Nowitzki's First Time - Critical Cheese Auto

Hello everyone. This will be my first grow ever and I figured I would like to share it with you all

Strain: Dinafem Critical Cheese Autoflowering(feminized)
System Setup:
-10 Gallon bucket
-Top w/ net pot in it(got it like this)
-8 ft black hosing(1cm circumference)--cut in half for the water/air pump
-Evo100 pump
-8" Air Stone
-EcoAir1+
-I will be using the Lucas Formula for the nutrients(General Hydroponics nutrients)
-Galaxy Ballist
-6" custom automatic company reflector
-600w Hortilux



Right now it's not in the spot it's going to be in, I plan on putting it in a grow tent within the next two weeks(sooner than that but that's the max limit i gave myself). The plant was just introduced into the system Friday morning, before that it was sitting under some different florescent lights in the rockwell cube for around 2-3 weeks(from seed to beauty!).

So far nothing has gone wrong---I plan on checking the pH every single day with a waterproof pH tester(keeping it around 5.6-6.5). After the first day of being in the bucket the pH sky rocketed to 6.8. I plan on changing the water every 2-3 days.

few pics:










Also, I would love to hear members thoughts and feelings about my grow. Post away!!!

Forgot to add in, the plant is about 2 1/2 weeks old from seed.

Awesome man good luck!i just ordered a few auto seeds from the tude and this was one of them!i can't wait for them to show up!im subbd up for this!

Thanks man! I actually bought it from a friend that got it from tude. So far every things looking up to par!

Update: Ordered a tent at my local hydro store and they were more than helpful. Plan on picking it up Thursday!

Update: Few new pics(day 7) in the bucket. Grabbing the tent today but was just eager to post some pics of her!(will post pics with tent later on)






pH has been predictable every day of going up to around 6.3(i've been lowering it to 5.6 every day)
Love how she looks at day 7 in the system, excited how she will look once I get everything totally hooked up and legit.

Hello again! Time to update.


I finally ended up getting my tent at the hydro store. Got everything together and something seems to be wrong with my plant and I would love to hear what you guys have to say about it.

Tent: 3ftx3ftx6.5ft
lighting: 600 watt Hortilux
Fan: box fan

So when I put the system in the tent I originally had the light a lot lower but my leaves started to fold a bit and I figured it was because it was getting too hot for the plant. I moved the light to the top of the tent and opened 3 different areas in my tent and have the fan blowing out of the side hole.

Things I know: I have managed the pH to be 5.6-6.5 every day(always keeping it below 6.0 if i'm testing it). I found out that the water in my bucket was rather warm and I think it's because of not having a real fan to help vent the light in the tent.

The top leaf has reached to a straight up motion and it wasn't about an hour ago before i got home, it was halfway there but it definitely decided to go full blast.

Also, the stem has seemed to look a little weird at the bottom like it is woody and it was like that a few days before I put it in the system.


Please let me know what you guys think as your advice is greatly appreciated!!!!!!

News: I left the top off the bubble bucket(let it off to the side on the top) to let the water and air cool down in there. Today my plant looks like it's doing great besides the stem. The stem is still looking woody.



if anyone knows about the stem let me know!

more pics:

Bump


still looking for help

anyone? still looking for answers

Well here we are and I have a beautiful plant. I'm not sure why no one has responded to my last post of needing help but it's all good because so far things are going fine.

I ended up getting a 4" fan with ducting to circulate the room but it still isn't enough to cool it where I want it to be so I will try opening my doors and stuff.

here is my baby day 18 in the system:

heres my beauty in day 44 in the system(two months overall).










my pH is going down recently and i'm not sure why. any thoughts?

i'm about 2-3 weeks away from cutting her down

Anyone have any ideas on the pH?

I'm surprised no one had really commented in my journal when I first needed help a while back. I know I'm not known or anything but I wanted to post consistently and get feedback but no one seemed interested lol