FloridaMike said:

Welcome to the farm!
Nice set-up homie!
No doubt you'll be
enjoying some dank
in no time (even if it is
just cbd).

I'm not a soil grower,
nor an auto grower,
so I won't be of much
help, but there are
many here who'll be
able to guide you thru
your 1st grow, hopefully
trouble free.

Good luck growing Bro!
peace

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eLBowAutoGrows said:

Welcome! Not a soil grower, I do autos in coco. My recommendation is fill your pot half way up. Water it evenly and slowly until you get a little discharge out the bottom, fill the pot the rest of the way with soil. And water it slowly until a little discharge at the bottom occurs. This will naturally compact your soil and give your auto plenty of water to sprout. Without risk of drowning it. Hope this helps good luck!

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Trying2Grow said:

Hey!

Canadian newbie here!

I have never grown anything, and not under any illusion that it will be easy.

I decided to splurge to give myself the best odds of success.

My set up is:

-Spider Farmer 28x28x63 tent,
-AC Infinity IONBOARD S22 grow light, -one CLOUDRAY A6 clip fan,
-4-inch CLOUDLINE Inline Fan
-Controller 69 Pro.
-Five Vivosun 5-gallon Fabric pots

I also have a cheap little humidifier that I’m hoping will do the job.

I currently have my first seed germinating, a “Pure CBD” Auto, and am using the paper towel/ziploc method as per the seed bank’s recommendations.

Can’t help but to think it’s not the best method, so would love some recommendations there!

Also, I’ve been looking into watering regiments and am a bit confused. My plan was to plant the seeds directly into their final pot once the taproot hits 2cm, but apparently it can essentially suffocate a seedling if I water the whole pot? So do I just spray the centre where the seed is?

Wondering if a newbie like myself might have more luck transplanting than growing in a big pot right away?

I’m rambling…

Anyway! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

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Smokey_LaFleur said:

I'd recommend a dehumidifier to control your "lung" room humidity. Will make it much easier to control relative humidity in the tent. As far as germination, do what works for you. I've never done anything but seeds in a solo cup, transplant to a one gallon then again to 7 gallon final home. Keep the seedlings in some kind of humidity dome with a heat mat to keep em warm. Keep soil lightly moist, then lightly misting the seedling once they pop. I've done way more veggie seeds than medicine seeds, but it's worked for me. Good growing!

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Smokey_LaFleur said:

You'll want it well below 70% when you reach later flowering stages. I grow in a not as cold basement as yours in northern Illinois, so I can appreciate your concerns! Don't know your plans ss far as plant count, but rh can get pretty high at lights out with a packed tent. A dehumidifier might not be a bad idea to have on hand. Lol, the wife was incredulous when she discovered I run a dehumidifier in the lung room AND a humidifier in the tent while drying the harvests! That's when it's especially important to have s handle on your humidity levels!

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Trying2Grow said:

My set up is:

-Spider Farmer 28x28x63 tent,
-AC Infinity IONBOARD S22 grow light, -one CLOUDRAY A6 clip fan,
-4-inch CLOUDLINE Inline Fan
-Controller 69 Pro.
-Five Vivosun 5-gallon Fabric pots

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Trying2Grow said:

I also have a cheap little humidifier that I’m hoping will do the job.

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Trying2Grow said:

Problem is my lung room is very dry. Too dry. If my little humidifier isn’t running in the tent it drops below 70% in about 5 minutes.

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Trying2Grow said:

Also, I’ve been looking into watering regiments and am a bit confused. My plan was to plant the seeds directly into their final pot once the taproot hits 2cm, but apparently it can essentially suffocate a seedling if I water the whole pot? So do I just spray the centre where the seed is?

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LoveGrowingIt said:

I have the same tent with the same light, fans and controller. I also use 5-gallon fabric pots. There are some Zkittles clones vegging in that tent now, but I'll be moving them to a larger tent tomorrow. Usually, I only grow one large plant at a time in that tent. We just harvested a nice OG Kush from it last week.


Some of the humidifiers and heaters I use operate from an AC Infinity control plug. Control plugs work well with those devices.


It should run below 60% most of the time. Young plants like higher humidity, or a VPD between 0.8 and 1.0. As they get older, lower humidity is better, a VPD between 1.0 and 1.2. When they have a lot of leaves, they'll put a lot of humidity in the air. It's what they do.


Make sure the soil is moist when you plant the seed. Spraying is good. It doesn't take much. The soil won't lose water rapidly until the plant gets large. Water loss also depends somewhat on the type of nutrients used.

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