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So I have decided to take the plunge and start up a little grow of my own. Laws changed recently making it much less risky, so I figured what the heck.
Unfortunately, my wife is only tentatively onboard, and so this first grow will be pretty modest. I am growing in an apartment bedroom using a 2'x2'x4' tent, a Viparspectra Pro Series 1500 (125w LED that claims to be 400w HID equivalent...the PAR values look quite good at the middle and then so-so as you push out, and 4 2 gallon fabric pots filled with a nutrient rich soil halfway up and then a coco-perlite mixture on the top half. I have also mixed in some diamatecous earth and some rooting helper. Also put in some worm casings, and I have some 4-3-4 (Happy Frog Japanese Maple) fertilizer ready along with bone meal should i want it. Thinking about picking up blood meal too to help with nitrogen if I need it, which I guess I might given how the Maui Wowie is looking.
For cooling I have a personal AC (one of those water evaporator deals) and then a desk fan blowing out the top. I also have a vornado fan on low to move the air around. Planning to use Ona Gel to help control smell...not sure I need a full blown carbon filter can fan combo for such a small tent. They are rated to move like 120 cubic feet of air plus....i need to move......16.
I started out with four plants, but two seedlings died due to my idiocy so I started two more while the other two (which were still alive but not doing great due to my planting the seeds way too shallow in the jiffy pods and then being so terrified of overwatering them that I actually underwatered I am pretty sure...the material was like dust when I finally did the transplant). But the next two I did the jiffy pod right and I swear they are basically caught up even though they got planted like 9 days later. Roots look way better and they are just a lot healthier.
From 12 o clock going clockwise I have LA Confidential, NYC Diesel, Purple Haze, and Maui Wowie. All from ILGM. The LAC and MW are the victims of my shenanigans (I also had the light wayyyy too close at first).
It seems pretty obvious to me that the LAC and MW are stressed given their leaf color. Going to keep watching them but thinking that the nutrients from my soil base have not made their way up to the coco coir layer yet and so I should get a little fertilizer on them. Contemplating a foliar spray to see if that changes leaf color before following through with application.
My plan is to veg them just a couple weeks and then flower them SOG-style. Also likely I will do some training on them because I will probably screw something up....also thinking about vegging them a little longer and controlling the height with one topping to try to get two main colas per plant since that might be better efficiency. Really my goal is an ounce a plant. Anything less would be a bit disappointing and under half an ounce per plant would be sad. Anything more would be bonus. It's all personal use and hopefully getting the wife on board with making edibles (she won't ingest via lungs but has been enjoying dispensary sativa gummies so there is hope).
Obviously I am a beginner and so thoughts are appreciated.
Unfortunately, my wife is only tentatively onboard, and so this first grow will be pretty modest. I am growing in an apartment bedroom using a 2'x2'x4' tent, a Viparspectra Pro Series 1500 (125w LED that claims to be 400w HID equivalent...the PAR values look quite good at the middle and then so-so as you push out, and 4 2 gallon fabric pots filled with a nutrient rich soil halfway up and then a coco-perlite mixture on the top half. I have also mixed in some diamatecous earth and some rooting helper. Also put in some worm casings, and I have some 4-3-4 (Happy Frog Japanese Maple) fertilizer ready along with bone meal should i want it. Thinking about picking up blood meal too to help with nitrogen if I need it, which I guess I might given how the Maui Wowie is looking.
For cooling I have a personal AC (one of those water evaporator deals) and then a desk fan blowing out the top. I also have a vornado fan on low to move the air around. Planning to use Ona Gel to help control smell...not sure I need a full blown carbon filter can fan combo for such a small tent. They are rated to move like 120 cubic feet of air plus....i need to move......16.
I started out with four plants, but two seedlings died due to my idiocy so I started two more while the other two (which were still alive but not doing great due to my planting the seeds way too shallow in the jiffy pods and then being so terrified of overwatering them that I actually underwatered I am pretty sure...the material was like dust when I finally did the transplant). But the next two I did the jiffy pod right and I swear they are basically caught up even though they got planted like 9 days later. Roots look way better and they are just a lot healthier.
From 12 o clock going clockwise I have LA Confidential, NYC Diesel, Purple Haze, and Maui Wowie. All from ILGM. The LAC and MW are the victims of my shenanigans (I also had the light wayyyy too close at first).
It seems pretty obvious to me that the LAC and MW are stressed given their leaf color. Going to keep watching them but thinking that the nutrients from my soil base have not made their way up to the coco coir layer yet and so I should get a little fertilizer on them. Contemplating a foliar spray to see if that changes leaf color before following through with application.
My plan is to veg them just a couple weeks and then flower them SOG-style. Also likely I will do some training on them because I will probably screw something up....also thinking about vegging them a little longer and controlling the height with one topping to try to get two main colas per plant since that might be better efficiency. Really my goal is an ounce a plant. Anything less would be a bit disappointing and under half an ounce per plant would be sad. Anything more would be bonus. It's all personal use and hopefully getting the wife on board with making edibles (she won't ingest via lungs but has been enjoying dispensary sativa gummies so there is hope).
Obviously I am a beginner and so thoughts are appreciated.