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Apologies for the lack of info ill try to include everything this time. Keep in mind that you won’t be familiar with the products available to me so I’ll try and give you all the info I have. General Info: Two plants under a 250W HPS. Temp 79-82 F. Humidity 60-70 %. Usually closer to 60%...

I bought the composted soil. The info on bag says: Density: 400G/L Moisture: 22% Organic matter: 45% Nitrogen: 0.8 E.C: 1.2 DSM Coco Peat, Washed sand, Perlite, organic stimulants, compost. This was mixed with potting soil from another company. I didn't think compost could be harmful, but...

Hi! I don't think you'll be familiar with the brand, it's a local company and I live far away. I've used it with vegetables with great results and no drying problems but they were outdoors and the heat would've taken care of that. I also mixed it with composted soil which caused a salt build...

Hi, This is my second grow and it’s been a bumpier road than my first. I have two plants under 250 W HPS (the MH’s ballast was buzzing too loud) in a mix of regular potting soil and composted soil. They were very healthy but after I transplanted them into the composted mix I started noticing...

Amazon has a sister company here but they only sell locally produced fertilizers. All the gardening stores only sell local fertilizers, I've seen some European fertilizers in certain markets but its a bit of a journey to get there. Thought Id see if the sticks were any good before I make the...

I don't really trust the fertilizers that are available to me. Let's just say my country isn't known for its quality. Since these were from Germany I thought id check them out. I used composted soil but I ended up with salt build up and had to flush (You and Jimster helped me diagnose that...

Hi, I came across fertilizer sticks in the market and was wondering if anyone has any experience with them? I couldn't find a picture of the ones I purchased but they're similar to the one below. Mine is from a German company called Floracraft. There's one for veg and one for flower. The...

@Jimster -Regarding feeding, I'm not sure what you are feeding them, but I would go with a 1/4 dose and see how it responds. I haven’t fed them anything yet but I only have access to general fertilizers available in my country. I’m going to wait a bit and hopefully see some improvements before...

Hi again, Thanks for all the help! After reading your replies I decided to flush both plants again. My run off for both plants was around 2000 ppm so it seems like I definitely had a salt build up. I found a bit of water in the collector plate from my previous watering 2 days ago and the ppm...

Hi Jimster, Hope all is well :) So I’ve been watering my plants with pH'd water around 6.2. Although I can’t be sure because I haven’t been able to find calibration solution I’ve been using my past readings with my tap water as a gauge so I’m fairly confident its within range. I also flushed...

Hahaha thanks Beachwalker. Unfortunately i live in a country where amazon doesn't operate. Life would've been much easier.

Thanks Jimster! I watered my plants with a good amount of ph'd water and I think ill wait and see if it has any effect. If not ill definitely flush the soil and wait again. I don't want to add any nutrients any time soon because I know the soil has enough compost and the plant is still...

Thanks for the replies everyone! Ill do a slurry test and double check the pH. Any advice on how to calibrate your pH meter at home. I've seen some videos using baking soda and vinegar but those are far from the 6.5 range. Didn't know agricultural gypsum existed! Thanks for the tip!

Hello, This is my 2nd grow and I'm 2 weeks in since transplanting 2 different strains (Had a mix up with my seeds so I only know that one of them is either vanilla or critical kush and the other is a complete mystery, 1 is definitely looking like Indica and the other a sativa/hybrid) Soil: I...