.

i’m trying to upload pics..

Don’t they seem small?
The indica-doms are labeled A, B, and E.
the bag seed (labeled “D”), shot out of the seed mix like a rocket, and stretched; and the indicas are smallish,
so i increased light intensity gradually from 25% to 75% over the first 7 days, and planted the stretcher deeper on transplant.
The transplant wasn’t exactly smooth, so i guess they’re still recovering from that.

I’ve been watering with low ppm tap h2o, evaporated off for a day, and ph’d with distilled white vinegar, to 6.2 to 6.4; and once or twice, rainwater, at room temp.
i’m sure i over-watered the first couple days, and maybe still... Now every other day, and
since up-potting to 1 gal, i watered a half cup each or 4 fl ozs. once, so far.
The soil may have been damp when they went in.
Sorry for so many words.

appreciate any advice...
 

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eastcoastmo

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Definitely bring that light down hey, I'd have it sitting at about 18-20 inches in that size tent as there'd be little reflection happening in that size tent.

Wait until they are dry and begging for water too. In soil you can feed every second or third watering and still be fine as long as you give plain water in between. Also only water around the plant for another week until they get bigger, dont fully soak the medium.

Otherwise, they are green so they are doing ok hey, a little time and they'll take off for you :)
 
Thank you very much!
i will take your advice and drop it a few more inches.

I wonder if you—or anyone else—can tell me if i am stupid to keep the bag seed in the tent with the feminized trio?
i was shooting for 2 or 3 plants in the 2x4, and all 4 came up together...
 
Definitely bring that light down hey, I'd have it sitting at about 18-20 inches in that size tent as there'd be little reflection happening in that size tent.

Wait until they are dry and begging for water too. In soil you can feed every second or third watering and still be fine as long as you give plain water in between. Also only water around the plant for another week until they get bigger, dont fully soak the medium.

Otherwise, they are green so they are doing ok hey, a little time and they'll take off for you :)
I'm readying to flip to flower on my first grow. Just wanted to thank you for your early helpful advice!
Hopefully I'll be able to Like posts soon. Meanwhile thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with this newbie!
 

go go kid

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I'm readying to flip to flower on my first grow. Just wanted to thank you for your early helpful advice!
Hopefully I'll be able to Like posts soon. Meanwhile thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with this newbie!
look at the bottom right hand side of the post you want to like, whare it says like and scroll over it, it gives you an option of likes to choose from.
are you flipping allready? they look a bit young to flip just yet.
i would bring the light down to where eastcoastmo has allready mentioned and give it a week or two if not more and then flip them, that way they can catch up a bit and you will get a better crop.
flipping from seedling isnt the best idea for a new grower, you can get a better crop with some light time on your babies
 
look at the bottom right hand side of the post you want to like, whare it says like and scroll over it, it gives you an option of likes to choose from.
are you flipping allready? they look a bit young to flip just yet.
i would bring the light down to where eastcoastmo has allready mentioned and give it a week or two if not more and then flip them, that way they can catch up a bit and you will get a better crop.
flipping from seedling isnt the best idea for a new grower, you can get a better crop with some light time on your babies
Thank you for your reply.
I don't have that button at the bottom right, yet. I believe it will appear after I've been around long enough, or interact enough or something.
But I will look out for that, thank you. I want to be able to thank folks who help!

I am also grateful for flipping advice, though I'm wondering if you are looking at an old pic; but here is one from a few hours after I up-potted to 5-Gallon fabric pots yesterday...
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There are some (hopefully minor) issues I'm trying to iron out, and get them a bit established in their final pots, some LST, then I was thinking of flipping.

A 4th plant that had been crowding the space in this 2x4 was just given away 2 days ago, so they have new elbow room. And now that they are in their final homes, I was thinking of doing some minor training.
Advice is appreciated!
 

eastcoastmo

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I'm readying to flip to flower on my first grow. Just wanted to thank you for your early helpful advice!
Hopefully I'll be able to Like posts soon. Meanwhile thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with this newbie!
My pleasure mate, really glad to help and I'm happy to hear you are ready to flip! Great stuff mate :)
 

eastcoastmo

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Thank you for your reply.
I don't have that button at the bottom right, yet. I believe it will appear after I've been around long enough, or interact enough or something.
But I will look out for that, thank you. I want to be able to thank folks who help!

I am also grateful for flipping advice, though I'm wondering if you are looking at an old pic; but here is one from a few hours after I up-potted to 5-Gallon fabric pots yesterday...
View attachment 4877890
There are some (hopefully minor) issues I'm trying to iron out, and get them a bit established in their final pots, some LST, then I was thinking of flipping.

A 4th plant that had been crowding the space in this 2x4 was just given away 2 days ago, so they have new elbow room. And now that they are in their final homes, I was thinking of doing some minor training.
Advice is appreciated!
Looking magnificient mate, well done!!
 
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