Budfarmer's Very First Grow! Bruce Banner, Mars 300W LED, Soil

[Budfarmer08]

Hello all! This will be the adventure of my very first grow! I've been having alot of fun growing my first garden this past year with alot of success and would like to make an attempt at growing one of my most favorite plants!

I'll be growing indoors as winter is around the corner and I'd like to have more control over the grow. I'm trying to keep it budget friendly but having a little OCD I'm sure I will end up going over board. Haha. If anyone has any input I'm always looking forward to hearing from experienced growers! Would love for my first plant to be a success!

My grow specs as followed

Strain - Bruce Banner (received from a friend who had spares)

Tent - 2x4x5

Light - Mars Hydro 300w LED

Soil - Fox farms ocean forest

Nutrients - GH Flora Nova grow and bloom

Pots - 3 gallon frabric pots

From what I've researched the FFOF should provide me with a couple weeks of nutrients before I need to start supplementing. I decided on the flora nova as I figured only two nutrients would be easy to follow for a beginner. I plan on starting with 25% of the recommended dosage and then going from there.

The rest of my stuff should be here this weekend including a PH guage so I can test my tap water and my ppm guage as well. I'll update my progress weekly with pictures as we go on!

 

[Budfarmer08]

I started the germination of my seeds by soaking in water over night. After I proceeded to a paper towel method on a paper plate covered. This technique worked perfect as in a 24 hour time my little girls (Hopefully) are ready to go!

Side note - incase someone says something. I would have preferred unprinted paper towel but that was all the wife had stocked!

 

[Budfarmer08]

And here's after the transplant! Can't wait to see then sprout through. Then under the light they go.

I also included a photo of my tent setup. Once the plants are in there I will adjust the proper height for my light.

 

[KevinL]

Setup looks good. Should make for a good first grow. Subbed up

 

[Pennywise]

Im in for the grow show

 

[Budfarmer08]

Nothing to exciting but a new toy showed up today! My Wi-Fi surge protector! I had old school push timers but my wife seemed to misplace them. After looking at this I decided to get one since the ease of setting the cycles on my phone. I can also program each of the 4 sockets separately so I get 4 individually timed sockets (fans, lights, etc)


And thanks for following along guys! I hope to get lots of feedback from everyone to help improve my grow!

 

[KevinL]

Nothing to exciting but a new toy showed up today! My Wi-Fi surge protector! I had old school push timers but my wife seemed to misplace them. After looking at this I decided to get one since the ease of setting the cycles on my phone. I can also program each of the 4 sockets separately so I get 4 individually timed sockets (fans, lights, etc)


And thanks for following along guys! I hope to get lots of feedback from everyone to help improve my grow!

Neat little toy, I might look into getting one. Lol

 

[Budfarmer08]

Neat little toy, I might look into getting one. Lol

Seems to work great so far. Was very easy to setup. Have it running right now to test on the temp and humidity of the tent before the seedlings break through. Was $29 on amazon. Here's a link to the one I got.
WiFi Smart Power Strip Socket with Alexa, Weton Multi-Plug Timer Switch Power Strip Outlet Surge Protector with 4 AC Outlets 4 USB Port Remote Control Via Free App for IOS/Android Smart Phone/Tablets

 

[Mars Hydro]

Great start Bud, will follow your grow journal

 

[bignstrange]

Awesome set up man! Love that power bar too .

Wishing you luck in the mars cup, I will be here following along!

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[Budfarmer08]

11/4 - Little update for today! Planted the seeds in soil yesterday and today were already getting a breakthrough! Pretty exciting.

 

[187budz]

Looking good BF I'm joining in on this ride

 

[Budfarmer08]

Update 11/5

Got my first seedling sprouted up. Decided to put them under the lights. Lights are spaced at a little more then 18 inches.

Got some more supplies in including another temp guage so I can check the temp without opening the tent. I have one next to the plant at the floor level and one up top to measure canopy temperatures.

Also got my nutrients in

Along with my thermostat for my heating mat

And my PH guage and TDS guage

And some beakers for proper measurements and tracking

 

[Pennywise]

Off to a great start

 

[bignstrange]

Aww yea! Lots of good stuff there! :3 set up for success!

 

[Budfarmer08]

Aww yea! Lots of good stuff there! :3 set up for success!

Off to a great start

Thanks guys! If you guys ever see anything I can improve on let me know! Or even any tips! Trying to make sure I don't get to far over my head.

 

[Pennywise]

Will do Bro

 

[bignstrange]

Only valuable thing I can say, and a lot of others will say at the start is keep it simple, don't overthink, and don't be shy to ask for input on anything your not sure of!

I'm super new myself, but I'm happy to help in any way I can :3

 

[Pennywise]

Yes keep it simple and when you go too look at them and start thinking you should do something to help them....
Stop, turn around and walk away! .

 

[bignstrange]

^^^Still learning to take that advice myself XD but definitely a good tip, especially when they are young!