First Grow- Aurora Indica

This is my first grow. I am using Aurora Indica from Nirvana. I purchased 10 fem seeds and the shipping was VERY FAST. I germinated 3 seeds, first seed germed in 24 hours, second in 28 and third in 48.

My room in a 40"x40"x 78" grow tent. I have 3 125 watt CFL's 6400k for veg , 3 125 watt 2700k for flowering. Each lamp 8,500 lumens total lumens = 25,000.

I am using Fox Farms Ocean Forest mixed with perlite. 75% FFOF 25% perlite. No nutes for the first 4 weeks or so. Them Fox Farms nutes at 1/4 streingth. My pots are 3 gallon and I am adding addition CO2 from the yeast water method.

Temps so far are between 75-86 with 50 -60 % humidity

Lights are on 18/6. I wil be also using the SCROG method.

My understanding is that the seedling stage is first 3-4 weeks, then Veg stage 4-5 weeks, then flower 8-12 weeks

So far all is well.............any comments on my first setup

1 week old

Everything is looking good! Just wanted to add one thing though, The total lumens dont add up with more lights, they only spread. So you only have 8500 lumens, but spread over a larger space. At least thats what ive heard from most on here.

Subbed. Everything sounds good to me. I'm going to be starting my own AI grow sometime in the next few weeks, it'll be my second round growing, the first round was an invaluable teacher aka you learn from your mistakes, lol. I'm going to watch yours to compare notes. Best wishes.

14 Days Old

They are going great ! So far I am watering every 5 days or so. Temps are holding between 72 - 88 with the humidity around 50-60 %. So far they look very good for 14 days from sprout.

I hope the start getting taller, I plan to SCROG. No nutes yet. I use tap water that has sat out
for 4 to 5 days.

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Looks awesome. I'm about to start my second grow and looking at your pics makes me want to start today. Keep on growing

21 Days Old

So far so good !! Started the LST. One plant has a few yellow spots, any ideas? No nutes added yet. Planing on 4 to 5 more weeks veg.

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Im subbd, been interested in this aurora indica for a while now.

The spots

Probably time to start the nutes, always at like 1/4 strength and work up. Keep em coming.

28 Days old

They are doing great, the spots on the leaves is not spreading. I have started the nutes, FF Grow Big & Big Bloom at 1/4 strength. This is the first week of Veg and I think they are off to a good start. The growth during the seedling stage was very good. I plan to veg until 10/3, if the SCROG is up and running well, I will set to flower (12/12). I plan to use 3 125 watt 2700k CFLs I was thinking of adding 2 more, or adding 2 of the 6500k that I already have. My room is 40"x40"x 78". Should I add more? Would adding the 6500k help, or am I better off adding more 2700k. I prefer to use CFLs because I believe they are safer and produce nominal heat.

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Hi Jessy your Plants looks great for me... Congratulations!!!

So these are your girls. They are so beautiful. (Obviously), you did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work and keep posting!
Can't wait for my babies to grow this big...

Hey Jessy how Deep did you put your Seeds on the Soil? 1 inch?

Jessy2287 said:

I plan to use 3 125 watt 2700k CFL's, I was thinking of adding 2 more, or adding 2 of the 6500k that I already have. My room is 40"x40"x 78". Should I add more? Would adding the 6500k help, or am I better off adding more 2700k. I prefer to use CFLs because I believe they are safer and produce nominal heat.

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Please don't do that, 2700K isn't good for Vegetative because they are Warm/Light not Day Light the one we're looking for... For Veg is necesary 6400K+ and minimum 3000lm "Lumens" approx 40 Watts CFL or HPS Bulb by square ft. In my grow i was lucky today because i've upgraded to 6500lm and now is real Bright or simply my Plants will die or Flower with 1 month old lol This Art has too many steps and Techniques... I was confused about CFL i didn't know they have different kinds. Some people use CFL 125W 2700K for Flowering but i recommend HPS is the RedHot light we want for Flowering and also 1 600W HPS 2700K has 90000lm.
90000/Your Sq.ft 3'3"x3'3" let's say 10"=9000lm by Sq.ft you Gain.
Yeah HPS has great amount of Lumens because they are High Power Bulbs and also High in Watts, while more Watts more Lumens and more Bills jeje. The best Lighting Technique i've heard around the Forums are CFL 6400K+From start till Flowering 18/6 and then switch slowly to HPS 12/12 and the Plant will think is Late Summer and start Flowering. NOTE that if you do not switch your Cycle to 12/12 the plant will continue Growing and Growing until you get her Late Summer.
So going back to your case you are 6000lm over of you light requirements by sq.ft you can say your lights are Triple, twice more that's good i'm over too. Also very important to not get confused with the Lumens you need, you'll need the sq.ft of your Plants/Pots not your Tent... In my case i have 2'x4'x6' Tent but my Plants together are like 4sq.ft so i'm just need 12000lm Total.
My Bulbs are CFL 23W"100W" 6500K 1450lm so:
12 Bulbs x 1450lm = 17400lm Total
I'll need 12000lm x 4sq.ft so i'm over for now 5400lm, once our Plants get bigger we have some Back-Up Light and this is the Cheapest Light in the World. And then for my Flowering 1 300W HPS 2700K is enough also because it has 45000lm so you must check this before throw away Money and also your Plants. Yeah for Flowering you don't need that Bright Light anymore. Btw if your Tent it's gonna be full, you'll need approx 30000 Lumens Total, i think the 125W CFL 6400K that you have has 10150-12000lm each so you gonna need 2 more to complete Veg. Maybe they have more Lumens and you need less but i don't know right now. Now you can see that with 1 600W HPS 2700K you have 90000lm so you are over 60000lm even go perfect with 300W=45000lm 15000 extra.

I hope you understand but trust me this is the method for Best Buds and Taste. If you have doubts let me know and i explain you.

I'm pretty sure that you've started your plants with 125W CFL 6400K not the 2700K that's why they are huges and beautiful or i'm wrong?

more lights=more bud

Jessy2287 said:

antonmacx,

Thanks for the reply and the great info. Yes I am using 3 125 watt 6400k CFLs now at 18/6. If you click the word CLF in my last post, you can see the bulbs. I was planing to continue with them until flowering, aprox 4 to 5 more weeks(SCROG), Then change them to the 3 2700k, that I have now at 12/12. What I am considering is adding more 2700ks during flower. Using 5 2700k instead of 3 during flower, or 3 2700k and 2 of the 6400k that I already have. If I understand what you are saying, add 2 more 6400k later during veg to help as they get bigger, for a total of 5 6400k during veg. then use 3 2700k for flower. Is this correct ? Would 5 2700k during flower(I will then have 5 sockets) add to my yeild and potency ?

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Bro you should not use 2700K's in Veg because they are Warm Light... About your 6400K's you will need at least 3 for Veg because they have 12000lm each so you'll be in 36000lm divided by 10 your sq.ft= 3600 when you actually need approx 3000lm by sq.ft so will be perfect.
About the Flowering stage the best are HPS "Red Light", CFL even 2700K are totally different kind of Lights...
You need 30000lm Lumens Total for you Room so 1 300W HPS 2700K has 45000lm that's enough for you Bro even you gonna save Power and better Light.
5x125=650W you don't need that many and repeat no CFL for Flo... 5 of those CFL will have 60000lm and 650W comsuption when you can use 1 600W HPS and gain 90000lm, 30000lm more and less comsuption, btw you don't need 600W HPS, 300W-45000lm is enough for you.
If you don't understand let me know. btw my Plants looks awesome since i take off my CFL 2700K Bulbs

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more lights=more bud

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Depends the Lights you use. If he use 2700K's for Veg will kill his Grow because 2700K's are for Flowering not Vegetative.