New grower looking for feedback

**romeodelta** · 06-05-20, 07:34 PM

I started growing some fem auto's in soil staggered a few weeks apart in a spare room in my house. The strains are Northern Lights, Blueberry and Amnesia Haze from ILGM. I made my own soil mixture out of Perlite, Vermiculite, Sphagnum moss, and compost. These autos were germinated in water and then moist paper towel before they were inserted into the medium. The containers I am using are a mixture of 7 Gallon black plastic pots, and 5 gallon buckets (holes drilled on bottom and around bottom half of the sides). I'm using General Hydroponics Flora Trio at about 3/4 their recommendation. I have also added some CalMag, Kangaroots Root Drench and Microbe Brew about every other feeding at about 1/2 to 1/4 the recommendation. Tap water Ph is adjusted between 5.8-6.3 for feedings, depending on which amendments I use (root drench and microbe brew). Temp is between 74-79F and Humidity hovering between 50-60% with a single fan and no exhaust. I also added a DIY C02 Generator (yeast) in a 5 gallon bucket with an airstone and pump. These girls started off slow and then exploded once I figured out watering in the 5 gallon buckets and added an air hose into a hole towards the bottom of each bucket. Two LED 1000W grow lights (BestVA and Phlizon CREE Cob Series).

My two biggest and oldest are at week 5, and the others are 3 and 2 weeks.

I would love to hear some feedback from you guys and girls about what you see in the pictures and if I am doing anything wrong. Thanks!

**RASTA** · 06-05-20, 07:42 PM

Looking good. How many plants you got in there?

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**romeodelta** · 07-05-20, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by RASTA

Looking good. How many plants you got in there?

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I have 5 autos and one photo along with tomatoes and peppers that are about to go outside. Those are under florescent light for the most part. I have no idea what to expect in yield out of these. I thought they would be around 18" but my biggest AH auto just passed 3 feet and still growing.

**Jingo** · 07-05-20, 03:31 AM

Yeah you've got a couple trees there, they'd probably be enough for your entire space.

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**romeodelta** · 07-05-20, 02:45 PM

The two biggest were put in soil on April 7th and one is already over 3 feet and the other is around 30". I thought they would max out at 2 feet, so I have no idea what to expect for yield. I've been using LST to open the canopy up to light. Once I opened up the canopies and put an air hose through the bottom of the soil, the plants exploded.

**Jingo** · 07-05-20, 02:49 PM

Air to the roots is the key that's why a lot of guys use coco and hydro I've put air in soil it works okay sometimes, obviously it's working good for you.

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