New Grower First Northern Lights X Big bud Grow 13th day

[insane86]

Hi every one !!

This is my first indor grow using a PC case ( I know it not the best setting) and my setup is 3 20w and 2 26w (112w total) CFLS that I had around the house.

2 120mm fans for CFL Cooling, 1 smaller fan for the pant itself

Light Cycle 16/8

Temps are 85 F, humidity 50% lights on, 70% lights off

Soil is Fox Farm ( no nuts yet )

I feel like its to small for 13 days plus I might be over watering as well.

what do you guys think ??

Thanks

 

[hiking high]

Im on day 4 of That strain i personally think ur Soil is too hot. I used straight ffof on my green o matic and she as Tiny until about day 21. But dont get discouraged and only feed her water and maybe some superthrive.

 

[kyliekay]

Hey insane, welcome to AFN , I am not to sure about the soil as I use a different brand. However I can tell you that it is very easy to overwater autos. You really need to make sure the soil dries right out before you water again. Good luck with the orest of your grow and keep updating on here

 

[bolio]

nothin wrong with a personal pc case grow to get on your feet, my dude. bring the temp down a little and big ups on the soil. Ocean forest by the truck load up here buddy. i mix in coco coir and extra perlite and put hydroton at the bottom of all my fabric pots an it goes a hell of a long way. you will be rollin in no time

 

[insane86]

Hi hiking high, kyliekay thanks for the tips and welcome, much appreciated !! :tiphat:

So basically lower temps and less water got it !!

nothin wrong with a personal pc case grow to get on your feet, my dude. bring the temp down a little and big ups on the soil. Ocean forest by the truck load up here buddy. i mix in coco coir and extra perlite and put hydroton at the bottom of all my fabric pots an it goes a hell of a long way. you will be rollin in no time

Yea PC Case better than nothing !!

Using Ocean forest / Happy Frog mix to be specific plus just got my soil humidity meter ( I know its not very accurate ) but it helps to keep over watering in check, (I keep that in mind) hydroton would really help with draining issues.


I think I might be having draining issues as well, the pot is a rectangular 1Gal and a half ( about) using full PC case width and length, it had one dime size hole in the middle and I made 2 more same size but might need more.

Planted the seed in far left side of the pot to use LST to point the plant towards the right side of the case to maximize space available.

I will upload pic's with the setup and changes :smoke:

 

[n00b]

Be glad it's staying small I'm growing one also and she's 20" in mid flower.

 

[insane86]

Well when I got back today she (hopefully) was showing some more growth, I went ahead and added another fan right on top of the case directly on the lights, hopefully getting temps down a bit, I added 20 or so small holes on the bottom of the pot for better drainage.
I will be checking back later on those temps


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[n00b]

You can also make a small co2 generator with sugar and yeast..plants can withstand higher temps with more available co2.

 

[insane86]

Thanks I will try that !!

 

[insane86]

Thinking about getting some Fox Farm Nuts to get my grow off the ground