Need advice on setup.

Hello everyone. I’m currently growing 4 plants and want to post my journal.

Light:
FAMURS 2000W LED Grow Light, Remote Control-Series Grow Lamp with Timer/Thermometer Humidity Monitor and Adjustable Rope,Full Spectrum Plant Light for Indoor Plants Seeding Veg and Flower


Grow medium: Soil FF Ocean Forest Only
Nutes: FF Nutes

Plant Species:
Ripper seeds - Lemon Ice
Serious Seeds - White Russian
And S.A.D S1

Exhaust: AC infinity cloudline T6 (AMAZING FAN, Super quiet)
Intake: 6” booster fan

Currently on week 3/4 of veg (plants started at different times due to some deaths. Really bad luck with bad seeds from serious seeds but they sent replacements. Good customer service)

My plants are not as tall as I would like around this period. I made the mistake of using the Veg light only option and only giving them blue light this entire time. Then after doing some research I found out I could have been giving them the entire spectrum of light with no issues. (I’m new to LED). I also think I had my light too far away at first.

I’ve been having a fungus gnat issue. It got worse when one time turned off the exhaust By accident and left the humidifier on during dark time. I came back to a tent full of water and cold steam Which completely soaked all
My plants and soil, making perfect gnat conditions . I think I’ve gotten it mostly contained by using mosquito bits, captain jacks, and yellow sticky cards. They aren’t too bad but I do have some bites and browning/yellowing on some leaves which I may trim off. But I’m worried these gnats won’t go away.

Other than that the plants look good but I expected them to be taller. The White Russian from serious seeds has been really bad and I don’t recommend them. My lemon I’ve plant is doing awesome and so Is the S.A.D S1. But my White Russians are growing really small and weak in comparison. Hopefully switching to full spectrum today helps.

I also had been having issues with my soil taking forever to dry. I don’t have to water the plants for like a week which I don’t think is good. That also isn’t helping my gnat problem. I have plenty of drainage holes in the sides and bottoms of my 5 gallons so it’s not that. I also have fans blowing on the plants and soil but it still takes forever to dry. I think I got a bad batch of FFOF because the soil was really clumpy when pouring it out the bags initially.


My two White Russian plants are extremely stunted right now and I cannot figure out why.

Yeah they look overwatered , to be expected with what you have said.

How far is the light from them?
What surface is your grow on?
What temperature is it in there?

Read this
https://www.growweedeasy.com/fungus-gnats

coreywebster said:

Your other thread says you havea 400w light but this light seems to be 185w , were you aware of that?

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Edit, its 380w , the website wasn't very clear.

coreywebster said:

Yeah they look overwatered , to be expected with what you have said.

How far is the light from them?
What surface is your grow on?
What temperature is it in there?

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I moved the light back up To about 2.5-3ft away. But maybe I should move it back closer around 18-24” so the heat dries them out. I was just scared of heat stress.

Surface is pure FFOF and nothing else.


Temps are 73-82 usually.

Armyofsprout said:

I moved the light back up To about 2.5-3ft away. But maybe I should move it back closer around 18-24” so the heat dries them out. I was just scared of heat stress.

Surface is pure FFOF and nothing else.


Temps are 73-82 usually.

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Temps sound good.
Distance would probably be good 24" away.

By Surface I meant what is the grow room floor? Like is it concrete or wood? Really what I was wanting to find out is if its cold making the roots cold.

Your plants are squat and compact due to the high blue spectrum but they are looking healthy apart from the overwatering.

I wouldn't be afraid to raise the temp a degree or two more.

Oh and one other thing, white pots will reflect the light where black pots will absorb more and be warmer for the root zone.

coreywebster said:

Temps sound good.
Distance would probably be good 24" away.

By Surface I meant what is the grow room floor? Like is it concrete or wood? Really what I was wanting to find out is if its cold making the roots cold.

Your plants are squat and compact due to the high blue spectrum but they are looking healthy apart from the overwatering.

I wouldn't be afraid to raise the temp a degree or two more.

Oh and one other thing, white pots will reflect the light where black pots will absorb more and be warmer for the root zone.

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Thanks for that. And the floor is wood.

When I introduced the red and blue spectrum mix I started to see some browning and yellowing and idk if it’s from the light burn or from the change in light causing a change in nutrient uptake. Either way I flushed the one that was showing the most difficulty today with 2 gallons of distilled water. So we shall see. I was letting them all dry out so I hadn’t watered them in about a week or so. I watered them all today