Sctanley007
Well-Known Member
This is my first time growing auto flowers. The seeds are from CKS and this girl got her true leaves on 9/4. There hasn't been a huge amount of activity topside but then again its only been 7 days so far.
The plant is in OFHF 3:1 with perlite. My space is a 2x4x5 tent with 2 300w MarsHydro set at 18 inches above the plants, and a 190 CFM fan and carbon filter. The temp in the tent has been a bit elevated over the past week due to weather but not excessively so...about 85F. Now the tent is staying around 75F with humidity constant around 50%. Before planting the seed the 3 gallon smart pot was wetted and allowed to drain. Since planting on the 4th I watered 4 oz of water ph'd at 6.5 on 9/8 and then another 4 oz yesterday. The pot is feeling light and I was planning on thoroughly watering in a day or two.
This morning I saw these spots on the first leaves and the newer leaves look a bit odd. Seeing the spots on the leaves coupled with the odd leaf shape and me planning on a soaking watering I figured I'd ask advise first.
My question is, given the young age of the plant, the soil that it is in, and it being an auto do the leaves look normal or deficient in any way? The brown spots worry me a bit but they might be sun kisses caused by water from my spray bottle hitting them and me not realizing it. Am I wrong in thinking the plant cant need nutrients given its only a week old and in FF soil? I have all the FF nutes (its what I bought before my first run...probably would have gotten different nutes if I knew better back then).
Is there any trick to watering such a small plant in such a large pot? Ive only been watering around the plant about an inch or two away from the stem. In a full watering should I start away from the base and just water thoroughly outward toward the edge of the pot? I'm not really liking starting the plant in the final container since I'm accustomed to potting up from a solo cup.
I have another NL auto that I'm germinating now and will need to plant it this evening. I know common practice is to sow into the final container but was wondering about another method I saw. Sprout the seed in a syrofoam cup and let it get established. Take an identical cup and sink it into the final pot to "make an impression" of the cup in the damp soil. Take the cup the plant is in and cut away the bottom of the cup and slice up the cup to the soil line leaving the rim of the cup above the soil line intact. Place the cup with the plant into the "impression" and then cut the remaining part of the cup and lift the cup out of the pot, leaving the plant and soil in the final destination. Seems like it would be more manageable to start the seed and plant given the smaller vessel and there would be no substantial disturbance to the grow cycle with this method of potting up.
Sorry for the long post. Any help, thoughts, or insights would be appreciated.
The plant is in OFHF 3:1 with perlite. My space is a 2x4x5 tent with 2 300w MarsHydro set at 18 inches above the plants, and a 190 CFM fan and carbon filter. The temp in the tent has been a bit elevated over the past week due to weather but not excessively so...about 85F. Now the tent is staying around 75F with humidity constant around 50%. Before planting the seed the 3 gallon smart pot was wetted and allowed to drain. Since planting on the 4th I watered 4 oz of water ph'd at 6.5 on 9/8 and then another 4 oz yesterday. The pot is feeling light and I was planning on thoroughly watering in a day or two.
This morning I saw these spots on the first leaves and the newer leaves look a bit odd. Seeing the spots on the leaves coupled with the odd leaf shape and me planning on a soaking watering I figured I'd ask advise first.
My question is, given the young age of the plant, the soil that it is in, and it being an auto do the leaves look normal or deficient in any way? The brown spots worry me a bit but they might be sun kisses caused by water from my spray bottle hitting them and me not realizing it. Am I wrong in thinking the plant cant need nutrients given its only a week old and in FF soil? I have all the FF nutes (its what I bought before my first run...probably would have gotten different nutes if I knew better back then).
Is there any trick to watering such a small plant in such a large pot? Ive only been watering around the plant about an inch or two away from the stem. In a full watering should I start away from the base and just water thoroughly outward toward the edge of the pot? I'm not really liking starting the plant in the final container since I'm accustomed to potting up from a solo cup.
I have another NL auto that I'm germinating now and will need to plant it this evening. I know common practice is to sow into the final container but was wondering about another method I saw. Sprout the seed in a syrofoam cup and let it get established. Take an identical cup and sink it into the final pot to "make an impression" of the cup in the damp soil. Take the cup the plant is in and cut away the bottom of the cup and slice up the cup to the soil line leaving the rim of the cup above the soil line intact. Place the cup with the plant into the "impression" and then cut the remaining part of the cup and lift the cup out of the pot, leaving the plant and soil in the final destination. Seems like it would be more manageable to start the seed and plant given the smaller vessel and there would be no substantial disturbance to the grow cycle with this method of potting up.
Sorry for the long post. Any help, thoughts, or insights would be appreciated.