GSC|Atomic Northern Lights: The undertaking of my first grow LED

Warm Welcomes

As a noob I wanted to open my VERY FIRST GROW up to the forums to document and to obtain as many helpful tips, advice, and any insight possible from such a diversely knowledgeable community! Starting off with a few clones to get my feet wet in hopes to gain knowledge & experience;which will hopefully ease the attempts of my next mission... Growing from seeds!

About the Girls & Feeding

Strain: (2) Girl Scout Cookies, (3) Atomic Northern Lights
Clones: Rooted in Rockwool
Medium: 75% Fox Farm Ocean Forest, 25% Perlite Mix
Pot Size: 5gal Air Pots
Water PH: 6.5
Nutes: FF Grow Big, FF Big Bloom, FF Tiger Bloom, CalMag
Stage: Vegetative Cycle 18/6

About the Room
Location: Indoor 4x4 Gorilla Grow Tent
Lights: G8 LED 600 watt
Rm Temp: 75-77 degrees with lights on, 72 degrees at night
Rm RH: 51% steadily

About the Setup
1 Active Air 443 cfm 6in In-Line Fan
1 6in clip fan
1 Vornado 530L Compact Whole Room Circulator
1 Honeywell Quietset 8 Speed Tower Fan
1 Can-Lite Filter 6in 600 CFM Air Filter
1 Hygro-thermometer

There are two fans located on the floor (one in each front corner) with the clip fan positioned
above the plants in the back of the tent aiming down on the plants

A Closer Look

The clones which were already rooted in rockwool were welcomed into their new home 6/11/13 and have been planted into the grow medium. Here is some single shots of each:

Atomic Northern Lights
Amber 7 1/4in



Rebbeca 7 3/4in


Veronica 6 1/2 in




Girl Scout Cookies
Cookie 5in



Courtney 5in




They seem to be adapting to the new environment well. There was slight discoloration on the tips of the ANL due to the position of the light being too close & drooping/curled leaves due to over overzealous watering

Now the journey into the first grow has begun!

Suggestions, Tips, Advice, & Knowledge are all welcomed

Thanks

Suggestion: Do NOT overwater. Let your pots dry out in between them and do not overfeed

Trippy pictures guess I'm blown off the Purple Cookie Monster.

trueg115 said:

Suggestion: Do NOT overwater. Let your pots dry out in between them and do not overfeed

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Thanks! Yea I was eager to get the ball rolling and definitely overdid it a tad.

jhod58vw said:

Trippy pictures guess I'm blown off the Purple Cookie Monster.

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Definitely trippy actually looks trippier in the room. The LED makes it look crazy in there.

So the girls have begun to perk up since the over watering & lighting with the ANL almost all reaching 9inches & the GSC heading toward 6inches! Decided to introduce name tags into the mix for easy identification and am now thinking about topping the ANL to keep the height down & insure a fuller bush.

Here's a few updated shots:


GSC


ANL

So the girls are starting to get yellowing on the leaves. While I looked up the causes and have seen my coloration is equal to that of potassium deficiency I am looking for any helpful info that aid with the flushing of the soil. I saw the the addition of lime to the soil or Big Bloom & flushing will solve the problem but anyone know of anything better?

Here's a few pics:

Also thinking about transplanting them, they've only been potted for a week.

Thoughts greatly appreciated!

Just a repost for some much wanted help!

RojoLoso said:

So the girls are starting to get yellowing on the leaves. While I looked up the causes and have seen my coloration is equal to that of potassium deficiency I am looking for any helpful info that aid with the flushing of the soil. I saw the the addition of lime to the soil or Big Bloom & flushing will solve the problem but anyone know of anything better?

Here's a few pics:
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Also thinking about transplanting them, they've only been potted for a week.

Thoughts greatly appreciated!

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