Ok. My second try went better but i neem and light burned them and my seeds were autos and I didn't know it. The perlite soil mix worked well I watered like every 7 8 days. My first try was in straight soil and I overwatered.
i just went through your other post.
Two of them looked pretty good until I fucked them up. Two stayed little and grew slower. Well this time I got better everything so it should go better. Might try diamacious earth or whatever it's called. This dude told me it helps with bugs.
It's a organic soil I got from Walmart. Back to the roots was the brand. I mixed in 1/3 perlite.I only gave them water every seven or eight days. I have fox farm grow big to use but never did because the soil and the perlite both had nutrients. I had a shitty light I bought when I didn't know anything about leds. I got 2 phlizon lights now. I bought a 240 watt light and the company sent me a 100watt light for free or by mistake. I had the shitty 35watt light 18 inches above the plants. Than I moved it to less than 12 inches trying to get a higher ppfd. Both the phlizon lights have dimmers. I used bottled drinking water purified by reverse osmosis. The seeds were autos I guess. I sprayed them with neem oil because fruit flies were on my plants. I sprayed them in the morning and put the lights on them. The weak light was stronger than I thought. Burned the bottom big leaves than they died. I pulled them off when they dried all the way out. Someone told me they were small for 5 weeks old. Two grew faster and bigger than the other two but seemed totally fine until i needed them.
Hi, I hear your troubles. I've been growing 25+ years, just as a back ground, I hate that potting soil shit it kills seedlings being too hot. I use straight Promix that come in 3.8 cu/ft compressed bales $40 each and perlite. PM comes with 17- 22% I think it is perlite I used to add 15 % more to get my mix to 33%ish but I found my soil still compacted so I've gone to a 40% mix. it makes transplanting a bitch but that's another story.
if you are using the perlite from walmart just know it often has miricle grow time release fertilzer mixed in with it. Go to lowes instead and get just straight perilite. That back to roots is not great either. Walmart will often carry Pro mix, that is a way better soil but will need nutrients mixed in. You can get a bag of earthworm castings to get you started
not to be rude but you can have the best of everything but if you do not slow down and do what the plants want and need you will still not have a good outcome. There is no rushing things, your plants will dictate.. your bug issue was related to your watering issue, if you learn proper watering (not being rude) you will see less issue especially with the fungus gnats you said was the issue, you can also use cinnamon (much safer for you than diatomaceous earth) but again, proper watering you will not have bug issues.
No man I googled how to stop fruit flies. Neem oil was first thing I seen that worked.
Good I plan on using it again. I bought to much when I didn't know how much I needed.
check if either mention "time released nutrients"
Damn I didn't think of that. Google keeps handing me losses. I tried reddit because Google search kept taking me there. But people just want to talk shit on there. I didn't find much help there. This app is awesome so far.
Ak 48 from Nirvana
Is this all soil? I keep hearing that I should switch to coco but, I get decent grows in soil. I am just looking for amazing grows. I don't know what I have I guess. I think it's time to start showing some pictures.
