NoobNoob First Time Growing With Tegridy Journal

[noobnoob]

Strain: critical+
Stage : Veg (on the 21 day since sprout )
pot : 17 lt
Lux: 35k on top and 17-24k on the sides
Temp: 20-29 C and humidity 50-70 %
Nutrients :Advanced Nutrients Ph Perfect ,Grow, Micro, Bloom
Soil: Biobizz light mix
Fed her 3 times until now
She needs about 2 liters water per watering every 2-3 days.
Tent (closet) : 4.16 sq ft ( 2.6 x 1.6 ) and my height is 5.4 ft
veg lights : 110w 6000kelvins inexpensive leds + 130 5500kelvins cfls
Flowring lights : 160w 3000kelvins inexpensive leds (i am going to get some more)
Exhaust and intake pc fans
One small fan for the plant 15w
1 humidifier and 1 dehumidifier

 

[Emilya Green]

Hi! I am going to follow along... looks like fun!

 

[HashFart]

Your set up looks good noobnoob your plants look healthy !!! What kind of soil are you growing in ? And what ph you watering at? I would suggest topping and low stress training or just topping and flipping the lights ,, keep in mind your plants double in size very quickly when you switch to the 12 and 12 light cycle

 

[HashFart]

So I would flip the light cycle once your plants reach a height of half your grow space ,,,,,still lots of time till then

 

[noobnoob]

I am using Biobizz light mix , i dont check my ph for water but my ph on the ph soil meter says something between 7-8

 

[HashFart]

I am using Biobizz light mix , i dont check my ph for water but my ph on the ph soil meter says something between 7-8

Hell yeah noobnoob your set up good !!!! Your gunna grow fire ,,,, now you just got to decide if your going to top LST or just flip early

 

[noobnoob]

I think i am going to go with topping and maybe LST .But i need some help, i dont know what to cut. Right now my top leaves are the 5th node am i too late? do i have to cut anything above the 4th node?

 

[Emilya Green]

I am using Biobizz light mix , i dont check my ph for water but my ph on the ph soil meter says something between 7-8

Bad news... this is not how to do things, sorry.

Your pH meter for the soil is useless... that reading means nothing. The only way to correctly measure soil pH is in a vacuum using a slurry test. Do not make any decisions based on the number your $10 meter is showing you.

It is however very important to measure the pH of your incoming fluids when you are using salt chelated nutes, which you are. Those nutes are chemically designed to stay in a protective shell so they don't interact with each other while in the bottle, and they don't break out of those bonds until they find themselves in a certain pH range. 6.3pH is where you want to adjust so that your nutes are available in soil. The soil's base pH is set higher, usually around 6.8 or 7, for a good reason. It is so that when you water at 6.3, the stuff in the soil immediately starts interacting with your fluids, and the pH begins to rise. As the soil dries out, it also approaches its base pH. These two interactions cause your nutrient mix to drift through the 6.2-6.8 pH range, exactly as it was designed to do. All you need to do is accurately measure the pH of every fluid that hits your soil and it is automatic from that point on.

 

[HashFart]

Ensure your snippers are super clean , the spot the cut needs to be made is small it's hard the first time cause your worried about your baby but the plant is strong

 

[Emilya Green]

I think i am going to go with topping and maybe LST .But i need some help, i dont know what to cut. Right now my top leaves are the 5th node am i too late? do i have to cut anything above the 4th node?

lop her off, right there between 4 and 5. Its hard to do it the first time, but as soon as you make that cut all the other side growth will rise up to the top and where you cut, right below it in the notches, those preflowers will turn into your two new main kolas

 

[noobnoob]

Bad news... this is not how to do things, sorry.

Your pH meter for the soil is useless... that reading means nothing. The only way to correctly measure soil pH is in a vacuum using a slurry test. Do not make any decisions based on the number your $10 meter is showing you.

It is however very important to measure the pH of your incoming fluids when you are using salt chelated nutes, which you are. Those nutes are chemically designed to stay in a protective shell so they don't interact with each other while in the bottle, and they don't break out of those bonds until they find themselves in a certain pH range. 6.3pH is where you want to adjust so that your nutes are available in soil. The soil's base pH is set higher, usually around 6.8 or 7, for a good reason. It is so that when you water at 6.3, the stuff in the soil immediately starts interacting with your fluids, and the pH begins to rise. As the soil dries out, it also approaches its base pH. These two interactions cause your nutrient mix to drift through the 6.2-6.8 pH range, exactly as it was designed to do. All you need to do is accurately measure the pH of every fluid that hits your soil and it is automatic from that point on.

I know i just didnt have enough money but i am going to get the ph meters and ups and downs in a bit.
Do i have to trim some fan leaves or something?

 

[HashFart]

Bad news... this is not how to do things, sorry.

Your pH meter for the soil is useless... that reading means nothing. The only way to correctly measure soil pH is in a vacuum using a slurry test. Do not make any decisions based on the number your $10 meter is showing you.

It is however very important to measure the pH of your incoming fluids when you are using salt chelated nutes, which you are. Those nutes are chemically designed to stay in a protective shell so they don't interact with each other while in the bottle, and they don't break out of those bonds until they find themselves in a certain pH range. 6.3pH is where you want to adjust so that your nutes are available in soil. The soil's base pH is set higher, usually around 6.8 or 7, for a good reason. It is so that when you water at 6.3, the stuff in the soil immediately starts interacting with your fluids, and the pH begins to rise. As the soil dries out, it also approaches its base pH. These two interactions cause your nutrient mix to drift through the 6.2-6.8 pH range, exactly as it was designed to do. All you need to do is accurately measure the pH of every fluid that hits your soil and it is automatic from that point on.

I know i just didnt have enough money but i am going to get the ph meters and ups and downs in a bit.
Do i have to trim some fan leaves or something?

I would NOT trim fan leaves noobnoob I try to think of fan leaves as back ups if your plant can't get what it needs from your soil or nutrients for some reason it takes it from the fan leaves ,, your fan leaves are your indicator on how your plant is doing

 

[Emilya Green]

I know i just didnt have enough money but i am going to get the ph meters and ups and downs in a bit.
Do i have to trim some fan leaves or something?

When you find yourself considering a question such as this, ask yourself what happens in nature. Out there in the great cannabis out doors, does mother nature trim fan leaves?

 

[noobnoob]

Okay done it. I hope she will forgive me in a day or two. but isnt she bushy ? are the branches getting enough light inside there?

 

[Emilya Green]

are the branches getting enough light inside there?

If they weren't, she would be working on sloughing off some of them. The time will come to thin her out, but right now, be content with the single cut you made and get back to your thinking about cutting on the plant being harmful. Would you want someone whacking off one of your hands, just as you got busy doing something with it?

 

[Emilya Green]

I hope she will forgive me in a day or two.

Watch the side growth. You will find that she did not miss a lick and forgave you well before you forgave yourself. Growth is going to accelerate now, not slow down.

 

[noobnoob]

so if i have cut the node between 2-3 i would get double the buds that i will have now?

 

[Emilya Green]

so if i have cut the node between 2-3 i would get double the buds that i will have now?

not without a lot more LST work

 

[Emilya Green]

each different cut produces a different shaped plant in the end... over your career you will want to explore each of them

 

[noobnoob]

Will you help me do some LST and some timing when is needed ? Thank you so much for replying to all of my messages you are very kind .