First Grow, How am I doing so far?

Hello,

I just bought my own house and can now legally grow weed in Canada (wasn't legally allowed to as a renter), and due to Covid and still working from home i have some free time, so i started growing some weed. Maybe I should have asked for advice before I started, but after researching a lot on blogs, youtube and forums like this, I sort of decided to copy a mix of mr canuk grow, and marijauna mama blog http://www.marijuanamama420.ca/2019/10/30/re-amending-your-growing-medium-using-gaia-green-dry-amendments/

240w kingbrite (of alibaba) qb
4x2 mars hydro tent
cheap ipower 4" fan & filter combo off amazon
cheap 6" clip fan from canadian tire
growing 4 autoflowers (probably too many)

60% promix hp
20% worm castings
20% perlite
70/30 gaia green all purpose/gaia green bloom total 2tblsp per gallon
1/2 cup dolomite lime
planted seeds directly into 3 gallon pots
18/6 light cycle since i planted the seeds
light spraying once or twice a day with a spray bottle so far
all 4 sprouted, but 1 sprouted 2 days later than the other 3.

Thus far I have just just straight tap water (i have an under sink charcoal filter), but my city's water is 7.8 so i think I will need to start leaving it out to dechlorinate a bit and also get the ph down a bit

Too early to tell, they look ok so far! Soil might be too hot for those little things. I would say next time you start plants, start them in just a basic mix without all the extras. I tried to start some plants with some dr earth 4-4-4 according to the directions and cooked the poor seedlings. Hopefully yours make it through!

Thanks for the tip. I'll take that into consideration. My view is that I have some time, and I want to learn to do things organically (It's just for me and I want the best tasting weed I can grow). So I did buy extra seeds and I'm taking notes and trying to learn from my mistakes and get better with every grow. I appreciate any advice.

I'm just using water now. We will see.

stonerlibrarian said:

Thanks for the tip. I'll take that into consideration. My view is that I have some time, and I want to learn to do things organically (It's just for me and I want the best tasting weed I can grow). So I did buy extra seeds and I'm taking notes and trying to learn from my mistakes and get better with every grow. I appreciate any advice.

I'm just using water now. We will see.

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My next grow is going to be fully organic. Just finished up my 3rd miracle gro grow. My first 2 I only yielded 15g each. This last one, 94g. Seedlings don’t need much to start out until they’re about a month old. Once they start showing they’re hungry is when I would transplant and add all the amendments and worm castings and compost. But def keep us updated as the weeks go on to see the results!

Thanks. So today is day 11 since I planted the seeds (day 7 since they sprouted) and so far no signs of nutrient burn that I can see. They are just starting to grow their first new set of leaves and they look pretty happy and healthy so far to my amateur/newbie eyes.

Since this is my first grow I don't really have a benchmark. How are they doing for 11 days into my first grow?