Big Bang Auto - First Grow

BearBeard First time growing. Growing one Big Bang Auto using a BAVAGREEN 120W LED light, Samsung 3500K LM301b, Osram 660nm Deep Red, Dimmable Meanwell Driver. Electric heater for temp, fan in room and using electronic temp/hydrometer. I am not using a tent but using a light stand in a spare bedroom which keeps the whole grow a little more low key for the wife! 5th May - Started germination via paper towel method for 48 hours. 7th May - Sowed in Fox Farm Happy Frog 30% mixed with ProMix Seedling mix (45%) and Perlite (25%). The FF Happy Frog was added to the outside and bottom of the 3 gal fabric pot and the ProMix seedling mix in the middle with the Perlite mixed throughout. Bavagreen 120 W LED dimmed to lowest setting 3500 LUX using free phone app as guide. 18/6 Light cycle Day 1 (8th May) Seedling emerged Day 2 Seedling came up in morning and I removed it's stuck outer shell in the evening. Day 3 Leafs starting to open up after seed head removed. Gently spray small amount of water Ph 6.8 near base of plant once or twice a day if dry. 1.5 inches tall. Day 4 Stretched to 2 inches this morning. Increased light up to 25% using dimmer 3500 to 10,000 LUX which hopefully slows the stretching. Day 5 Leafs growing and the upward stretching has slowed maybe. 2.3 inches tall. Day 6 Saw that humidity is only at 25% so opened window a bit to let in fresher and more humid air in. Humidity ranging from 28-30% throughout today now. Also good to circulate the air as it was getting a bit stagnant maybe. 2.5 inches tall. Day 7 New leafs appearing. Slight curling of some edges on leafs so looking to increase humidity up from the current 29/32%. 2.75 inches tall. Any comments and feedback is always appreciated. Many Thanks!

BearBeard Day 8 Growing wider and slowing down in height which is good I think! Slightly concerned about bending stem though. Day 9 After some good suggestions I decided to bury an inch of the stem with more soil mix to sturdy the stem. 2 inches. Day 10 Looking good with a lot of new growth leaves appearing. Slight discoloration of main leafs looking less green than before and don't know if it's an issue bit will wait and see! 2.25 inches. Day 11 Not much to report. Watering every 2 days with a small amount of water. 3 inches. Day 12 Starting to have a weak smell in the room. Day 13 Watered. 3.25 inches. Day 14 Watered.

BearBeard Temp and humidity jumped a bit over the weekend Day 16/17 to over 80 F and 45-50 % humidity. She's still looking good but the leafs did start curling a bit so raised the light and cranked up the fan. Starting more seeds of different strains so will start another diary as soon as they pop up.

BearBeard Started LST on day 21 and she's looking great the following day. Also added a poultry wire at the base so when I transfer outside the squirrels won't upset the soil. Raised the light up as it looked as though there was some light burn on the new growth.

BearBeard Hoping her nite and/or light burn recover this week. Day 31 started outdoor hardening to permanently move her outside by end of week

BearBeard Still hardening off for full days of sunlight but she does start to wilt after few hours so in/out of direct sunlight throughout the day and then back under LED in the evening. Started low dose nutes this week of 1ml/L of water. If she likes it I'll increase. She's stretching up now a bit more and getting plumper too!

BearBeard Really bushing up and looking lovely! Will up the dose of bloom nutes to 2ml per litre. Slowing down on nutes as some brown markings are showing up which could be PH swing or something else! Probably best to slow down on adding more variables and therefore more questions than answers if/when something goes wrong! Just get it to harvest!!

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BearBeard She's enjoying the outdoor sun and evening LED. Aiming to harvest in approx 3 weeks.