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    Default Here's my 1st Grow

    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?
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    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:
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    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:
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    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.
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    And here's how things are looking:
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    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?

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    Nice one AuntieKush, I'm scrug.

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    Thanks hotshot & ice. I ended up fiddling with the humidity a bit - some updates are coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AuntieKush View Post
    Thanks hotshot & ice. I ended up fiddling with the humidity a bit - some updates are coming.
    Nice one yeah, 50% is fine, 60% is better in my opinion at this stage..some like to go as high as 70%

    Temps are fine.

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    Default Check out my humidifier

    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.

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

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

    The setup:

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    New growth:

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    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.

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    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?

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    Default Quick Update

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

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    Hi everyone, Auntie Kush here w/ another update!


    So first things first, my plants were looking pretty happy and based on some advice, I went ahead and topped them.

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    This is what they looked like after the top

    I was worried I didn't take off enough. However pretty soon, this was the least of my worries. I go in my tent to check on how they were doing a couple of days later, and discovered THIS:


    MOLDDDDDDDDDD

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    Anyway, I found a recipe for a mold spray (1 tbsp baking soda, 1 tbsp cooking oil, a couple of drops of dish soap to 1 gallon of water) and sprayed my plants after tearing off any affected leaves.

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    They're looking okay after spraying, but then I went in to check on them 12 hours later and the tips were all greyish/brown on a couple of the plants. I realized that I made the spray way too strong. I used 1 quart of water rather than a gallon.

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    I was worried when i noticed, but they've since bounced back. I plan on spraying once a week (with a more dilute spray) to prevent the mold from coming back.


    Here's how things are looking:

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    I dropped my RH a bit (from about 65% to 60%), bumping up my VPD from around ~1.0 to about 1.3. The line is jumpy because of the controllers ticking on & off. The plants are a bit bigger, so they can probably tolerate it.


    I've been a bit busy, so I'm trying to catch everyone up. More updates to come!

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    I'd try water a few inches away away from the them instead of directly under the plant, get the roots searching out for water creating creating a bigger root ball, can't help with the mold issue as I've never had or battle It, they're looking well fed too, personally I wouldn't pot up just yet unless I had too, someone with better knowledge am sure will assist you soon though...subbed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lowrollerbean View Post
    I'd try water a few inches away away from the them instead of directly under the plant, get the roots searching out for water creating creating a bigger root ball, can't help with the mold issue as I've never had or battle It, they're looking well fed too, personally I wouldn't pot up just yet unless I had too, someone with better knowledge am sure will assist you soon though...subbed
    Thanks - I'm not potting up just yet, but I've got extra soil just in case. I'll try watering a bit farther from the stem!

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