First Time Indoor Grow. How things look?

Desmondg · May 14, 2020

Hey everyone. Well this is my first grow. 4x4 tent with 4 plants from clones. Using organic soil and a cheap led from amazon for the veg stage. I picked up a 600w HPS that I want to put in. Just need to get an exhaust fan for the light as I don’t want temps to get too high.
Here are some pics for you guys/gals to check out and let me know what your thoughts are. Things seem to be moving slow right now. It may because I need to do a proper full water. I have only been watering about 500ml of water per plant and they are in 4 gallon pots right now. Also I have been just watering around the plant base and not the whole pot. I did a read on proper watering and plan to do that either tonight or tomorrow. I also topped all 4 about 5 days ago. Hope I did it right.
Thanks everyone

Lindsaylazuli · May 14, 2020

Looking good! Maybe look into low stress training also to increase your yield/avoid height problems in your space. Also, just curious, why did you also cut the node under where you topped in this picture? Those fan leaves are super important for your plant to photosynthesize! Other than that, it looks good!

Feesh_ZA · May 14, 2020

Hey man they are looking good! Is that WPM on the lower leaves? I'm also pretty new to this myself.

CannaCountry · May 14, 2020

A few pointers:

Try to narrow your humidity range...when it's that wide, it increases the possibility of mold and so forth.
See how green your plants are? Be mindful of this...you don't want to over do it nutrient wise.
See the leaf margins and how they roll upwards...be sure your light is far enough away to benefit the plant, but not antagonize it.

Good luck.

Desmondg · May 14, 2020

CannaCountry said:
A few pointers:

Try to narrow your humidity range...when it's that wide, it increases the possibility of mold and so forth.
See how green your plants are? Be mindful of this...you don't want to over do it nutrient wise.
See the leaf margins and how they roll upwards...be sure your light is far enough away to benefit the plant, but not antagonize it.

Good luck.

Thanks for the pointers. No nutrients going in. Just water as this is an organic mix.

Desmondg · May 14, 2020

Lindsaylazuli said:
Looking good! Maybe look into low stress training also to increase your yield/avoid height problems in your space. Also, just curious, why did you also cut the node under where you topped in this picture? Those fan leaves are super important for your plant to photosynthesize! Other than that, it looks good!

Was just a stupid careless mistake. I hope I topped them properly. We shall see.
Is it best to just leave them as they are for a while and let them grow out? LST is very new to me

Lindsaylazuli · May 14, 2020

Desmondg said:
Was just a stupid careless mistake. I hope I topped them properly. We shall see.
Is it best to just leave them as they are for a while and let them grow out? LST is very new to me

If I were you I would start LST as soon as you can, because the earlier the better. It’s intimidating at first but just read as much as you can about it, watch a couple videos to get a visual feel for it and go for it!! They can take a good bit of bending around and actually you will see HUGE growth from it almost immediately. Just be careful with leaves!

Rico2016 · May 14, 2020

Desmondg said:
Thanks for the pointers. No nutrients going in. Just water as this is an organic mix.

Just for a heads up you can have organic nutes and bennies so its possible. nice work on the grow, keep us updated!

Desmondg · May 14, 2020

Rico2016 said:
Just for a heads up you can have organic nutes and bennies so its possible. nice work on the grow, keep us updated!

Any suggestions as to what nutes I should use?

Truthsurge · May 14, 2020

Desmondg said:
Any suggestions as to what nutes I should use?

In soil for your first grow i would suggest biobizz grow and bloom with calmag (organic).
They are starting to get hungry... :weed:

Rico2016 · May 18, 2020

Desmondg said:
Any suggestions as to what nutes I should use?

I can suggest to use fox farm nutes and then with root growth to help eat up all the nutrients in the soil use xtreme gard mykos. The combo is strong.

fox farm = soup food for plant
xtreme gardening mykos = bigger spoon to eat the soup

Desmondg · May 18, 2020

so this morning I checked in the little fellas and they seem to have a bit of curling on the leaves? I checked the soil and it did seem dry so I have them all a good drink of water around 10:30 this morning. Went and checked on them at 4:20 this afternoon and here are some pics. Wondering what I may be doing wrong?

Desmondg · May 19, 2020

Hey @CannaCountry. Wondering what you might think about the last pics? I’m a little worried that I am doing something wrong?
Thoughts?

KingQuazy · May 19, 2020

Rico2016 said:
I can suggest to use fox farm nutes and then with root growth to help eat up all the nutrients in the soil use xtreme gard mykos. The combo is strong.

fox farm = soup food for plant
xtreme gardening mykos = bigger spoon to eat the soup

I would NOT suggest FF. He is in Organic soil and your salty FF nutes are gonna mess up the balance. You want something that is Amino Chelated like Humboldt Nutrient's Organic 3 part line. Or even use amendments like a REAL organic gardener.

CannaCountry · May 19, 2020

Desmondg said:
Hey @CannaCountry. Wondering what you might think about the last pics? I’m a little worried that I am doing something wrong?
Thoughts?

I'm guessing you're concerned about the leaf margins...how they're curling up? If so, generally speaking, plants (not just cannabis) will do this when they're too hot or they're getting too much light. So, first be sure your temps are ok...and if so, then adjust your light a little and see if they (your plants) do what you want them to do (relax their leaves).

CannaCountry · May 19, 2020

And for the record...you're plants aren't that far off, so don't knee jerk your way into issues. Slow and steady wins this race more often than not. Good luck.

Desmondg · May 19, 2020

CannaCountry said:
I'm guessing you're concerned about the leaf margins...how they're curling up? If so, generally speaking, plants (not just cannabis) will do this when they're too hot or they're getting too much light. So, first be sure your temps are ok...and if so, then adjust your light a little and see if they (your plants) do what you want them to do (relax their leaves).

Thanks

temps have been steady at 27 degrees Celsius when lights are on. Running 18/6 for cycle. I don’t have the lamp too close but I will try to raise it up a bit and see if it helps. I will try not to worry so much

just don’t want to screw it up. Thanks again.

CannaCountry · May 19, 2020

You may worry all you'd like, although it's not healthy. What you don't want to do is allow your worry to lead you into making poor choices. See what happens when you make the change in light height and then go from there. Good luck.

Desmondg · May 19, 2020

KingQuazy said:
I would NOT suggest FF. He is in Organic soil and your salty FF nutes are gonna mess up the balance. You want something that is Amino Chelated like Humboldt Nutrient's Organic 3 part line. Or even use amendments like a REAL organic gardener.

Thanks King. Here are a couple pics of the soil I am using. We have a local company that makes this and the shop I bought it from said it works great. No nutes, just water. But I think I should be using some nutes and some point. What do you think? I took a shot of the ingredients listed in the mix.

I also added worm castings as per their instructions.

KingQuazy · May 19, 2020

NO NUTES!!!!! Great looking soil!!!!

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