New Grower, looking for some guidance

[4d-Rock]

Hey Guys,
Been lurking around since I started considering growing on my own. Thanks to everyone that contributes as there is so much info here.

My setup is as follows:
A homemade space bucket with 4 LED bulbs (10w each, 3x 3000K, 1x 5700K) about 10" above the plant. I am running it on a 20/4 hour lighting schedule.
It is a white widow, feminized autoflower in a 2 gallon smart pot with a mixture of Pro-mix seedling starter mix (~50%), perlite (25%), and organic top soil (25%). Ive also added in ~1/4 cup of baby cereal for additional Ca/Mg supplement.

The picture below is from today which is day 18 from the initial sprout. But looking at other pictures online, the leaves on my plant look huge! I know it could be from the varying genetics, but I wonder, should I be raising my lighting at all to hopefully spread things out a bit?

Also, I have only been using straight water (from my taps, which is sourced from a nearby lake so no chems) that has a pH of between 6-7. Unsure about the total dissolved solids.
Should I be starting my nutes soon (at 1/8 strength)? I have some 20-8-8 promix nutes that I was able to source locally that came closest to the ratio I read was good for this portion of the grow. I have yet to find and decide on which flowering nute to buy.

Any other tips or comments based on my picture are greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[namvet25]

welcome to AFN.Looking at the plant she is looking just fine.I haven't heard of promix nutes before and one with that high of a nitrogen count.You should be very careful feeding with high nitrogen so as not to over feed and burn your plants.What are the recommended dosages from promix?

 

[4d-Rock]

Ya, it's fairly strong.
The recommended mix ratio is 1 Tablespoon of the mix per 5L of water.
I was going to mix that at 1/8th the strength.

Since it's a general fertilizer it doesn't have a dosage other than 5L covers 5 cubic feet.

I suppose I still have a bit of time to look around for other options as the soil has nutes .

 

[Proph]

Welcome to the party!! Glad to have you out of the shadows and sharing your journey! Those leaves you've got there are the classic, fat "indica" leaves! I dont see an issue anywhere! She looks like a healthy indica dominate plant! And I agree Namvet, be careful with nutes that strong!

 

[4d-Rock]

Good stuff, thanks Prophetiko.

Also, Namvet, I checked out the packaging on the nutes and it says feed every 7 days. But that's for general use. Actually I'll attach a pic of the back.

 

[4d-Rock]

Hey, quick update/question.

I watered it after the soil started to dry and the pot started to get lighter. And the leaves seem to be drooping and edges curling down even more.
I used maybe 900ml in a 2 gallon smart pot, no nutrients this time, and no run off but still made the pot pretty saturated. I have read that overwatering could cause this but I dont think i did.
Am I crazy or does it look droopy to anyone else? It could also be that the stalks really haven't stretched out much and it has those big leaves.

 

[EvilScotsman]

hmm. thats weird. its saying i dont have permission to view that album. have you turned privacy settings on or somethin there buddy?

 

[4d-Rock]

My bad, created a media album that was private view only. I've attached the pic on this post. Also added a pic showing the stalk and under brush.

 

[blue]

Hi There!

Those leaves look like over watering me! It could well be that the soil isn't areated enough (to heavy / not enough perlite) or perhaps it's sat in run off water?
If that's the case then you could try and raise it on with something (like a cake stand for example .. if it were a solid pot, you could put little feet under it)

There's one opinion! I'm sure you'll get some more!

 

[4d-Rock]

Thanks for the input!

I have about 25% perlite in the mix, maybe I'll go a bit higher on the next grow. I added a bit of the pro-mix to the top to fill up the pot a bit more due to settling but didn't add additional perlite, I could probably mix a bit more in around the top.

Other than that for the time being I should just wait it out and let things dry? I do have the smart pot in a bucket with drainage holes so it wasn't sitting in runoff at any point.

Thanks again!