8/25/2024 - I think I've been watering a little too much. Let them dry out today and am closely monitoring the soil just below the surface. Growing concerned about the 4th plant and also the last one planted. It is looking a little yellow to me. I'm hoping this is from a little too much water and that it will recover. Otherwise the plants are doing well, they're getting noticeably bigger and their first nodes are forming. Looking forward to seeing them grow up a bit and stabilize. Seems like this stage is very touch and go and all could go wrong very quickly. My lights are at 24 inches from the top of the plants. I'm running around 60% strength...not sure if I should go higher or lower and for how long. Tent is at 60% humidity, 78F for temps and seems like things on that side look good. Fingers crossed that things continue to grow and be fairly free of issues.
@Hempface86, awesome to hear, I appreciate any input you can give of course. I'm so excited to see them all emerge from the ground. My biggest fear and/or question is how much water? I'm trying to keep them moist but now that roots are clearly growing, I'm scared to death of over/under watering. So far, I've been spraying the top surface and then kind of drawing a ring around the plant with a few ounces of water...I realize I'm going to have to use more water as they grow but right now seems the most critical. I only work in the office one day a week so tending to the plants is easy since they're adjacent to my home office. I have a camera rigged up inside so I can watch what is going on without opening the tent and I've also got a separate camera doing a time-lapse. My grow "room" is walled off from the rest of the basement and stays rather cool. I've got a heater keeping the ambient temp of the room around 70F and inside the tent is around 75-78F. I'm using a connected humidifier which is keeping the RH at 60%...not quite sure if that should be adjusted or not? I'm sure I'm overthinking this, but I'd really like to try and make this grow successful. Anyway thank you for the information and I look forward to hearing what you have to say as the grow goes on. Thanks again for reaching out!
@dvr147, I started a year ago and it is the best hobby I could have ever imagined it is also very therapeutic.... I document my diaries on here on a weekly basis I might periodically alter them in the middle of the week if necessary but I'm old school I have a notebook and a pen and I daily make notes on my plants doing it on here would probably be a better idea and make for a better diary but I digress... The first week or two are the slowest .. the bigger she is the faster so grow and once she is flipped in the flower they are going to stretch and grow faster than you can imagine.. definitely over an inch a day for a couple weeks and that's when the fun starts.. I'll follow along.. if you have any questions let me know.. happy growing ✌️😎
@Hempface86, thank you! This morning all 4 plants have pushed through and by tomorrow I would expect them all to be opened up and starting their process. I'm finding that I really enjoy this as a hobby. Looking forward to documenting this grow the best I can.