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Epsilon F1 - Royal Queen Seeds (First Indoor Grow)
DerletzteLoner Hey there,
This is my first indoor grow and second grow overall. My first grow was a balcony grow last summer with HulkBerry Auto Seeds from RQS. Even though I would consider that a successful first grow, my experience is therefore limited. So please let me know if you have any suggestions for me, Id be happy to hear them and am looking forward to learning a lot during this grow.
Regarding my set up:
The 1x1x1,80m growtent is set up in the attic so I am somewhat exposed to current cold nights and upcoming hot days. To regulate humidity, and temperature to some extend, I will use an Aqara T1 temperature and humidity sensor connected to smart plugs via Apple HomeKit. With these I will set automations for a heat-mat and later this grow a humidifier and a dehumidifier.
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14.04.2025
How I started:
I used starter cubes from Royal Queen Seeds, rolled them in about 1cm deep water, then gently squeezed out the excess. The seeds were placed about 1–2 cm deep into the cubes, with the pointed end facing up, and the holes were sealed. They were then put inside a propagation box. I kept regularly misting the sides of the box with water to maintain a humidity of about 75%. The box was put in grow tent on to a heat mat, with the lights turned off. The automation of the heat map worked well, even during the nights i managed to uphold a temperature of f 22 °C.
4 of the seeds broke through the cube on 17.04.2025, that’s when I switched the light on, the last one sprouted a day later on the 18th of April.
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Used method
Rockwool Cube
Germination Method
1
Week 1. Vegetation
22d ago
1/5
3 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
6.5
No Smell
75 %
22 °C
15 °C
20 L
1 L
40 cm
DerletzteLoner Week 1: 18.04.2025 - 24.04.2025
By 19.04.2025 all five seeds had sprouted and grew roots of about 1 cm through the bottom of the cubes. I then filled 5 fabric pots with approximately 17 liters BioBizz Light Mix each and 10g of mycorrhiza (1x 50g bag). Each pot was watered slowly with a total of just under 1.5L (PH 6.5) until minimal runoff was visible at the bottom. The pots were placed in the grow tent about two hours later and the cubes were put into the soil.
Lighting: Marshydro FC3000 Evo with a distance of 40 cm to the seedling tops, I will slowly increase the light intensity this week to about 16 DLI.
Oscillating fan: Level 1 out of 3, positioned indirectly between the light and the pots.
Light cycle: 24 hours on.
Unfortunately their first day in their pots was colder than the surrounding days (Northern Germany in April, who could have expected that…) with a minimum of 12,5°C at night which caused an average of 16°C in the tent on the 20.04.2025. The following days and nights of week 1 were a little warmer with a minimum of 15°C during the night and a maximum of 24,5°C during the day, averaging at 19.9°C during the first week (18.04.2025-24.04.2025).
I watered the pots again on the 22.04.2025 with a little less than 1 liter each (PH 6,5), the attached pictures where taken right after.
I’m not sure if the temperatures have halted growth a bit, but they seem to be doing great to me.
DerletzteLoner Week 2: 25.04.2025-01.05.2025
In week 2, I will slowly increase the light intensity to 30 DLI.
25.04.2025:
Watered each Pot with 1 l (PH 6,5)
+3,2 ml Root-Juice
+1,6 ml Bio-Heaven
Average temp.: 20,4 °C
Max. Day: 25,1 °C
Min Night: 17,4 °C
Humidity: 65%
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26.04.2025
Average temp.: 19,7 °C
Max. Day: 26,2 °C
Min Night: 13 °C
Humidity: 65%
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27.04.2025
Average temp.: 19,2 °C
Max. Day: 26,3 °C
Min Night: 13,9 °C
Humidity: 65%
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28.04.2025
Average temp.: 22 °C
Max. Day: 28,6 °C
Min Night: 15,6 °C
Humidity: 65%
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29.04.2025:
Watered each Pot with 1,5 l (PH 6,5)
+4,8 ml Root-Juice
+2,4 ml Bio-Heaven
+2,4 ml Bio-Grow
Average temp.: 22,3 °C
Max. Day: 27,2 °C
Min Night: 14,9 °C
Humidity: 65%
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30.04.2025
Average temp.: 24 °C
Max. Day: 30 °C
Min Night: 18,4 °C
Humidity: 65%
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01.05.2025
Average temp.: 25.1 °C
Max. Day: 30,6 °C
Min Night: 18,9 °C
Humidity: 65%
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DerletzteLoner Week 3: 02.05.2025 - 08.05.2025
This week I´ll slowly increase the light intensity to 40 DLI.
Oscillating fan: Level 1 out of 3, now directly onto the plants.
02.05.2025:
Average temp.: 22,1 °C
Max. Day: 29,9 °C
Min Night: 21,5 °C
Humidity: 60%
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03.05.2025:
Starting LST.
I bent each stem above the first node toward the outside of the tent. After taking the attached pictures I cut the lower branch of each plant that was now covered by the stem. They shouldn’t get enough light in the future and would have to grow around their stems. I then also cut one upper sun leaf of every plant that pointed towards the inside of the tent as they covered the lower branches in development.
Afterwards I watered each Pot with 2 l (PH 6)
+6,4 ml Root-Juice
+3,2 ml Bio-Heaven
+3,2 ml Bio-Grow
Average temp.: 21,8 °C
Max. Day: 29,8 °C
Min Night: 17,7 °C
Humidity: 55%
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04.05.2025 - May the 4th be with you
All 5 Epsilons seem to be responding well to the LST and have reoriented themselves towards the light. Lower branches have visibly grown as they´re now exposed to a lot more light.
I had to place supporting wires under a few of the lower leafs that have grown a lot over the last few days and have gotten a little too close to the soil.
Average temp.: 20,2 °C
Max. Day: 23,1 °C
Min Night: 17,7 °C
Humidity: 50%
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05.05.2025:
Average temp.: 21,6 °C
Max. Day: 26,4 °C
Min Night: 14,7 °C
Humidity: 50%
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06.05.2025:
Average temp.: 20,6 °C
Max. Day: 25,8 °C
Min Night: 15,2 °C
Humidity: 50%
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07.05.2025
Watered each Pot with 2 l (PH 6,5)
+6,4 ml Root-Juice
+3,2 ml Bio-Heaven
+3,2 ml Bio-Grow
+3,2 ml Aci-Vera
+1,0 ml CalMag
Average temp.: 20,5 °C
Max. Day: 28,7 °C
Min Night: 15,5 °C
Humidity: 50%
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08.05.2025:
Average temp.: 24,1 °C
Max. Day: 29,8 °C
Min Night: 17,3 °C
Humidity: 50%
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DerletzteLoner Week 4: 09.05.2025 - 15.05.2025
This week I´ll increase the light intensity to 45 DLI.
The oscillating fan is now set to level 2 of 3.
09.05.2025:
Average temp.: 22,5 °C
Max. Day: 31,2 °C
Min Night: 17,4 °C
Humidity: 55%
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10.05.2025
Watered each Pot with 2 l (PH 6,5)
+6,4 ml Root-Juice
+3,2 ml Bio-Heaven
+3,2 ml Bio-Grow
+3,2 ml Aci-Vera
+1,0 ml CalMag
Average temp.: 23,9°C
Max. Day: 29,4 °C
Min Night: 18,9 °C
Humidity: 55%
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11.05.2025
Average temp.: 24,4 °C
Max. Day: 31,1 °C
Min Night: 18 °C
Humidity: 55%
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12.05.2025
Average temp.: 24,2 °C
Max. Day: 30,7 °C
Min Night: 18,2 °C
Humidity: 55%
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13.05.2025
All 5 plants seem to be moving on into their flowering phase so I´ll switch the BioBizz nutrients schedule accordingly:
Watered each Pot with 2 l (PH 5,7)
+2 ml Bio-Bloom
+2 ml Top-Max
+4 ml Bio-Heaven
+4 ml Bio-Grow
+4 ml Aci-Vera
+1,0 ml CalMag
Average temp.: 25,1 °C
Max. Day: 32.,1 °C
Min Night: 17,1 °C
Humidity: 50%
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14.05.2025
Average temp.: 25,4 °C
Max. Day: 30,2 °C
Min Night: 21,1 °C
Humidity: 50%
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15.05.2025
Average temp.: 24,7 °C
Max. Day: 30,1 °C
Min Night: 19,1 °C
Humidity: 50%
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DerletzteLoner Week 5: 16.05.2025 - 22.05.2025
All 5 Epsilon's have moved on to their flowering phase.
The MarsHydro FC3000E is now set to 100% (DLI of 60 at the center)
The oscillating fan is set to level 3 of 3.
16.05.2025:
Average temp.: 24,4 °C
Max. Day: 30.1 °C
Min Night: 18,4 °C
Humidity: 50%
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17.05.2025
Watered each Pot with 2 l (PH 5,7)
+2 ml Bio-Bloom
+2 ml Top-Max
+4 ml Bio-Heaven
+4 ml Bio-Grow
+4 ml Aci-Vera
+1,0 ml CalMag
Average temp.: 24,5 °C
Max. Day: 30,9 °C
Min Night: 19 °C
Humidity: 50%
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Looking Good interessting Phenos as well ! Keep up the Great work your Ladys will love it :D looking Foward for your Diarie in the Next Weeks .Maybe take a look at my Newest Diaries ? I would Really apreciate that Growmie :D