First Grow how am I doing so far?

So this is my first grow please don't flame I'm just here to get input from people to see how I am doing.

I am growing thcbomb, and berrybomb autos by bombseeds.

These are pictures of my plants so far. The larger ones are thcbomb and the smaller ones are berrybomb. The thcbombs are larger because I started them about 13 days earlier that the others to see how my feeding would have an impact on them. The smaller ones are 3 days old from breaking soil as of this morning. I have included the feeding that I have come up with below that shows what they have gotten so far. The plants look healthy, however if anyone has any suggestions I'm willing to take any advice. My first change of water for the tubs will be in the next two weeks for the larger ones and not for another 3 weeks for the smaller ones. I will then transition over to a every two week change and then to a weekly change after that. All really depending on the levels in the water and the actual level of water of course.

These plants are in 10 gallon containers and they have the following nutes listed at the end of this post inside the bins. Yes I know I have read a lot about not giving nutes early but I have seen pretty good results with how I have been doing things. I have also included pics of the setup I have. I am also under a 600 watt led, 4 fans, c02 slow release bag, intake and outtake fans with scrubber, and a scrog net.

I have included the following nutes on these plants from start to where they are now. I want to also state that I only used ph water on the rapid rooters and no nutes. The plants do not receive any nutes until the roots have borrowed there way down to the water in the tubs. The water is about half quarter inch away from the bottom of the net cup. If you look closely at the buckets you will also notice some small cutout pieces of plastic. This is for me to be able to test the water without lifting the tops while also allowing the water to stay in a dark environment to prevent algae growth.

Here is the following nutes I have given these plants. These may seem to be a small amount of nutes but I have read that autos don't like the regular dose of nutes as regular plants do.

This is the current vegetative formula I'm using in the entire 10 gallon tub
B.C Boost (5 ml)
B.C Grow (2.5 ml)
Thrive Alive B-1 Red (1 ml)
MagiCal (1ml)
SugarDaddy (3.5ml)

This solution is going to be fed with every Irrigation Cycle.
The current ppm for this mix comes in around 600ppms
The starting ppm for this water is bottled water and its around 200 ppm starting.
I don't have access to RO which I have read is ideal but I'm working with what I have.
Any advice guys would be welcomed.
I will try to update this post as much as I can as this grow goes on.

Good start.
About the only other thing I do is monitor my PH.

You really don't need to increase your CO2 if you are going to vent the tent. You'll just be venting your costly CO2...

Thanks so you think i should just remove the c02 then? Or would it hurt just to leave it being I already bought it and opened it?

CO2 definitely grows it.
But it requires a sealed tent.
If your tent is sealed it will get too hot with 600 watts of light.

Okay thanks. I'll remove it tonight. My temps stay around 75-82 and humidity is around 35 percent. But I'll remove it if it is keeping my temps up.

i dunno, thats a 600 watt led, which in reality is probably only drawing 2-300 watts, it can't produce 1/4 as much heat as a mh or hps, he might be able to run a sealed system

Locked360 said:

Okay thanks. I'll remove it tonight. My temps stay around 75-82 and humidity is around 35 percent. But I'll remove it if it is keeping my temps up.

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That's the vented temps?
Turn off the fan and monitor what happens. Take into account, as the plants grow, the humidity will go up.

Yes vented temps i can raise the temps by slowing how fast the air is exchanged i played around with that before I started. When the light is on the vented temp is 85. During the light off period it goes from between 75-82. Should the temps be higher? Sorry I didnt include all of the temp info.

jeepster1993 said:

That's the vented temps?
Turn off the fan and monitor what happens. Take into account, as the plants grow, the humidity will go up.

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Also when the humidity does eventually go up what is a good method to be able to accuratley decreaee the levels? I've heard people using damprid but is that safe?

no, 85 is about as high as you want to go, and you want the lights out temp to be around 70 or so.
damp rid is just a bucket that sits in the corner and absorbs water, as long as you dont accidentally pour it on a plant i can't see it doing any harm. it depends on how much the rh rises, you may just be able to control it with air flow, or you may need to get something like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CTL6FFQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i've got one of those, it will keep a 15x 20 foot room at under 60% rh, when it used to stay over 75% all the time, it ought to keep your tent dry running it a couple of hours a day on a timer.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

no, 85 is about as high as you want to go, and you want the lights out temp to be around 70 or so.
damp rid is just a bucket that sits in the corner and absorbs water, as long as you dont accidentally pour it on a plant i can't see it doing any harm. it depends on how much the rh rises, you may just be able to control it with air flow, or you may need to get something like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CTL6FFQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i've got one of those, it will keep a 15x 20 foot room at under 60% rh, when it used to stay over 75% all the time, it ought to keep your tent dry running it a couple of hours a day on a timer.

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What would be the ideal humidity level when the plants go into flowering vs vegetative. Or better yet whats the idea level for both stages?

the general wisdom seems to be 70% for veg, under 50% for flower. the high rh in veg slows down transpiration and lets the plants work on building themselves instead of cooling themselves. the low rh in flower is pretty much to help avoid bud rot, powdery mildew, and other fungal type problems.
i think the reality is that plants love high humidity all the time and if you could run over 75% during flower the plants would love it. the problem is every spore in the universe would love it too. so ideal for the plant would be 75% all the time, ideal for being able to harvest usable product from the plants, under 50%

Roger A. Shrubber said:

the general wisdom seems to be 70% for veg, under 50% for flower. the high rh in veg slows down transpiration and lets the plants work on building themselves instead of cooling themselves. the low rh in flower is pretty much to help avoid bud rot, powdery mildew, and other fungal type problems.
i think the reality is that plants love high humidity all the time and if you could run over 75% during flower the plants would love it. the problem is every spore in the universe would love it too. so ideal for the plant would be 75% all the time, ideal for being able to harvest usable product from the plants, under 50%

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Okay so I will need to order both a humidifier and a dehumidifier to reach these levels for sure during bothboth stages. I just need to find a humidifier that will shut off at a certain level then. Thanks again I really appreciate it.

not sure you can find a humi/dehumi that has a rh level shut off, but i'm pretty sure there are switches you can hook them to that work that way
actually i just went to amazon and typed in "humidity controller" and got lots of hits, from 25 bucks up to several hundred, go check it out

Roger A. Shrubber said:

the general wisdom seems to be 70% for veg, under 50% for flower. the high rh in veg slows down transpiration and lets the plants work on building themselves instead of cooling themselves. the low rh in flower is pretty much to help avoid bud rot, powdery mildew, and other fungal type problems.
i think the reality is that plants love high humidity all the time and if you could run over 75% during flower the plants would love it. the problem is every spore in the universe would love it too. so ideal for the plant would be 75% all the time, ideal for being able to harvest usable product from the plants, under 50%

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One last question for now lol. If im going to artificialy raise the humidity level should I ph the water in the humidifier?

no, but i would add a few drops of bleach to it, i didn't at first and the fungus gnats turned it into a vacation home

Roger A. Shrubber said:

no, but i would add a few drops of bleach to it, i didn't at first and the fungus gnats turned it into a vacation home

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Lol will do thanks

Nice looking setup. I use a pocket microscope to see trichomes, hard to tell from picture as they wont load. Are gong to Scrog your auto's? I have never grown auto's so I don't know if that will work with scrog. I heard topping autos decreases yield as you can't control veg grow time. I'm a noob so I could be very wrong.