Here's my 1st Grow

[AuntieKush]

Hi everyone Auntie here with my first grow.

A little bit of backstory: one of my close friends has been growing for a long time, but had to take a pause recently, so he gave me a bunch of his old gear. I inherited the tent, ducting, exhaust fan, plywood platform, and a watering kit (haven't set that up yet).

I had the tent sitting around for a couple of weeks, and just finally got around to getting the Mars Hydro TS 3000 lights, a Pulse grow monitor, and 9 clones (I paid for 8, but got one for free ).

The strains I'm growing:
3x Gelato #45
2x Wedding Cake
2x Cherry on Top
2x Sweet Thang

Does anyone have experience with these?



I'm growing them in soil - I used Fox Farm Ocean Forest, a bag of perlite, and a little bit of dolomite lime. I didn't have enough pots, so I had to wash out some of my old pots and transplant some of my random other potted plants. I really hope I cleaned them well enough not to have introduced any pests.



Here they are all potted up:



Here's my tent setup:
It's in my garage behind a big ol tapestry.



I've got it venting out to a perfect port that goes outside of my garage into the yard:



Here's my light & my pulse. Don't mind the box fan in there, I'm getting a couple of smaller clip on fans in a bit.


And here's how things are looking:


They're on approximately 18 hours on / 6 hours off. I still have to fiddle with the timer a bit more.

Some questions - are they going to be okay at ~ 50% humidity and about 70-80F? I'm considering getting a humidifier while my babies are so little.

What do you all think? Any pointers and feedback?

 

[stinkyattic]

Your temps and humidity should be fine, and wow you've covered all the bases. Can't wait to see what grows up!

 

[Lesso]

Looks like your gonna do great

 

[choking_victim]

Fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing this grow with that amount of space and that light!
Do you have any ideas on managing the lower branches?

 

[hollowpoint]

Looking great AK...are you going to stay organic with nutrients?...you may need some to add later in your grow.

 

[burnin1]

Great job!

 

[Lesso]

Fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing this grow with that amount of space and that light!
Do you have any ideas on managing the lower branches?

I use a screen to manage the canopy. Then remove lowers that dont get up to the light.

 

[AuntieKush]

Fantastic! I'm looking forward to seeing this grow with that amount of space and that light!
Do you have any ideas on managing the lower branches?

No plans yet! I thought this was a good pairing of space and light. According to Mars the TS2000 is for a 4x4.

Looking great AK...are you going to stay organic with nutrients?...you may need some to add later in your grow.

I honestly haven't thought about which nutrients yet. For now they seem to be very happy. Do you have any suggestions?

I use a screen to manage the canopy. Then remove lowers that dont get up to the light.

What kind of screen do you use?

 

[Lesso]

Any 2x2 up to 4x4 mesh you can find. I use bird netting.

 

[AladinSane]

Good plans, good start.

 

[hollowpoint]

The same company as your soil there...makes a decent 3 part nutrient system..economical...easy to use and decent results. You may want to start at 1/4 or so the label rates until you get the feel for the product..Sativa and Indica each has its unique requirements in flower. Inoculants are beneficial as well...a popular one used here by many is EM1...you can all so use top side additives and teas in your grow.

 

[AuntieKush]

Hey everyone,


Wanted to update you all on what I've been up to.


I was a little worried about my humidity being too low for such little plants, so I put a humidifier that I had around the house in there.

The capacity was a bit low and it required refills too often, so I bought a top-fill humidifier instead.

I've gotta say the little babies are looking much happier! Here's some shots:


The setup:

New growth:

Here's what things looked like while I was fiddling with the humidity. Seems like it's paying off though, the plants really seem like they're taking off.

I'm getting some new fans (to get rid of the box fan) and a couple of inkbirds to really get things nice and tropical in there for my babies.


I guess I should top them once they're all looking happy? Any tips?

 

[AuntieKush]

Any 2x2 up to 4x4 mesh you can find. I use bird netting.

Gotcha, thank you.

Good plans, good start.

Thanks!

The same company as your soil there...makes a decent 3 part nutrient system..economical...easy to use and decent results. You may want to start at 1/4 or so the label rates until you get the feel for the product..Sativa and Indica each has its unique requirements in flower. Inoculants are beneficial as well...a popular one used here by many is EM1...you can all so use top side additives and teas in your grow.

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I'll check them out. For now my plants seem pretty happy!

 

[AladinSane]

As far as topping your plants, I always wait until they have at least 3 0r4 sets of real leaves.

 

[AuntieKush]

Hey ya'll! Auntie here with an update,


So I got some more new gear (again)! I'm starting to think that growing might turn out to be more expensive than smoking! Lol. Anyway, I got some inkbird controllers ($70 on amazon), some cloth pots, clip fans (still looking for some better ones than these), magnet hooks and little metal plates.

The magnet hooks & plates are to hang all of my stuff in the tent. Here's how the inkbirds are hanging. There's a metal plate on the other side of the tent that the magnet sticks to.

It's getting pretty messy with all of these wires everywhere. Any tips on what to do about them?

Here's how my babies are looking. They grow up so fast, it's mind boggling.

And a couple of closeups:

And here's how things are looking. Hint: they're looking pretty good!! Didn't realize growing would be this fun.

They're getting big so quickly. I'm planning on topping them soon. I'm also considering getting bigger pots (5 gallon). They are in two gallon pots right now. When should I repot?

 

[rubrown]

Looks real nice, thanks for showing pics...

 

[Kyfarmerb]

I would wait another week or so to potup again it's good to have em in early so there's no interruptions in root development and growth.im over at "back in the saddle again"
Check me out bro.you got a nice set up.i go with the ol foxfarm nutes trio.keep a lil calmag and guano .jus hit me up if you have any questions about my grow bro.

 

[AladinSane]

Keep up the good work. Looks like ya know what you're doing.

 

[stinkyattic]

Youve definitely got a long way to grow before the repot. Ive got plants in my garden 4 feey tall in that size pots. You want to make sure the root ball is fully colonized in the pot so it holds together and doesn't disintegrate and cause damage when moving to a bigger home.
When you can drench the soil and it's dry again in 24 hours or less, that's a good sign they are feeling the pinch.

 

[WeedHopper]

Good job.