Auto flower issues

Jbb5006

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First time growing auto. The plants didn’t get that big during veg. I moved my grow tent in the shop outside instead of inside with this grow. So my temps spiked mid 80s at times. I’m not sure if the heat stress caused the minimal veg and early flower or what. Any advice appreciated.

Setup:
8 sqft tent
800 watts of led
Soil/topsoil mixture
7 gallon smart pots
Dechlorinated Tap water at 6.3-6.5 ph
Advanced nutrients micro, grow, bloom

Top left- Crystal Meth
Top Right- Green crack
Bottom left- Glueberry
Bottom right- Blue dream

Green crack looks way better and was sprouted about 5 days after the rest. All but green crack are popping pistils. Side note, i did flip from 20/4 to 18/6 yesterday. I doubt that is the issue from what i know.

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hotrodharley

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How did you germinate the seeds? Your medium is obviously lacking. You couldn’t grow potatoes worth a squat in that dirt.
 

Neubieauto

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Who is the breeder of these seeds? How far away is your light? And is it a Chinese light that said it was 800? Alot of those lights say they are 800 but are pulling 300 from the wall. For example my Chinese 1500w cob led only actually pulls around 650 from the wall.
 

Jbb5006

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Yeah they’re Vivosun. I’m aware they aren’t true 450s i was just figuring 7-800 maybe. Not the first time I’ve used these lights. I’ve had great success with them. I also have an industrial 1300 watt I’ve used in the past but it’s just too much heat for this time of year. Ordered from fastbuds. I know the glueberry is from Dutch.
The only thing I’ve done differently from previous grows is the top soil mixture i made. I have a landscape supply i use for work. They have great top soil i figured I’d give it a shot and mix some up. I should’ve mix in some dry amendments. Hindsight is 20/20 i guess. I have some ocean forest on the way so lesson learned. It’s the only thing different other that the occasional heat issue.
 

Neubieauto

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My grow space runs from 78 to 85 regularly so that's not a problem as long as they have no other stress going on. This is also fastbuds day 30 from seed in amended reused ffof soil with 15 to 20 percent extra perlite. I give the soil a good charge of dry amendments of their happy frog jump start then I just feed again after about a month in the same stuff plus some bone meal for some big buds and just water when the pot feels light in between. And a little lst to even the canopy. 20190620_174735.jpg
 

Jbb5006

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Yeah and there could have been something in the soil from the supply place. Maybe contaminate from equipment etc. i use they’re soil pretty regular for our landscape jobs with plants and dozens of grasses. You never know. Not something I’ll risk again for sure.
Any in line fans you guys recommend? Peak of the day I’ve seen high as 88.
 

Neubieauto

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And no advice on online fans. I'm a cheap grower and just have 2 good fans one in the closet and 1 blowing into the closet from outside and the door open lol. But it grows decent buds.
 

Jbb5006

Member
Yeah i bought a house and found some industrial led with white lights. Checking the numbers on it it’s 1000+ lol.
Gonna wire this up with a dimmer one day but i don’t have the ventilation to pull the heat yet. Trying to upgrade my closet space step it up.
 
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