Week ending 07/02. This week went much better, however the girls are showing signs of minor stress (deformed starting leaves) that I'm sure is a direct result from humidity control initially prevalent. They've all grown to be about an inch tall, and should work themselves out. Very very light watering as large medium container and don't want to end up overwatering them. In completely new setup for my 4x8 Veg tent, with 4 QB LED 255s; 2 of them utilized for this grow, the other 2 for another grow same tent. Turned them down a bit as I think full power may be too strong for the ladies.I also raised the lights a bit for now, will monitor, lower, and brighten them as needed. No nutrients, as FF Soil typically has all the nutrients needed for the first few weeks with autos. I forgot to mention that I used some root magic branded Mycorrhizae to start off.
Great looking ladies you've got there. Quick question - I'm about to kick off some auto's on my next grow, can I still LST/Defoliate them without stressing? They're fem'd, but I'm a rookie and still worry about f'ing up my $60 seeds.... haha
@PurpsInMyCloset, It depends what the true wattage is of your lights. So I run a total of 5 Quantum boards LED, and give a total of about 250 watts of lighting to every 2 plants. If you have a reddit account, I would check out R/microgrowery. I try to post there frequently, and there is a ton of information about QBs. I've had some impressive yields, heat mitigation is easy, and you can source them from Alibaba. But, for your current light, see what the actual wattage is, and the foot print and base it off that!
@Cloyy perfect! I really don't like the idea of defoliating any seeds that i'm paying for, haha, but i'm willing to try anything to get some solid colas. One last question.... I got 8 seeds, thinking of doing 4 and 4. I only have a 600w "YGrow" (Amazon...) LED. Do you think that's enough for 4 plants at a time? Curious what you're running!
@PurpsInMyCloset, Thank you! LST and LIGHT defoliation are my go to. Save the defoliation until they shift to flower, and only enough to clear covered bud sites. You can top them too, but only if you have good growth by week 2/3. If it's your first time with autos then I would stick to LST, and light defoliation during flower. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions on your grow!