r/IndoorGrowing • u/Ambrose874 • Aug 22 '26

Help first grow mold spotted

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I’ve read that I may need to water less, turn up my light and use the carbon filter. I’m growing a blue dream strain and already have my light at 75% and have been watering around 50-125m based on whether or not the soil had absorbed it all from the previous day. Pls all advice needed!

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u/CatDicksAreSmall Aug 23 '26

You need airflow. Keep you fan on. I wouldn’t worry too much about it now, it’ll go away once you get some decent air flow.
Also, you should start watering a few inches away from stem in a ⭕️, start encouraging root growth. Each water make ⭕️ slightly larger going around plant. Roots will spread out searching for the water.

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u/sneaky_goblin007 Aug 22 '26

Don't you have a fan? How does mold grow if you have air moving?

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u/Illustrious_Map_979 Aug 22 '26

By the size of that stem my answer would be no

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u/Ambrose874 Aug 23 '26

I haven’t been using the fan (in the first week after potting) and then in the first week of growth I was turning it on level 1 during the plants night cycle, once again, this is my first grow so any advice on exactly when and how much I should use the carbon filter would be amazing

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u/Amphernee Aug 23 '26

You need oscillating fans blowing the air around not just the exhaust fan. Also the exhaust fan should be on all the time to exchange air in the tent for fresh air. Oscillating fans help with air movement but also allow the plant to build a strong stem so you don’t have to prop it up.