Nirvana Blue Mystic Auto first time grow with cfl/stealth cab

This is my first post and indoor grow. Researched for months and came up with this. I made a steath cab out of a plastic storage cab i found at wal-mart for $50. I grew a couple bag seeds for a month to test heat a humidity. With three 26 watt 6500k (also tried three 2700k 26 watt, to same results) cfl i averaged a temp of between 75°f and 82°f with lights running, and 60° to 68° with lights off. The humidity was between 35% and 42% with lights and close to the same when off. So should be good with that. For soil i used miracle grow seed starting potting mix, mixxed with some organic potting soil woth perlite. I purchesed the ultimate grow kit along with my seeds from Nirvana. Planted one seed in the sponge pod and used the bacto that came with it, and placed in my pot that is 7 in in diameter and 5.25 in high. Wow that bacto is awsome. 32 hrs later my seedling, who i am namming Mysty, is an inch tall. I am a newb to indoor growing and would appreciate any help or comments....thanks.

I put the seedling umder my old aerogarden. That was a failed experiment several years ago.

Once i figure out how to post pics i will.

Here is the setup

32 hrs from planting.

On day three i put her under two 26watt 6500k cfls. The temps outside went up and my humidity and temps are a little higher now. Witch i think made her bend over and stretch a little. Gonna leave the doors open till i figure out how to fix the issue. Anybody have ideas? Would another exauhst help? In the pictures you can see the lean. Will this be helpfull for when i start lst?

Use just one 26watt 4-5 inches away until it gets bigger. I killed a week old seedling today with an 18 watt cfl at 2 inches.

and another exhaust will always help!

Thanks i will try that

Totally subd. I am growing nirvanas Aurora and this was my next choice. I'm excited for your grow.

Thanks man, I'll have to check out your grow. Aurora is on my short list for my next order.

Day five and she is growing show her first nodes. I cut the lights to 20/4, shutting off during the hottest part of the day to help combat heat build up.

Noob question? will it hurt the plant to have a fan blowing directly at always?

as long as its not too strong of a breeze no, it will actually help strengthen and fatten the stalk

Been away for a while. Here she is at 14 days since popping. Looks good i believe. Srarted lst today, Is it to early?

There was a little worm i think i smashed on a leaf while inspecting. Noticed these spots on leaf. Any ideas?

She seems to love the lst. She is getting bushy as could be. The spot on the leaf must have been an isolated thing cause there has been no other problems. Does anyone advise trimming fan leafs on an auto. Read that its a no-no but have seen pwople do it.

spongebobspliffpants said:

There was a little worm i think i smashed on a leaf while inspecting. Noticed these spots on leaf. Any ideas?

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I think you may have some critters trying to nibble on your leaves, but that's just a guess.

spongebobspliffpants said:

She seems to love the lst. She is getting bushy as could be. The spot on the leaf must have been an isolated thing cause there has been no other problems. Does anyone advise trimming fan leafs on an auto. Read that its a no-no but have seen pwople do it.

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I started training my auto around the same time, so no it wasn't too early. I have trimmed some of the early excess fan leaves but WAY later down the road and that was due to either space issues, healthiness of the leaves, and/or them being so big they were blocking light from the newly forming bud sites. I wouldn't consider doing it for another week or so or even at all. It just depends on your situation, madrush21 just harvested 80g from his Rubbermaid CFL Grow and he barely touched it in terms of trimming leaves. He cut some early necrotic ones that he noticed but other than that he left trimming to a minimum and just trained and trained.

Thanks for the help man. ya he had a good grow. Hope for the same. Trying to put new pics on bit its not loadong them. She started poppinp pistols the otherday. I should of asked but like a dumbass newb picked off a couple small bud sites. Got parenoid she was turnning hermie. Talk about wanting to kick your own ass. Luckly there were in the under brush and wouldnt produce much anyways.