How am I looking so far- noobies first try

Planted a few plants indoors and plan on putting them outdoors once the weather is nice enough. I have durbank poison and new purple passion seeds. Using a 18/6 light schedule and have them under two shop lights with warm, cool and veg bulbs. I also have a heat mat under them that I started all of my seedlings with and two cfl lights as well.
They are about 2 1/2 -3 weeks old

Plants should be going outside in about two weeks. I'd estimate that they are about 4 1/2 weeks old. I had added a blue/red led board for more light. A couple will be planted right into the ground and the rest will be going into 10 gal containers. The plants that will be going into containers will be moved next week because the cups they are in just aren't big enough at this point.

My biggest issues has been watering. They seem to suck up water like crazy but I don't want to over water them. Every third watering they are getting water mixed with some guano grow. They also had a little issue with bending but it was mainly due to the lights not being raised quick enough as they were growing. The past week they have really picked up the pace. The plants that have at least 4 sets of leafs have been filmed and growth is already starting again (I really thought I was going end up killing them in the process).



Here are some updated photos. Sorry for the quality, my better camera died on me

Looking good! Moving outdoors can be a shock and has killed more than a few plants. You might want to try and ease them into it over a week.

make sure you have drainage holes in those solo cups... looking good!

I plan on using the hardening routine that I use for veggies that I start indoors. A few hours in the shade, few more, then a little sunlight. I'll probably harden them for about a week or so.

Yes, all of the cups were drilled out on the bottom. For the most part they are all watered via the holes in the bottom. All the cups are in trays and I add water to the trays and let the plants soak it up. If a cup seems a little dry then I will give it a little water at the top.

Prob too early but can anyone tell any signs of sex from these pics? Also does the purple passion strain start to show the coloring when the plant is in the flowering stage?

I'll bet money thats Afgani dreams/Indica looks like some of mine.

Walter1496 said:

I'll bet money thats Afgani dreams/Indica looks like some of mine.

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Durban Poison and New Purple Passion

I would Transplate some of those to bigger containers man, they look a little big for those cups... when u water 2 make sure about 10% of the water you put in comes out the bottom from the drain holes,

Also when ur putting them out side about 5-6 days before fully putting them outside, let them site outside for 2-3hrs every day so they get us to it.

also other good rule of thumb when it comes to watering is zto put ur finger about 2inchs into the dirt and if it feels damp they are ok if they are dry water them.

what kind of light u using right now??,, and any idea what the strain is

smokeyloki said:

Durban Poison and New Purple Passion

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never mind with that question.

smokeyloki said:

Prob too early but can anyone tell any signs of sex from these pics? Also does the purple passion strain start to show the coloring when the plant is in the flowering stage?

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Yea its way to early to tell sex and yes the purple will start coming in during late flowering.

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i think theses need transplanting they are tall

HazyEyes said:

i think theses need transplanting they are tall

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That's what I was thinking, but I read that you shouldn't transplant more than necessary.
The two larger ones are going in the ground for sure and I didn't think it would be good to transplant them and then 2 weeks later put them into the ground.

you should for sure get those things out of those cups and in some bigger pots

cron mann

smokeyloki said:

That's what I was thinking, but I read that you shouldn't transplant more than necessary.
The two larger ones are going in the ground for sure and I didn't think it would be good to transplant them and then 2 weeks later put them into the ground.

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were did u hear that?? yea some times u can do it tomany times but i know people that transplant 6 times before harvesting i only transplant 4 times, but def i would put them in to bigger pots... make sure the soil is damp not wet when u transplant this will help stop transplant shock,, its how i do it and i have never had shock in my plants.


dont put them in to big of a pot tho... because u will be putting them into the ground soon

Well they have been in larger pots for about a week now. They must love the extra room because they just grow and grow! Started LST yesterday and will really be focusing on it once they are moved outdoors.

Few photos. It's hard to get nice shots without moving too much around.

Oh and the lights are much closer than in the photos. I had to raise them to get some shots.

ONE QUESTION- They started with the lights 18/6. Won't I need to adjust my lighting so that it is as close to the outdoors as possible before I move them outside?

they look fantastic!

looking nice, i would transplant them into bigger containers though. get their roots to grow bigger and get a stronger base for when ya put em outside

Yea I have the opposite problem; I transplanted into huge containers~