First time grow

flatcap Plant 1 looks great, very happy with it so far. Plants 2 is slowly catching on while plant 3 is still lagging behind. Germination leaves look a little stunted in growth, so let's see if it grows a little better over the next week. Used Blumat to water the plants during some days of absence. Seems to have worked well. The soil was almost too wet, when I came back home, but the drainage worked, so that was no big problem. Will let then dry for a day first before watering again. I am currently trying to decide on a day to put them into their final pots for the grow. As all seeds are autos I just recently read that it's better not to stress them too much by switching pots too frequently, and the must preferably way seems to be to start the grow in your final pots... You live and you learn...

flatcap Transferred all plant to their final 11 liter fabric pots throughout the week. Added a humidifier in connection with a hygrometer to somewhat control the VPD. Plant 1 and 2 are thriving. Plant 2 is actually developing a faint odor already. I guess plant 3 will not yield a lot, but I still couldn't find it in my heart to throw it out. Will leave it in the tent and see how it develops. For next week I plan to start using light fertilizer when watering the next time. Apparently I didn't pack the pots properly with substrate, as they are not holding the expected amount of water. Learning something new every week 🙃

flatcap Had some nice growth for plant 1 and 2 last week (I will exclude plant 3 from now on, as I think it's probably to stunted to grow onto a "full" plant, will keep it on the edge of the tent anyway as kind of an experiment 😄) Both are actually starting to smell quite noticeable, and although I generally enjoy the odour whenever I open the tent I am somewhat happy for the carbon filter running and keeping the appartement mostly odour-free. Started giving Bio Nova Xcel this week and of course screwed up the dosage, as I put 5ml into my 5 litre watering can, while the nutrition scheme calls for 5ml/10l water 🙈 Noticed very slightly burned tips on some of the bigger leaves, but I think the damage done was minimal. To be safe I will continue to only use water the next few days. The Bio Nova stuff is supposed to complement the Monster Bud Mix Living Soil that I used. That should theoretically be enough nutrients for the full grow anyway. I am coming to regret not packing more soil into the fabric pots. As the plants grow bushier it gets harder and harder to reach the base of the plants or the soil directly, as the rims of the pots are kind of in the way. Roughly in the middle of week I applied some LST. As this is my first time I didn't want to interfere to much. I basically just bend the plants over once, tied them down and kept tucking away bigger leaves blocking smaller branches as best as I could. Also throughout the week I realized that I have a lot of fungus gnats in the soil 😕 Ordered some neem oil, nematodes and yellow cards that should arrive soon, I hope. Next time I will definitely use nematodes preemptively. I already have gathered some experience with nematodes growing chillis in the past and I was super pleased with how effectively they work. For the next days I plan to 1. water more often and more consistently to try and boost the growth a little further 2. exfoliate a few of the bigger leaves that keep getting into the was to allow for better airflow, easier watering and to prevent any humidity to get trapped below the leaves. Learning so much from growing and keeping this diary, even if the mistakes I make on the way might lead to a shitty harvest I am definitely loving it so far. 🙃