MLS007
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I am a 100% newb and have never grown before. This is a first for me. This is an indoor grow using a 4x4 tent, soil and LED lights with 10 Atomic Haze Sativa seeds and 5 mystery seeds. I have done a tonne of research and I hope my experiences can help someone down the road .
I am currently setup as follows:
4x4 mylar grow tent
10 Dr. Atomic Haze Sativa seeds
5 mystery seeds
1 x 200 watt using BridgeLux LEDs (90x3w) Red:Blue - 80 Red: 10 Blue (Square shape)
1 x 90 watt using BridgeLux LEDs (90x1w) Dont have the specifics but its Red:Blue:Orange (UFO shape)
Miracle-Gro multipurpose fertilizer
1 drip pump watering system
1 spray bottle
1 water bottle
1 bonsai scissors
1 mahjong table
Soil - made up of potting soil, sand, perlite and earthworm castings
15 - take out containers about 2" by 3"
15 - plastic containers about 3" by 5"
Germination
Germination Day 1 - germinated 15 seeds
Germination Day 4 - 10 seeds cracked and 5 sitting pretty. Moved all seeds to paper towel method.
Germination Day 5 - planted 9 seeds with 1cm tap roots and continued to germinate 6 seeds using the towel.
Germination Day 6 - All the seeds have cracked and planted another 2 seeds
Germination Day 7 - 2 plants have started to grow. One more still on the wet towel and 3 seeds were planted. All planted seeds are now being exposed to LED.
Germination Day 8 - 9 plants now have leaves and one seed still under the wet paper method.
Seedling
Seedling Day 1 - 14 seeds have sprouted leaves. Final seed has been planted.
Seedling Day 2 - Watered the plants today and put down worm castings around the base of the plants.
I currently have the square and UFO leds about 18 inches from the top of the plants and running 18/6. The temperature is about 24 degrees celsius and I have all the vents open and am blowing air through a fan with two open windows.
I need to get some more LEDs and I am thinking a 300w using 3w diodes and a 90w also using 3w diodes. That should take me over 50 watts per square foot. I also plan to move the plants from the take out containers into some larger plastic containers once they have at least 2/3 nodes or I see the roots at the bottom. The plan is to move them over to full time containers after that. I am currently growing 15 plants and I know there is no way these can fit in the tent. My hope that a few of the mystery seeds will die off and eventually 1/2 the Atomic Haze turns out to be female leaving me with about 5-8 plants.
I am currently using a regular floor fan but I have ordered two clip fans to clip to the grow tent. I have also ordered a humidifier, PH gauge and humidity gauge.
If anyone has any questions or advice please let me know.
Pictures coming soon
I am currently setup as follows:
4x4 mylar grow tent
10 Dr. Atomic Haze Sativa seeds
5 mystery seeds
1 x 200 watt using BridgeLux LEDs (90x3w) Red:Blue - 80 Red: 10 Blue (Square shape)
1 x 90 watt using BridgeLux LEDs (90x1w) Dont have the specifics but its Red:Blue:Orange (UFO shape)
Miracle-Gro multipurpose fertilizer
1 drip pump watering system
1 spray bottle
1 water bottle
1 bonsai scissors
1 mahjong table
Soil - made up of potting soil, sand, perlite and earthworm castings
15 - take out containers about 2" by 3"
15 - plastic containers about 3" by 5"
Germination
Germination Day 1 - germinated 15 seeds
Germination Day 4 - 10 seeds cracked and 5 sitting pretty. Moved all seeds to paper towel method.
Germination Day 5 - planted 9 seeds with 1cm tap roots and continued to germinate 6 seeds using the towel.
Germination Day 6 - All the seeds have cracked and planted another 2 seeds
Germination Day 7 - 2 plants have started to grow. One more still on the wet towel and 3 seeds were planted. All planted seeds are now being exposed to LED.
Germination Day 8 - 9 plants now have leaves and one seed still under the wet paper method.
Seedling
Seedling Day 1 - 14 seeds have sprouted leaves. Final seed has been planted.
Seedling Day 2 - Watered the plants today and put down worm castings around the base of the plants.
I currently have the square and UFO leds about 18 inches from the top of the plants and running 18/6. The temperature is about 24 degrees celsius and I have all the vents open and am blowing air through a fan with two open windows.
I need to get some more LEDs and I am thinking a 300w using 3w diodes and a 90w also using 3w diodes. That should take me over 50 watts per square foot. I also plan to move the plants from the take out containers into some larger plastic containers once they have at least 2/3 nodes or I see the roots at the bottom. The plan is to move them over to full time containers after that. I am currently growing 15 plants and I know there is no way these can fit in the tent. My hope that a few of the mystery seeds will die off and eventually 1/2 the Atomic Haze turns out to be female leaving me with about 5-8 plants.
I am currently using a regular floor fan but I have ordered two clip fans to clip to the grow tent. I have also ordered a humidifier, PH gauge and humidity gauge.
If anyone has any questions or advice please let me know.
Pictures coming soon