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First grow in a spacebucket, 300W ufo w/30W 3000k cree cob and two 5630 led strips. Seeds from seedsman. I thought i was prepared but man im just worrying that im doing stuff wrong :) Reading Rosenthal's book and using the interwebz, I hope im on my way. At least she grew. Planted two, the other one is almost coming above the soil but it might not make it.. gonna try to help her. Had them in a wet towel for a few days until they woke up, got some seedling soil from the local gardenshop and crossed my fingers and toes. Glad to be starting my grow, bet ill be messing up at some point but its the start of a new passion for sure!! Ive been looking at HLG qbs and we'll see, maybe ill take that old closet and build a larger space for a perpetual system one day :)
Shes growing every day, fun to see the leaves expand. Trying to use organic nutes from my local garden store, but for next run i will go with advanced nutrients. Transplanted on day 13 to a 8L pot. Finally got my hygrometer, temp is steady at 26 (optimal is 21-29deg according to interwebz), humidity at 61% and i read that it should be 40-55% during veg, not sure how to control it so fingers crossed that it sinks to 55% during flower. Also I lowered her from the light 10cm and added a pc fan running half speed to circulate, read somewhere that wind helps strenghten the stem. I had no idea i wasnt supposed to nute during first weeks in soil, well i learn something new every day. So now im going to water when dry and shower with love when it pleases me.
Ive been using reddit as a place to ask and search info, but theres too many angry know-it-alls who look down on blurples and new growers. all we want is to learn, weve got to start somewhere!! :) the community here on growdiaries have been fully positive and constructive, so refreshing to see people happy to share information and insight! so happy to have found the site, seems like a great place to grow (pun partially intended).
Im growing in a spare room with a washing machine and probably the least fresh air in the house and i fear my co2 levels and ph is way off (first time grow, you know, so much to learn so fast).
How will poor air quality affect the plant, and how can i see the signs on her?
Hello and welcome on Growdiaries. here are some spacebucketgrower... Successful one too , i will name them in the Comments. but generally to say... no nutients!!Its ways to early for that. Normally no nutes and less until you reach minimum week 4 or see defiencys. the soil feeds your plant. Dont care about co2 levels, look for a good airflow, check humidity , and dont overwater. Atm she looks good.
The smell has started to become noticable, might need to update the bucket with a filter and a more professional fan. The height stays short but she grows wide. Trying not to overwater, drying out to let the roots dig deeper. The humidity has gone down from 60% to around 35-40% which is good, but still want to keep it a bit higher so placed some water around in the box. Decided to just let the plant grow freely and not do lst or anything this first time around other than feed and sing soft calming lullabies.
So I started giving her nutrients from seed, she grew fast but after I switched to just plain water I feel she exploded with growth. Now I give 1/4 of what the bottle says and the leaves look good.
Shes a short one, but I'm wondering what to do with the canopy being so short and full. Not sure if the leaves underneath get enough light, so ive been thinking of removing some leaves but not sure which ones and how. Must do some research on that of course before going crazy. As for height, being a bucket-grow thats just great, was worried she'd get too high and close to the lamp.
Im bending the leaves down a bit to send them out instead of up, been thinking of getting some tomato wire, but the more I look at her I think I might just let her grow naturally, to see how that looks like. My next run will be a bit more hands on I think, got some great 4/20 deals on seeds, so the problem now is choosing which to grow next :) Might just do another afghani or NL.
The humidity is a bit low i think. Was hoping it would stay at around 40-45% but its at 35%. Tried to have an open container with water but it didnt really do anything. Thinking maybe its the fan ive got running inside for circulation thats drying it out maybe. Going to look into that this week.
The smell stays consistent, its a problem when we have guests who dont smoke, the wife likes the smell so thats just fantastic! But for the flowering stage I might have to get a filter and a couple of stronger fans. But then Im starting to dream about converting a closet, so not sure whats gonna happen. Could also just not have guests :p
I totally left reddit as a source of information, too many uptight people. This forum however has been a huge help and an inspiration, so thats very nice. Just hope I dont mess this up at some point ;)
Decided to top (because im an idiot and noob) above fourth branch pair and a whole bunch of deficiencies/excess signs started showing on surrounding leaves the same day. The next four days upper fan leaves started yellowing and a lower leaf got some spots, then lower smaller leaves starting to yellow from the tip. Trying to check with the jorge cervantes deficiency guide but i cant see if its too little nitrogen and too much phosphorous or maybe potassium and manganese defs. Lets just say I regret topping :/ (softly singing Elaine's Get Well Soon song from Seinfeld down my spacebucket like a crazy person)
Ive also repurposed a double closet, got an inline fan w/filter and some advanced nutrients and leftovers from my bucketbuild. Buckets are great, but i cant get a proper look at the soil or under the leaves without removing the light and lifting the whole plant up, even watering is a bit hard, so its basically just to get more control and contact with the plant. It will be done next week so ill start thinking about the next run, maybe autos again. Really hope she pulls through, cant wait to see how much she stretches. Lots learned this week as well, so thats good, but a bit sad seeing the leaves look unhappy not knowing what to do :'(
Ill update with more closeups the next few days.
EDIT: updated :)
My lamp had half of the diodes die on me somewhere during the last week. She has been struggling a bit during that time, so I guess there might be a combination of malnutrition/late-topping/light deprevation? The diodes are uv, ir, red and so on, so i guess the spectrum is way off now. Im looking at HLG 65 or some other QB but im not sure what to go for. Low heat output and high ppf is what im reading up on now.
Moved her into the new closet, nice to be able to inspect the plant and finally get a filter in there(!), the spacebucket design is better for the incognito grower i guess, which is nice but I need to be closer and observe more if im about to learn from my mistakes :p Plan is to have a perpetual system of clones/veg in the bottom half and flower on top. Not quite there yet but its getting there, just gotta change the intake-fan and some lights, wohoo! :)
Changed to the AN pH Perfect series, following the guide, starting slow with 2ml/l and moving up to 4ml/l over a few days. Currently giving her 5dl/day and its ok, maybe slightly too much, should probably be dryer. Ive got perfect finnish, overdrive and big bud ready for action, now i just need to figure out when to use them.
Looking at the flowers I can see the changes daily and Im happy that shes still growing nicely even though the leaves look a bit off.
Almost seven weeks and shes starting to look like that stuff i smoke! Thats fun to see. Love the new closet grow, everything in its right place (oh thats my fav radiohead song btw).
Top small leaves: The top new leaves look burnt with those spots, but the lamp is weak and about 18 inch away so should be ok(?). Is it a deficiency?
Bottom fan leaves: Do they still have a function even though they are so yellow? Should I just take them away or do they still feed the plant?
Lamp issue: Getting a new lamp from supplier after the current broke, should arrive in a few days. Put 4 meters of 3000K led strips in there for good measure.
New seeds: Put some new seeds in a damp cloth, lets see if they grow!! :)
Im seeing yellow old fan leaves, spots on top new leaves, yellowing tips, and perhaps stunted growth (she's kinda short, right?). Im feeding 2ml/L now and PH should be ok, but she still shows def/excess. This makes me sad :(
Should I just flush? How did this problem start?
You can give her a light flush of 2-2.5 gallons of ph correct water. If you use a TDS meter try to get the runoff down to 200-300 ppm. Lower your nute dose a bit the tips of the leaves are showing some burn. Add your nutrients to the last quart of flush water with some cal/mag. You needed to start adding some cal/mag back in week 4. It usually starts showing a deficiency in the leaves by week 6. The damage can't be reversed only slowed down. If you don't have cal /mag use unsulphured "blackstrap" molasses from a health food store. Dissolve in a few cups of hot water 1 tablespoon molasses per gallon of water. You will need to correct the ph after adding this to the water it's acidic. You can mix your nute into the same water. If there is any left toss it because it won't keep. Let her dry out a bit before you water again. Week 7-8 are an important time for the buds to fatten up. So try to tuck some leaves to get as much light as possible on the buds. You still have about 2.5 weeks to go. She will be draining nutrients from the leaves until the end that's normal. By harvest many of her leaves will be yellow. Good luck
Almost 8 weeks and shes really taking shape. So happy to see so much flower on my first grow :)
Added cal/mag this last week. Defoliated a bit, shes too short to just fold leaves effectively, now light gets through to lower sites, 12 arms with lots of flower :) Started adding a little Big Bud, planning to do Overdrive and Flawless Finnish since Ive seen good results on autos around here. Removed the sick old leaves and she seems happier now than previous weeks, though she has yellowing tips on most new top leaves..
UPDATE Put in the 125w cfl "grow" alongside my "300"(150)w full spectrum led. Dont know if its bad for the auto to flower next to a "grow"spectrum cfl but i hope its ok.
Hooow muuuch loooonger!!?!?!1! :) Im not sure what to look for in the trichomes, they look sort of milky some buds and translucent in other buds.
She seems very happy though, Id like the colas to be further apart but i dont want to break anything. Next run ill be training them more to the sides. Put fans in for better circulation. Now with four other plants growing in there the humidity fluctuates more when watering, but they seem happy enough.
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