What's new
By:
GrowWeedEasy.com
You're browsing as a guest. Sign up to join the conversation, share your grows, and get help from thousands of fellow growers — it's free and takes less than a minute.

Teddy's 1st auto grow

BurningTeddy

BurningTeddy

New member
Hey all.

So this will be my 2nd grow ever. At least this time I'll know what I'm growing, and have my environmental conditions under control. No good at write ups, so bear with me.

For this I'll be using my 3x3x6ft tent with a 315w cmh. 5 gallon fabric smart pots. 5lbs of Kind soil underneath a top of Roots Organic Original.

I am germanating with the paper towel method. Only method I've ever used.

Starting with the shortest strain I have, OG Kush.

I'll have pics of the set up tomorrow, seed was just placed in paper towel this evening.
 

Attachments

  • photo59551.jpg
    photo59551.jpg
    1.2 MB · Views: 1
Good luck Teddy! OG Kush is one of my favorites - last two autos of that strain I grew, ended up both growing to five feet tall.
 
Thanks Canuck! I've heard a few phenos can get that big. Kind of hoping I get a shorter one but if it does happen I'll get more LST practice in. 4 feet is about my max height for the tent with this light.
 
Set up pics.

I've got the Kindsoil and Roots Organic in the pot already. I've left extra room at the top of the pot for a 1/2 inch of sand. Fungas gnats were a huge issue on the last grow and the sand was the only thing that saved me after trying neem oil and fly traps.

Carbon filter isnt hooked up yet and I dont have my exhaust fan going out the window. Will be hooking all that up in probably the 2nd week of flower.

No movement on germanation yet but that's to be expected. Usually takes a few days using a paper towel.
 

Attachments

  • photo59612.jpg
    photo59612.jpg
    2 MB · Views: 1
  • photo59613.jpg
    photo59613.jpg
    1.8 MB · Views: 0
  • photo59614.jpg
    photo59614.jpg
    1.6 MB · Views: 0
Looking like I'll be ready to drop in soil tomorrow or the day after.

When pre soaking the smart pot do I saturate the whole pot then water in gradually larger circles as the seedling grows or just start with the circles and dont soak the whole thing?
 

Attachments

  • photo59737.jpg
    photo59737.jpg
    980 KB · Views: 0
Do the circle thing. I've never doused my pots.

Just don't put your seedling in dry soil. Moisten it but you don't have to saturate the soil.
 
OG Kush is in the soil. Moistened the center last night before bed in prep. Transferred from paper towel to a pinky knuckle deep hole. Watered maybe 2 ounces around it and cut up a 20oz soda bottle with some slits on top to keep the humidity up.

Edit: I was planning in having my GoPro going to get a timelapse of this plant but its timelapse video option only goes as high as 1 every 60seconds. Dont think I'll have the patience to look at over 1400 pictures every day. Any recommendations? It's a Hero4.
 

Attachments

  • photo59820.jpg
    photo59820.jpg
    1.1 MB · Views: 0
  • photo59821.jpg
    photo59821.jpg
    2.1 MB · Views: 0
Last edited:
Well, we've broken ground! Actually broke yesterday but didnt have time to post.

Trying my best to not overwater although all that dry soil is making it hard lol.

I've moved my light up as to not burn the seedling. It's at 2.5 ft above the pot right now. About how many nodes should she have before I start lowering it?
 

Attachments

  • photo60035.jpg
    photo60035.jpg
    1.8 MB · Views: 0
Lesson learned, dont mist the thermometer lol

humiditys been a bitch this time around.
 

Attachments

  • photo60352.jpg
    photo60352.jpg
    2.5 MB · Views: 1
Not much to update.

I've worked my humidity up to 50-60% reworking my fans and humidifier placement and brought my temps down to 73-80° by adding a very small desk fan in an intake hole. I think the cool mist humidifier and just proper airflow in general helped with the temp also.

Tomorrow will be 1 week since she broke soil.
 

Attachments

  • photo60571.jpg
    photo60571.jpg
    1.6 MB · Views: 0
Hey BurningTeddy autos ain't so forgiving and time goes by real fast for veg with them. I'm assuming you're using a big light with the height you said it was at. It might start taking off now but next time try starting your seedling under a little desk lamp with a 60 watt cfl or led (household stuff). I can almost guarantee your plant would have been twice the size had you started it like that. I usually wait up to 14 days before I try to emulate the sun with my big lights. Good luck with the auto thing. I'd have to grow a lot of them to keep up with my photos 😉.
 
Thanks for the tip Chefbjy I'll try that when I start my next one.

Been thinking about building a little 2x2x4 just to start them off vegging and just use the tent for flower. You might've just pushed me off the fence enough to do it lol.
 
Haha not a bad idea. I usually run mine under smaller lights for 24hours for a week or 2. But I believe plants need rest. A lot of people run 24hrs throughout. I switch to 20/4 before I stick em under the big lights. That's the cool thing about autos too. You can introduce other plants without worrying about flipping and losing light hours. ✌
 
That was the original goal. Start 1 every month in the same tent. Have an issue with light height though if I've got 1 at 4ft tall flowering and trying to get enough light to a 6 inch baby. I have been thinking of getting some supplemental COBS to get around that but I'm just not sure yet.

A little 1 plant veg box would work well enough I think and be cheaper.
 
I've had to raise little plants on boxes and crates to compensate for lighting. I know the dilemma 😆.
 
BurningTeddy , good luck with your grow, and I think you might have had your light a little to low, for your young seedlings, like@Chefbjy said.
I got a 315cmh, I don't use it on seedlings though, but if I did, I'd have it at least 30inches away. For the first couple of weeks.
But your seedlings are growing roots right now, and in a day or three, she is fixing to start growing good, I bet.
What kind of lamp-bulb, you got in your 315cmh light ?
I know I love my 315cmh, it's got 4different settings, I can set it on.
But I ain't using it now, I ain't got my tent up, so I'm just using Led lights ,in a closet, till the weather cools off.
GoodLuck and HappyGrowing !!!
 
Last edited:
Thanks D.A.A.S.69. I've had my cmh around 30-36 inches away and have only just now started lowering it. Wanted to wait a week but you think I should wait longer?

The bulb is a Philips elite agro. Not to sure in the hood/ballast combo but it only has 2 settings: on and off.
 
Those Phillips are the best ones , to be honest with you, I've never used my 315cmh on seedlings, I do know that they are powerful lights though, but 30inches or so,ought to be fine, for a couple of weeks.
Seedlings don't need much light to grow.
But if your plant doesn't start getting taller, I would raise the light some more.
Did you get your OGKush auto from Seedsman?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top