Growing for 1st time with help of experienced growers. Can you help?

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The other day I shared my Granddaddy Purple Auto’s pic on her 42 day birthday. After some tips from some forum members I have made some changes to my set-up. I am about 2 weeks from wanting to start a new plant and would like to do it right. Help me know what I can do with what I have, if that’s possible.

  1. This is an indoor grow, ~2 x 2.5 closet.
  2. seeds from ILGM
  3. autoflower
  4. city tap water
  5. have not checked pH, have ordered pH meter
  6. grow in Fox Farm Ocean Forest
  7. I use ILGM nutrients
  8. my main light for after week 3 is a KingLED 1000w. I also use some aux light with the side reflectors. In the first 3 weeks I use a Yaiyan 400w.
  9. The room they are in is kept between 70-78 F. (I did just order a light and temp gage, not yet here)
  10. RH changes, 30 to 55 average.
  11. will use humidifier when it drops into the 30’s. otherwise I use the house AC and outside air when cool enough.
  12. I vent the closet with a half door with openings at top and bottom. A swivel fan continually runs along the outside bottom. a smaller fan is used to move the air at the top of the closet.
  13. No CO2
  14. I have been growing for more than a year, but that has been mostly trial and error. This is the first time I have reached out to others.
  15. keeping it budget at the moment
  16. no hydro

I have questions about distance of light from canopy. I also need to understand more about water pH and nutrients. If you can share some charts on light intensity and a nutrient schedule for ILGM, I’d love to check them out. I have ordered pH and light meters that I will probably ask for help with as well. Thanks in advance for your experience.

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Size of container and nute preference? Nm saw the ilgm nutes. Id nearly go in a 10 gal fabric pot and she should have enough nutes in the soil for the whole ride. Seedlings require little light. 150 to 200 ppfd. You want those babies concentrating on roots. Also humidity dome until first true set of leaves. Autos i would either plant in final home from the get go or transplant once.

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