Not quite first time. Soil grow, two plants at a time max. Minimalism until competence.

[ChairmanFester]

Vivosun products:
2x2 ported and lined tent
largest motor and filter that fits on low
100w equivalent 1sq foot LED light set 40" from plant top.
(tomorrow) 3 in 1 moisture/light/ph meter
soil test kit: pH, N, P, K

Other:
5 gallon self draining round pot
Captain Jack's Copper Fungicide
House & Garden Soil A&B (lowest dose @ 1mL and 1.5 mL.

Seed:
North Atlantic Seed Company
12 week autoflowering indica "Autobomb"

Soil:
plain generic topsoil, layers of vermiculite and worm castings mixed
transplanted to same soil mix from 3"x3" planter to 5 gallon at 24 days and only slight shock, picture at 7" or so right before transplant after being mist fogged

28 days in

Issues were some light yellow leaf spot fungus and calcium deficiency, both corrected. Humidity rides 55-60.

 

[ArtfulCodger]

Welcome to The Farm!

 

[JIMKSI64]

Ok the grow to me looks like the pH is getting kicked around and I should know killed a few plants until I realized.
Are you correcting the pH in your mix? My choice of nutes can drop to water to 4.5 at highest concentrations. If you are pH correcting are you using a 29.95 pen cause that was my issue.

In addition the use of vermiculite which holds water should be even through the mix at very light levels. I use it at top dressing about 3 weeks in to retain moisture up top. Not sure what it will do in bands laid in the soil.
Most organic grows use perlite for drainage as pot likes well drained soil.

 

[ChairmanFester]

Welcome to The Farm!

I had a look at your blog. I'm sorry Satan made me buy autos and I even have like 10 more seeds. They sprout though, try #1 was a mistake to have outdoors to sprout, try #2 recovered from the mold infection and calc deficit with only one set of shitty never going to be good leaves.

Jim, I have yet to test pH. IF I typed vermiculite it's because my old mushroom knowledge is leaking when I type lol, yes pearlite. Bands of castings and pearlite while the whole soil has a light mix. If I'm right is should coax roots to stretch out, or I'm nuts.
Mushrooms used to be pressure sterilized brown rice flour and vermiculite with some water in a ball jar for the innoculation.

 

[ChairmanFester]

Ok the grow to me looks like the pH is getting kicked around and I should know killed a few plants until I realized.
Are you correcting the pH in your mix? My choice of nutes can drop to water to 4.5 at highest concentrations. If you are pH correcting are you using a 29.95 pen cause that was my issue.

In addition the use of vermiculite which holds water should be even through the mix at very light levels. I use it at top dressing about 3 weeks in to retain moisture up top. Not sure what it will do in bands laid in the soil.
Most organic grows use perlite for drainage as pot likes well drained soil.





pH tested 6.3, light and moisture test in the green zone on a friend's vivosun 3 way soil meter, his is the reason I got mine.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Ensure calibration and maintain the tools. The cheap ones have killed 1 less plant than overwatering 8-)

 

[JIMKSI64]

Hopefully the tool choice works. My first grow blew up because the Vivosun pen was off by 1.4 pH and I did not realize it was junk. My Apera pen is very accurate and I sure wish I had bought it first
Also the soil meter. Did it have a selection for cannabis? No it did not. Those are not very accurate and the light in the green makes no sense. As the grow progresses the light needed goes up. The moisture reading is for a very small part of the pot. I would recommend learning and using weight to identify a dry pot. Cannabis loves dry and wet cycles especially organic grows

Good luck!

 

[ChairmanFester]

The incoming soil test kit for nutrients is a test tube affair, 4 tests @ 10 per type. Akasha is the brand vended through Vivosun as a backup to their stick in the soil meter which yes is probably like the $30 testing pen. It's in the OP.
Quite honestly this is a learning grow with minimal everything until I learn to employ tools versus the tomatoes where it's "hey I mixed this good luck!", although the tomatoes forgive me. I may choose to defend the layered pot with a religious fervor. That seems fun.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Those work ( the strips ) well worked for years testing my hot tub. My problem is shading is hard to tell for me now 8-/

 

[ChairmanFester]

Old age brother. I'm 44 so I remember even recreation being a "yeah ok someday" proposition. I got busted up doing 20 years of highway work so the blunts are better than the opiates for sure. Btw, I was shocked to learn people can neither roll actual blunts now nor do stores sell them for the most part (Phillies brand).

 

[ChairmanFester]

3-1-1.7 in good light not with camera wierdness. pH7. 16/8 light/dark. Daily spritz to wake up and light on. 1 water, 2 feed per week.