First time indoor grow. Comments, suggestions, advice?

[Desmondg]

Hey Everyone. Well this is my first time grow. Indoors and trying clones. All 4 are Bubba Kush and seem to be doing ok. I got them as clones about 40 days ago. Moved from solo cups to 4 gallon pots and using organic soil. Only watering at the moment with tap water, no nutes. Using 600w MH light and will be switching to HPS for flower. I have a 4x4 tent with a couple of fans running and a inline pulling air out.
I topped all 4 plants and none of them died on me so I did something right. I did not LST though as I have never done this before. Since this is my first grow, I am aiming for success on the grow. Next round I will start to play a little more with techniques. I have a plan that I want to do for the next grow. I am going to build myself 4 2x2 rooms in my basement so I can grow 1 - 2 plants in each room. But I want to use different lighting in each room to see what differences I get. I have a cheapie amazon led, the 600w HID, and I want to build a DIY cob setup and also a DIY strip or QB setup. Keeping the rooms smaller would save on fixtures, lights etc for the builds. I’m not worried about saving on hydro bills or anything. I think it would be fun to try different systems. Also I would live to try SCROG and LST and stuff. Anywho, enough rambling, here are some pics so far. Let me know what you all think . Dezi

 

[Dontjudgeme]

Looks ok so far. Might wanna consider purchasing a humidifier and dehuey to control your RH. As they get older you will need them. Might want to get an oscillating fan as well. I know the exhaust is pulling air out, but you want some air movement inside. Get a hygrometer that can control both humidification and dehumidification. Inkbird has a good one on eBay. Other than that, that about does it. Good luck and best of wishes on a fruitful harvest.

 

[Desmondg]

Wow do they really like to grow under 600w HPS bulb and doing ok. I did notice Powder Mildew on one plant so I picked up some Cyclone today and gave them all a really good spray.
They are brushing out nice. I plan to defoliate in about 15 days or so just to have some more room. I have 4 plants in this 4’x4’ tent and I wouldn’t dare want to add any more .

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Those plants aren't looking very happy. If you are getting WPM in there then you need to get your humidity under control and make sure you clean EVERYTHING in that tent or it will come back.

 

[Desmondg]

Those plants aren't looking very happy. If you are getting PWM in there then you need to get your humidity under control and make sure you clean EVERYTHING in that tent or it will come back.

That’s what I’m trying to do. My humidity has been from 40-60 and temps around 25c
I picked up Cyclone solution and sprayed them all before I took those pics. I thought they were looking pretty good. Here is a pic from before I switched bulbs and to 12/12.
Are they really looking that bad? I figured the drooped because I just soaked them.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

That’s what I’m trying to do. My humidity has been from 40-60 and temps around 25c
I picked up Cyclone solution and sprayed them all before I took those pics. I thought they were looking pretty good. Here is a pic from before I switched bulbs and to 12/12.
Are they really looking that bad? I figured the drooped because I just soaked them. View attachment 4590330

If you had just soaked them in those pictures then that's part of why they looked so bad to me. The leaves looked splotchy and shiny to me. The plants in this picture look over watered to me (see the crinkly leaves?) so I would make sure you aren't over watering them and that the pots aren't sitting in water after you water them (can't tell if those metal looking pot "sleeves" drain by the picture). Also, if you are getting WPM at those humidity ranges then you don't have enough airflow in your tent. You really need to have air going through the tent at a good rate and you also need some fans blowing through and under the canopy. The fans in the tent don't need to blow hard, they just need to keep air circulating in the harder to reach areas that get missed by the air coming into the tent that goes out the exhaust.

 

[Desmondg]

If you had just soaked them in those pictures then that's part of why they looked so bad to me. The leaves looked splotchy and shiny to me. The plants in this picture look over watered to me (see the crinkly leaves?) so I would make sure you aren't over watering them and that the pots aren't sitting in water after you water them (can't tell if those metal looking pot "sleeves" drain by the picture). Also, if you are getting WPM at those humidity ranges then you don't have enough airflow in your tent. You really need to have air going through the tent at a good rate and you also need some fans blowing through and under the canopy. The fans in the tent don't need to blow hard, they just need to keep air circulating in the harder to reach areas that get missed by the air coming into the tent that goes out the exhaust.

Thanks for the tips. Well I have 2 6” fans blowing inside the tent. One above and one below the plants. I also have a filter hooked up to an in-line pulling air out. All 3 of these I leave on 24/7. And at the bottom of the tent is where I have a spot open to pull air in. I hope that is enough? And I did have the pots sitting in saucers but switched them out for stands so now they won’t sit in any water.

 

[Desmondg]

Need some help guys. Not sure what is going on. 3 of the 4 plants seem to be doing ok but 1 is still droopy and not looking so good. 1 just fed this morning as the pots were very light and dry. I don’t know what’s going on. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

It still looks like signs of over watering to me so hopefully someone else has some other ideas. If it was over watered a lot then it could have caused root damage.

 

[Desmondg]

It still looks like signs of over watering to me so hopefully someone else has some other ideas. If it was over watered a lot then it could have caused root damage.

Can this be fixed somehow?

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Can this be fixed somehow?

I honesty don’t know. I would think it would depend on how much damage and that maybe something like a mycorrhizae tea might help if there isn’t too much damage.