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Newbie LED grow - First and hopefully not last
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VintageGreen
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Might be lighting. Looks a little darker in the natural light.
Here is my grow setup:
Mostly pretty basic, humidifier, circ fan, exhaust fan connected to a black ops 4x12 filter, and the Amare SE250 LCD. In the super-custom shipping envelope is my Particle Photon grow automation board. Sensor in the plant is for soil moisture and temp. There is also an humidity and tent temp sensor under that folded cardboard. I guess I'll make it look pretty at some point..
Here is my grow setup:
Mostly pretty basic, humidifier, circ fan, exhaust fan connected to a black ops 4x12 filter, and the Amare SE250 LCD. In the super-custom shipping envelope is my Particle Photon grow automation board. Sensor in the plant is for soil moisture and temp. There is also an humidity and tent temp sensor under that folded cardboard. I guess I'll make it look pretty at some point..
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VintageGreen
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Not yet. We're moving to a new place at the end of Mar so I thought I'd wait till I get all settled there. At that point I can also pickup another tent to separate veg / flower.
I have a number of seeds I picked up that I'd like to try, probably go for Critical 2.0+ or Blue Cheese next.
I have a number of seeds I picked up that I'd like to try, probably go for Critical 2.0+ or Blue Cheese next.
VintageGreen
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@SMS going to stick with LED. May try another brand than Amare just for comparison. Although I do like them.
@starje, thanks. Been fine tuning a lot since this is my first ever grow. I've got lights and humidity automated. Looking to add auto watering from an air stoned water reservoir based on my soil sensor and an auto temp control with a fan speed controller hooked up to my temp sensor. Also really digging this KIS organic water only soil. Dead simple to grow in.
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@starje, thanks. Been fine tuning a lot since this is my first ever grow. I've got lights and humidity automated. Looking to add auto watering from an air stoned water reservoir based on my soil sensor and an auto temp control with a fan speed controller hooked up to my temp sensor. Also really digging this KIS organic water only soil. Dead simple to grow in.
Fun stuff
VintageGreen
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43 days in so far. Latest pics post topping. Since then I've up-potted to a 5 gal SmartPot and did a bit of LST for exposure and air.
Looks like a little nute burn on some leaves. Since I'm all organic, water-only soil, I'm wondering if the EWC/Molasses combo every water feeding is too much. Going to switch to giving it EWC/Molasses every 4th watering instead.
(light/dark stripes in the photos are my LEDs screwing with my cellphone camera)
Looks like a little nute burn on some leaves. Since I'm all organic, water-only soil, I'm wondering if the EWC/Molasses combo every water feeding is too much. Going to switch to giving it EWC/Molasses every 4th watering instead.
(light/dark stripes in the photos are my LEDs screwing with my cellphone camera)
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Gr33nSanta
back the light to 24" from the tops. i would anyway...
VintageGreen
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Thanks for that. I forgot to do that after re-potting to the 5 gal. It raised her up 4" or so
VintageGreen
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I'm pretty worried about timing. I think she is about ready to flip to 12/12 based on height, but I have a vacation coming up in Apr: 13-21st. This is in the 7th and 8th week of flower. Super worried to be away during that time. Any suggestions? I can veg for 2 weeks long and flip mid Mar but still 5th and 6th week and will probably need more LST to deal with height, so all in all, sketchy timing.
VintageGreen
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Thanks Juan, I'll look into it
VintageGreen
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58 day update. It's been almost 2 months since I put these seeds in a paper towel. Pretty amazed at the growth since then.
Last night I reset the timer to 12/12 so today is the start of the flowering stage. She's looking good as far as I can tell, smells great!
Has a little burn on some of the tips, think from the LEDs being too close. Amare says to keep them 24" away during veg and 20" during flower. I've probably been running mine too close as I don't really measure.
Updated pics:
Last night I reset the timer to 12/12 so today is the start of the flowering stage. She's looking good as far as I can tell, smells great!
Has a little burn on some of the tips, think from the LEDs being too close. Amare says to keep them 24" away during veg and 20" during flower. I've probably been running mine too close as I don't really measure.
Updated pics:
The bud room has hybrid lighting, LED with and without secondary lens, CMH, and reptile fluorescent. Each has its own sweet spot and no two of them are at the same distance. The photon counter, 400 through 700 nm, lets me know where the sweet spot is and the lights are hung at different levels to get that spot at the same height off the floor.
A wire is hung from each light and on the end is a sensor, a carabiner, a spring clip, anything small and light the top bud can be put under.
This works pretty well and if a plant gets too tall, the markers are centered under the lights so if the top is offset from the markers it misses the direct light and does not burn.
A wire is hung from each light and on the end is a sensor, a carabiner, a spring clip, anything small and light the top bud can be put under.
This works pretty well and if a plant gets too tall, the markers are centered under the lights so if the top is offset from the markers it misses the direct light and does not burn.
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58 day update. It's been almost 2 months since I put these seeds in a paper towel. Pretty amazed at the growth since then.
Last night I reset the timer to 12/12 so today is the start of the flowering stage. She's looking good as far as I can tell, smells great!
Has a little burn on some of the tips, think from the LEDs being too close. Amare says to keep them 24" away during veg and 20" during flower. I've probably been running mine too close as I don't really measure.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=71785&pictureid=1719245&thumb=1
She's looking fantastic VG... how tall is she now?
Seems like you've managed to get the timing spot on to fit in with your vacation [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
VintageGreen
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@Juan Budd Thanks! hopefully I'll be back from vacation about a week before she's ready. She's about a foot and a half tall and about 2 feet across.
@Phaeton - Love the wire idea. I'm going to steal it
@Phaeton - Love the wire idea. I'm going to steal it
VintageGreen
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Day 63, 5 days into flower. Not much to report other than she has grown by 6 inches or so and spread out almost to the total tent width. No flowers as far as I can tell yet. She also seems to be uses lots of water. Gave her a gallon 2.5 days ago and the soil is approaching dry again. Maybe that is normal.
Newest size pics:
Newest size pics:
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VintageGreen
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To close out this grow journal , harvested 3.5 weeks back. After drying and ~2 weeks of curing, got 2.92 ounces of great smelling herb from my 1 plant. Pretty happy with my first grow with no major problems. On to these blue cheese seedlings!
