Hi. I got all ready to start my first grow, then had to postpone everything when my first 2 seeds didn’t pop AND then I went on several trips so I had to wait MONTHS to try again.
So here I am again. I have a WW and a Hindu Kush. But … I already mixed up the seeds and don’t know which is which. Awesome start. Anyway, one is already planted and the other is still in the paper towel as it’s sprouted a little taproot but not sprouting nearly as fast as the other one.
I have a TINY 2x2x4 tent. I have these lights hung as high as possible Amazon.com
I have the seedling in the forever pot (fabric pot) and that is filled with Happy Farms Ocean soil with a little peat and some coco coir mixed in.
The humidity was low so I put a bowl of water in the tent. But the tent got up to 94 degrees today so I had to open the tent door and got the them down to 82. Humidity is at 45% last I checked.
Already say a gnat buzzing around so I guess I’m going to have to deal with that and possibly figure out how to lower the temp in the tent. Not sure adding a fan will do the trick.
Any advice is greatly appreciated. I’m reading through the grow bible AGAIN.
How long did you germinate for? The first pic was more than enough to plant it. I am curious as to how long you have to neglect a seed to start sprouting in a paper towel lol.
Had the seeds in water a couple of days. Then I put in the paper for another 2 days. I was going to plant it but was hoping the other would grow a little more. But that one sprouted so I planted it. It grew really fast. I was checking it a few times a day. I woke up today and it sprouted overnight. Don’t make me feel like a bad parent already. lol
The dome has moisture in it. And I have a bowl of water in there. Should I just leave it alone?
No changes this morning. Do they grow very slow at first? Soil was almost dry so I squirted a little water just around the seedling. I didnt wet the soil all the way down when I planted it. I just wet around the seedling. Is that right or should I have wet all of the soil?
The other seed looks the same. Dont know why it’s taking so long for the taproot to come out more. Should I just plant it??
Yup i probably would have dropped them both into soil. And the dome with humidity showing should suffice as ‘comfy’ for the girls. That 92 however is not optimum. How is the room the tent is located in and do u have intake/exhaust running into-from the tent? If so the best way ive seen to drop temps is to control the room its getting its air from.
It’s in my master bathroom. I can’t control the temp in there. I have an exhaust pipe but it just blows back into that room. I can’t vent out a window. I have a stealth setup. So far opening the zipper of the tent drops the temp to about 82
But the humidity says 44. Should I put the thermometer in the dome??
Hmm yea u can check the temp in dome but the humidity in there shiuld be fine if it holds moisture. Ull need to find a way to more consistently keep humidity around 70 for veg after dome comes off.
N the more important variable with temps is intake. If you are passively (just opening the bottom vent n lettin air pressure) adding air it may not help. But if you are able to run a hose with a fan from an air conditioned room it would help ALOT. Let me get more experienced people to word that better.
Fyi, you should be able to figure out which is kush, a little later in veg. One of the traits of kush is that they develop their characteristic kush smell early in veg phase. The other plant will take longer.
The room the tent is in is air conditioned. But that damned light heats everything up. It’s an open room where there’s a tub and a shower. It opens up to what looks like a hall which is where the sinks are, and that is open to my bedroom. BUT, I notice that when I walk into the the tub/shower area … it’s warmer in there when I have the grow lights on. Only thing I can think of (which my husband is NOT going to be cool with) is sticking a little AC in the bathroom window to cool off that room more and then pull that cool air into the tent. OR, I can open the window when the weather cools off a bit. But for now, only thing working is opening the zipper to keep the temp down. WTH do people do when they grow in closets??