1st Grow - Northern Light - Journal (aka help me not screw up)

[hycheese]

I use true 40watt CFL's at 6500k (daylight), the 2700k (softwhite) are best suited for flowering plants. I only use them because I had them as they are not common and would use the 23watt ones otherwise.

Your 600watt LED is actually rated at 108 watts and says 24" height for flowering, so you might want to get that light as far up as possible for seedlings.

[D.A.A.S.69]

hycheese, You ain't joking about the NLights from Nirvana, getting big, the ones I grew did the same thing, got huge, with humongous stalks.
But is some dynamite smoke, it's one our favorites of all of them.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Like both Potted and HyCheese said,
I think the cfls I use are 23actual watts but equal to 100watts, you want to use the Daylight cfls, they normally are 5000k to 6500k, kinda blue colored.
Keep the cfls about 2inches away, you got to watch them close or they will grow into the lights an get burned.

[KenneyHo]

Day 4 In Soil.

Potted hycheese Thanks for responses and suggestions!

I see what you mean about stretching. 1st seedling is starting to stretch. 2nd seedling broke through the soil over night!

When you say 40w cfl, are you meaning actual or equivalent? And is the 40w per seedling?

Thanks again!

Tent: 32x32x63
Seeds: Northern Light - Photo (Nirvana)
Medium: FFOF in Coco Pots
Nutes: FF Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom (haven’t started)
PH: Meter ordered
Temp Hi: 86
Temp Lo: 81
RH Hi: 77%
RH Lo: 55%
Light: Phlizon Newest 600w LED (upgrading to a 800w COB LED) 18 Inches from soil
Exhaust: 4 Inch 190 CFM with Carbon Filter

[Potted]

Just don’t overwater seedlings at this stage,the temp is good for seedlings,I also use sandwich baggies as humidity domes it works out well. I usually remove them after thay have sprouted and spray with PHed water twice a day.
I beleave with that light your going to stretch those seedlings,u really don’t need all that light for seedlings,thay need warmth more than light try a cfl as hicheese suggested lt will save u $$$. Good luck, and welcome to the grow😎

[hycheese]

I got my NL autos from Nirvana too, just beware that they grew like the dickens and had to rip apart my grow area to give it more hight - 5 feet was not enough and even at 7 feet I still had to super crop them.

Double check your LED height requirements, mine recommended 40" for small veg and 20" in flower. I only do 40 watts CFL's for seedlings until 3 weeks or so then switch to LED.

[KenneyHo]

First grow and I’m excited for the journey ahead! All feedback is welcome! Planning on Topping along the way and “light” training by spreading the
branches out as much as possible but not trying too many techniques for my first go round.

Day 3 in soil.

Tent: 32x32x63
Seeds: Northern Light - Feminized Photo (Nirvana)
Medium: FFOF in Coco Pots
Nutes: FF Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom (haven’t started)
PH: Meter ordered
Temp Hi: 86
Temp Lo: 81
RH Hi: 77%
RH Lo: 55%
Light: Phlizon Newest 600w LED (upgrading to a 800w COB LED) 18 Inches from soil
Exhaust: 4 Inch 190 CFM with Carbon Filter