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    Default Hi everyone. pleased to show you my first auto grow.

    Hi guys just wanted to introduce myself and show off my first auto grow. and also the first time i am using LED. I have experience with photo period strains under HPS from hand fed right upto automatic flood and drain systems and scrog. i decided to set up a little closet grow for personal use as i spend a shit load on weed and also the quantity you pay for is never correct it really pees me off.
    For the closet grow i chose Northern lights autos and tbh i am less than impressed with the quality of genetics from this company(needless to say i wont buy from them again)
    I bought 5 seeds and germinated all at the same time using the water method for 24hrs and then 2 days in the paper towel. after 3 days the seeds had sprouted so into the medium they went.
    2 were perfect really strong seeds and still by far the 2 strongest today. 1 was showing signs of variegation although not so bad as it hasnt effected the growth too much as its only slightly behind the best 2 and it popped the soil half a day later than the best 2. Then there were 2 stragglers really weak and small and 1 had deformed leaves. sadly the 1 with deformed leaves never made it its little root wasnt strong enough to give it the power it needed and i decided to pull it at as it look very pathetic compared to the rest. And the runt of them all a really small plant that managed to pull through given the odds and short timeframe these guys are up against.

    My room is 2.5ftx2.5ft with walls lined with white mylar I have a 12 rotator fan with 3 speeds and a 12"monkey fan with 2 speed settings, I decided to grow in 15ltr pots and using a soil mix for my medium the soil mix is canna terra pro+ Now i understand 15ltrs is a little big for this strain as its only a meduim growing plant so with that in mind i filled the bottom 3" of pots with canna aqua clay pebbles then soil to the well below rim of the pots with aqua pebbles lightly mixed with the soil. this will make for less soil build up of nutrients and allow for roots to reach the clay pebbles and in turn air pruning the lower roots and hairs while providing great drainage and airation for the soil.

    For my nutrients i have gone with the buddhas tree range of organicus99,Metaboost,pk9-18 & Floraboost also the canna terra was a light pre mixed soil so that will also be taken into account when adding nutrients and feeding.

    For lighting i Have gone down a new route and made the switch to LED after a lot of research on par and wavelentgths i decided that a 600w LED would best suit my needs. I Have to say i found the chosen brand works brilliantly and think that i made a very good choice and made good use of my research.

    I started the plants off on 24hrs for 5 days under VEG switch only at around 30" and fed ph adjusted water in small quantities to allow them to settle in after germination. I allowed them a little stretch so the main stems were aorund 1" tall and After day 5 i switched the llights to 20/4 and gave them 2 days to adjust. I then switched on the bloom light and dropped the light to around 25" from the plants. Now i know your probably going to attack me and say the blue light should be on for veg and the full spectrum for bloom. However lets remember that these plants often grow best when in direct sunlight which represents the full spectrum so i decided to test out this theory on my grow because i belive the plants will benefit from it 100% and looking at the pictures at day 11 i think they are doing just fine. I do have a very small amount heat stress as i am not using a fan/filter combo as i am waiting on it ariving hopefully next week. i currently control the air circulation manually opening and closing the door every so often.

    My temps for the grow are between 25-28c with the light on and between 22c with the lights off, My humidity is between 50-70% My plants are watered between 6.2-6.7ph depending on the stage of the plant. and i introduced a small dose of nutrients at day 10 1.5ml total giving a ppm of 195 they really popped overnight and i will feed them again on the day 14 when i will begin LST.


    Anyway here are some pictures of the grow so far and let me know what you think and if you have any questions or comments feel free to say hi. The last 4 pictures were taken today day 11 I am already seeing 4th nodal growth and side branches and shoots are growing much more rapidly. thanks for reading and looking


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    Default This is the room setup as i maxed out my uploads on the main post.

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    Hi. Highguy. Nice first post dude. Welcome to the talk. N best of luck with the grow.

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    Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing with us.

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    Nice little groom btw

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    Welcome brother, everybody's going LED these days



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    Thank you rasta. nice to be hear ive spent so many years searching forums but never joined 1. i thought with this being a new way of growing for me it be nice to share this 1 with everyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dionysos View Post
    Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing with us.
    Thank you dionysos

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highguy87420 View Post
    Thank you rasta. nice to be hear ive spent so many years searching forums but never joined 1. i thought with this being a new way of growing for me it be nice to share this 1 with everyone.
    I first joined this forum bout 8 year ago. They still unable to get rid of me lol. Cracking place to be a part of. With a bunch of great people.

    Enjoy your stay

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