dkparker
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Thanks to anyone to muddles through this to give me any insight or advice. Sorry for the lengthiness...
SOIL GROW
Strain - Indica Dwarf Low Flyer Auto (70 Indica, 20 Sativa, 10 Ruderalis)
# of Plants - 1
Grow Type - Soil
Grow Stage - Seedling/Vegetative
Bucket Size - Starting in 4" pot (10cm)
Lights - 1 3 head 150 watt LED (40 watts consumed)
Nutrients - I have only watered once at the point my first leaves sprouted, mixing 1 gallon with 1tsp fish emulsion. I have ordered a General Hydroponics pack of FloraGrow/FloraMicro/FloraBloom that should be here in a few days that I was going to use for a hydro attempt in a few weeks and was planning on mixing that with my watering when I size up on my pot and maintain that on a schedule.
Medium - For the starter pot I used Miracle Grow Vegetable Blend soil
PPM - n/a
PH - 6.2
RH - 46% to 50%
Room Temperature - 69 to 73
Solution Temperature - ~70
Room Square Footage - 20' x 20'
Pests - None Known
Problem: The growth seems slow as compared to others pics I've seen, and
the coloring seems like it may be slightly pale
Have mercy on a newb, lol. I've been trying to absorb all of the info I've been reading here as much as possible and not jump into anything grossly unprepared, but I wanted to go ahead and try a grow to practice the stuff I've been learning.
So here's what I've done:
I had in mind that I wanted to start the plant inside and move outdoors the first of May. I had only intended to start the seed indoors and get it going, and admittedly do NOT have a controlled environment to do this. I have this set up next to my desk in my office, in decently large room (20' x 20') with constant temps around 70 F, RH floating around 50. I do keep a fan running in the room to keep the air moving.
I have a few questions:
SOIL GROW
Strain - Indica Dwarf Low Flyer Auto (70 Indica, 20 Sativa, 10 Ruderalis)
# of Plants - 1
Grow Type - Soil
Grow Stage - Seedling/Vegetative
Bucket Size - Starting in 4" pot (10cm)
Lights - 1 3 head 150 watt LED (40 watts consumed)
Nutrients - I have only watered once at the point my first leaves sprouted, mixing 1 gallon with 1tsp fish emulsion. I have ordered a General Hydroponics pack of FloraGrow/FloraMicro/FloraBloom that should be here in a few days that I was going to use for a hydro attempt in a few weeks and was planning on mixing that with my watering when I size up on my pot and maintain that on a schedule.
Medium - For the starter pot I used Miracle Grow Vegetable Blend soil
PPM - n/a
PH - 6.2
RH - 46% to 50%
Room Temperature - 69 to 73
Solution Temperature - ~70
Room Square Footage - 20' x 20'
Pests - None Known
Problem: The growth seems slow as compared to others pics I've seen, and
the coloring seems like it may be slightly pale
Have mercy on a newb, lol. I've been trying to absorb all of the info I've been reading here as much as possible and not jump into anything grossly unprepared, but I wanted to go ahead and try a grow to practice the stuff I've been learning.
So here's what I've done:
- Started a seed using the paper towel method
- Upon germination and the tap root growing to a little over 1/2" I transplanted to the small 4" pot with soil, the soil being slightly moist upon transplanting.
- Transplant to soil date was 4/18, so 9 days prior to this original post.
- I waited until the first set of lobed leaves appeared after the sucker leaves, at which point the soil was pretty dry, and watered 1/2 a cup of the mixed water/fish emulsion solution mentioned above. To date that is the only water I've given the plant, as the soil still has some moisture at this point and I didn't want to chance drowning the young plant.
- The light I am using (pictured below) has three heads, and for the first week I kept the three spread out about 3 inches above the sprout hoping to prevent stretching. On 4/25 I move the light up a few inches so that they are positioned about 6" above the plant.
I had in mind that I wanted to start the plant inside and move outdoors the first of May. I had only intended to start the seed indoors and get it going, and admittedly do NOT have a controlled environment to do this. I have this set up next to my desk in my office, in decently large room (20' x 20') with constant temps around 70 F, RH floating around 50. I do keep a fan running in the room to keep the air moving.
I have a few questions:
- First, I wonder if there is agreement that the plant should have grown more by now.
- If so, did I mess up using fish emulsion. I've had great results using it with baby vegetable plants I start from seed so thought I'd try it until the stuff I've ordered comes in
- do I need more nutes? Was it too early for any nutes?
- Do you think my PH is too low at 6.2?
- Did I keep my lights too low and the plant is not growing because it's too much? Or do I not have enough light and this is preventing it from growing?
- Is trying something like this futile outside of a more controlled environment? I see pics of everyone using tents and closets, is the process actually that sensitive (I started to use the word 'finicky'...)