Hello kind folk
I thought I'd start a journal for anyone who's interested and also it might be better than posting a million different questions in other parts of the forum!
About me: After numerous health issues for over a decade and regular meds not helping, I've decided to medicate in a different way! I've actually never smoked pot before so this should be interesting
Essential info:
Strain: 1x Northern Lights photo & 2x Northern Lights auto
Age: 4 months & 3 weeks
Grow room: Secret Jardin DP90 (90x60x90cm)
Lighting: 2x 15w CFLs, eventually will be 4-way 2ft T5s (96w)
Light cycle: 16/8
Medium: Coco coir
Nutes: Very diluted chilli nutrients
PH: 6
Temps: Between about 74-81
RH: No idea!
Ventilation: 6" desk fan and tent vents (in the process of deciding on a 4" inline extractor fan for when I reintroduce the T5s)
Last October I naively thought I could grow an NL feminized photo on my windowsill during winter, but soon realised this was not to be the case! The first seedling died (RIP) and the second stretched like crazy but is still alive after spending several months on my windowsill (growing INCREDIBLY slowly!) and is now enjoying her new home in my tent I bought about a month ago, along with T5s and a desk fan. I actually had problems right from the start, however. I germinated 2 NL autos and put them in the tent with the other seedling, but I didn't realise how much heat would be generated from the T5s so unfortunately my tiny seedlings suffered from major heat stress as I didn't have an extractor fan. I removed the T5s and replaced them last week with 2 15w CFLs which they're enjoying a lot more. Heat generated from them is next to nothing so temps in the tent are manageable at the moment. My ladies' first set of true leaves shrivelled up and died under the T5s (which you can see in the pics) but the new ones coming through look nice and healthy (although surprisingly rounded!). The photo is actually doing pretty well (compared to previously!) under the new lights too and boasts the biggest leaves. They're still growing pretty slowly though but I guess it's because they're only getting 30w of light at the moment.
These were my autos under the T5s a couple weeks ago:
And today (excuse the yellowness of the 2700k CFLs):
This is my 4 month old photoperiod. You can clearly see the bad state of the lower leaves:
Unbelievably the lower setting on my fan (which I need) broke pretty much straight away and last week, just as I was about to swap out my T5s for CFLs, the damn lamp lead broke too!! So I removed 3 of the 4 bulbs from my T5 unit and put that back, but it then started buzzing (which it never did before) which freaked me out so I got a replacement lamp lead and attached the CFLs. So unfortunately so far my grow has been nothing but stress and worry! Hopefully though once I get everything in place it might settle down and become more enjoyable. Also I haven't slept well because the only place I can keep my tent is in my bedroom so the noise from the fan keeps me awake at night, and I haven't even got the extractor fan yet. I nearly gave up last week when the lead broke because it just seemed like something was telling me not to do this :surrender:
I've made a ton of mistakes so far so if I even get ANYTHING decent from this grow I'll be really happy. It's been a massive challenge already so I'm hoping all my hard work will pay off.
I thought I'd start a journal for anyone who's interested and also it might be better than posting a million different questions in other parts of the forum!
About me: After numerous health issues for over a decade and regular meds not helping, I've decided to medicate in a different way! I've actually never smoked pot before so this should be interesting
Essential info:
Strain: 1x Northern Lights photo & 2x Northern Lights auto
Age: 4 months & 3 weeks
Grow room: Secret Jardin DP90 (90x60x90cm)
Lighting: 2x 15w CFLs, eventually will be 4-way 2ft T5s (96w)
Light cycle: 16/8
Medium: Coco coir
Nutes: Very diluted chilli nutrients
PH: 6
Temps: Between about 74-81
RH: No idea!
Ventilation: 6" desk fan and tent vents (in the process of deciding on a 4" inline extractor fan for when I reintroduce the T5s)
Last October I naively thought I could grow an NL feminized photo on my windowsill during winter, but soon realised this was not to be the case! The first seedling died (RIP) and the second stretched like crazy but is still alive after spending several months on my windowsill (growing INCREDIBLY slowly!) and is now enjoying her new home in my tent I bought about a month ago, along with T5s and a desk fan. I actually had problems right from the start, however. I germinated 2 NL autos and put them in the tent with the other seedling, but I didn't realise how much heat would be generated from the T5s so unfortunately my tiny seedlings suffered from major heat stress as I didn't have an extractor fan. I removed the T5s and replaced them last week with 2 15w CFLs which they're enjoying a lot more. Heat generated from them is next to nothing so temps in the tent are manageable at the moment. My ladies' first set of true leaves shrivelled up and died under the T5s (which you can see in the pics) but the new ones coming through look nice and healthy (although surprisingly rounded!). The photo is actually doing pretty well (compared to previously!) under the new lights too and boasts the biggest leaves. They're still growing pretty slowly though but I guess it's because they're only getting 30w of light at the moment.
These were my autos under the T5s a couple weeks ago:
And today (excuse the yellowness of the 2700k CFLs):
This is my 4 month old photoperiod. You can clearly see the bad state of the lower leaves:
Unbelievably the lower setting on my fan (which I need) broke pretty much straight away and last week, just as I was about to swap out my T5s for CFLs, the damn lamp lead broke too!! So I removed 3 of the 4 bulbs from my T5 unit and put that back, but it then started buzzing (which it never did before) which freaked me out so I got a replacement lamp lead and attached the CFLs. So unfortunately so far my grow has been nothing but stress and worry! Hopefully though once I get everything in place it might settle down and become more enjoyable. Also I haven't slept well because the only place I can keep my tent is in my bedroom so the noise from the fan keeps me awake at night, and I haven't even got the extractor fan yet. I nearly gave up last week when the lead broke because it just seemed like something was telling me not to do this :surrender:
I've made a ton of mistakes so far so if I even get ANYTHING decent from this grow I'll be really happy. It's been a massive challenge already so I'm hoping all my hard work will pay off.