Had some major dryness issues. RH around 30%. Some Seedling’s leaves were twisted and deformed a bit. added humidifier and brought to around 50%. Instant improvements.
Being a noob, By day 12 I realized the roots were drying out which was the main cause of the freak plants (weird thin pale leaves on some, twisting and deformities on others). I was watering very lightly and about once every 48 hours - to the point of almost complete dryness. Not the best for seedlings I guess.
On day 12 I top dressed a handful of worm castings, and watered with 1:50 ratio of Marphyl phytoplankton soil conditioner giving a decent weight to the solo cups.
Planning to switch to 12/12 at 3 weeks of veg growth to find and cull the males. Hoping after a week of 12/12 I will find the males / ideally identify females and remove the dudes. I am planning to add another shop light for this process (or ASAP) with fluorescent bulbs at 3000k or 4100k. To add a bit of warmth and a (somewhat) more orange spectrum to help trigger presexing.
So that will be
2 x 5000K LED
2 x 41000K CFL
Both 4 feet long in shop lights.
Will it work?
Will it take longer than a week to find the males?
Not sure. But I will find out.
Jan 14 will be the 2 week mark.
@ChefDan420, right on brotherman! As a noob I put the screen in a little early, about 1.5 weeks into flower - expecting more stretch. Next time I would go a little earlier. I’d like to have 6 - 8 “ above the screen rather than 2” 🤗
@ChefDan420, thanks. I made it out of PVC and Quest plastic yard fencing from Canadian tire. If I was to use up the rest of the fencing and make a bunch, total cost per unit would be about 10 bucks. :)
@Gardenofweeden, Roger that. These are 7 gallon! Ive moved to 2 or 3 gallon and getting much better results with lots of lessons learned. This was my very first grow ever
