First indoor grow

crownhill

crownhill

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Hi I have started a grow room in my under stairs cupboard in England. I have grown outside a few times in south west France. Not being there all the time it's a gamble if you get a harvest. Plus seasonal.
I bought a led dimable light that uses 100w but equivalent to an old 600w unit. I bought a 4 inch quiet extractor fan which will be used to extract to under the floor boards. A space about 12 to 16 inches with a dirt floor. I have not made the hole in the floor yet or connected the carbon filter and only seedlings now and I have to be discreet.
One seedling drooped down with dryness I think. Watered and set the fan up as a circulator in case weakness was causing it. Fan going off and on since yesterday. 2 seedlings drooping. Have raised the light from 10 in to about 16. Have fed them yesterday and previous Monday.
Will they turn out ok?
 

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crownhill said:
Hi I have started a grow room in my under stairs cupboard in England. I have grown outside a few times in south west France. Not being there all the time it's a gamble if you get a harvest. Plus seasonal.
I bought a led dimable light that uses 100w but equivalent to an old 600w unit. I bought a 4 inch quiet extractor fan which will be used to extract to under the floor boards. A space about 12 to 16 inches with a dirt floor. I have not made the hole in the floor yet or connected the carbon filter and only seedlings now and I have to be discreet.
One seedling drooped down with dryness I think. Watered and set the fan up as a circulator in case weakness was causing it. Fan going off and on since yesterday. 2 seedlings drooping. Have raised the light from 10 in to about 16. Have fed them yesterday and previous Monday.
Will they turn out ok?
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not sure if raising the light was correct you'd have to measure your light output
as far as the drooping goes, just take a bit of soil, moisten it, stand the little fuckers up and build some support around 'em with the soil they'll be fine
gl with your first grow, my man
 
go go kid

go go kid

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your light needs to be turned up, or plants moved closer to the light. there leggy.
repot them into larger pots and bury them right up to the first set of leaves
you may not need that fan for extraction, but it will deffo work to blow around the grow area.
in england its cold, so we need the extra heat an hid would provide. or have a heater to get the temps up.
if you can, paint the wall mat white, its something like 99% reflective or something like that.
but repot those plants as soon as possable, they need the space.
just have the fan blowing around the area rather then directly on the plants, but i doubt you would need more then a computer fan
 
crownhill

crownhill

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Ok thanks for that, I have buckets to transplant them into, will plant them deeper. I started them off on a window sill near the boiler. Warm but little light, maybe that's why they grew tall.
 
crownhill

crownhill

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Hi go go.
Temperature 21C and humidity 52. Was thinking about some heat, a heat bulb maybe. The fan is on a timer, will move it up. Light is on a timer 15 hours on. Am soaking another seed, room for 4 buckets in there. They are coffee cream auto
 
DeadHeadX

DeadHeadX

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As mentioned above, lights are too high and/or too dim and the plants are reaching. You mention feeding them, though depending on the medium they look too young to need feed yet. What are you giving them?

Edit to add: I don’t think the light in the pic can provide enough for a flowering plant. You might want to look into upgrading.
 
DeadHeadX

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crownhill said:
I have mixed miracle grow liquid weaker than the instructions on the bottle.
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I would hold off. What are they in for soil? Looks a little dense. When you repot them, make sure to add in a decent amount of perlite

eta: I actually wouldn’t use miracle grow or liquid, though that’s a different discussion.
 
crownhill

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Instructions with the light say 40-60% for seedlings. I have it at 50%. For height it says 10 inches. Seems close to me, but I'm new to this.
 
DeadHeadX

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crownhill said:
Instructions with the light say 40-60% for seedlings. I have it at 50%. For height it says 10 inches. Seems close to me, but I'm new to this.
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crownhill said:
The soil is from the garden. I have now got potting compost which I will be putting in the buckets and putting these in deeper.
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Soil needs to be nice and airy. Using soil from outdoors will be too dense without some added perlite or other inert addition. They need some space for the roots to spread and breathe. Likely to be stunted otherwise.
And not to be a downer, man, but that light won’t be enough for a vigorous flower. Maybe I’m wrong. Good luck to you.
 
420AD

420AD

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crownhill said:
Hi go go.
Temperature 21C and humidity 52. Was thinking about some heat, a heat bulb maybe. The fan is on a timer, will move it up. Light is on a timer 15 hours on. Am soaking another seed, room for 4 buckets in there. They are coffee cream auto
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21°C is actually ok 2-3°C higher would probably me more in the optimal range, but as long as the nights are not critically cold it's fine.
 
go go kid

go go kid

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Whats the brand name of the light? i would seriously upgrade it, it might be ok for one or two very LST'd plants (autos). but lets get the name brand to start with.
 
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