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I realize everyone hates the first grow diaries, but here we go...
Location: Somewhere in the SE US, on the hot side of the house. 2x7 Closet.
Set Up:
Medium - Fox Farm Ocean Forest/Mother Earth Coco Perlite - 50/50 mix
Container - 7 gal fabric
Exhaust - 4" inline with carbon filter exhausted into attic
Conditioning - small standup AC unit for 150sf, exhausted into attic. Small humidity units as well
Strain: Northern Lights Auto from ILGM (first seeds were ordered from Europe...noob mistake #1...covid) - SINGLE SEED.
Nutes: Fox Farms Trio, CalMag, Fox Farms foliar
Water: Aquarium pump to de-chlorinate tap water then ph adjusted
Germination: I used the shot glass method, 24 hrs until seeds sink. Put in wet paper towel, inside sandwich bag, in a dark cabinet. Took about 12hrs until tap root was 1/2". Planted seed, tap root down, in medium under a Mars SP150 at 24" above soil. Moistened soil, covered with clear plastic bowl that I had drilled holes in the top for ventilation.
Took two days for the girl to peak her head out. The temp was around 75, but quickly rose to 80+ in the afternoon and you could see the effect on the seedling. I pulled the trigger on a standup AC unit for the closet, but sold it to the Mrs. as a win win in the event we lost power during a hurricane... just hook it up to the generator. Of course, we'd have to sleep in the grow room :0)! Anyway, by the end of week 1, the girl was standing at about 4" but she was pretty leggy and stretching for the light. In hindsight, I should have started the light much closer for such a low watt light.
Don't rush them mate! They look like they're going to buff up some more still. Maybe two weeks more, I have two (fast flowering apparently) plants that are taking forever! If they're still pushing out white hairs, they don't want to be chopped!