Noob Grower: Mid-Range setup grow journal Grow 001

Hello all!

001 Grow seeds: Mephisto Genetics Forgotten Cookie(FC) and Ripley's OG(ROG) + FastBuds Girl Scout Cookies(GSC) and Gelato(G)

Grow Tent Setup:
Grow Tent: 4′ x 4′ Gorilla Grow Tent (Regular) with the included 1′ extension installed
Light: HLG 600 R Spec
Ventilation: AC Infinity T6 with the Smart Control
Filtration: AC Infinity 6″ Carbon Filter + AC Infinity 6″ ducting line(not used currently)
Humidity Control: TaoTronics 4L Humidifier
Heat: Pelonis Portable Quite Heating and Cooling Space Heater
Soil: 50/50 mix of Coast of Maine Stonington Blend and Perlite
Pots: Vivosun 5 gallon cloth pots
Water: Currently using Crystal Geyser bottled water
Air Movement: 2 – 6″ Holmes clip fans / 1 – 12″ Holmes oscillating fan (currently only using 1 of the 6″ fans)
Hanging Items: AC Infinity 1/8″ Rope Ratchets, VIVOSUN 1/8″ Rope Ratchets
CO2: Exhale CO2 bag
Monitoring Equipment: Goovee WiFi Themo/Hygrometer
Testing Instruments: VIVOSUN pH and TDS meters, BlueLab Soil pH pen, Light LUX meter, Apogee MQ-500 Full Spectrum Quantum Meter
Misc: 8 Outlet 12′ long cord Surge protector, plastic clothing clips, 14″ Plant Saucers, Bluluce Plant Watering Can w/ shower head



Timeline of Events:
02/24/2021 - Ordered Seeds from Neptune.
02/26/2021 - Seeds arrived - started germinating one of each seed in a paper towel and ziploc.
03/01/2021 - AM- All seeds appeared to have had their taproot pop. PM- All seeds are showing some taproot, planted into soil that night. (the G was still cracking it's shell but wanted to get it in the soil) [Heavily watered, will regret this later on]
03/02/2021 - Nothing yet
03/03/2021 - Nothing yet
03/04/2021 - AM- The GSC and ROG both showed greater seedling growth than the others, but the G is still the slowest. PM- G finally broke through the soil, all others are around .2-.5" tall
03/05/2021 - AM- All growing steadily, vertically. Roughly 1", all of them. PM- all up to around 1.5-2"
03/06/2021 - AM- All are getting very tall, around 3+" each and starting to get a VERY slight lean. PM- Decided to use the surrounding cover soil to provide support for the stems.(while my additional Stonington blend comes in) [Added water to the outer perimeter of the pots]
03/07/2021 - AM- Growing steadily, vertical growth has slowed and now I'm seeing the cotyledons fill up more. PM-Same. [Watered 2 cups each, around base of support berm.
03/08/2021 - AM- Growing steadily same as yesterday, leaves are getting fuller. PM- Same.
03/09/2021 - AM- Growing steadily same as yesterday.

Here's some pictures from the start last week till now:

From today(03/09/2021):

Been an interesting time... Haven't updated as I thought I'd be throwing these out due to ask the changes I've been making trying to dial everything in correctly... Anyways, here's a few from the last handful of days.. now I'm mainly dealing with some possible light/heat burns... And maybe some nute burns.. not fully sure.

As of today, and I decided to feed some Unsulphured Blackstrap Molasses. Getting some yellowing of the lower(first) leaves... Not sure...

If you got any info, please post.

Great setup and plants are looking nice. Maybe a bit of light burn on the GSC, as you mentioned . . . that HLG will cook a 4x4 tent . . . might try hanging it about 16-18" above and dim it back to 1/4 - 1/3 power for early veg, dial her up as you go. I have the Scorpion Rspec, but I think your 600 Rspec uses the same QB288 boards . . . not sure about that.

frogyrogy said:

Great setup and plants are looking nice. Maybe a bit of light burn on the GSC, as you mentioned . . . that HLG will cook a 4x4 tent . . . might try hanging it about 16-18" above and dim it back to 1/4 - 1/3 power for early veg, dial her up as you go. I have the Scorpion Rspec, but I think your 600 Rspec uses the same QB288 boards . . . not sure about that.

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Currently I have the light @ 36" height from canopy around 250W from the wall. I also lowered my T6 running fan speed from 3 to 2 and have seen a better VPD and now within the optimal range. My issue now is only my night time temps.. trying to figure out my heater on running non-stop at night at a lower temp to keep it warm enough. RH isn't an issue other than replacing the water every day.. lol Thank you for the feedback!

Sounds like you've got it . . . that 600 Rspec does call for a higher hanging height than my Scorpion . . . I had trouble keeping lights high enough above the canopy to prevent burn, that's why I chose the Scorpion over the other lamps from HLG. In flower now, I hang about 12-14" and run at about 90% power . . . that's on the dimmer, I can't tell a difference in those last couple of clicks so I leave it dialed back a bit. Plants seem to love the thing . . . and the coverage is the best I've ever owned in a 4x4.

Man did they love that molasses mixed with the water!! But I did find my lower leaves not having a good time at all.

That molasses put some pistils on both the Mephisto's!! Upped wattage this morning along with another watering.

Added an LST clip to the GSC this morning.

Neat . . . first one of those clips I've seen premade like that . . . we used to make those years ago with a plastic thread spool and a piece of coated wire they looked very similar in design to what you have.

I've been giving my ladies BlackStrap and Plain water for this entire week...week 3 in flower. I feel like it instantly made my flower more sticky...maybe it's my imagination but it wasn't sticky before....

Any update on your grow? You've got a very nice setup. Curious as to why you went with Gorilla tent vs the AC Infinity?

It hasn't been going well, been working with some family members and friends on a fix and for help. I wayyyyy over watered them a couple of weeks ago, and they got really messed up. Pictures coming in a few.

Man My GSC are a strain I'm not growing again....They just r tiny whispy little plants...Just looks like iut's gonna be a tiny harvest sitting next to the Blue Dream and Sour D

Ouch on the GSC! This is my first grow in >30 yrs and we're doing GSC (my info post). Kid is gonna be pissed at the old dude if these plants flop. Oh shit . . . girlfriend too! Fingers crossed.

Here's some pics from yesterday.

old_smoke said:

Ouch on the GSC! This is my first grow in >30 yrs and we're doing GSC (my info post). Kid is gonna be pissed at the old dude if these plants flop. Oh shit . . . girlfriend too! Fingers crossed.

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They are great just smaller plants especially next to a huge producer like blue dream.....

OP, I missed what nutrients you are using. What ppms and PH are you feeding at? It's easy for a beginner to overwater large pots like that, and overwatering can cause all sorts of deficiency type symptoms, but it's also good to rule out other issues.