First Grow Blueberry Tree CKS 300W

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Awesome! I love Fox Farms everything.
This is what I did. Maybe there is something in their, that can improve your grow.
As far as posting photo's you have to navigate to Home>>members gallery>>and your user name.>>Cbr600rr66.
You should see a tab that says "Gallery" and then another tab that says "upload Photos" It is at your 420 home account.
This is what I did.
0. Buy yourself a 600 watt LED light on ebay. I got my first one for $150.00.
1.Use Fox Farms soil and nutrients. They have great customer service help.
2.Use cloth pots.
3. Buy a water meter on ebay.
4. Dont move your plants around or, stress them out in any way.
5. Find your designated grow space.
6. Separate your Veg room from your Flower room.
7. Make sure your Flower room is bigger.
8. Get some type of ventilation system. Fan, whatever. I use a bathroom fan for exhaust with ABS 90s to keep it light tight $15.00 on ebay. ABS 90s you can get at Home Depot.
9. Invest in an A/C unit and a 30 pint dehumidifier.
10. Make sure the temperature stays between 68 and 75 degrees at all times and it is completely dark and light tight in your Flower room.
11. Dont let it get too humid in the Flower room because of bud rot and mold. I suggest 40%.
12. Make sure your girls get 13 hours of uninterrupted sleep in a dark, light tight ventilated room.
I use Black ABS 90s. as big as you can buy to create light tight vents.
Part of the reason Ive had the success is, I use all Fox Farms everything.
Soil, nutrients and specially Cha Ching.
It makes it way easier than trying everything else!
I bought some cloth bags and a decent 600 W LED light for $160 bucks on eBay.
Wish I would have spent the extra money and bought the mars pro lights for $250.
I also have a five dollar water meter.
You also have to get the plants out of plastic pots, as soon as possible and into the cloth pots.
I also invested in a $120 air conditioner and a $140 dehumidifier
The reason being, is because to grow good Canabis indoors you have to keep the temperature between 68° and seventy-five 75°F as I stated earlier.
It can very a bit but, it needs to stay around there.
Also, you dont want the humidity over 45%.
Thats my opinion.
I want to avoid mold and bud rot at all costs and drop it down as far as I can when the buds are about ready to harvest 25%.
I use cloth pots and I feed every other watering.
I always use my water meter because, every single plant I have ever had has been different.
One will be dry, while the other needs another day or two before watering.
You need to know.
They sell water meters on eBay.
I also have to keep track of which plant I have fed, and which plant I have only watered.
So, I bought some of those colored plant identifiers.
I throw a green one on top of the soil, when I have fed them, dont put anything in there when theyve just been watered and I put a white one in there when theyre on their 14 day flush.
Also, when sprouting, it has to be a warm place.
It helps the seedlings if they are in a warm place as well.
So, my grow room has one completely separate room inside the original bedroom.
I took a bedroom, built one separate room inside that and made it light tight where the flowers are blooming because, they need complete darkness.
It took me about a year to do all that. Not every day. A day at a time.
Actually, I sprout everything by the fireplace where its really warm.
If you cant afford to build rooms you can buy cheap comforters.
I used my closet first with the comforter over it at night, and the veg room in my hall closet.
Because, one area has to have 20 hours of light a day and the other area only has to have 11 hours of light a day.
Those are the basic things you need.
Theyre not unobtainable.
Just have to invest few hundred dollars, a lot of hard work and A LOT OF LOVE.
I think the Goldleaf is this the best strain I have purchased from 420.
It turned out to be one of the top three Ive ever smoked in my life and Im 56 years old.
The first time I grew it though, because I had the temperature up to 88 degrees, the buds came out loose and it wasnt as good.
Be prepared spent a lot of time when youre learning.
I go at least three times a day to my grow room, if not more like seven.
After 4 failures. Maybe something can help.

Cowpert909;bt62690 said:

Awesome! I love Fox Farms everything.
This is what I did. Maybe there is something in their, that can improve your grow.
As far as posting photo's you have to navigate to Home>>members gallery>>and your user name.>>Cbr600rr66.
You should see a tab that says "Gallery" and then another tab that says "upload Photos" It is at your 420 home account.
This is what I did.
0. Buy yourself a 600 watt LED light on ebay. I got my first one for $150.00.
1.Use Fox Farms soil and nutrients. They have great customer service help.
2.Use cloth pots.
3. Buy a water meter on ebay.
4. Don’t move your plants around or, stress them out in any way.
5. Find your designated grow space.
6. Separate your Veg room from your Flower room.
7. Make sure your Flower room is bigger.
8. Get some type of ventilation system. Fan, whatever. I use a bathroom fan for exhaust with ABS 90’s to keep it light tight… $15.00 on ebay. ABS 90’s you can get at Home Depot.
9. Invest in an A/C unit and a 30 pint dehumidifier.
10. Make sure the temperature stays between 68 and 75 degrees at all times and it is completely dark and light tight in your Flower room.
11. Don’t let it get too humid in the Flower room because of bud rot and mold. I suggest 40%.
12. Make sure your girls get 13 hours of uninterrupted sleep in a dark, light tight ventilated room.
I use Black ABS 90’s. as big as you can buy to create light tight vents.
Part of the reason I’ve had the success is, I use all Fox Farms everything.
Soil, nutrients and specially Cha Ching.
It makes it way easier than trying everything else!
I bought some cloth bags and a decent 600 W LED light for $160 bucks on eBay.
Wish I would have spent the extra money and bought the mars pro lights for $250.
I also have a five dollar water meter.
You also have to get the plants out of plastic pots, as soon as possible and into the cloth pots.
I also invested in a $120 air conditioner and a $140 dehumidifier
The reason being, is because to grow good Canabis indoors you have to keep the temperature between 68° and seventy-five 75°F as I stated earlier.
It can very a bit but, it needs to stay around there.
Also, you don’t want the humidity over 45%.
That’s my opinion.
I want to avoid mold and bud rot at all costs and drop it down as far as I can when the buds are about ready to harvest 25%.
I use cloth pots and I feed every other watering.
I always use my water meter because, every single plant I have ever had has been different.
One will be dry, while the other needs another day or two before watering.
You need to know.
They sell water meters on eBay.
I also have to keep track of which plant I have fed, and which plant I have only watered.
So, I bought some of those colored plant identifiers.
I throw a green one on top of the soil, when I have fed them, don’t put anything in there when they’ve just been watered and I put a white one in there when they’re on their 14 day flush.
Also, when sprouting, it has to be a warm place.
It helps the seedlings if they are in a warm place as well.
So, my grow room has one completely separate room inside the original bedroom.
I took a bedroom, built one separate room inside that and made it light tight where the flowers are blooming because, they need complete darkness.
It took me about a year to do all that. Not every day. A day at a time.
Actually, I sprout everything by the fireplace where it’s really warm.
If you can’t afford to build rooms you can buy cheap comforters.
I used my closet first with the comforter over it at night, and the veg room in my hall closet.
Because, one area has to have 20 hours of light a day and the other area only has to have 11 hours of light a day.
Those are the basic things you need.
They’re not unobtainable.
Just have to invest few hundred dollars, a lot of hard work and A LOT OF LOVE.
I think the Goldleaf is this the best strain I have purchased from 420.
It turned out to be one of the top three I’ve ever smoked in my life and I’m 56 years old.
The first time I grew it though, because I had the temperature up to 88 degrees, the buds came out loose and it wasn’t as good.
Be prepared spent a lot of time when you’re learning.
I go at least three times a day to my grow room, if not more like seven.
After 4 failures. Maybe something can help.

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Hello! Thanks for all the advice! I have noticed there is a light white fuzz on the top of my soil and around the pot I am using a fabric pot. From what I read it is mold but it hasn't affect my plant. Is it something I should be concerned about?

Yes!! Be very concerned. Keep your rooms clean and let the plants dry out completely before waterings. I have the fabric pots raised up and a water tray below. Keep your fans blowing and get an air purifier that gets mold spores.There is some all natural stuff called Serenade. Spray the soil with it. You can even spray the plant. If it's in the soil, the plants are next. KEEP THE HUMIDITY DOWN!!! I bought a 30 pint dehumidifier. Works great when the humidity is high outside. It might be 45 degrees outside with 90% humidity. In my flower room it is 75 degrees with 39 % humidity. Low humidity prevents mold. Mold will ruin your crop. Even in the drying room. Here is a photo of my plant bottom. It is raised up on 2x3's so it can drain and get air movement. Prevents mold. Do you have a water meter yet?
Make sure the air is circulating and the plants dry out completely between waterings.
Here are some photos.

Cowpert909;bt62696 said:

Yes!! Be very concerned. Keep your rooms clean and let the plants dry out completely before waterings. I have the fabric pots raised up and a water tray below. Keep your fans blowing and get an air purifier that gets mold spores.There is some all natural stuff called Serenade. Spray the soil with it. You can even spray the plant. If it's in the soil, the plants are next. KEEP THE HUMIDITY DOWN!!! I bought a 30 pint dehumidifier. Works great when the humidity is high outside. It might be 45 degrees outside with 90% humidity. In my flower room it is 75 degrees with 39 % humidity. Low humidity prevents mold. Mold will ruin your crop. Even in the drying room. Here is a photo of my plant bottom. It is raised up on 2x3's so it can drain and get air movement. Prevents mold. Do you have a water meter yet?
Make sure the air is circulating and the plants dry out completely between waterings.
Here are some photos.

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I've noticed it a week ago and the the pot dry out for a couple days til I watered again, have you heard of spraying the plant with neem oil With a mix of rubbing alcohol and water? I don't have a soil meter but will invest in one. I watered 2 days ago and haven't noticed the white on the top soil but it looks like it is on the bottom

I would use a little serenade then "PREVENTION' is the best cure. Keep her dry at 40-45 % humidity. Make sure there is air flowing around and under the fabric pot. I look at some plants that look dry, and when I put the soil meter in, it may need to wait another day or two. That is how some people overwater and mess up their roots. Sand on the top of the soil will help with the mold after you spray it, and any fungus gnats.
But, as I say again, prevention is the best.
Keep the humidity down, don't overwater, and keep an eye on her.

Mold afflicts cannabis to such an incredible degree that an entire subspecies of the plant had to evolve with a different anatomy to prevent mold growth. How ubiquitous is mold in cannabis? Its roughly as common as under-cured pot, which means very common. Check out this simple trick to stop mold growth in its tracks for live buds, curing and storage.

Mold spores exist everywhere; even the highly purified of outer-space satellite factories still contains traces of dust and mold. If a growroom has filters in place in its intake ducts, the interior air should, in principle, contain less mold spores than outside air. Despite the even minor presence of spores, mold may still proliferate if conditions are too humid. In the proper humidity levels, live plants exude natural products that keep mold growth at bay in its own living tissue, but once the plant dies during harvest, the entire crop is at risk of mold colonization.

Humidity control during curing is of utmost importance. The grower must assure that the relative humidity of the air remains around 50-60 percent, a good range to prevent mold growth on the one hand, but not so low that the buds dry out so fast they attain an unfavorable consistency. Even with humidity levels in the air in the proper range, as long as the buds retain above 12.5 percent water by mass, they will still be at risk of mold formation. These humid flowers generate local pockets of humid air within the anatomy of the bud, which is why constant air circulation is a must.

So you got your hygrometer, dehumidifier and circulating fans, and you think everything is perfect, but one fateful day you take peak in the calyxes of your beautiful buds and you see the white spindly hairs of hyphae bud-rot. What could have gone wrong? Even under perfect atmospheric conditions, bud-rot can still proliferate because cannabis buds simply make the perfect environment for mold. This problem requires a little help from our good friend technology.


Ultraviolet light has been implicated as a potential method for increasing THC potency in cannabis. Little did they know, growers that supplement their gardens with UV-light during flowering are also getting the added benefit of mold prevention. In the same way short-wavelength, UV-C light is harmful to human skin because it penetrates cell walls, breaks up DNA and causes malfunctions in cell reproduction that can lead to cancer, UV-C light also breaks up the DNA of single-cell mold spores and kills them.

Placing a deep-UV LED lamp in the curing and storage room will help prevent mold proliferation by slowly, but consistently killing spores circulating in the air. Try and place the lamp so the beam does not shine directly on the drying, or dry, flowers. The constant flux of UV light on the flowers may degrade its content of aromatic terpenes.

Mold-rated UV-C lights are great mold protection in other parts of the garden as well. Placing UV-C lights in front of HEPA filters in air intakes assures that the mold spores it captures do not turn the filter itself into a breeding ground. In addition, shine UV-C light on the cooling tubes and drip pans of your air-conditioning unit to assure that mold does not proliferate in these high-risk areas.

Use precaution when handling UV lamps. Do not let the light shine on any part of your body; it may present a hazard to your skin. Additionally, UV lights present a danger to your respiratory system due to the formation of ozone. Ultraviolet light reacts with molecular oxygen (O2) to form ozone (O3) in small quantities. Ensure that any area under UV irradiation has an adequate airflow. Regulations state that workplace or residential atmospheres must not exceed a level of 50 parts per billion of ozone. Any grow operation that wishes to withstand OSHA regulations must measure ozone concentrations in UV-irradiated areas to assure they do not exceed 50 ppb, as higher concentrations present a health hazard. Ozone tests can be expensive, so try and use your nose first; if you are able to smell the ozone (a smell reminiscent of laser printers in use), you definitely need more ventilation.


They key is growing cannabis, not mold. The spindly buds of many Sativa strains may be more tolerant to mold, but dont push it. When it comes to growing dense Indica buds, more precaution and care must be taken, in part due to the fact that the dense make it harder to spot mold at the first glance. As a consumer, if you receive some cannabis you suspect to be moldy, the first step you may want to take is drying the buds to an adequate low level of moisture, and some UV irradiation with a cheap lamp wont hurt either. Even it means loosing some value in the water-weight, its better than giving yourself and your friends bronchitis for a week.