New Grower 1st non swagg indoor grow. 6 heavyweight fast and vast

[natertots]

First indoor grow and first grow of something other than brick stuff. Pretty much complety new Got 6 heavyweight fast in vast in a top feed rdwc. 2 in a 20gallon tote, 4 in a 50 gallon tote, and a 5 gallon bucket for reservoir (will upgrae res next grow) in a 2ftx6ft closet. I'm useing a 450watt reflector led from topled. 300 watt actual draw I think. One of the 3 panels went out so I'm not getting enough light to 2 of my plants I think. Waiting on part
to fix light to come in mail. Starting ph was 7ish, dropped it down 6ish third day of grow. Out of test strips to monitor ph but have meter comeing in mail. Here are some pics of my girls. Couple ofem look funny. 6 days above ground. No nutes yet. Suposed to be here tomorrow and will start 0.25 strength if so.

 

[natertots]

day 8

Had alittle algae starting to grow in my rig. Broke it down and cleaned it. Nothing visible really, just noticed it was alittle slimy, and when I wiped inside of tote with toilwt paper it was just alittle brown. Light getting in threw pots I think. Tomorrow im going to put paper plates over top. On advice from another thread I did about some of my seedlings being discolored I started nutes early. Doing 1 teaspoon maxigro for every 4 gallons to start and ginna keep it there 2 or 3 weeks before I start increaseing it. Here are some more pics of babys at day 8.

 

[natertots]

Oh nooo, I was checking for algae growth (so far so good) and I forgot to secure the feeder hose to one of my plants when I was done. Well it moved and all night long my 13 day old seedling had water streaming directly on it for 6 hours. Plant was bent over this morning and stalk is real thin now at point where it bent. I got it proped up now, is there anything else I can do to help it?

 

[natertots]

day 15

Cleaning rez early. Was checking net pots to see if roots coming out yet. (No not yet. Think my girls are starting to fall behind.) There was some foam and brown algae I guess. Walls not slimy this time. Starting to wonder if it may be the vinegar im useing to lower ph. I cant yet cover netpots with paper plates to block out all light because I have the rocks to low in pots. Hopefully I will get them covered after next rez cleaning. The plant that I bent over seems to be bounceing back. Ppm was 550. May have burned one alittle. Wanted to see how they reacted cause I was changeing anyways so I bumped it up alittle. Was aiming for 400 but I guess my stoner math was off lastnight. Will post pics when I gettem clean and put back together.

 

[natertots]

day 17

Pic at day 17. Concerned about growth, they seem small. The golgen colored 1 seems to be turning green.

 

[natertots]

Day 19

Stunted my girls I believe. From what I can tell, they quit growing about day 12ish. Had ph and either slime from vinegar or algae or maybe both. Fixed light comeing in threw net pots and got real ph down and running around 600 ppm of maxigro. Some of my plants are a light green now and im thinking its nutes but I should give it a few days before increaseing nutes? What you guys think about the ppm I should be at? I raised my light to 4 foot to see if they stretch any. Im useing an led with a coberage of 2.2x6.4ft. Any comments or suggestions would be great or just some reassurance that everything is ok lol. Other than planting some ragweed seedlings in the woods and coming back a few months later to pick them real early, I have no experience growing. Thank u guys so much.

 

[natertots]

Day 21

Just some new pics. Half my girls seem to be comeing around. 3 not really showing growth yet but I have hopes! 1 looks real small and has droopey leaves and my have nute burn. Shes to small for me to see lol, but yesterday her leaves were curled up.

 

[natertots]

My babys are growing again im hopeing to get an ounce from each one but I wont be to disapointed if I dont. Its been an awesome learning exp and im gonna start more seeds today. Will post pics as well later. Lost 2 plants my new puppy. Hes no longer allowed wih me in the grow room.

 

[natertots]

27 day pics

Still got 1 prety far behind

 

[jynxva]

how far is your light from the tops of the plants. they seem kinda small.