New Grower New to indoors and Autos

[rdeaton]

Grown several seasons outside and always done pretty good. Hard to mess up nature I guess. Anyway went indoor to a tent had horrible first grow with some sativas. About 3 weeks ago I started my first Auto grow. I have B.Lee (Kannabia),Afghan Kush Ryder (world of seeds), Vertigo (Paradise) and Amphetamine (cream of the crop). I started 1 of each under 4x40 watt CFL for first 14 days then moved under 400 HPS. Any tips or advice would be appreciated. Already found alot of great stuff on this site. Will post pics tonight.

 

[hereb4]

can't wait for more pics...very vigorous looking plants for 3 weeks old.

 

[rdeaton]

There in 5 gallon buckets with 20/4 light. Using hPs because that what I've read to do but have the mh also. Using humbolt 5-9-4 nutes. Should I put cfl in also?

 

[agito]

hps will be fine
you could have went mh the first 4 weeks then hps but to be fair you don't have to

my advice keep doing what your doing they look fine

 

[rdeaton]

What is the best time to switch to bloom nutes? and 1/2 dose to start?

 

[hereb4]

You should switch to 1/4 strength bloom nutes once all vertical growth has stopped....

 

[rdeaton]

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[rdeaton]

Amphetamine (far right) is 27 days old today the rest are 24. keeping temp at 72. Should it be higher? Also I know you dont top or super crop auto's but does it help to tie them over or better just not to mess with them?

 

[Muddy]

Ideally you want your temps a bit higher, around 79 - 80 degrees. Unless you have height issues there is no compelling reason to tie your plants down. If you have room it's sometimes helpful to pull the side branches away a little to let them get more light. Like this:

 

[rdeaton]

Ok thanks alot. I thought that 80 was to high lol. Is it ok to turn it on up to 80 or just a few degree's a day? There in a 48"x48"x78" tent. so I have room to do whatever would be best.