First Grow; White Haze Automatic; Indoor

NancyB This my first grow. 3 seeds (of 5 from Sensi seeds) sown today in tiny pots (plastic goblets) in an electric propagator in generic seed compost. I've since read that it's better to go straight into the final pot size, but we'll see. Assuming at least one germinates, they'll go into a Cultibox Light 60cm x 60 cm x 140 cm (2'x2'x2.5'). The light is a Roleadro (ex Galaxy) 300W (100 x 3W) (135W real) cheapo LED from Amazon. Update 14 January: They went in on 9 January (day 0). Today (day 5) all have germinated and are about 1cm. They have gone into the grow tent, still in the propagator with the vents half open with the light at about 20cm and a basic electric radiator to take the chill off. I'm still fiddling with the thermostat to get the ambient temperature about right. No fan as yet, but I know I need to get one.

NancyB So day 14 from seed in soil. My young ladies need to go to the big school. Square pots with Plagron Allmix from my super-sympa local grow shop. No feeding yet - let's see how the compost does. We saw the sun today so I repotted outside. Quite pleased that there is more root growth below ground than top growth above. It's a bit cramped in the grow tent as you can see.

NancyB Day 20 from seed. First water in bigger pots. No nutrients - relying on Plagron Allmix for now. Started a little LST - I know it's a bit early.

NancyB I realised the fan has been off for about a week. They didn't need water - I assume because less evaporation. Still no nutrients. A bit more LST and tucking big leaves out of the way. A few side shoots coming through. I broke a stem a few days ago (top plant). Fixed with duct tape and seems OK.

NancyB Well spreading out nicely, got a few extra flower sites. Started feeding GO and Biobizz. Watering much more frequently. No more LST now, just pinching out shading leaves. Air extraction/Filtration to go in soon.

NancyB Day 45 from seed in ground so more like 7 weeks really. One plant is quite a bit taller than the rest so the canopy is not as even as I would like, but I've stopped fiddling with training except for removing shade leaves. The plant at the back has 8 flower-bearing shoots, with buds on each They are taking about two litres of water each every other day. Extraction vent installed - it is (intentionally) way oversized but I plan to expand. Temps a bit low, especially at night. It's a balancing act with the extraction fan speed, the internal fan, the passive intake vent opening, and the thermostat on the rad. Looking very crowded in there. Some more aggressive defoliation planned in the next week or so - the lower leaves are not getting much light.

NancyB Day 52 from seed. Outdoor temps went from -1C to about 16C overnight, so they had a spell in the sunlight for a photoshoot :) Giving them 2l of tap water with Biobizz Topmax and GO Thrive Bloom every other day. One plant is still in advance of the others, but they have almost caught up height wise. Pretty happy with them overall. The biggest problem is lack of space in the tent constraining lateral growth. I'm guessing 5 weeks until harvest - any thoughts?

NancyB Day 61 from seed in ground. I'm having a hard time balancing heat sources (light, rad) and cooling (extractor, passive intake). Ambient temperature is very varied at the moment: 8C/46F overnight and 20C/58F in the day. However the plants look quite happy to my inexperienced eye, apart from a bit of scorching from the rad. The plant on the right is a bit pale maybe, so I'll add some grow nutes next time.

NancyB Outdoor photo shoot today. Day 79 from seed in ground. Plants are doing OK but obviously suffering from being cramped in a 60x60 (2') tent. If they had had room to spread they would be beautiful plants. Headroom is tight as well so there's some lamp burn, and also some browning from the radiator that one plant is right next to. Temperature control has also been a problem. The poor plants have been at 30C one day and 9C the next (heater tripped). However there are buds that look a reasonable size and plenty of trichomes - no amber so far. Pistils are about 80% orange. I've stopped feeding - just Topmax for bud flavour now. About another week? Edited to add a couple of pics of buds (under leds).

NancyB Chopped day 91 - about 5-10% amber trichomes. I left some small immature buds on the plant to grow on for while more. Further update once cured and sampled properly. Lots of lessons learnt: o Temperature control needs a lot more work o One plant would have been plenty in that space