Long time listener first time grower

[Jonny420]

Hey Everyone,
This is my first time growing and wanted to share my grow. Any tips or advice, the edges of leaves are curling up

• What strain, Seed bank, or bag seed: autoflower GDP

• Method: Soil w/salt, Organic soil, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, KNF: Fox Farms Ocean Forest

• Vessels: Pots, Grow beds, Buckets, Troths: started in solo cup transferred to 5 gallon cloth pot 2 days ago

• PH of Water, Solution, runoff (if Applicable): 6.5

• PPM/TDS or EC of nutrient solution if applicable: idk

• Indoor or Outdoor: indoor, Vivosun 2ftx4ftx5ft

• Light system: Spider Farms 1000d hanging 24in above canopy

• Temps; Day, Night: keep lights on 24/7, temp hovers around 72 degrees

• Humidity; Day, Night: I have a hydrometer outlet measures humidity and turns on humidifier when drops below 65 rh. When the humidity goes over 3 percent (68) it turns on my vivosun 4in intake carbon filter

• Ventilation system; Yes, No, Size: hurricane fan blowing at lowest setting over canopy

• AC, Humidifier, De-humidifier,: humidifier and vivosun 4in air intake with carbon filter: hydrometer keeps humidity around 65 rh +/- 3%

• Co2; Yes, No: open tent for a couple minutes maybe twice a day

[Vtbudz]

Looks good just keep your watering in a 4 to 6 from the center make them roots look for the water and then the fun begins

[6stringT]

@Jonny420 , welcome fellow grower! Looks like you have a good idea about what you’re doing. Yea make those tiny roots seek the water for the first few weeks. My spring grow sprouted on 4/29-30, so just a bit ahead of yours and you are welcome to ride along. I’m doing a journal and I’ll tag you from there If you want.

[Fieldofdreams]

@Jonny420 Welcome! I’m growing GDP right now too lol. Keep your thread full of pics this summer so we can follow your progress!!

[The_Chef]

Off to a fantastic start brother! How many plants you got going? If more than one you may want to add 2 more lights. 100 watts will get you through veg but flower will be tough.

Welcome to the family my friend

[6stringT]

@The_Chef is right, he knows his stuff, more watts = more bud. But I still wonder how this happens: 65w and they are not done yet!

[The_Chef]

Looks like the light is doing what it was intended to do brother
Clones, veg, supplement, or one small plant.

[6stringT]

Also grow room size?

[Fieldofdreams]

@6stringT bro is that your baby? Niiiiiicccccceeeeee!!

[6stringT]

No, that’s Nebula Haze from Grow Weed Easy.

[Fieldofdreams]

@6stringT gotcha. Beauty no matter what the light may or may not have been lol.

[6stringT]

The light was an HLG 65w Q panel. It’s last years 65w grow. This years is just as nice. This is the light. But the point is. If a 65w light can flower a plant like that, why are so many saying that a 100 w panel won’t?? It clearly can.

[6stringT]

Here’s the one she’s doing now:

I just hate to see new growers (like @Jonny420 ) get discouraged cause they can’t justify the expense of a 300w light. I’d also say that you might learn more trying to develop bud with marginally sufficient light. I do believe that I could get more yield with a stronger light, but I’ve learned more things with that kind of setup than I would have If I’d been handed 4xs the $ light. Some times a person needs to distinguish between need and want…and then there’s the energy bill!

[Fieldofdreams]

@6stringT I’m so with you in this regard!! Do you know how much grief I’ve been given over the soil I use lol?

According to majority consensus I should’ve just not bothered……

I call it The MIRACLE GROW lol.

[6stringT]

That’s frosty! But where is @Jonny420 ??

[The_Chef]

I’ve never said that. What I said is it won’t do 2 or 3. One for sure.

[Se7en]

I have a 420W light by plessey Hyperion are they any good?

[Fieldofdreams]

@Se7en I don’t know lights but the PhD in lighting around here seems to be the mad scientist @dbrn32.

Theres only one real way to find out what that light will produce and that’s to make a full run with it or at least a run far enough to know that you need additional lighting lol.

[Se7en]

Hahaha yeah I’m still early stages, around day 4/5 now and one of them stunted a couple days

[Fieldofdreams]

@Se7en Well they certainly appear to off to a very good start with it. Perfect looking seedlings.