Hi everyone, I've been following this forum a lot but this is my first post.
I am running my 2nd indoor grow but feel as if I am not progressing in a satisfying way.
My first grow was more than 10 years ago with a superb setup, 400w lamps, premium soil and nutrients etc.
This time around I am on a low budget currently using a 125w led, smaller tent and only 2 plants. At first my seedlings were growing super slow, but I quickly realized it was a humidity problem. I managed to get a humidifier and for some reason also repotted the plants from relatively big pots to even bigger, way to early for optimal growth.
The humidity alone did help tons, and gave the plants a massive boost in growth. At least temporarily. Now I feel as if they have stalled. I've lost track of time since literally nothing was happening until I got the humidifier, they were growing super slow.
I estimate that about a month passed with little to no progress before the repotting/humidifier. Since then, another 3 weeks (+/- 1) have passed.
I haven't added any perlite to the soil, there is already some in it, and I use autoflowering seeds (pineapple chunk from barneys).
I suspect the drainage could be better, and one of the plant definitely has some fungus gnats going on. Humidity is 45-60% and temperature 24-27 celsis. Running light 24/7. Other than this, I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
As you may notice, one is bigger while the other is somewhat more dense and slightly "greener"
In one way I think they are looking great, but I can't help to feel as if they are progressing really slow and showing some signs of droopiness.
I don't remember what the red dots on the stem indicate or if it's something to worry about:
There is not much of it and it's far from everywhere, but with all this shown and said, I mainly want to reassure myself I don't have to worry/panic about anything as well as receive some feedback/suggestions on how to proceed. I was hoping to switch to flowering in about two-three weeks, but right now it feels a bit optimistic. Then again, a lot of time has passed already due to the slow start. It's imperative that I maximize yield and I was wondering how you'd recommend me doing so. I think I'm not far from actively having to take some action, maybe cut some of the bottom leaves away, do that thing at the top (forgot the name) do that I get 2-4 or more "new tops" as well as start planning what method to use in terms of SOG and similar. Also it's a pretty confined spaces as you can see, 60x60x120 cm
I have forgotten so much, terms, methods, what to do and when, and I'm really afraid to mess something up. Also considering whether to repot them into a better soil mixture with perlites added.
Any feedback/advice would be much appreciated, I am really struggling with the feeling that I need to do something, while at the same time being extremely insecure about what and how.
Thank you for your time reading this, looking forward to any replies
I am running my 2nd indoor grow but feel as if I am not progressing in a satisfying way.
My first grow was more than 10 years ago with a superb setup, 400w lamps, premium soil and nutrients etc.
This time around I am on a low budget currently using a 125w led, smaller tent and only 2 plants. At first my seedlings were growing super slow, but I quickly realized it was a humidity problem. I managed to get a humidifier and for some reason also repotted the plants from relatively big pots to even bigger, way to early for optimal growth.
The humidity alone did help tons, and gave the plants a massive boost in growth. At least temporarily. Now I feel as if they have stalled. I've lost track of time since literally nothing was happening until I got the humidifier, they were growing super slow.
I estimate that about a month passed with little to no progress before the repotting/humidifier. Since then, another 3 weeks (+/- 1) have passed.
I haven't added any perlite to the soil, there is already some in it, and I use autoflowering seeds (pineapple chunk from barneys).
I suspect the drainage could be better, and one of the plant definitely has some fungus gnats going on. Humidity is 45-60% and temperature 24-27 celsis. Running light 24/7. Other than this, I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
As you may notice, one is bigger while the other is somewhat more dense and slightly "greener"
In one way I think they are looking great, but I can't help to feel as if they are progressing really slow and showing some signs of droopiness.
I don't remember what the red dots on the stem indicate or if it's something to worry about:
There is not much of it and it's far from everywhere, but with all this shown and said, I mainly want to reassure myself I don't have to worry/panic about anything as well as receive some feedback/suggestions on how to proceed. I was hoping to switch to flowering in about two-three weeks, but right now it feels a bit optimistic. Then again, a lot of time has passed already due to the slow start. It's imperative that I maximize yield and I was wondering how you'd recommend me doing so. I think I'm not far from actively having to take some action, maybe cut some of the bottom leaves away, do that thing at the top (forgot the name) do that I get 2-4 or more "new tops" as well as start planning what method to use in terms of SOG and similar. Also it's a pretty confined spaces as you can see, 60x60x120 cm
I have forgotten so much, terms, methods, what to do and when, and I'm really afraid to mess something up. Also considering whether to repot them into a better soil mixture with perlites added.
Any feedback/advice would be much appreciated, I am really struggling with the feeling that I need to do something, while at the same time being extremely insecure about what and how.
Thank you for your time reading this, looking forward to any replies
