Gorilla Glue - 322

Be aware that I use this diary to note basically everything so that I can see everything I have done. I always forget from one grow to another and like to try new things in order to have better knowledge. I also use a spreadsheet that has a daily log. Makes it more fun for me. I love this community of growers so much and you are welcome to drop any comments, tips or any advice you think would help me or other readers. Cheers! -February 11th 2022 After two weeks of trying out my new Mars Hydro I had to get used to it since the light intensity is not the same. Reading from Mars Hydro it said I had to hang it at 12" Dimming at 25%, I didn't listen because that gave me a LUX reading of 16,000 LUX. so instead I hung it at 36" and set the dimmer to get 7800 LUX. DO NOT DO THIS. First week was doing alright but after that they pretty much stopped growing. At first I thought my seeds might of been bad since they were old and had difficulty starting a few but after a few days I clearly saw signs of light stretching. The plants were growing at a steep angle trying to find light. So today I lowered my light to 14" and set the dimmer to 25% (Just a little higher because she is growing 1/4" to 1/2" per day). That being said, this specific grow (Gorilla Glue #4 - 322) was not really affected by this because she is about 2 to 3 weeks older then the other grow in the tent. I will be creating diaries for the other grow once I reach Veg stage. Looking at my spreadsheet, my watering schedule is every 4 days 500ml in a 7 Gallon pot. It takes 2 days for the soil to visually get dry, and another 2 days for the first 2" of soil to get dry. -February 5th 2022 Plant is still in seedling stage but it is a matter of days before we actually reach vegetation stage. I have done a few test with a few of my current grow and have come to the conclusion that using a 7 gallon pot, although I save the transplanting stress, the watering needs to be carefully watched. When I started growing a few years ago I used to overwater my plants, I used some perlite to help keep oxygen in the soil and used 5 gallons pots (Used to grow Auto's). This time all my plants are in 7 gallon pots, Auto's and Photoperiods. I quickly noticed using a spreadsheet that after 5 days they stopped growing and needed water. Here is my exact watering schedule (Feel free to comment). Day 1 - 250ml Day 6 - 250ml Day 11 - 250ml Day 16 - 250ml Day 20 - 500ml Between Day 16 and Day 20 I saw a reduced growth which I think means 2 things, 1 it is running out of water and 2 It is currently developing the 7 leaves. This is now 3 weeks into seedling which only makes sense to be transitioning to vegetation stage, which it is showing signs of. I will start my official first week of vegetation tomorrow and will then switch my diary to week 2 once that week has ended. So officially it will be 3 weeks (21 Days) of Seedling. In my opinion I should of watered 250ml every 3 days instead of 5 but I am not sure, she has had absolutely no signs of over or underwatering apart from slowed growth in the last week. No signs of nutrient deficiency or toxicity at all, beautiful green color all around. Changing the light type might have had a big impact on the growth, the only light meter I have is a LUX / FC Meter that I use to gauge my light intensity which is currently set to 7300 - 7800 @ a height of 32". Mars Hydro FC-6500 has low to no heat at all coming from it which makes it very easy to maintain the same temperature day or night. And I set it to that specific height because at that height I could have an even canopy on all my plants. I also have my old Aglex still at 56" but it is at the furthest point from the plants. Since it's an 8'x4' tent I have my all my equipment on one side and plants under the Mars Hydro in the other half. This meant that 2 of the plants had a reflective wall to their right but the 2 others where in the middle so no reflective wall, which is why I left my Aglex. -January 31st 2022 Today I have actually received my new Mars Hydro FC-6500 and have actually swapped my AGLEX 2000W I advise you not to purchase an AGLEX, you can message me if you want to know why, but I am happy so far with my new FC-6500 I now have a dimmer and Mars Hydro says to place your light at 24" for seedlings and I set the dimmer to 7300-7800 LUX which is lower then 10% on my dimmer. -January 29th 2022 It has now been 13 days since I planted this seed Water when dry. I use a 7 gallon pot that I had watered a day prior and I just loosened up the soil mixing it thoroughly just before planting the seed. I watered every 3 to 4 days adding 250 ml evenly across the hole pot. I also sprayed the leaves once in a while. Water was set to 6.2 - 6.3 Ph 40 ppm ( Standard tap water aerated for at least 24 hours. ) -January 16th 2022 15h30 - Stem was 5/8". Planted in a 7 Gallon fabric pot. I did not want to transplant for this run so straight to 7 Gallon 15L of Gaia Green Living Soil 1-0-0 3L of Gro4 Organic Worm Casting (~20%) 2L of Perlite (~10%) = 21L of Mixed Medium + 230ml of Gaia Green All Purpose 4-4-4 + 230ml of Gaia Green Power Bloom 2-8-4 Seedling Stage Suggests between 5,000 to 7,000 LUX 56" is as far as it goes and it gives me a reading of 8,300 LUX