Hey everyone. I am starting up a grow journal. Please give feedback and advice on anything that I could be doing better.
Specs
24in x 48in x 60in tent
1000w COBB philzon light + 300w led (way lower watts from the wall)
4in carbon filter intake with fan
4in fan booster outtake with carbon filter
2x 6in fan
Miracle grow moisture control soil (repotting with fox farms happy frog this week)
Coming next week… tent 2
24in x 48in x 60in tent
Similar fan/filtration setup
HLG 260xl quantum board
2x Dehumidifiers
Plants were germinated at the end of feb and we’re outdoor for 3 weeks then moved into the tent.
6 are candy OG that I pulled out of buds over the past year 2 of the 6 are baby’s (very high quality strains with large dense buds)
1 random sativa seed probably jack/trainwreck that was germinated 3 weeks ago
Because of the MG soil, I haven’t given nutes yet because of advice here but plan on using the fox farm 3 pack (big bloom, tiger bloom, grow big)
I have a ph pen and ppm meter. I watered a couple days ago and have 7ph water going in and 5.25ph coming out.
Your advice really put me in the right direction and I appreciate that. I have a lot of work to do this weekend to get ready for the 2nd tent and lights.
I wish I held onto some of the seeds because I don’t know what to do with the little guys. Might just move them outdoor once flowering hits.
Also, I’ve been on a 24 hour light schedule except for watering and pest spraying days. I give them 6 hours after to dry off and avoid burning. What schedule have you been using?
If you are talking about the plants in pics you can start 18/6 schedule. They are old enough to need some rest with lights off. If you have seedlings then you can keep them on 24. Personally I’ve never used 24 hr schedule for seedlings. Not saying you shouldn’t just saying I’ve only used 18/6 schedule from seedling until I go to Flower. My first 2 grows I was flying blind. So anything that worked, before I learned better I still do.
I’ll move over to that once I get my 2nd light on the timer tomorrow.
I’m going on a scavenger hunt for FF soil locally given I haven’t heard back from the website I ordered from. But I get it, e-commerce is backed up big time because of the virus. Plus amazon is 4 days to a week and a half out for a lot of products. Its going to take much longer to react to issues that pop up.
I went back and looked at your setup. The only thing I noticed right off is cal mag. High intensity LEDs can cause plants to use up cal mag faster. So once you get new lights going you may start getting cal mag deficiencies. Wouldn’t hurt to get some and to have available if needed. I also noticed your ph is coming out low. That’s one of the problems with MG soil it can throw off ph. If you can’t find FF soil I believe Home Depot sales Black Gold which I’ve read is acceptable for cannabis growing.
I’m growing bag seed I have to much fertilizerb on my first plant it was started from seed 1 I grew it fine through vegg stage than I decided to wait three days into complete darkness than flip it to 12/12 I was giving fox farm trio nut grow big
I have a 2300 watt light led from amozone which has a flower bloomed switch 1is the white light for vegging 2is the flower bloomed switch for vegg ? I get 3500 ka on the white light I have all colors on my light on the light spectrum chart infared Uv red blue aren’t you suppose to have five colors in the led light? If not it’s no good to us
