D Rocks T5 grow

[D Rock]

Hey everyone, I have a small grow going on right now for my own personal stash. These plants that Im currently growing are nothing more than bagseed. I have attempted to grow before but was unsuccessful this time I want to do it right.
anyway on to buissness. As of now they are on day 13 from when the split there seed. I think they are a bit small for 13 days but hey Im no expert. I have these seedlings in a 4x4 homebox. Up until yesterday (day11) they were growing with the help of some CFL's then I put them under what I had hanging in the homebox a 1000 watt HPS( I got rid of it due to the tremendous heat it was producing) I had it with exhaust helping to expell any hot air but it didnt help. So after a day (day11) under the HPS I decided it was way to hot and put the CFL's back up and they were up almost all of day 12. Now (day13)My New Wave 8 bulb T5 lighting system is up and it produces little heat.
Yesterday the soil felt pretty dry so I saturated the soil until I had runoff water from the bottom so I could test my Ph level. It was around 7 so I added a little bit of PH down to my gallon of distilled water Im using to water the plants with and got it to 6.0. Now My plants seem droopy and a couple look like they have a case of leaf curl. Is this from too much water? Included are some pics of my equipment and set up. Please any suggestions are greatly appreciated.


here they are under the T5 lights.


Pulled them down from the light to get a overhead shot and to stir up the top layer of soil.


different angle


although not the best pic this one seems to be the worst with the leaf curl and saggyness.


This one seems to be my biggest plant.

I have the cups numbered to try and keep track of which plants are which.
Will post more pics.

D Rock Reviewed by D Rock on 08-07-2007. D Rocks T5 grow Hey everyone, I have a small grow going on right now for my own personal stash. These plants that Im currently growing are nothing more than bagseed. I have attempted to grow before but was unsuccessful this time I want to do it right. anyway on to buissness. As of now they are on day 13 from when the split there seed. I think they are a bit small for 13 days but hey Im no expert. I have these seedlings in a 4x4 homebox. Up until yesterday (day11) they were growing with the help of some Rating: 5

[D Rock]

Forgot to mention that Im using a mix of Fox Farms Ocean forrest potting soil with some pro mix mixed in with the fox farm. Nutrients will be Technaflora BC (plants have not recieved any nutrients yet) only a capful of superthrive went into my gallon of water. They will be grown in 3 gallon grow bags(they were cheap and work well) Also forgot to mention the bulbs that are in my New Wave hood are the blue ones 6500k, when its time to flower I will be putting in the red bulbs 3000k. Let me add some more pics.

[D Rock]

Nice shot from under the hood looking down the lights.


A shot from outside the homebox with the doors open, I will close them when its time to flower.


Random shot.


Here are my nutes that I will be using.


Fox Farms Ocean Forrest Soil.

[D Rock]

Pro mix that is mixed in a 2:1 ration with my Fox Farms soil.


Good reading material, also a bottle of superthrive down in the corner.

When do you think its safe to start giving nutes to the plants I have always read week 2-4 in veg stage. Tommorrow will be 2 weeks. I think I might wait a little longer though.

[evertking]

Looks good!

[D Rock]

Thanks evertking, but Im a bit worried about the saggy leaves and the curling.

[Pass That Shit]

They are looking nice and green. Low heat bulbs are the way to start. :thumbsup:

I wonder if your leaf problem (non-problem) is because of the light being so close to the plants? It could be that they are growing alot outward. You have large healthy leaves for the size of the plant. If you raise the light a little, they will grow more up instead of out. I'm not suggesting this, just pointing it out if you have an issue with the leaves. I think your leaves look good and healthy.
Good Luck!!! :jointsmile:

[D Rock]

thanks Pass that shit. I will raise it up a little but I thought that was one of the reason most people bought these bulbs was so they can get the light alot closer to the plants.

[Pass That Shit]

It's true. They are much closer to the light with a cool bulb. They would have died already if you had an HPS/MH that close to them.
Because of soil fertility, I probably wouldn't feed for another 2 weeks. The leaves look large and green for their size.

Now go look at the difference between your plants and the plants in that other thread at 2 weeks. I was trying to point out to the readers that they would NOT get their plants like that in just 2 weeks. He was not being honest with us. Good Luck with your grow!!!

[forcus master]

Looking good. I wouldnt worry those leaves yet. Plants look healthy.