Grow journal, First grow ever

MrSteroids1

MrSteroids1

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This is the journal in wich I will post updates from seedling to harvest, I will come across problems on the way as this is my first time growing not only marijuana but a plant in general, I hope you can help me solve them. I have had my fair amount of reading before starting and i feel ready for this. I have never smoked weed before as it is impossible to find contacts, so i decided to grow my own. I make this first post when my babies are 26 days old since sprouting so i'll write down what i can remember about days before now.

Strain: El Niño, 4 plants


Day 11
Usual temperature 18.5C (probably more directly under the light when fan isn't running)
Usual humidity 50%
Fan is running 12h/24

Seedling is stretching, added a third part to my tower to bring them closer to light source http://puu.sh/1sV0L http://puu.sh/1sUZx
 
MrSteroids1

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Day 25

I see that one plant out of the four is clearly starting to stand out, 3 others grow slower, smaller and or not symetrical.
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MrSteroids1

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Day 26

Installed proper lighting setup. 4x 40W color temperature 6500K, Hopefully less light will be lost with this. Will set timer to rest 4:30h per night. Still havent got an electronic Ph Meter, got to trust a pool Ph tester wich is really hard to read and doesn't go lower than 6.3, it will show the same color for 6.3 and 2 so I've got to find something better. Have been watering with nutrients past 2 watering, will not add nutrients this time.

Have picturesGEDC0041.jpgGEDC0043.jpg


My camera auto adjust brightness so don't get an idea based on what is shown here.
 
Ags

Ags

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Subbed! Excited to see how these babies turn out as im on the verge of getting my own lighting set up soon :) goodluck man and keep us updated
 
MrSteroids1

MrSteroids1

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day 29

here's pictures, one is looking pretty disformed, not going to trash it since i only have 4 plants.
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Got myself a electronic pH meter. Went to test it, gives a pH of -2, dafuk. Reads manual, must be calibrated into solutions that are sold separately... >_>
 
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imchucky666

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MrSteroids1 said:
day 29

here's pictures, one is looking pretty disformed, not going to trash it since i only have 4 plants.
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Got myself a electronic pH meter. Went to test it, gives a pH of -2, dafuk. Reads manual, must be calibrated into solutions that are sold separately... >_>
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LOL
My dad used to tell me, 'when all else fails, read the directions.'
Looking back, that almost always worked for me.:shock:
 
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imchucky666

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MrSteroids1 said:
Day 26

Installed proper lighting setup. 4x 40W color temperature 6500K, Hopefully less light will be lost with this. Will set timer to rest 4:30h per night. Still havent got an electronic Ph Meter, got to trust a pool Ph tester wich is really hard to read and doesn't go lower than 6.3, it will show the same color for 6.3 and 2 so I've got to find something better. Have been watering with nutrients past 2 watering, will not add nutrients this time.

Have picturesView attachment 2434010View attachment 2434011


My camera auto adjust brightness so don't get an idea based on what is shown here.
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Add some more soil, and bury part of those stretchy stems, then move your light closer.
Also I think you mentioned fan only runs 12 hrs?
Why not all the time?
Gently blowing on them will help thicken and strengthen the main stems.
 
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MrSteroids1

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imchucky666 said:
Add some more soil, and bury part of those stretchy stems, then move your light closer.
Also I think you mentioned fan only runs 12 hrs?
Why not all the time?
Gently blowing on them will help thicken and strengthen the main stems.
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not 24/24 because not having a fan running help building some kind of heat in there, the room's temperature is always around 65.
Burry up to the embryonic leaves?
 
MrSteroids1

MrSteroids1

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Is the generally low temperature and amount of light the reason for the overall slow growth?

If lighting and heat is a problem, what would you recommend me to do? Something that doesn't mean throwing away this light setup, more like upgrading would be prefferable.
 
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Day 30, 1 month old since cracking the shell.

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better?


I'm also thinking about adding 2 cfl lights in the center
 
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Day 33

Got the cfls closer.

The termometer directly under the light indicate 75






Not too close? If i put my had at the distance, it's warm, not hot.

Also, flashback, this is what my lighting used to be before i started upgrading.

 
7Luiji7

7Luiji7

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dude i had a very similar problem, im on my first grow now and learning lots. i dont think your lights are the issue or ever were, at this point. the height of ur lights above the plants are great and ur plants are nice and green ( mine were fucked and smaller than yours at like day 25 - check out my thread super mini plants ) i got advice to transplant cause i was most likely using not good soil for my plants ( i transplanted and within days they started taking off huge ) ur soil may be the issue .. also it looks like there is no perlite in there what so ever? im not the expert on this one but i think that may be a big issue, and also what are you feeding? i havent really fed any nutes till i started flowering and im almost on day 60 all together. check out my thread dude it might help ya out
 
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MrSteroids1

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7Luiji7 said:
dude i had a very similar problem, im on my first grow now and learning lots. i dont think your lights are the issue or ever were, at this point. the height of ur lights above the plants are great and ur plants are nice and green ( mine were fucked and smaller than yours at like day 25 - check out my thread super mini plants ) i got advice to transplant cause i was most likely using not good soil for my plants ( i transplanted and within days they started taking off huge ) ur soil may be the issue .. also it looks like there is no perlite in there what so ever? im not the expert on this one but i think that may be a big issue, and also what are you feeding? i havent really fed any nutes till i started flowering and im almost on day 60 all together. check out my thread dude it might help ya out
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I'm using a Miracle Grow soil, it has perlite in it. I'm almost 100% certain that the reason for the slow growth was because of a lack of light. Actually I think they are starting to speed-up the growing. Will take more pictures in 3 days, hopefully the cfls will have made a noticable difference.
 
7Luiji7

7Luiji7

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u could run seedlings under a regular day time lamp and have them sprout, they dont need much light at all - but the more light u have the better, and the closer depending on what u use the better (cfls can almost touch). i found mine today touching the leaves and no burns ( i was at work for 8 hours too) but yea dont know much about the miracle grow but i suggested gettin some better than that soil ( i use promix its cheap) and its good + u can usualy add whatever nutes u want to it. but good luck hopefully the more lighting will do the trick , if not look in to transplanting those suckers . im sure there root system is very good for 25 days, mine had almost the whole bottom of the dirt covered.
 
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