First grow - questions / feedback

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bigturtles

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I've just started my first grow - pics are as of today (15 days since seedling planted in soil). I've got a few questions that i'm hoping yall can help with.

First some other info on the grow:
Using a 2x3x5 grow tent for 2 plants, using 5.8 pH and started introducing nutes every 2nd feed last week.

1. Does my plant structure look ok? It seems really compact and its barely grown upwards / outwards, with a lot of the leaves overlapping each other.

2. I'm using a HLG Quantum board 260w blue spec v2. Will this be good enough to get me through veg and flower? (i've read this is better for veg but cant find much on its effectiveness during flower)

3. Light is currently 24 inches away and i've been slowly dialling up the light since planting ~80% full power now. Should i just blast it with 100%?

4. I'm having difficulty maintaining humidity levels - (how) can i increase this without a humidifier?

5. I'm using canna terra pro as the medium and its range of nutrients - anyone have experience with this or advice?

6. I plan on topping the plants and then scrogging during flower - does this seem reasonable for an indoor grow?

Any other feedback on the set up appreciated
 

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Creature1969

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1. Structure looks fine, compact due to spectrum of LED (maybe a tad over watered, see above post)
2. My math says you should be good
3. I start my lights at 100% @ 30" and let the plants grow (I use COB's so YMMV)
4. Don't worry about it, won't be long before your trying to lower it (low RH in veg isn't much to worry about, high RH in flower can potentially be devastating)
5. Nope, I used Canna Coco nutes for years but I've learned some things and stopped paying for Dutch water. :bigjoint: (well, mostly. Still use Cannazym because it works better than any others I've tried so far)
6. Sounds about right and a good plan for your short tent (keep in mind the space needed between plants and light, these girls can stretch a lot more than you plan for)

Does Canna suggest 5.8 PH? Seems low for soil.
 
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bigturtles

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Creature1969 said:
1. Structure looks fine, compact due to spectrum of LED (maybe a tad over watered, see above post)
2. My math says you should be good
3. I start my lights at 100% @ 30" and let the plants grow (I use COB's so YMMV)
4. Don't worry about it, won't be long before your trying to lower it (low RH in veg isn't much to worry about, high RH in flower can potentially be devastating)
5. Nope, I used Canna Coco nutes for years but I've learned some things and stopped paying for Dutch water. :bigjoint: (well, mostly. Still use Cannazym because it works better than any others I've tried so far)
6. Sounds about right and a good plan for your short tent (keep in mind the space needed between plants and light, these girls can stretch a lot more than you plan for)

Does Canna suggest 5.8 PH? Seems low for soil.
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Thanks a heap for this mate - really appreciate it and noted the suggestions, may get a taller tent as the more i read the more im worried it may be too short!

On 2. what's the math i should be aware of for the future?

Yes they suggest a 5.8 pH to start with, slowly ramping up to 6.1 - 6.2 in flower. Apparently its not soil, it's a soiless medium (i don't understand enough to really know the difference as it looks like soil to me)

BobThe420Builder said:
Do those cups have drains
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They don't - but my fabric pots came in today so will be transferring ASAP and have tried to be conscious of not soaking it and providing smaller amounts a little more frequently (this may not have worked and definitely lesson learnt for the future)
 
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