Herbshuttles
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I'm growing two crop king Purple Kush babies in coco coir with 20-30% perlite in a 4x4 grow tent. Starting seedlings in solo cups and I'm going transplant when they are big enough into 5 gallon smart pots. All water will be pH'd at 5.8-6.2, filtered tap. It's hard water at 139 ppm so I'm going to need to watch over that. I'm using flora series nutes (micro, grow and bloom along with rapid roots, koolbloom, dry koolbloom, flora nectar and floralicious). I'm using two 300w Viparspectra LED's (only one until the plants gets bigger). They are positioned 35-36 inches away (I'll move it much closer when they are older). I have an exhale co2 bag near the plants and a small hurricane fan blowing gentle air to push (hopefully) the co2 in their direction and provide a gentle breeze to strengthen them. I have a carbon filter on the top inside of the tent which is connected to a fan on the top outside of the tent pullling air out the tent and out the room via ducting. Temps range roughly from 70-79 (low 7o's lights off upper 70's lights on). I'm still aiming to get it a little cooler in there but I feel my last easy solution is an evaporative cooler.
So i planted my germinated seeds late night on January 22 and they sprouted two days later on January 24th. It's been two days since sprouting. They look fine however I have two concerns. The coco coir is still not fully dry after almost a day of no water. It's not soaking wet but it's definitely still moist, which is what I'd say is unnatural. I've never grown in coco until now but I was under the assumption it dries quickly. I'm avoiding watering until it's practically dry, last thing I want is to overwater. My other concern is the seedlings are slightly bending. Does this mean the light is too close? It's at about 35-36 inches away currently.
So i planted my germinated seeds late night on January 22 and they sprouted two days later on January 24th. It's been two days since sprouting. They look fine however I have two concerns. The coco coir is still not fully dry after almost a day of no water. It's not soaking wet but it's definitely still moist, which is what I'd say is unnatural. I've never grown in coco until now but I was under the assumption it dries quickly. I'm avoiding watering until it's practically dry, last thing I want is to overwater. My other concern is the seedlings are slightly bending. Does this mean the light is too close? It's at about 35-36 inches away currently.