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My VERY first AUTOFLOWER grow!

1d ago

VEG

Flora flex 700W Light Emitting Diodes/700W

FloraFlex

FLO

Flora flex 700W Light Emitting Diodes/700W

FloraFlex

Tent

Cloudlab 866 Advance Grow Tent 5x5 (60" x 60" x 80")

AC Infinity

Fan

Cloudline Pro S6

AC Infinity

Filt

Duct Carbon Filter 4-Inch

AC Infinity

Contr

Controller Ai

AC Infinity

Happy Frog Potting Soil

FoxFarm

Ocean Forest Potting Soil

FoxFarm

Indoor

Room Type

LST

weeks 3

Topping

weeks 3

19 L

Pot Size

1 L

Watering

Start at 3 Week

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Nutrients 1

Leafy Green Grow

26.946 mll

Tishhhhhh Started her in water and then placed her in soil on 7/30. Two days later…hello princess!! 😍 Going to keep her in the dome until the morning to keep that moisture locked in. I will be switching over to my Floraflex 700w light soon. I am very excited. Happy growing! -I have made some changes after setup of my controller. I have added a humidifier as my humidity was hanging out at around 44 mostly. This balanced out temp so now my growing conditions are ideal. My seedling is still green and doesn’t appear leggy. I added three tbsp of DTE all purpose to the top soil as it hadn’t arrived when I dropped my seed. The lights are about 21 1/2 inches from the canopy. I haven’t watered since July 31st but the soil is still pretty moist from the first watering. I have been spraying the top with water daily. -

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Grow Questions

Tishhhhhhstarted grow question 1mo ago

Do you think a 700w light is too much for the seedling stage? I want to make sure she receives adequate light without frying her.

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m0useanswered grow question 1mo ago

Yes and no... all depends on the setup. 10" hang height at 100% = yes death 120" hang height at 100% = no? maybe 20" hang height at 20% = mot likely fine Most manufactures give you some basic hang heights and intensity settings for stages of life like seedlings. veg, bloom. They almost all suggest a hang height of somewhere between 12-20" for the most even lighting map with minimal hot spots. How long the light is on, its intensity and hang height all go into determining how "strong" the light is. 700w is a lot of wattage. but so is 200w if its much closer and on longer. Look up the term DLI and PPFD. get to know them. Your DLI is the best metric to measure your lighting needs. When I found mine, I realized I was cooking my plants with to much light.I needed to drop down my cycles from 18/6 to 16/8 and adjust its hang height to 30 inches. It has been said the upper limit is 40DLI, I am for 35-37 as the closer they grow to the light. the more the DLI increases.

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1/2

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

77 %

Air Humidity

26 °C

Substrate Temp

26 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

1 L

Watering Volume

63.5 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Leafy Green Grow

5 mll

Tishhhhhh Day 9 and we are coming along. She has her first set of true leaves and her second set is starting to spread. So far it’s been pretty low maintenance. I have been watering her every other day with 60 ml of distilled water with 1 teaspoon of vitality added in. I also increased the light intensity. Not sure the percent as the controller just says 4 but the PPFD reading is at 329-330. Can’t wait til she needs me to tend to her more!

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17.78 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

26 °C

Day Air Temp

6.3

65 %

Air Humidity

26 °C

Substrate Temp

26 °C

Night Air Temp

18.93 L

Pot Size

3.79 L

Watering Volume

76.2 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Leafy Green Grow

5 mll

Tishhhhhh So week 2 has been pretty laid back. She is putting on more fan leaves but it’s mostly just me watering at this point. I have been giving her about a liter and a half of water with 1 ml of silica and vitality every 3 days, I’ll bypass a day if the soil still appears moist. I did add some green rush grow at a 1/4 of the recommended dose as I started her in happy frog. She appears to be ok with it so far. I switched my controller to veg so it reduced the amount of humidity she receives. It has been staying around 60% rh.

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20.32 cm

Height

18 hrs

Light Schedule

27 °C

Day Air Temp

6.3

65 %

Air Humidity

26 °C

Substrate Temp

26 °C

Night Air Temp

5 L

Pot Size

1 L

Watering Volume

101.6 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Leafy Green Grow

5 mll

Tishhhhhh So week 3 has been eventful. I topped her at the 6th node, and began some lst, nothing too crazy, just bending the main stem to the right so the lower leaves could get some light. She bounced back up in a couple of hours so I added a second clip to keep her to the right. A couple of days later she had some nice growth so I added some more clips to open up the center of the canopy. I had to bring up the lights, I started noticing the leaves were starting to taco and turn a real light green. They started getting darker a day after raising the light. I have been watering with 1/4 tsp of Green Rush nutrients(grow) and adding silica, calcium mag, fish shit and seaweed extract. I also add EW castings to the topsoil and mix in with some plant biotics. I ph to 6.3. The next time I water it will be just ph’d water no nutes. My controller has been keeping my grow tent vpd between 0.8 and 1.2. The temperature been coasting around 80 when the lights are on and 74-76 when they are off. RH has been around 70-71. I am very proud of myself so far on this first run, she looks healthy, no deficiencies, go me!!!

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