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For my first grow, I choose Casey Jones. I managed to snag a package of seeds off of Seedbay a few weeks ago. I germinated them using the paper towel method. 13/13 sprouted. I also germinated OH x Chronic (Freebie) alongside but only managed a 1/5 germ rate. All 14 seeds were planted in a mixture of Miracle Grow Organic Choice, Perlite, and Lime. I am using 6 26 Watt CFL's(6500k) for vegging. They will then go into another area under an 8 Bulb T5 system for flowering(space issues restrict me from using an HPS at the current time).
I did not intend to create a journal originally, so the first few days of sprouting are absent. One thing of importance is the infestation of nats I am dealing with at the moment. These were brought in through the Miracle Grow Organic Choice. I have started using Mosquito dunks soaked in water that I give to the plants. I also have broken up some of these dunks across the soil surface. This combined with fly tape should eliminate the problem in the coming days/weeks. Due to high heat I have been turning the lights on 18/6 during the night. Temps with lights are now under control and have went from 95F+ to maxing out at around 85F. I managed to do this using a passive intake and 2 120mm Computer fans rated @70CFM each. I also have a small fan blowing across the top of the plants. I held back on watering the plants yesterday in an attempt to dry out the soil and speed up the process of eliminating the nats. I will be using a different type of organic soil after the first transplant in an attempt to avoid this problem in the future. Out of the 14 sproutlings, 3 are barely growing, with 2 of these having just stopped growing besides a little stem protruding from the surface. I will give them a few more days before removing. My other concern at the moment is the purple stems my sproutlings have. Could this be overwatering? I am using tap water with a PH of around 6.8, but as this is my first grow, I have not attained a "feel" for watering my plants yet. The plants seem to be limp from my lack of watering, but I did begin watering them prior to taking these pictures. On to the photos.
We will call this day 5:
Any comments? I am obviously in this to learn as MUCH as I can in an effort to further my skill. Please keep in mind that the plants closer to the bottom of the pictures DO have 2 CFL's directly over them at a 90 degree angel, I just removed it so I could get closer to the plants. The wires on the floor seem to be of no consequence at the moment, as I usually put all the cups in a plastic container. I am barely getting any run off at the moment despite having 3 holes on the bottom and sides of each cup. Am I overwatering? Underwatering? What else am I doing wrong that can be corrected(besides using MG soil =p). Thanks.
I did not intend to create a journal originally, so the first few days of sprouting are absent. One thing of importance is the infestation of nats I am dealing with at the moment. These were brought in through the Miracle Grow Organic Choice. I have started using Mosquito dunks soaked in water that I give to the plants. I also have broken up some of these dunks across the soil surface. This combined with fly tape should eliminate the problem in the coming days/weeks. Due to high heat I have been turning the lights on 18/6 during the night. Temps with lights are now under control and have went from 95F+ to maxing out at around 85F. I managed to do this using a passive intake and 2 120mm Computer fans rated @70CFM each. I also have a small fan blowing across the top of the plants. I held back on watering the plants yesterday in an attempt to dry out the soil and speed up the process of eliminating the nats. I will be using a different type of organic soil after the first transplant in an attempt to avoid this problem in the future. Out of the 14 sproutlings, 3 are barely growing, with 2 of these having just stopped growing besides a little stem protruding from the surface. I will give them a few more days before removing. My other concern at the moment is the purple stems my sproutlings have. Could this be overwatering? I am using tap water with a PH of around 6.8, but as this is my first grow, I have not attained a "feel" for watering my plants yet. The plants seem to be limp from my lack of watering, but I did begin watering them prior to taking these pictures. On to the photos.
We will call this day 5:
Any comments? I am obviously in this to learn as MUCH as I can in an effort to further my skill. Please keep in mind that the plants closer to the bottom of the pictures DO have 2 CFL's directly over them at a 90 degree angel, I just removed it so I could get closer to the plants. The wires on the floor seem to be of no consequence at the moment, as I usually put all the cups in a plastic container. I am barely getting any run off at the moment despite having 3 holes on the bottom and sides of each cup. Am I overwatering? Underwatering? What else am I doing wrong that can be corrected(besides using MG soil =p). Thanks.
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