New Grower First time grow

[kenzo8712]

This is my first grow and post... I'm growing 3 northern light blues and 1 cream mandarin. They are in a 2x2 with a 400w hps cool tube...Im maintaing temps between 78 to 84 lights on..It's all organic and I only water..if anyone had suggestions, tips, or support, I would greatly appreciate it

 

[namvet25]

Lights out next time you post pics.You didn't say how old they were.They look about ready for a light dose of veg nutes.

 

[Minmatar]

Lotsa green growing vibes your way m8! I will keep peeking in to see how it goes!

 

[kenzo8712]

I will take more pics with the lights off today...3 of them are 17 days and the other is 14..I will try to get some quality pictures...I accidentally injured one bit it's ok

 

[kenzo8712]

The first 2 pics are of the cream mandarin, the next 3 are of a northern blue that's 14 days and sprouted kind of awkward, the next 3 are of the biggest northern blue, and the last 2 are of the blue I accidentally injured

 

[kenzo8712]

Correction the first 3 are cream mandarin and the next 3 are the awkward NB

 

[Muddy]

Welcome to AFN and to the New Growers forum. Your plants look nice, about the right size for their age. Tell us more about your setup and soil. You said it's all organic, what's in it? How often are you watering them? The more you can tell us about your grow the better we can help or make suggestions.

 

[kenzo8712]

I mixed ffof with coco fiber and an unknown beneficiary bacteria powder that I was given... Let it all cook about 2 weeks and put it in 3 gallon pots..topped it with about 4in pure coco and planted in directly...I've been watering twice a week on late Sundays and early Thursdays...my ph is around 6.3 and 6.7 and my runoff ranges between the same...they're on a 20/4 light schedule..I got some tiger bloom incase it needs it in the late stages..hopefully they won't need it because I don't want to flush anything and just late nature do what it has done for centuries..lol

 

[Muddy]

That all sounds pretty good. OF can sometimes be too hot for seedlings but with the added coca you should be okay. A pH of 6.7 is a bit high. You want to keep it in the 6.3 - 6.5 range to avoid any nutrient lockout situations. The OF soil has enough nutients to feed the plants for 3-4 weeks. After that you will need to supplement some nutrients. Tiger Bloom is good for flowering but you will also need something like Grow Big for veg. No reason you would need to flush them unless your pH goes way off for some reason. You can transition from veg to flowering nutes without flushing.

 

[kenzo8712]

Ok... I will watch the ph closer now, and I also have some big bloom...I will invest on some veg nutes ...if the ffof can provide for 3 to 4 weeks it should take me near at least week 7 or 8 seeing that the bottom 6in are the mix and the top just coco? I think the plants are just beginning to get into the good stuff, especially the mandarin because it hasn't reached the width of the pot yet