Hi everyone, this is my 3rd grow with White Widow Auto flower from ILGM.
My first 2 grows took place in a 3x3 tent in a large basement. The temp is in the 60s all year round, dehumidifier in the room to keep it below 50% otherwise the basement would smell. We have a sump pump and a damp basement, when it rains the humidity would shoot up 70% sometimes. Had a humidifier and small room dehumidifier along with a small heater. No circulation fan, no exhaust fan. I was using pot for a pot grow kits, no nutrients just water. First tried three 5-gallon pots and only got about 2.5 oz on the second grow I thought I bought four 2-gallon pots stupidly thinking they were 3 gallons and I got just under 2 oz. Yes, I was skimping, being cheap, doing it wrong.
This is where I'm at now... 3x3 tent in a bedroom. During the light hours I keep the heat vent closed, the heat from the light keeps the tent between 74-78, depends on how often the furnace kicks on during the day, the room as a lot of day light shining in but after it gets dark the room cools a couple degrees before the light turns off. The light is on a 18/6 timer. Light off hours the temperature stays about 68, the house is set for 65 and the bedroom holds in some extra heat. I have both temperature and humidity controllers in the tent. The humidity controls an exhaust fan with a carbon filter in the tent and does a great job holding the humidity at whatever I set it, currently I have it at 60% day and 55% night, I feel like I should start lowering it, also controls a humidifier that is outside of the tent but the only time it seems to kick on is if I open the tent or bedroom door. The temp controller isn't connected to anything it's just to monitor. I do have a 6" circulating monkey fan blowing between the top of the plants and the light. The light is currently set approximately 16" above the plants which are 18 days from germination start.
Light - Platinum Led P4-XML2, it has separate blue, red and white light LEDs. I have been using both the blue and red together this time as I've read that auto flowers do well like that, last time I only used blue for veg and red for flower. I do not use the white light only because it adds way too much heat with both red and blue on.
Germination - I just soaked for 12 hours in water, placed them in peat pellets, after roots started to show I put them in the soil.
Soil - Fox Farm Ocean Forrest. 5-gallon pots, I've left about 2 inches of room at the top to recharge the soil during flowering. I don't plan on using any other nutrients for this grow but I thought I might experiment, one of the plants seems tiny maybe, he needs some help.
Watering - I just have been using bottled water, not checking ph, Last water was Thursday morning, gave 2 bottles of water to each. I have never been unsure about how much or how little to water
I've done some research about various types of training but I'm undecided as to what I might do. I really want to maximize this grow. Would like to get some knowledge from someone growing auto flowers who has experience with training them.
Any and all advice, tips, questions are welcome, I'll keep updating with pics and relevant info, I hope to get the most out of this grow, thanks in advance for the help!
My first 2 grows took place in a 3x3 tent in a large basement. The temp is in the 60s all year round, dehumidifier in the room to keep it below 50% otherwise the basement would smell. We have a sump pump and a damp basement, when it rains the humidity would shoot up 70% sometimes. Had a humidifier and small room dehumidifier along with a small heater. No circulation fan, no exhaust fan. I was using pot for a pot grow kits, no nutrients just water. First tried three 5-gallon pots and only got about 2.5 oz on the second grow I thought I bought four 2-gallon pots stupidly thinking they were 3 gallons and I got just under 2 oz. Yes, I was skimping, being cheap, doing it wrong.
This is where I'm at now... 3x3 tent in a bedroom. During the light hours I keep the heat vent closed, the heat from the light keeps the tent between 74-78, depends on how often the furnace kicks on during the day, the room as a lot of day light shining in but after it gets dark the room cools a couple degrees before the light turns off. The light is on a 18/6 timer. Light off hours the temperature stays about 68, the house is set for 65 and the bedroom holds in some extra heat. I have both temperature and humidity controllers in the tent. The humidity controls an exhaust fan with a carbon filter in the tent and does a great job holding the humidity at whatever I set it, currently I have it at 60% day and 55% night, I feel like I should start lowering it, also controls a humidifier that is outside of the tent but the only time it seems to kick on is if I open the tent or bedroom door. The temp controller isn't connected to anything it's just to monitor. I do have a 6" circulating monkey fan blowing between the top of the plants and the light. The light is currently set approximately 16" above the plants which are 18 days from germination start.
Light - Platinum Led P4-XML2, it has separate blue, red and white light LEDs. I have been using both the blue and red together this time as I've read that auto flowers do well like that, last time I only used blue for veg and red for flower. I do not use the white light only because it adds way too much heat with both red and blue on.
Germination - I just soaked for 12 hours in water, placed them in peat pellets, after roots started to show I put them in the soil.
Soil - Fox Farm Ocean Forrest. 5-gallon pots, I've left about 2 inches of room at the top to recharge the soil during flowering. I don't plan on using any other nutrients for this grow but I thought I might experiment, one of the plants seems tiny maybe, he needs some help.
Watering - I just have been using bottled water, not checking ph, Last water was Thursday morning, gave 2 bottles of water to each. I have never been unsure about how much or how little to water
I've done some research about various types of training but I'm undecided as to what I might do. I really want to maximize this grow. Would like to get some knowledge from someone growing auto flowers who has experience with training them.
Any and all advice, tips, questions are welcome, I'll keep updating with pics and relevant info, I hope to get the most out of this grow, thanks in advance for the help!
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