Here. We. Go. - NL & Papaya CFL Grow - Popping that cherry!!!

Hey everyone! So I am back with my second attempt at growing after going through 5 seeds and wondering why they wouldn't grow. (Apparently one 32W 3500K bulb wouldn't do it. ) But moving on....

I have now made the proper time and investments to get my grow going. I have germinated my seeds and have them both sitting under a 85W 5500K bulb in rock wool cubes. I am hoping to grow these 2 girls (feminized seeds from Nirvana) as mothers and then would like to use the clones in DWC grow using the 27-gal tote in the pictures.

I'm a noob so I really don't know shit besides anything I have read on this forum and any feedback I get from you guys. Any advice is greatly appreciated and any criticism is too. So please let me know what you think.

Day 3

I added another 85W bulb to my grow and transplanted the seeds in rock wool to soil. Both are covered with plastic domes to increase rooting; how many more days should I leave them on or should I take them off now?

Day 13

These plants are coming along very nicely; seeing new growth everyday and stems are looking green. I have a couple of questions though; the plants have been under 24/0 all this time, is the 2 week mark a good time to flip the schedule to 18/6? Also I started feeding the plants (about 1 cup/day) from a mixture of 1/4 TSP Jack's 20-20-20 and 1TBSP molasses (1 Gallon) on day 10. I have noticed now that the leaves have started to curl upwards. Could this be due to the mixture, lack of humidity, both or what else could be the cause.

MJJ713 said:

Day 13
I have noticed now that the leaves have started to curl upwards. Could this be due to the mixture, lack of humidity, both or what else could be the cause.

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Looks Good to me.

Day 16

I've taken some more photos and after comparing them to other grows on RIU, I feel my plants are lacking in size at this stage. I am wondering if it has something to do with my setup. The plants are in a 3x2x5 grow tent with a 85W and 2 42W bulbs. The temperature in the tent is averaging about 80 degrees and I have been feeding the plants the same mixture and amount as mentioned above. Am I just doin' it wrong???

Day 36

So I for a few days thought that I had over-watered and over-fertilized these plants to death but thanks to the RIU community, they have bounced back and are greener than ever. The plants are are continuing to grow but see that the top leaves are growing faster than the ones underneath. Is this because most of the light is going to the tops of the plants and not reaching the leaves on the bottom nodes? I have a fan in the tent to circulate the air and will be installing an exhaust and intake fan this week.