New Grower First time grower

[darkhaven8]

Hello Everyone,

Just started my first grow 4 weeks ago looking to share my progress with everyone. I am going to post some pics in a bit so i can get some input towards a successful harvest. Here r some specs:

medium: pro-mix bx 8-10L per plant
nutes: miracle grow 24-8-16 for veg(1/3 dilution) and miracle grow bloom 15-30-15 for flower
temp: 70-76f
lights: 16 23w CFL's (12 2700k and 4 5000k)
pH: unknown waiting for tester to arrive

Oh yeah the plants lol....4 NL autos form RQS and 3 Blue Mystic from RQS. Again I will get some pics posted shortly and wil continue until harvest. Thanks in advance and Happy Growing

Darkhaven8

 

[darkhaven8]

here are some pics. I have 2 pics of each plant (a side and top view). First 6 pics are the blue mystics and next 8 pics are northern lights. Please let me know if i am doin anything wrong. thks


B1 B1 B2 B2 B3 B3



NL1 NL1 NL2 NL2


NL3 NL3 NL4 NL4

 

[shadeyman]

Plants looking great bro! Keep it up !

 

[ramone515]

Hey there,

Nice to see another RQS grower! Your plants seem pretty good overall. Some suggestions, take these with a bit of caution as I am not that experienced and seek some help:

- how old are they in these photos? If they are exacly 4 week they look a bit small.

- maybe they stretch a little bit? How far away are these CFLs, you have to keep them really close.

- also, for veg phase, white CFLs (6300-6400k) work much better, see if you can replace some of or all of your 2700k ones.

- I cannot judge from that photo, but one looks like it has heat stress, NL2. Do you have something like a fan to cool them off or maybe a light was too close to that one?

Good luck!

 

[darkhaven8]

Hey Ramone,

thanks for the input. I thought they were on the small side as well. I keep the lights quite close say within 3 to 4 ". Where i live there is a very limited choice whens its comes to buying goods so the lights that i have will have to do for now. With regards to the plant with the curled leaves it is the plant closest to the fan so i don't think its heat stress. Still waiting to test pH should be able to within a week. Again iapprecaite your thoughts and anything you can think of that may help I am happy to receive.

Cheers

 

[darkhaven8]

Hey Ramone,

thanks for the input. I thought they were on the small side as well. I keep the lights quite close say within 3 to 4 ". Where i live there is a very limited choice whens its comes to buying goods so the lights that i have will have to do for now. With regards to the plant with the curled leaves it is the plant closest to the fan so i don't think its heat stress. Still waiting to test pH should be able to within a week. Again appreciate your thoughts and anything you can think of that may help I am happy to receive.

Cheers

 

[darkhaven8]

thanks Shadyman

 

[1guy1plant]

Hey Dark Haven, I am on my first grow as well. I have three nirvana auto blue mystics going. I am on day 13. I have them under 15 cfls. (10) 6500k and (5) 2700k. I am expecting two 300 watt leds tomorrow or the next day. Check out my grow. Do you have any pics from around day 13? I would like to compare and see if we can help each other as we go. Your plants look good. I am growing in 2 parts top soil, 1 part cow manure, 1 part peat moss, and 2 parts perlite, and 1 part bone meal. I wish I would have spent more time working/researching my soil because my ph is really high and I have been trying to account for it by lowering my water and nutes with a little vinegar. I did add alittle soil acidifier yesterday but I think that it is slow acting. They seem to be doing okay. I am using fox farms trio and a cal/mag supplement. I am using 1/3 strength. I have only watered twice and plan to water again in two days with water and cal/mag only.

 

[darkhaven8]

sorry 1guy these are the first pics and they are from day 28. I will be happy to help you out during your grow. I plan on posting pics ever three days or so. I will check out your grow as soon i am done typing this and let you know what i think...prob not much help but all info is good info in my eyes.

 

[darkhaven8]

my pH meter showed up today. after calibrating it. i got these readings:

water 7.2
nute solution 6.5
runoff
-b1 5.8
-b2 5.7
-b3 5.7
-nl1 6.0
-nl2 5.8
-nl3 5.8
-nl4 6.0

Pretty sure i need to raise my pH but not sure how to go about. I know lime should help not sure how to use it, if i can even get some. pitfalls of living in isolated area i guess. if cannot get lime are there any other ways of raising my pH?