Hey Panhead,
It's been a week and a day and I think everythings going smoothly but I got a couple of quick questions for you.
1. How long am I supposed to keep up the 24hr light cycle before switching to a light and dark cycle.
2. What ist the best light schedule for me? (ex. 18hr. light/ 6hr. dark?)
3. The plant seems to be growing fine but the temp. is at an average of 84 degrees F even with the lights a good distance away and two fans going, one for circulation and one just off the plant for movement of the plant itself to stimulate the viny thingie. I don't see any problems as far as growth and appearance but will this temp. affect it's sex? Will higher temps. produce a male or female? Or does it not matter?
4. I read somewhere to keep the light two inches from the plant as soon as the seed hatches for the best results if your light gives off minimum heat, as does mine which is a T5 Flourescent setup, two lights for grow, two lights for bloom. Is this true? Should I do this also?
5. And speaking of the lights, I have 4 of each and my ballast, I think that's what it's called, holds 4 lights. Should I leave them as is with 2 of each light? Or should I put 4 grow lights first for veging and then put the 4 bloom bulbs for when it's time for the plant to flower?
6. I saw a tiny bug in the soil yesterday and I was wondering what do you personally do when YOU have a insect infestation of some kind. Do you make your own concoction? With soap or something....my father in law does this to his house plants or something to keep ants and insects off I believe. I was just wondering if you had a homemade solution like he does, your's obviously would be a better choice considering our hobby.
7. And when watering, is it good to spray the plants leaves itself with water also as I saw in a youtube video? And if so, at what point should I START watering the leaves? Or was I supposed to do that fro the start of the plants growth?
And that's about all I can think of for now.
Like I said though, the plant seems ok and the bug I saw was just the one and I haven't had any big bug problems per se yet since I've been spraying the area every once in a while with garden safe bug spray,(with the plant out of the room of course). And the fans seem to keep any insects off if they do manage to get in.
Here's some pics....Tomorrow it'll be two weeks since the seed was actually placed in the soil to germinate. (Ok, a couple more guestions)
8. Is this the right size since for this plant at this stage? Too small?
9. And is it actually two weeks old? Am I correct in saying it's two weeks old? Like I said, I'm going from the time I placed the seed in the soil, not since it actually sprouted, whick was 3 days later.
Thanks again for all your help dude, I wouldn't be this far in with minimal complications if not for you and your help....Happy Holidays buddy and Happy belated Thanksgiving!
