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

[KenneyHo]

Thanks Cocho !

[Cocho]

KenneyHo I wouldn't worry about that to much no. It might be as you said; water causing the light to "burn" the leaf a little.
But then again... the first pair of leaves tend to do all kinds of crazy stuff. Some times they don't even look like cannabis until they get their third pair.
Be patient. It's easy to love them too much in the beginning. You want to do good, but in the end you end up doing the opposite.

Peace!

- C

[KenneyHo]

It looks like there is some slight discoloring on the northern most leaf. Any cause for concern? Thought it could be from the leaf getting wet while spraying the soil with water and the light being so close. Whatcha think GWE?

[KenneyHo]

Thanks LurkingInTheGrass !

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Oh - I give it about 7 days before breaking open the rockwood (I germinate in glass/paper towel, before going to rockwood plug)

[LurkingInTheGrass]

LOL - when you have more than 2, you need to keep them straight. My last grow, I went Greek (alpha, beta, gamma)

I watched one guy on the tubes, he put Lego (always star wars lol) minifigs in the pots and ended up referring to the plant by those names

[KenneyHo]

Two questions:

1. At what point do you give up or go digging to see what happened after planting seeds in soil?

2. Does anyone else name their plants? My wife thinks I’m crazy but I’ve named mine, using the strains initials 😬 so far I’ve got Nina Lovehall (Love Jones shoutout) and Nathan Lane (I don’t think he would take offense). Still working on #3 🤣.

[Cocho]

KenneyHo Looks good my man! Northern Light is a GREAT strain. Super sturdy, forgiving, tasty and potent. Great choice!
Looking forward to see how this goes for you.

And if I was to give you an advice, that would be (from personal experience); When you feel like watering them, wait a few more days. Less is better (during both veg and flowering). All though, at the stage you're at now, a spoon of water now and then is enough

Happy growing!

- C

[KenneyHo]

Day 7 in soil.

3/5 Seeds have broken through the soil! Fingers crossed on the other 2. Received the PH Meter today and my filtered tap water read 7.7. Used some PH’d 6.2 water to bring it down.

Could the high PH be the reason for the other 2 seeds slow going?

Added more CFLs to give each seedling their own.

Shout out to all the Veterans!

Tent: 32x32x63
Seeds: Northern Light - Feminized (Nirvana)
Medium: FFOF in Coco Pots
Nutes: FF Big Bloom, Grow Big, Tiger Bloom (haven’t started)
PH: 7.7 1st reading, Used 6.2 PH’d water to bring it down
24hr Temp Hi: 80
24hr Temp Lo: 77
24hr RH Hi: 70%
24hr RH Lo: 57%
Light: 23w CFLs then 800w COB LED
Exhaust: 4 Inch 190 CFM with Carbon Filter

[PRIMO]

Good start K, you could add your second light with no probs. Then in a week or so add some more of them, keep em close for less seedling stretch.

[gold01ca]

Added the CFL light and removed the LED. I might add some soil to top off the stretcher and give it some added support.

Thanks again for the help!

now you're rockin' KHo, no problem adding soil to support any "stretchers"

[KTM690]

Good luck Kenny I'm starting autos soon ill b watching this grow 4 pointers

[KenneyHo]

Added the CFL light and removed the LED. I might add some soil to top off the stretcher and give it some added support.

Thanks again for the help!

[D.A.A.S.69]

On young seedlings, all you need is 1cfl, they don't need much light at all.
Once they get a little larger, you can use 2.
HappyGrowing KenneyHo

[KenneyHo]

Thanks guys! I’ve moved the LED 30” for now. I’ve got 4 100-watt equivalent (23w actual) CFLs on the way. I’ve got the connections to set all 4 up over the 5 pots, unless that will be too much?

Thanks again! GWE Peeps are the best!