First Grow

Day 18 - Start of week 3. The Diatomaceous earth is arriving today, so it is time to transplant into the 5-gallon pots. For soil it will be FF Ocean forest on the bottom 1/4 with a blend of happy frog and ocean forest for the rest. I'll decide how much once I test the PPM of the ocean forest. I'll be adding a small amount of perlite as well as some diatomaceous earth as well. The soil mix for the 5-gallon pots was 1/4 Ocean Forest in the bottom. Then 2 parts Happy Frog and 1 part Ocean Forest for the rest. I mixed about 15% extra perlite and 10% Diatomaceous earth. I broke up the bottom roots a bit and added TPS billions to the root ball and where it was being transplanted. After being placed back in the tent I watered them and adjust the lights to be around 300 PAR at their new height. This may lower the temp a little, but I don't think it will. Day 19 - No signs of transplant shock and I see new growth from today. Adding the fabric pots with soil has increased the humidity 10% or more... I had to increase the exhaust fan to 2 to keep it near 65% Seems strange after I placed a dish with water in the tent and it did not help at all. Day 20 - Nothing needed today. Humidity is still trying to stay near 70%. C02 bag should be here tomorrow. I am hoping ti will activate before I move it to flower, but in a 2x4x6 tent, I need to make sure they don't get too tall. For my first grow I am thinking just a scrog and some LST. Day 21 - Noticed in the pictures small yellow spots starting over the last 1 -2 days. After checking into deficiencies and other possibilities it seems like bugs. I made some DE (Diatomaceous earth) water and sprayed the leaves top and bottom. Then after letting it dry for an hour, I put DE down on top of the soil as well. I noticed that the leaves got very droopy after being sprayed so it is not time for more water yet. These fabric pots dry out much faster than anything I've used before, but the center is still moist less than an inch down. Day 22 - The spots still seem to be growing and there are small black spots under the leaves. I made a solution of 1 part DE to 4 parts water and sprayed the tops and bottoms of the leaves again. Then reapplied the DE to the soil. Hopefully this will keep them off the plants. C02 bag is in. A little of the substrate had gotten into the top, but that is probably good to get this going a bit faster. Day 23 - I watered them by dunking this morning. PH is still a bit low around 5.7. PPM was showing 550. The spots on the leaves have seem to have slowed now and I can see dried DE on the bottom of the leaves so I will monitor them for the next 4 to 5 days and then give the tops of the leave a bit of a rinse. Day 24 - No more pest activity that I can see so far. There is slight yellowing of the lower leaves of the Gold Leaf which might be nitrogen deficiency. I will make a foliar spray and see if that helps a bit until I can water them again. It's looking more like calcium deficiency now. I used Flora micro in a foliar spray (3 drops in 16oz). It does have some calcium in it, but i may need to feed a tad early. ** Considering the amount, the roots had grown at the time of transplant I am thinking I will go from seed tray to 3-liter air pot and then to the 5-gallon fabric pot. This will give them a bit more time between transplants and the air pot will help stop the circular wrapping of the roots. I also saw these interesting pots called Octopots. Basically, it's a hydro-soil hybrid and I am wondering if anyone has experience with them and if they work as advertised? ** Questions and suggestions are always welcome. Thank you very much for stopping by!