Hello Growers!
Nice to finally join the club! 😁
This is a step by step of my very first attempt at growing from Start to Finish.
It's something I've always wanted to do and I've researched a lot of over the years but now is the right time to give it a go as I have become a medical user of cannabis and the price just keeps going up!! 😂🤦♂️
So without going on too much let's get down to the nitty gritty...
I Dropped the 1 seed into a glass of 5.8 PH water on 10/05/21 which I also dechlorinated, waited until she sank then placed her between two damp paper towels inside two plates in a warm, dark & humid spot (bucket) until the tap root showed and was about 1/4" long then she went straight Into media on 12/05/21.
Day 1 - 15/05/21 - first two baby leaves open & lights on!
Day 2 - 4L Humidifier added, seedling just under 3" tall ALREADY!!! So I've lowered the light from 23" to 15" to try and stop the stretching.
Day 3 - 17/05/21 - Checked on my girl and she's the same height as yesterday so hopefully the stretching has stopped 🤞 I also built a T-bar diffuser for my humidifier using some 32mm PVC pipe and fittings (Photo Above) I'm hoping this will distribute the humidity more evenly so I can have the humidifier on less often, I'm getting puddles of condensation forming in the bottom of my tent which is annoying! 🌊🌊🌊 😂 I'm hoping it might save me a bit of deionised water as well? 🤔
Day 4 - The T-bar diffuser I installed on the humidifier is working well, The RH is staying up and so far no puddles! ⛲ 😂 I will get a more comprehensive reading of highs and lows over the next few days and get it dialled in the best I can. I also think that because there is a lot of red LED's in this Mars Hydro light that may also contributing to the stretch during my girls early stages of life. Thankfully she is looking great and the stretch is massively reduced now that The light is lower. 😁
Day 5 - 19/05/21 - So far So Good! 😊 The stretching has definitely stopped but I'm still worried about her getting so tall so fast!! So today I installed a small 6" fan in the corner of my tent to try and get her stem to thicken up a bit, this is set to run only when the humidifier is on otherwise it screws up my RH and Temperatures. I also plan to bury her an inch or two deeper when I re-pot 👍 apart from that she's doing great! 🙂
Day 6 - 20/05/21 - No major updates today she's just looking happy! 🙂
Today's Environment Readings:
Max Out (Probe) - 24.2c
Max In (LCD Screen) - 23.8c
Max RH (LCD Screen) - 81%
Min Out (Probe) - 18.8c
Min In (LCD Screen) - 18.7
Min RH (LCD Screen) - 47%
Day 7 - So that's week 1 done & It seems like I've gotten all my temps down now, 👍 she's no longer stretching, humidity and temperatures are staying where I want them and my little girl is looking healthy 😁
No nutrients for the first 7 - 10 days of her life just water 🚰 set to PH 5.8 and dechlorinated.
Hardware
0.75 x 0.75 x 2.0m Bud Box Pro tent in White
Telos 6 Pro 175w LED! 😁
4" TT pro fan for Extraction moves up to 187M2 & SMS Controler + temperature probe
3" Passive intake (made slightly larger than normal due to the small area and large fan, also covered to prevent pests)
6" clip on Ram fan placed next to intake
Rhino Pro 100/300mm Carbon Filter
4" Black combi ducting which feeds outside
4L humidifier set to run intermittently via analogue timer to increase humidity in Seedling + Veg stage
Agro lab Temperature and humidity sensor
Media
I decided to go with a soil media as all of the medicine I grow will be for myself so flavour, quality and terpenes mean more to me than weight
0.2L"ish" Seedling pots - 75% BioBizz light mix 25% Canna Coco Professional for added drainage
I will only be re-potting once into 8L Fabric pots 75% BioBizz All Mix 25% Canna Coco Professional
Nutrients
Going to stick with the BioBizz range of organic liquid nutrients including Grow, Bloom, Root Juice, Cal-Mag, PH down & Top Max apart from using some Plant Magic Silicon, some Root it First Feed, some Neutralise to remove the chlorine and chloramine from my tap water & Flawless Flush at the end.
(I have some more seeds en-route to be safe)
Light Distance From Canopy - 120cm
Temperatures - Lights On - 26.0C
Temperatures - Lights Off -20.0C
Relative Humidity - 75% - Lights On
Relative Humidity - 60% Lights Off
Current Light schedule - 18/6
I can't think of anything else to include in regards to specs but if I've missed anything off or if you have any questions or comments then get involved as I'd love some input and advice!!!
In the Meantime everyone I'm going for a smoke!! Stay High, Stay Happy and keep Growing!!!
PEACE!!!! ✌️
Potgoblin
Quick edit...The 3 remaining pots will have some other vegetables in them for this run, Pear Drop Cherry Tomatoes and Sweet Peppers if anyone was wondering...