New Grower Royal AK 47 Auto Grow 400w HPS

[chrisrox]

hey this is my first time growing and could use a little help to see if i am doing it right I am growing Auto AK-47 from Royal Queen Seeds. for my set up i have a 400w MH/HPS lamp right now using the MH at 300w. i have an air cooled hood and a 4in inline fan and carbon filter that vents to the attic. I am using pro mix for the soil but didnt have enough to fill all 4 containers so one is 60:40 triple mix to perlite. I just resently transplanted them from red beer cups to their final resting place in 3gl containers. they are around 10 days old now. after the transplant i noticed the leafs starting to droop. is this normal? i uploaded some pictures so you guys can see. Any help/advice on my set up/drooping situation would be awesome. Once again thanks!

 

[Jackal]

That's normal, maybe a little transplant shock. They will perk right back up. Looking good by the way.

 

[Nam80232]

Looking nice! Leaving a karma clou

 

[chrisrox]

I havent started giving them any nutes yet but the lady at the hydro shop said once they have 3 to 4 sets of leafs you can start to use nutes. she gave me a little bit of a straight 20-20-20 and said to use it at 1/4 strength at first then move it up. I have heard that you are not sopost to use nutes at all durring the veg phase. anyone have any opinions???

 

[Jackal]

If you was growing in a good nutrient rich soil, you wouldn't need any nutes for the first month or so. Promix is a soilless grow media, it has a starter charge of nutes thou, but usually only last for the first couple weeks. That's when I start feeding at 1/4 strength. She gave you good advice.

 

[chrisrox]

What about the triple mix and perlite. Since that contains soil should I be using the nutes on that plant too?

 

[dude]

Just starting my 8th week with the same seeds and light in soil and they look OK to me.

With these seed the time scale is exactly as per here (so far)
https://www.autoflower.org/f44/life-cycle-auto-flowering-cannabis-5113.html

8th week and just stopped growing but the WW seeds are about 3 weeks further on but planted at the same time.

Good luck with it, subbed

 

[Jackal]

I must have missed that part, I'm not familiar with that soil, but since you mixed 40% perlite it should be okay with a 1/4 strength feed. But,if it don't look pale and growing good you can wait a bit longer on that one.