First time grower! Walk with me through my grow

Update: 10 days old, so I finally found the pieces to my grow tent, so I put that in the camper and got it all setup

So the tent is this one


It’s size is 36"X24"X53" I am using it as one whole tent, I got a 6 inch inline fan as my intake bringing air from my pop-up into the tent, got a fan in there and a dehumidifier, now temps should stay in the 70-85°, leaves still curled a little but not much I will take a photo as soon as I get everything cleaned up, just worried about there well being is all, and I understand I may end up with boys, but I gotta grow the plant to even be able to know if I got a male or female, I am gonna tag some of you I have seen during my reading, just looking for a mentor, I’m gonna be working extra hours so I can get me a portable air conditioner and the QB lights, I just want to be able to get these seedlings into veg, always been told “Baby Steps” so any and all help is wanted, @dbrn32 can you walk me through what you would recommend me for a QB for a 48in×36in×36in grow area

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And here are the babies in there new home😊

And this is them in the tent:

How they looking y’all?

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@Hellraiser so I sifted through my dirt on plant A and it is still moist so I have been thinking they need water and they don’t I believe so is there any for sure way to know by looking at the little guys to know if there needing water, and it’s probably cause after I transplanted them into the cups I gave the soil a good watering, thinking that and me keeping the top soil moist didn’t help dry it out, mean the cup is dry about 3/4 inch deep but the soil under that is still pretty moist

Do you need a light for this

Or this

Happy to help either way, just a little confused.

Also,

Wondering what you’re doing for exhaust?

@dbrn32 Just got it going into the pop up as exhaust but that’s because I got an air conditioner running to keep it cool and to bring in fresh air, plus it’s a pop-up camper so it gets plenty of air, lol, and for 48in×36in×36in I’ll take photos of what I mean cause sometimes I can be confusing:

this is the intake and that is where my air is leaving the tent for the exhaust…

@MattTheNoob are you putting a dome over them?

So you have a forced intake and passive exhaust? Normally we would all do that the opposite, but if it’s working for you and you’re not filtering air I don’t see any reason to change.

So 48" tall 36" wide and 36" deep?

@dbrn32 yes you are correct, on your whole message I see no need to filter the air where I’m at, so should be no worries there, but I do have a carbon filter just in case, the dimensions you gave, yes, exactly that😛, and again thank you for taking the time, when I woke up I went and checked on them, they looking perky and a lot better now

@Psu8286 no I am not, my humidity is staying around 60° in the tent, as soon as I got true leaves I took the dome off

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Two 288 boards on hlg-240h-c2100a driver. The kit they make for a 3x3 is called 260 xw. One of those would work. Although with limited height you may like to a from scratch build using 4 qb 120’s and same driver.

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Thank you, when I need help putting it together, will you help me, I bought the 120s and the ballast, now will I need heatsinks?

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No heatsink needed for 120 boards. I can help, just let me know what you need.

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Day 12

So i have been able to maintain temps in the 70’s and my RH is in between 50-60%, looks like they like the new home for awhile, checked if the needed water and looking like they will need some in a day or two, got a question, is it okay to do a light mist on them every night before there lights go out, or is that not needed and if i should then do i need to ph that water as well? Anyways heres the girls, hope there doing fine y’all!
Cup A:20200324_212929|375x500


Cup B:
Cup C:
Cup D:Uploading: 20200324_213324.jpg… Uploading: 20200324_213342.jpg… gonna tag some of the ones i think got there stuff together to watch and help me along this journey @PurpNGold74 @MattyBear @Covertgrower Please forgive a noob for tagging if you didnt want to be tagged

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I would consider up potting soon. I usually up pot when the leaves reach the side of the cup, as a general rule, if not sooner :v:

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Can you all tell me what this is from?

@Bulldognuts @Hellraiser @repins12 @LoCoRock @pptrsha1 @PurpNGold74 @PremiumBudzBlondie

Welcome and please join my journey!!!

I tagged a few of you to come join me on my journey and journal, I know some of you are just starting or not that far along and some of you are beast, I have just been reading along through everyone’s threads and I keep seeing you all and would like that support for me if possible, this seems like a really good forum and I am gonna need all the advice and help I can, just a broke country boy trying to save money growing his own instead of the price I pay now​:joy::joy::joy::joy:

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hi thanks for the tag. i am all about doing what you can with what you got

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Absolutely, and yours is my favorite thread to read, I am actually reading it right now, still trying to figure out why my little leaf on my baby is a little yellow, and welcome to this nightmare, I’m literally in a pop-up camper in some of the hottest part of U.S. trying to get this going, can’t do it inside, got to many kids and family in and out at all hours, again thanks for stopping over :grin:

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i would love to try to help. i use things i repurpose to get the job done even if people laugh. i think someone used the term grannys that grow

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I actually posted earlier and said I was set to watch. Apparently I forgot to change setting. So Thanks for the tag.

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I was already tuned to watching my brother. I just hadn’t said anything. I got you six brother. Country folks can survive my friend. :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :v:

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