First time grower, going with an autoflower for my first grow. After researching for a month I decided on a 3' x 3' x 6' grow tent, with a Viparspectra 600w LED light. For this grow I went with Black Magic Soil from Home Depot, Miracle Grows line of Cannabis soil and Fox Farms Soil Trio for Nutrients. I've got my tent set up in my garage, sitting on a 2" insulation board pad. Inside an exhaust fan, a circulation fan, and a second heat fan for later this fall for colder nights to keep the temp above 65.
Started the seeds using the Growers Choice Germination guide, soaked them for 18 hours and the poured them into the paper towel. Two of the three sprouted within 24 hours, and the third popped the next day. Trying to avoid as much shock as possible, I planted the sprouts directly into my 5 gallon pots and put them into the tent with the lights on and raised all the way up. Within 2 days the first two seeds sprouted, with the third following the next day. I left the light on 24 hours for the first week. Great start!
Got some minor leaf burn this week. Only a couple leaves, I thought it might have been from being manhandled during the LST training, but not sure. What do it look like to you?
hi mate.. you’re all cool, the spots didn’t appear because of lst, looks to me like a slight ph issue but nothing to worry about, remove those leaves and you are good ;)
Hi mate. Always start slow on the nutrients. The maximum dosage as described on the products is only a slight indication. Look at the plant and what she can handle or not. I used plagron nutrients and started with giving 1ml on 1lwater and then build up to half and so on. I only gave the maximum amount for 2 weeks and that's because I didn't had any sign of nutrientburn wich surprised me big time 😁 Every plant reacts different on these handlings. Good grow so far 👍
I had the same issue using fox farm nutrients. My leaf burn was significantly worse than yours and I was able to stop it in it’s tracks by upping the PH to 6.6-6.8 adding 2ml liquid seaweed per gallon to try and get some more growth so I won’t lose any yield and halving the doses of fox farm nutrients recommended on the bottle!
My strains are
gelato45 x wedding cake
Lemon OG
White Widow
I’m mid flower and they’re smelling and looking much better. Make sure you catch it quick. I lost My first 2 bag seed pants overnight due to ignorance with fox farm nutrients/doses/improper ph and I do not want that to happen to anyone
Hope that helps!