New Grower 3xDP Auto Blueberry in a 125/250W CFL SCROG grow

[dirty budster]

This is my second grow but the first time doing a grow log.

The setup will be as follows:
Tent: 60x60x120cm (2x2x4 ft) Homebox XS
Fan: TD silent 280/380m3/h running at 150V
Filter: Carbon active 400m3/h
Light: 125W 6500K CFL for veg, 250W 2700K CFL for bloom/late veg
Soil: Plagron grow-mix in 6.5L square pots
Nutrients: Hesi root complex, TNT complex(veg), bloom complex and phosphorus plus
SCROG net with 5cm squares.

I dropped 3 blueberry beans in water and left them there for 24 hours. In the mean time I prepared the 6.5l pots filling them up with soil and watering with pH6.5 water with a full dose of Hesi root stimulator. After 24 hours in water the beans had already cracked and started showing a bit of tap root and was put into the soil.
After 2 days in the soil they poked their heads above ground. For the first 3 days I ran the light 24/0 and will then be phasing over to 18/6, which I will run until the end.
Day 2

I keep the light around 20cm away from the plants until they show the first true leaves then I lower it to around 10cm. The weather has been pretty hot lately and one seedling in particular as showing signs of heat stress. To reduce the heat stress I raised the light a bit and add a second circulating fan.

Day 4

The one in the lower left corner was most affected by the heat and is growing a bit slower than the other two.

Day 6

Close up of the heat stress, it's starting to recover.

Showing the light setup

Overall it seems to be going pretty well. At the moment I spray with a bit of water around the stem when the top soil gets dry.

 

[Grim Reefer]

Good luck man, sorry to read about the heat stress. they look fine. Just halfway through a dp auto blueberry grow myself. Will be good to watch yours also man. Subed!

 

[Celestial]

Nice dirty budster! The ABB are looking great! Keep us posted

 

[blue]

Nice Setup! ^_^

Good luck with the DP grow!

:tiphat:

 

[dirty budster]

Good luck man, sorry to read about the heat stress. they look fine. Just halfway through a dp auto blueberry grow myself. Will be good to watch yours also man. Subed!

Thanks man! I'm not too worried about the heat since the outside temps dropped quite a bit it's much easier to keep the temp down in the tent. Today it was around 26-28C in there.

 

[DuppySteps]

Just out of interest, will this be enough CFL for the grow? I was worried a 125w would not be enough to veg 3-4 plants, but I hope someone can clear it up for me, as I was planning on running 4-6 small CFL (70w equivilants) for the first 4 weeks and then adding a 250w veg growlush CFL.

Im following this all the way through, good luck brother!.

*Not trying to hijack your thread, ill start my own soon

 

[dirty budster]

Just out of interest, will this be enough CFL for the grow? I was worried a 125w would not be enough to veg 3-4 plants, but I hope someone can clear it up for me, as I was planning on running 4-6 small CFL (70w equivilants) for the first 4 weeks and then adding a 250w veg growlush CFL.

Im following this all the way through, good luck brother!.

*Not trying to hijack your thread, ill start my own soon

It should be enough, I used the same lights for my first grow with 4 plants in a scrog (I will create a post-harvest journal for this grow in the next couple of days and then you can see what it looked like). At that time I switched from the 125W to the 250W at day 25. I think I will do something similar this time around. I would recommend some form of training, lst or scrog, to even out the canopy and get the most out of the CFL light.

 

[swampman]

Good kuck bud ill follw along

 

[dirty budster]

Today is day 12 of the grow and everything is moving along nicely. I haven't yet watered them as the pots are still quite heavy, I only give them a bit of water around the stem to make sure they don't dry out too much when the top soil dries. The light is around 10-12 cm away from the top of the seedlings any closer and the leaves start to curl.
I have to say I quite like this part of the grow, not a lot to do just watch them grow. Now for some pictures:

Day 10

Day 12

 

[Duggy]

Looks good dirty....:Cushty: