bartverso
New Member
Hi fellow growers!
Me myself, I just started on my first grow ever. I only got to learn about this site a week ago. So this first journal entry will report on a multiple week timeframe. Don't worry, I'll make it up to you with my next grow!!
I opted for 2 auto´s - an Auto Colorado Cookies and a Think Big - 2 fairly new and promising autoseeds by Dutch Passion.
Forgive me for the massive amount of pictures to follow - from now on I will start uploading on a weekly basis!
I´ve got myself a nice indoor grow tent combined with a Kind LED XL750 which is running on a 20/4 schedule.
Quick note on those pictures
Temperature has been stable all grow long, at 78F.
Humidity levels were pretty low during the first 3 weeks (35%-40%). Got myself a small and cheap humidifier which boosted those levels towards the 50%-55% reach.
They´re both 5 weeks and 6 days old now. Tara should evolve from seed to harvest in like 13 to 14 weeks. Coralie is said to be harvested around week 10 or 11 after germination.
Now. I must admit, I´m a bit disappointed when it comes to Coralies size - both plants stand at around 2 feet now. If I had to go by my guts, I would say that she´s like a week and a half behind schedule. She has only started flowering a day or 2 ago
Both are rooted in 2.5 gallon pots, filled with growing soil containing perlite, coconut fibre and lava.
NPK stated on the packing of the soil: 6.5:6.5:6.5, initial pH of 5.5-6.
I'm quite confident I haven't over- or underwatered them even once
I gave both my babies their first feeding on like day 10 (Aptus Startbooster - root & growth booster). I used around a quarter of the recommended amount.
I might have screwed Tara over with a "light" *cough cough* nutrient burn about a week ago (week 4), in combination with a "light burn"
(Already raised my lights more since then)
I think Taras soil still had an abundancy of N in it for it's vegetative grow. I didn't think the burn to be severe enough for me to have to flush the poor thing. So next time I watered, I didn't give her any nutrients.
I should say that I'm using plain tap water - hailing from Belgium - which might be pH'ed in at around 6.5. I don't treat it, I just let it acclimatize to the conditions of the tent for about 12 hours.
So, fellow growers. If you made it this far, thank you for your attention. You're crazy. Me ranting on and on. ;-) I will be posting updates about these ladies regularly!
Belgium out!
Me myself, I just started on my first grow ever. I only got to learn about this site a week ago. So this first journal entry will report on a multiple week timeframe. Don't worry, I'll make it up to you with my next grow!!
I opted for 2 auto´s - an Auto Colorado Cookies and a Think Big - 2 fairly new and promising autoseeds by Dutch Passion.
Forgive me for the massive amount of pictures to follow - from now on I will start uploading on a weekly basis!
I´ve got myself a nice indoor grow tent combined with a Kind LED XL750 which is running on a 20/4 schedule.
Quick note on those pictures
- As you can see I experienced some *gravity issues* with Coralie. As soon as I saw her lying there, I realised I shouldn´t have done the first week with the LED´s. As you can see, I really stretched them out because I didn´t dare lowering my lights.
- At week 3 - I started doubting if I should LST them. I gave them a low feed of Aptus Regulator (which is said to make them more resistant to stress). I tried to bend over the main stems away from the light. Two days later, I started reading all sorts of negative comments about LST'ing auto's as it might stunt the plant's grow a lot, considering the already short lifetime of auto's. So I freaked & backed out, removed the LST's strings and went back to an unrestrained growing method.
Temperature has been stable all grow long, at 78F.
Humidity levels were pretty low during the first 3 weeks (35%-40%). Got myself a small and cheap humidifier which boosted those levels towards the 50%-55% reach.
They´re both 5 weeks and 6 days old now. Tara should evolve from seed to harvest in like 13 to 14 weeks. Coralie is said to be harvested around week 10 or 11 after germination.
Now. I must admit, I´m a bit disappointed when it comes to Coralies size - both plants stand at around 2 feet now. If I had to go by my guts, I would say that she´s like a week and a half behind schedule. She has only started flowering a day or 2 ago
Both are rooted in 2.5 gallon pots, filled with growing soil containing perlite, coconut fibre and lava.
NPK stated on the packing of the soil: 6.5:6.5:6.5, initial pH of 5.5-6.
I'm quite confident I haven't over- or underwatered them even once
I gave both my babies their first feeding on like day 10 (Aptus Startbooster - root & growth booster). I used around a quarter of the recommended amount.
I might have screwed Tara over with a "light" *cough cough* nutrient burn about a week ago (week 4), in combination with a "light burn"
(Already raised my lights more since then)
I think Taras soil still had an abundancy of N in it for it's vegetative grow. I didn't think the burn to be severe enough for me to have to flush the poor thing. So next time I watered, I didn't give her any nutrients.
I should say that I'm using plain tap water - hailing from Belgium - which might be pH'ed in at around 6.5. I don't treat it, I just let it acclimatize to the conditions of the tent for about 12 hours.
So, fellow growers. If you made it this far, thank you for your attention. You're crazy. Me ranting on and on. ;-) I will be posting updates about these ladies regularly!
Belgium out!
