First grow from seeds. How do they look?

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Joeykush

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Hey everyone. I just started a grow from seeds for the first time. Just wondering how they are looking. Should I be concerned about the leafs curling downwards? I have the light schedule 18/6. The temp is avg 74 degrees and 60% humidity. I haven't started feeding yet and they are just over 2 weeks old. Was going to start feeding any day now.

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Grow Monster said:
Overwatered.
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That was my guess. To my untrained eye, they seem kinda pale, so maybe time to start feeding also. Looked into HP Pro-mix a while back, and think it had at least a little nutrient charge to it. Not entirely sure, though. For comparison, here are a few of mine that sprouted on the 19th, in Happy Frog. I always kinda struggle with seedlings, but these don't look terrible.
 

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So after this post I watered till run off mixed with some nutrients. I think they are doing much better (picture below).
Next question is, I am using Spiderfarmer SE5000. Right now I am at 50%, Should I have the light strength at 100%? I see some info online but I believe they are talking about vegetables and not cannabis.

Thanks for all the help everyone, much appreciated.
 

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Week 4 update and questions

After that first feed, I believe they are looking much better. Still top feeding, I may wait another week or 2 before I turn on the autopots. I am feeding each plant about 400ml every 2-3 days.

Question, should I be topping or cutting any lower leaves yet?
 

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Joeykush said:
Week 4 update and questions

After that first feed, I believe they are looking much better. Still top feeding, I may wait another week or 2 before I turn on the autopots. I am feeding each plant about 400ml every 2-3 days.

Question, should I be topping or cutting any lower leaves yet?
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I'd wait until they start taking-off more before you top. If you wait a little bit, they'll have a better root structure to work with, and won't skip a beat when you top. Those are still pretty small. They're looking great though!
 
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Week 5 update. From when the lights first went on.

Turned on my autopots. Plants are looking pretty good besides the edges of some fan leaves are a little brown.. I had my light at 40-50% (SE5000) about 12" away from the top of the plants, so I just raised the light to about 20" and we will see if that helps. I will also lower the nutrition a bit next time I fill the autopot reservoir.
Should I be topping now and cutting lower leaves off?

Any advise on the brown edges or anything else would be much appreciated. Thanks
 

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Joeykush said:
Week 5 update. From when the lights first went on.

Turned on my autopots. Plants are looking pretty good besides the edges of some fan leaves are a little brown.. I had my light at 40-50% (SE5000) about 12" away from the top of the plants, so I just raised the light to about 20" and we will see if that helps. I will also lower the nutrition a bit next time I fill the autopot reservoir.
Should I be topping now and cutting lower leaves off?

Any advise on the brown edges or anything else would be much appreciated. Thanks
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I'm new, I've never gotten to this point yet. However, from what I've read on-line, topping Autos isn't usually a good idea due to their short grow time, they don't have as much time to recover from that HST. Autos benefit more from LST like SCROG type stuff, or tying down the bigger stems to the sides of the pot.

My two cents. Free bump.
 
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Joeykush

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ProphetNova said:
I'm new, I've never gotten to this point yet. However, from what I've read on-line, topping Autos isn't usually a good idea due to their short grow time, they don't have as much time to recover from that HST. Autos benefit more from LST like SCROG type stuff, or tying down the bigger stems to the sides of the pot.

My two cents. Free bump.
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Sorry, let me clarify . When I say autopots, I mean the watering system I use. These are just regular plants.
 
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So I topped all 4 plants and trimmed very little. There are so many big fan leaves but most are near the top so I just left them and manipulated some of the branches and leaves instead.
I refilled the water reservoir with less nutrients this time so we will see how it goes.

So my next question.. with the limited room I have up top in my tent due to the exhaust and filter, how much longer should i wait till I switch to flower so I don't run out of room?
 

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Joeykush said:
So I topped all 4 plants and trimmed very little. There are so many big fan leaves but most are near the top so I just left them and manipulated some of the branches and leaves instead.
I refilled the water reservoir with less nutrients this time so we will see how it goes.

So my next question.. with the limited room I have up top in my tent due to the exhaust and filter, how much longer should i wait till I switch to flower so I don't run out of room?
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Do some LST and keep them in veg maybe two more weeks. Personally i like that tent is packed almost wall to wall before i flip to 12/12.
 
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Its Up to you but rule of thumb is flip once they reach half the size u want them to be. They will go thru a 3 week stretch period during beginning of bloom were they will double or triple their size. Lst will keep them short if height is limited. More veg time will give u a bigger harvest if u can handle it.
 
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