Need help! 1st grow. Darker 1st node leaves. Also general advice.

Anything is appreciated! Going on 18 days. Does anyone have an idea why my bottom set of leaves are darker and starting to droop? Coco coir, perlite mix. Photo included of what nutrient schedule I follow. I water whenever I see the top starting to dry out. 300w LED. Also if you see white fuzz on 1 of the leaves thats because I dabed the leaf with toilet paper after it got wet from watering. Also any general advice on training the plant would be amazing. Thank you!

Looks fine too me. Im not a coco guy but i think coco gets watered and fed daily at that stage . Someone will help you out

Wait are you talking the first single blade leaves? Ya don’t sweat it looks healthy at the moment imo

Sorry, I'm talking about the 1st triple leaf. Not single leaf that comes from the seedling.

bam0813 said:

Wait are you talking the first single blade leaves? Ya don’t sweat it looks healthy at the moment imo

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Still looks fine too me but see what others say

Thank you! Do you have any advice on topping or LST etc?

bam0813 said:

Still looks fine too me but see what others say

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Assuming its a photo and topping is what you want to do id recommend letting it get 5 or 6 nodes then top at third

Topping slows the top down some lst doesn’t all depends what your trying to accomplish

bam0813 said:

Topping slows the top down some lst doesn’t all depends what your trying to accomplish

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I don't really have a plan. Just want to maximize my yeild with training. I heard Toping creates multiple main branches so i wanted to do that at the right time. And I'll probably put up a SCROG in the future.

It looks healthy; leave it alone and watch it grow

Less is more, especially at that stage

Thank you I appreciate it!

Billy the Mountain said:

It looks healthy; leave it alone and watch it grow

Less is more, especially at that stage

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I agree with the others. Nothing wrong there. Just a note I have found. If you do autos with the GH nutes. You will never need more than half strength. I don't go above 3/4 for most photos unless my run off tells me I need to feed heavier. I have only used coco my self and the GH nutes for a bout 2 1/2 years. I changed to Jack's now. This is how I feed mine. Full strength is 1 tsp. I numbered them so when I look back at my notes. I can see what I was feeding at and with what. This is just my 02. I top every thing. Doing so will help keep a more even canopy. And better light to the lower stuff. Out side not topping doesn't matter. The other chart shows how light I feed. The notes here are GH nutes and a 13 oz auto

Looks beautiful keep doing what you're doing. It's normal to overthink it too and shows you have interests in doing the absolute best.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

calvin.m16 said:

Looks beautiful keep doing what you're doing. It's normal to overthink it too and shows you have interests in doing the absolute best.

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