Yah I haven't seen any run off water but I only give it a few squirt's. You can see the condensation build up on the sides of my pot. I'll get more holes into it and put tin foil around. There's not much humidity in the air it's only 67ish degrees in my basement. I'll try what you said and give it a drink in a few days. It's a girl scout cookie seed not femanized so I'm not sure yet. I'd be willing to spend some more money on the grow I figured I'd have to eventually anyways. If you'd come up with some things I'll need that would be great!!
Alright GSC, let's get to it. For the sake of your grow, I will elaborate with what I would do in your current situation.
First things first. I'm going to try and keep this list as cheap but effective as possible. Assuming you don't have a endless amount of $.
You're going to need to get a bigger light for when it's time to switch to 12/12. With a t8 you just wont get the yield that is deserving for such patience and hard work. I suggest going to home depot (or find online. <- much easier this way and you have time to wait..usually only takes up to a week to arrive anyways) and getting a $20-40 400 watt HPS. Yes it is that cheap. They can get much pricer, but for the sake of your grow you do not need any special name brand.(the only difference anyways is the lifespan of the bulbs imo) Now a 400watt ballast is also going to be needed for this. I suggest getting a "
Apollo Horticulture APL400 Hydroponic 400 - Watt HPS MH Digital Dimmable Electronic Ballast. It should run anywhere between 125-150$ depending on where you get it from. I suggest again trying to locate this online somewhere (cheapest route) try amazon. When getting the light set up i would suggest buying a reflector combo as well, if feasible. You can get a simple one for just 35$.
With that you'll have the correct lighting set up to be ready for flowering so you can get a reasonable yield that will help pay off you're investment. (In one way or another)Now you'll need to get the correct nutes. I suggest to you the "Quick grow program" and the QG nute line. They have been winning awards since 92' and are reasonably priced for chem'd nutes. (imo, they work just as good or even better then other name brands that you pay 200$+ for) ((Not going to mention names
)) to get the "starter kit" it's 40$. You get "Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3". IF you're growing out just a single plant this will be good for almost two full harvests. (You might need to replace "part 2, and part 3" cause they are used more in flowering) So, very much worth it.
I would also suggest going to the pawn shop or thrift store and getting a cheap dehumidifier for 10$.
With these few items you'll be able to go through until harvest day! Now I see you have a fan thats good. I would (depending on your environment conditions) probably just turn it off for now. I assume you have a PH tester cause you said it was at 7.0.. That's also to high. (ppl will argue this, but it is) Try to keep it around 6.0-6.5 if you're growing in soil. You'll also need a temperature/humidity gauge. You can go get one at walmart for 3-50$+. The one i use for my CK grow right now is only 15$..
To make it easier here's the "list";
-HPS 400 watt with ballast & refflector
-OuickGrow nutrient line (if you can, get the whole program, not just the 3 parts)
-Temperature/RH gauge (Acurite has a good digital one that is only 10$)
With these products you will be able to make sure this little girl will live a wonderful life (or better then she is now anyways
), and provide you with some decent medicine in the end. Once you go get these products get back to me and I'll help you right to the very harvest brotha, we are all here to help each other succeed!
(No worries, I'm not going anywhere anyways. But you are going to need these items before you hit her with 12/12, because that is when she is most susceptible too,,,,everything.. lol)
Can you post some updated pics? I also suggest putting them drain holes in asap before the roots fill up the bottom and you end up drilling into them. :32:
