My First Grow, Super Skunk 5Plants 21days from seeds. Any Tips / Help Appreciated.

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Hey All,
My first post on the forums, really want to show my plants that i grew from seeds 21 days ago today (3 weeks)

Heres a list of what ive used so far;
5x Super skunk seeds from XXX grow ( also got some bubblegum cheap for next batch)[/CENTER]

1x 150w HPS light with reflective cover.
1x temp / humid reader.
1x Odor-Sok Air Filter.
1x Reflective tent which is just under 1 meter high.
5x Plant pots which don't have holes under.
1x Bio Bizz Bio-grow Liquid plant food 8.0 2.0 6.0 (use it twice a week and once a week with other nute)
1x Bio Bizz BioHeaven (used once per week)
1x Bag of Light-Mix Soil (EC:1.2 PH 6.1-6.3)
And a small house hold fan.

Im just doing a soil grow and i really am not sure if im doing it all right, first of all my pots don't have holes in the bottom so im worried about the water not draining out if needed, i feed them every other day with water until this week just gone, where they've started nutes, i use Bio-Grow every other day so twice and once a week im using Bio-Heaven, im not sure if im using these too early but was told my soil wouldn't last for more then a week as far as nutes were concerned. I give them 200 ml of water each time and ive ever fed them, Is that enough?

I give them 18 hours of light per day and only 6 hours off, i find the temp stays around 70-75F even when off but creeps towards 80F in the last few hours of light but maybe i just need another fan for it?

Also im worried about one of my plants, the bottom leafs turning yellow! Its plant number 5, its bottom leaf is turning yellow and is worrying. Does anyone know what this could be? please Help if you can, im worried.

Also should my tent have a open hole for fresh air to come in? as it doesn't and never has, it just has a filter taking air out. is this a newbie error? anyone?
This is my first ever grow and i really hope they turn to be big and healthy plants. any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks for reading Ss 187 :peace:​
 

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Day 23: Im worried about the exhaust on the tent, my carbon filter just pumps out smells already into the back of my lock-up, im wondering whether to build a new bigger grow room when i get some money and exhaust the fumes into the current tent and have something im not sure what yet, in there to get rid of the fumes. There still in veg but im already worried about the smell there going to produce and another issue is size of the current tent 60 x 60 x 120 are the measurements. :-?
 
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Day 23: Decided to make a exhaust system on my tent, it kinda home made and stealth. I used a black plastic box and put a air filter cone which are used for cars on one end with a 2litre bottle on the inside connected with foil pipe to another bottle leaving the other side and connected it to the tents exit pipe.
which i hope is going to filter the exhaust air again before it enters my lock up.
Seams to be letting less flow out of the pipe now as i thought, hope it filters more and tomorrow i don't have a dingey smell in there.
Got some pics of my new exhaust system, any advice / comments on it would be greatly appreciated.
 

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Day 24: Went to my local shop today and bought a new light bulb, its a 200w Red Spectrum bulb. which should be better for my 5 plant grow, i was worried as i found out that my 150w bulb was 125w, im keeping the lower watt bulb for my next grow chamber, Also i was advised to leave the light on 24/7 during the vej period, anyone clarify this? as i hear different ways all the time, im still sure they need some off time? Can anyone shed light on my issue? :P

Some new pics here also of the plants on day 24, and the new light bulb.
Also Plant 3's leaf, as show a couple of days ago, still yellow and doesn't look healthy.
 

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pukkabudd

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200w hps shud be perfect pal i grew 9 on 150w bulb but found 200 was better dont no wats coursed the lil leaf to turn yello possibly slite over nuet any1 else no for defo? n i also can see the improvment over 2days with the bigger bulb , sory carnt help with anyfin else bud any1 who can help im
out or tips?
p.s if you put your ad in the newbie central you will get more replies.
 
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pukkabudd said:
200w hps shud be perfect pal i grew 9 on 150w bulb but found 200 was better dont no wats coursed the lil leaf to turn yello possibly slite over nuet any1 else no for defo? n i also can see the improvment over 2days with the bigger bulb , sory carnt help with anyfin else bud any1 who can help im
out or tips?
p.s if you put your ad in the newbie central you will get more replies.
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Day 25: Thanks for the reply was worried no one was out there. Yea thanks i can really notice the difference to the plants too, they love it. And now there on a 24/7 light cycle which should boost them more.
And yea maybe i should post there or just make my own grow journal.
 
helpmegrow

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Keep the good work up im loving thos plants im about 15days in after my seed just got my 2nd leaves about 3days ago
 
DankFarmer

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Red spectrum light is better for flowering if you veg under a red spectrum then your plants will have longer branch internods (the distance between branches verticlly on the stem) causing long tall plants that will yield airy buds. on the other hand if you use a bluer or more neuteral spectrum then your plants will be short stocky XMAS TREES. i use two 105w CFL's at 5000K for my veg and my plants are half as tall but same amount of leaves and they are only a week old i will try to get my friends camera so i can show you some pics but yea if you can use both the 125w and the 200w you have with little heat problems you'd probally be better off or at least switching the 2700K bulb you have and going just a bit higher like 4500K+ for a light you can use for everything ie veg an flower
 
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