Hey everyone,
Hope you're all doing well.
Decided to finally get started and germinated a first seed (Grapefruit) a bit over a week ago.
I then encountered some trouble with my newly-bought cabinet, namely the heat that the 250W light produces. As the cabinet is quite small, heat concentrates much and temperature quickly rose to 33°C. I decided to order an additional fan and also bought a humidifier, and also let the doors of my cabinet open for now. By doing all that and putting the thermostat on the ground, I managed to reduce the heat to around 26°C (at the ground level).
I am using Plagron Light Mix soil in 18L pots, although I only put probably about 14L of soil in it, as I wanted this plant to be a little lower than my 3 others which will follow sometime soon. As it's my 1st grow I told myself that I should start a first seed a week or two before the others so that I can experiment a bit with it. I will follow Tang's Easy Auto Schedule and use the AN line. It's been planted for 9 days now so I think I'll still wait for a few days before adding any nut.
I've been watering quite frequently but with very low doses.
Second problem I encountered: As there was too much heat I distanced the light from the plant. Bad idea. The following day, the poor little girl was growing thin and tall and started to fall over... :S I instantly put the light about 30-35cm away from the plant, supported her with a chopstick, and she has reacted very well to it. She is now standing by herself again
Pictures will be uploaded below.
Please share your thoughts and do not hesitate to give suggestions and advices!!
Thanks!
Peace,
Hope you're all doing well.
Decided to finally get started and germinated a first seed (Grapefruit) a bit over a week ago.
I then encountered some trouble with my newly-bought cabinet, namely the heat that the 250W light produces. As the cabinet is quite small, heat concentrates much and temperature quickly rose to 33°C. I decided to order an additional fan and also bought a humidifier, and also let the doors of my cabinet open for now. By doing all that and putting the thermostat on the ground, I managed to reduce the heat to around 26°C (at the ground level).
I am using Plagron Light Mix soil in 18L pots, although I only put probably about 14L of soil in it, as I wanted this plant to be a little lower than my 3 others which will follow sometime soon. As it's my 1st grow I told myself that I should start a first seed a week or two before the others so that I can experiment a bit with it. I will follow Tang's Easy Auto Schedule and use the AN line. It's been planted for 9 days now so I think I'll still wait for a few days before adding any nut.
I've been watering quite frequently but with very low doses.
Second problem I encountered: As there was too much heat I distanced the light from the plant. Bad idea. The following day, the poor little girl was growing thin and tall and started to fall over... :S I instantly put the light about 30-35cm away from the plant, supported her with a chopstick, and she has reacted very well to it. She is now standing by herself again
Pictures will be uploaded below.
Please share your thoughts and do not hesitate to give suggestions and advices!!
Thanks!
Peace,
