New Grower Northern Lights x10 + Big Bang 1x Auto Attic grow.

[shax]

thanx i'll try to get close to that, since i got problems with height... not so bad but each cm is apreciated how far from plants should the light be since its 400w hps, now its like 30cm away from plants and seems to be good, they dont stretch. i just dont wanna risk putting it to close and burning them
high day to everyone

 

[shax]

Update, i think its day 5. today they got a little water, no water day 4 and no water day 6... 1st set of leaves is getting bigger, 2set is getting ready, otherwise they look healthy, no great stretching so far.
QUESTION: so im getting new pots tommorrow, when should i move them to final pots? wait for them to root up thoes lil ones and dry the soil so less damage is done?

 

[AndyBotwin]

I don't transplant autos myself, but I've seen some good growers on AFN do it around the 3rd or 4th set of leaves. You don't want to stunt them as babies, but also need them to be over any transplant shock before flowering begins.

 

[shax]

Yeah I will count on that, ass soon as the root system in the lil pot gets good enoguht i will transplant them in final pot, i have already ordered 4x 10l airpot and some Pandora bag pot 10-15l idk.. Any1 know anything about thoes? well i hope these wont turn their back on me At the moment girls are looking good, healthy, roots are showing on the side of pot,
didnt water them today, going to water them tommorow when they break first week. you think super vit would be too soon to add (its great concentration ( 1drop/10l ) so i'd go with 1 drop for 20l or wait for week 2 or so how is this going cheers

 

[shax]

Day 7

Okay, so we're at day 7. I've received some of my pots, transplanted one plant which was in realy realy small pot, hope I'll get air pots tomorrow. They got first feeds.
- 1ml/5l veg A/B nutrients
- 1drop/5l sduper vit
So i've got a 5l bucket and I've put that. Gonna use it for as long as it lasts and see if ladys accept it, if they do I will double the veg nut dose for the next week and see how it goes. Plan to make the room so moving forward. I will add some pics once its finished or as soon as i get my hands on a camera so thats it for now.

 

[shax]

day 8

okay made it to day 8. i've transplanted most of girls in final pots, only 2 are still waiting for airpots. They are growing nice, i only hope this transplant wont stunn them too much. They got a lil water with very little amount of nutrients. Rooms is done so guess i will soon add some pics Cheers.

 

[shax]

Day 9

They seem to take the transplant quiet good They keep growing but i got a feelin t ihat slow, 2nd set of leaves is quiet big for some, some are in proces of getting it out(thoes that sprouted a lil later). I received Airpots I think so tomorrow im going to transplant the remaining 2 plants in pots. I still got some random seeds with so idk if i'll be switching to 12/12 or they are going out, depends on weather. I hope this goes well. Tommorow I will use up the easy nuted water, then im probably upping the nut dose on them since it looks like they dont mind it.
Still so long till chopping well folks

 

[shax]

day 10

Day 10 from seed/ day 8 germination
They seem to take the transplant good, they still keep growing slowly but steady, I hope this and next week they start to explode with growth.

So they will keep getting:
-1 drop / 5l super vit for this week
-1 ml / l AN grow A/B

Next week I think i will double the doese of AN Anyways guys. Im thinking of buying new lights, since this 1 has done 2+ grows and i think it wont make it for much longer. So i was thinking what would be the best for me. I need a strong light since im using space like 2x2x1m in truangulary shaped attic. Dont have the $ for a Led light for now but I have a plant to get one after this grow. Would 400-600w MH be enoguht? I was also thinking of buying 200w cfls like 2x6500 and 2x2500(something like that).

Sorry for no pics, i want them but atm im a lil sceptic since heres its illegal. But I shall bring some pics to y'all soon. peace

 

[AndyBotwin]

Lighting all depends on what you want to spend and how big you want the plants to get. 600w will give you bigger yields but temp control can be a serious issue in an attic. If it were me, I'd wait until I had the cash to buy a nice LED unit like a GN MS006. If you had an emergency situation where your light failed, I'd go with a T5 fixture rather than a load of CFLs. Runs cool and gets more light to the plants than CFL, and a T5 is always handy to have around as a backup light or for vegging or seed starting.

 

[shax]

Day 11 / 9

its day 9, they received their first 1ml/l does of grow nutrients yesterday. No Yellowing noticed today so i guess i will keep it like that for this week and double it next one. Today they got only fed with Super vit water and thats it. They are starting to develop nice now, it seems the stun time is over I hope. Got like 22-24 degreece C so thats fine for now.

Also i noticed something. I bought pandora bags and they are plastic. So i noticed the soil thats in contact with plastic is getting a bit modly, althrought it has air supply. I hope when plants get bigger the problem will go away. I also turned on a fan hoping that air circulation will help a little. If you got any suggestions i'm open. Cheers

Thank you man. I Will give it a thought. The light isnt failing for now so I guess I will wait to finish that grow and buy Led and expand the grow. I Hope soon I will be able to have like 3-5 lights in there.Make another veg room. I want to have like 1 big plant every week. If i make it that far im the winner But as you said first I need to get my temperatures in check. Gotta isolate the whole attic and take care of thoes stinky buggs