My first time growing.

SamuelUK · Nov 26, 2019

Hi fellas its my first time growing, these are my plants, their first taproots shown November 13th and they have been in soil since the 17 of November. Im using CFL bulbs and I fed my plants with their first stage of General Hydroponics Bloom, grow and micro series today. I Defiantly had some stretching due to my lighting situation i had initially and I feel i left it too late to transport them into soil and possibly their first set of nutriance. Just looking for some opinions and criticism.

Kushash · Nov 27, 2019

SamuelUK said:
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Hi fellas its my first time growing, these are my plants, their first taproots shown November 13th and they have been in soil since the 17 of November. Im using CFL bulbs and I fed my plants with their first stage of General Hydroponics Bloom, grow and micro series today. I Defiantly had some stretching due to my lighting situation i had initially and I feel i left it too late to transport them into soil and possibly their first set of nutriance. Just looking for some opinions and criticism.

They look good.
What soil are you using?

508blunemo · Nov 27, 2019

SamuelUK said:
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Hi fellas its my first time growing, these are my plants, their first taproots shown November 13th and they have been in soil since the 17 of November. Im using CFL bulbs and I fed my plants with their first stage of General Hydroponics Bloom, grow and micro series today. I Defiantly had some stretching due to my lighting situation i had initially and I feel i left it too late to transport them into soil and possibly their first set of nutriance. Just looking for some opinions and criticism.

Your plants are stretching put the light closer or transplant deep in soil.

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

Kushash said:
They look good.
What soil are you using?

miracle grow mate

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

508blunemo said:
Your plants are stretching put the light closer or transplant deep in soil.

How many inches from bulb would you recommend ?

508blunemo · Nov 27, 2019

SamuelUK said:
How many inches from bulb would you recommend ?

How far is it now

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

They've really improved since I done my first feed, my back right plant is developing rust spots so i've ordered ph up and down and cal mag to try combat it.

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

508blunemo said:
How far is it now

5/6 inch

508blunemo · Nov 27, 2019

SamuelUK said:
They've really improved since I done my first feed, my back right plant is developing rust spots so i've ordered ph up and down and cal mag to try combat it.

SamuelUK said:
5/6 inch

If it was me I put it in deeper soil to stop the stretching

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

508blunemo said:
If it was me I put it in deeper soil to stop the stretching

I moved one to a larger pot and had issues with the soil crumbling maybe i added too much perlite and its really loose? Ill go buy 4 matching pots tomorrow to pot them in

508blunemo · Nov 27, 2019

This will strengthen your plants and stop it from falling over

Nizza · Nov 27, 2019

let them grow and they don't need food yet be patient.
you can transplant in a week or so, keep up with watering and make sure there is good air ciculation wiggling them.
get those bulbs as close as you can without burning them like 2" away

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

508blunemo said:
This will strengthen your plants and stop it from falling over

This is them just now

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

Nizza said:
let them grow and they don't need food yet be patient.
you can transplant in a week or so, keep up with watering and make sure there is good air ciculation wiggling them.
get those bulbs as close as you can without burning them like 2" away

Thanks, I have fed them their first circle of general hydro trio nutes already unfortunately

Nizza · Nov 27, 2019

thats ok. Those feed charts are always wrong and I have no experience with them
but with MG soil which is usually pretty strong and tap water you'd be surprised how big a plant will get. The soil fell apart from transplanting because you need to let the roots grow more. The seedlings are still hardening off, and all you have to do is adjust your light, and be sure they get watered enough but not too much

whenever you transplant it will replenish the nutrients because it will be in fresh nutrients as well, so don't expect to need to start using nutrients until 2 weeks or more from now, after you have recovered from transplant shock (1-2 days usually)

Usually as a general rule of thumb i start at 1/4 dose of what the nute companies recommend and slowly work my way up

.Smoke · Nov 27, 2019

Nizza said:
let them grow and they don't need food yet be patient.
you can transplant in a week or so, keep up with watering and make sure there is good air ciculation wiggling them.
get those bulbs as close as you can without burning them like 2" away

What they said.

Don't fret. They look good for your situation.
Keep the light close and let them get some growth to them for a week. Then reevaluate.
Good job.

I use the same nutes.
FOLLOW THEM. Regardless of what people say.
Try that first. Then tweak it necessary.

This is growing in soil/perlite at full strength nutes for its age.

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

.Smoke said:
What they said.

Don't fret. They look good for your situation.
Keep the light close and let them get some growth to them for a week. Then reevaluate.
Good job.

thanks mate i just posted and updated photo of each plant I took then. should i just keep watering with regular ph'd water ?

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

Nizza said:
thats ok. Those feed charts are always wrong and I have no experience with them
but with MG soil which is usually pretty strong and tap water you'd be surprised how big a plant will get. The soil fell apart from transplanting because you need to let the roots grow more. The seedlings are still hardening off, and all you have to do is adjust your light, and be sure they get watered enough but not too much

whenever you transplant it will replenish the nutrients because it will be in fresh nutrients as well, so don't expect to need to start using nutrients until 2 weeks or more from now, after you have recovered from transplant shock (1-2 days usually)

Usually as a general rule of thumb i start at 1/4 dose of what the nute companies recommend and slowly work my way up

thanks that makes alot of sense about transplanting, would you say im fine with the neutes i initially given them. You see i didnt have a gallon jug to do the recommended 1ml 1ml 0.5 ml per gallon recommended so i done quarter of each volume if im explaining it in a way that makes sense.

SamuelUK · Nov 27, 2019

.Smoke said:
What they said.

Don't fret. They look good for your situation.
Keep the light close and let them get some growth to them for a week. Then reevaluate.
Good job.

I use the same nutes.
FOLLOW THEM. Regardless of what people say.
Try that first. Then tweak it necessary.

This is growing in soil/perlite at full strength nutes for its age.
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damn looks really good, im new to it but its really gripped me honestly feel as if its a new passion ive developed.

diggs99 · Nov 27, 2019

Yep as others have said, they look fine and get those lights closer.

When i use cfls on babies/preveg my lights are almost touching the plants lol

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