My First Grow - Indoor CFL

[Lady Vadalon]

Yeah in a gallon it wasn't a tea spoon exactly it was 4ml I figured that was close to a tea spoon. I used a child's dosage cup and put 4 ml in. Just went by what he told me by looking at them. Have ph tester kit ordered

teaspoon? Not sure about vinegar, but lemon juice is what I use to adjust my PH and it only takes about three drops. My water that I transport is from a well and the normal PH of it is a 7. I saw a chart someplace and I think vinegar has less acid then lemon. Or more acid. Sorry about that. I guess I need more coffee

 

[slapheadscott]

I will be watching this to see how your CFLs do, I am thinking of running a similar small setup

 

[Xcburgx]

We ordered a progrow 400x led to flower with just hasn't come in yet. But so far the cfls are cheap and are working well. Tricky ballencing act of getting the cfl close to the younger plants and not burning them though.

 

[Lady Vadalon]

Just curious in a normal grow with plants this size and pots this size though for futer reference

I go from solo cups, 1gal, 3 gal, 5 gal and my next for the 12/12 will be 10 gal. And one day when I learn how to grow tomatoes in hydro then I will get away from soil. It is expensive and difficult for me to handle the pots for transplanting.

 

[KingJohnC]

Baking soda has too much sodium to be used as pH up for plants.

 

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[Xcburgx]

A quick update decided to flower in a tent. Ordered a secret Jardin 4x4 tent two 6in fans. Maybe going over bored but this has been a fun project.

 

[Buddy Ebsen]

How are the plants doing? You getting ready to transplant them into a different soil?

 

[Xcburgx]

Good yeah still waiting on the local fox farms supplier to get more soil in. Adjusted ph started giving more water think I was under watering and they are realy perking up. Will get pics this weekend

 

[Lady Vadalon]

I hope that your soil gets in soon because that MG is not good to use. I use tents and I really like them. Hope to see photos soon. Have a good weekend

 

[Xcburgx]

Quick update a few pictures so far everything seems be growing okay.i am still working through the bugs give me some feedback thanks!

 

[DigitalNomad]

plant second from bottom, with yellow edges - nute burn.

DN

 

[DigitalNomad]

spending all this money -might as well get PH UP/DOWN proper or get a RO water kit.


DN

 

[Xcburgx]

Yeah that one is a Mistry I have tried it all with her. Bad soil with mistake in buying mirical grow 9 month feed. Fox farms distributor still out.

 

[Xcburgx]

I have ph was adjusted Wednesday so hopefully that helps them out. The progrow 400x arrives Monday excited but the tent and fans don't arrive untill next Friday.

 

[Buddy Ebsen]

Your one plant, 2nd from the bottom still is locked out. Why wait for Fox Farms, get a bag of potting soil and transplant her? Once you get her unlocked, then you can slowly introduce some nutes. The longer the plant stays locked up, the longer it's going to taker her to get back into balance.

 

[DigitalNomad]

or continue with flushing with proper PH. Consider this progress.

DN

 

[Xcburgx]

I am going to flush it properly tomorrow. First run if I kill only one I think that's better than my initial thoughts. I should of read more before starting. I didn't though so I am considering this a learning experience.

 

[Xcburgx]

Sabo I went to lowes and couldn't find a single potting soil with out fertilizer in it. That's why I am waiting in the fox farms I don't know what is ok there

 

[CO Finest]

Ok Here some info. When you start using Fox farm soil I hope your choice is Ocean. If your ph is 7 do not touch it. It will be 6.8 too 6.5 when it runs threw your soil. Most good soils will ph down the water for you. You want your PH 6.5-6.8. Anybody using FFO will tell you that. Now for water a good flush you should be pushing 20% extra water threw your soil. For normal watering for a 5 gallon pot you will need about 2 gallons of water. Most pots that size can go three to four days without water with temp 72-78. Now when you get your soil if it is Fox Ocean it is hot with nutes and will burn seedling and clones a little. Don't worry they will be fine. I like to mix fox warrior and Ocean 50/50 to get the nute level down for seedlings and clones. If your using tap or any with Chlorine make sure you let it sit out for 24-48 hours to get rid of the Chlorine. Good luck and Happy Growing To All.