So basically I am early-mid grow on my first grow, first time on the site, first post, first time grower
It started with at least buying some decent equipment: Mars Hydro 2x4x70" tent, I think the light is an SP3000 This was plunked into a closet with about 6-8 inches of space around the outside of the tent, with about 20" space on top. Ambient air in the tent is being pulled through the in-tent mounted filter and is exited via hose into room Problem number 1. I didn't write anything down initially. Not exactly sure of the initial start date of the First Four. I started out with 10 GDP seeds, and initially germinated The First Four. Mistake number 2. I took the little seedlings and immediately over-potted them in 3 gallon grow bags full of pure coco. Why? Not sure, but a guy on youtube was using coco, so I thought I should....must be better than soil, right?
I am sure experts can get away with this, but I think I was ambitions on my first. because I had no experience with the coco coir. (still don't, really, lol). It goes without saying that the overpotting requires an experienced touch that I now know I don't have). Mistake number 3. I didn't realize coco has no nutrients and that I had to add them! Like from day one, lol. For better or worse, this epiphany occurred around the end of week two or in week three. I had been watering about half a bottle of bottled water every other day, just around the seedling but I have no idea if that was enough or too much, although I think they were always over watered in retrospect... Circling back....Mistake 2.5? Not sure about this one, but I realized at some point that I had transplanted the seedlings from soil in a 4" cup to pure coco coir...not sure if that is a mistake or not...HELLFIRE! Mistake number 4....well actually it must of felt like that for the First Four...about 3 weeks ago it got really hot, and one day I saw the canopy got up to 104 degrees F. Ok...so all four of the First Four seedlings got very dry and yellow. Honestly I thought they were toast. That is where we introduce the Final Five. So I start the balance of the seeds in soil....5 of them....(yes I lost one of the 10 seeds, if you have been keeping track! lol). I assumed the First Four were going to crater and I would go with the Final Five in a pure soil grow. They germinated like magic - again. (these are feminized auto flower GDP seeds, as I recall - and I have only a basic knowledge of what that means, lol). I also made the mistake of planting the Final Five in one gallon pots as seedlings - in potting soil that I think was waaaay too wet. So, at that point the First Four make a heroic rebound after adding some nutrients to their coir. Still kinda broad leafed and yellowish, but they stagger into veg stage, the Final Five were still under a dome Mistake number 5 - The damn LED light. I am guessing this is a kick-ass light for a 2x4 space, because I kept reading to have it 12 inches off of the canopy, and turned to 75% during veg. So I did...and at canopy it didn't feel hot on my hand....but I must have been blasting them, because one complete set of nodes showed up "brown singed" looking around the outside of the leaves, then the new growth was better...I am guessing a nutrient deficiency at that time, or too much fan on the veglings, or waaaay too much lamp. So I moved the light up to about 30 inches and backed it off to currently 60% approximately. I understand I have the First Four in veg now, and the Final Five are still seedling, but I am concentrating my light for the more mature plants, the Final Five will have to deal with it. Most of all the plants growth seems to be to be "smashed down", like the notes are right on top of each other....is that typical of too much light, perhaps? I am going to list the current settings as best I can, then will list off my questions based upon the current state of things (literally, as of today): I am on a 18/6 light timer cyle. I got the temps dialed in...no lower than 70, no higher than about 82 on a bad day. I introduced humidity on a "smart" humidifier. I have a tiny heater on temp control if temp drops below 70 (my target temp being 73) have airflow in the tiny space where there isn't any...two fixed fans currently, I have a third to add.



















