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therivernile therivernile
6 years ago
This is my first ever cannabis grow! I'm autoflowering two different strains with a quantum board kit with low stress training. Strains: Fastbuds Green Crack auto Expert Seeds Gorilla Glue #4 auto Tent: Vivosun 48in x 24in x 60in grow tent Lights:HLG 260w 4000k LED on 24/0, max distance from the seedlings Temp averages this week were 77-82F Relative humidity averaged 48-52% FFOF soil in 5 gal smart pots (too large in hindsight). I added a little extra perlite ~10% to the GC container. FF soil trio nutes when the time comes, waiting for 3 to 4 nodes before I give extra nutes as the soil is probably "hot" enough. Seeds were put into rapid rooters and the rapid rooters were snuggled down into the soil. GG#4 sprouted 72 hours after I put in the rapid rooter. FBGC sprouted 6 hours later. Watering in very small perimeter of each seedling every 36 hours. Lessons and events from the first week: -My grow tent only came with one zipper head, which I thought was strange but didn't know any better. Well this zipper head jumped the track and made the tent essentially useless on day 5. The manufacturer issued a refund within 48 hours of me sending them some pictures. I liked the tent so much I just bought the same one and it should arrive on Day 8. -I thought I was going to need a way to control humidity but the LED seems to have done that all its own. I have a small dehumidfier for flower/drying if I need it. -Added a 4 inch inline duct fan for exhaust (for the eventual smell). - The bottom of the smart pots stay a little moist. I will add more perlite overall and add a larger layer at the bottom of the smart pot in the future. I will also switch to 3 gal containers for the next grow, as the plants probably won't get large enough to need all 5 gal, but we will see. - Putting the seed in a rapid rooter and then plugging the rapid rooter into the soil produced a very fast sprout time. (72 hours).
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Grow Questions
therivernile
therivernilestarted grow question 6 years ago
Does the Green Crack look like it is root bound, heat stressed, or getting too many nutrients?
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CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 6 years ago
I guess you're asking because it's smaller than the other? This is normal, in my experience the plants are like trains that take a while to accelerate - this one will chug along just fine, it's just getting there. One thing i learned from my first fast buds grow is that you don't really need veg nutes, straight to bloom nutes worked very well for me. You're on the high end of the temperature range though, this won' hurt them i guess, but the fast buds are sensitive to heat in my exp. that means it might take a little while more to flower and harvest. Just my two cents ! happy growen ! 👌💪😃
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BillMonroe
BillMonroecommentedweek 26 years ago
I forgot my tip, to add some flaps to your fans to 'randomize' the air flow a bit. 😊 Great choice for light!
BillMonroe
BillMonroecommented6 years ago
@therivernile,That sounds like a 10/10 solution 😊 A decent oscillating fan will be one of the best upgrades for your setup (which is already killer) I move my stationary fan around quite a bit because I noticed similar growth patterns where the plant 'grew with the wind'. Now I also keep it blowing air from the bottom instead of from the top, and I have noticed improvement. In my mind it's beneficial to keep the air refreshed/moving wherever the plant is most bushy. So it can take as much CO2 as it can in areas where air would otherwise not move around so much. When the fan was pointing down, almost no air made it to the base of the plant. 👍 As an aside, I would not be too worried about the LED heat - there are some pictures/videos on the internet of heat radiation from HPS and LED lamps. HPS creates a lot of heat below the lamp and increases the soil temperature significantly, whereas the LED I saw in those demonstrations radiates most of the heat upwards. Although, from what I have read, the LEDs will run more efficient if you can cool it better. So it will be worth it regardless.
therivernile
therivernilecommented6 years ago
@BillMonroe, Yo Bill! I had an idea I wanted to run past you. I think I might just put a larger oscillating fan in the bottom of the tent blowing between the two plants. I think I'm going to take those white clip on fans and use them directly on the heatsink of the LED to more effectively disperse the heat. I have a 4 inch inline duct fan coming out of the top of the tent so it is pulling off the heat. Do you think that would be a better way to go for airflow? Cheers, TRN
DudeGrowsWeed
DudeGrowsWeedcommentedweek 26 years ago
Your plants look absolutely fine to me at this stage. I wouldn’t change anything at this stage. I think you’ll see nice healthy growth over the next few weeks if you keep on the same path. Also I dig your tent layout and lighting! Well done! 👍
therivernile
therivernilecommented6 years ago
@DudeGrowsWeed, appreciate that homey.
BudStinkWeed
BudStinkWeedcommentedweek 46 years ago
Your plant looks great! This is just a theory but try 18 hours instead of 24 for light for stem growth? I noticed this a little myself they would stretch more in the dark. Otherwise your plant is super healthy!
BudStinkWeed
BudStinkWeedcommented6 years ago
@therivernile, Yeah sounds good! If you are using any soil with nutrients already in it be careful not to over-nutrient it, but if not it should be fine! I'm using fox farm soil so it's pretty hot for my plants and I don't add nutrients til about 30 days and if it's a huge pot sometimes it can go longer.
therivernile
therivernilecommented6 years ago
@BudStinkWeed, Thanks for the feedback! I think I'm going to start 20/4 for light and begin the fox farm nutrients at 1/4 dose schedule, every other watering. What do you think?
Stick
Stickcommentedweek 26 years ago
Hi @therivernile ! She looks healthy, at this stage I won't worry too much. The curled leaves might just came from a slight under-watering combined with heat. You may remove those useless leaves in a couple of days anyway. You won't encounter rootbound in a 5gal container. About nutrients, it's hard to say since you don't provide informations about the meals you prepared neither than the EC of your waterings, but this does not look like a deficiency/toxicity. I see you're doing 24h schedule, be warned that both plants+lamps appreciate a few hours of 'pause'. Plants recover better at night, and stopping the light a few hours everyday will help in cooling down your environment. In this scenario, I'd try to reinforce the airflow, change the light schedule to 22/2, spray fresh RO water at night when the light is off, water more often and see how it goes. Hope this will help, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊
therivernile
therivernilecommented6 years ago
@Stick, I have not fed any nutes at all thus far. It is planted directly into FFOF, so I am waiting until the plant indicates to me that it needs supplements. I am watering about 1/4gal of water every 36 hours. I water in a small perimeter around the plant. The pots are allowed to completely dry out (they feel dry on the top of the soil AND the bottom of the fabric on the smart pot) before I water again. That is such a sick idea about the misting with water. I actually already have a light timer plugged into the surge protector, but I decided on 24/0 as my first grow as an experiment. Where I live, it is very rare for the weather to have gotten as hot as it has. In another month, the outside temp will drop 30-40 degrees F. I think I'll be glad about this "heat problem" then. 😁 One more question if I could, you talk about removing those useless leaves. When do you start clipping away those large fan leaves? How many nodes into the plant do you think? My plants are at their 3rd node (first set of 7 finger leaves). I appreciate the shit out of your advice bro. Thanks again!
OutForReal
OutForRealcommentedweek 26 years ago
Hello !! She seems to be really good at that stage , maybe a slight over feeding but really slight Root bound is impossible at that stage and with that pot size , it will be hard to bget root bound even at the end of your flowering. Ican see fans & a light that is not too close from the top of the plants so heat sould not be an issue ! I hope it will help you for the futur weeks
OutForReal
OutForRealcommentedweek 56 years ago
Hi ! You feeding schedule plan looks good , give it a shot 😃👊