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This is a very good point.1. You want the pots raised up off of the floor for a couple of reasons. Use a saucer under them to catch any runoff that may occur. You don't want water just pooling out onto the floor.
The reasons for raising them up are to help keep the roots warm and also so that your pot is not sitting in a constant state of wetness. Especially with those fabric pots. I put a couple of pictures at the bottom to give you some ideas on how to do it.
I'm not sure if those brands are available here in Europe.4. Asking what kind of soil to use is like asking someone what their favorite ice cream flavor is. If you want something mild, you can use Fox Farms Happy Frog soil. I will attest to the fact that you can grow cannabis in it. It already has a fair amount of perlite in it, but it will not hurt to add another 15 - 20%. Perlite helps provide drainage and to keep the plant from being over-watered, which is the tendency of most new growers.
My understanding is that Happy Frog is more mild than their Ocean Forest blend. But plenty of people here use Ocean Forest also.
Didn't know about the need for these traps. Good to know!5. Keep your tent clean. Don't let spills and piles of soil collect around on your tent floor. Also, order some yellow sticky aphid traps and place a few around your plants, even when growing inside. You can see below how I do mine. I cut them in half and just lay them on top of the soil.
Your gonna like this I have a 4x4 tent so I bought a 4 ft piece of plywood made it round got a seat swivel made a lasy susan then put a plastic kiddie pool on it loaded it with 5 tall 10 gallon grow bags and I have a wheeled seat that I roll up to the door and when I water or trim I just spin the next one right in front of me. I also built a pressurized CO2 generator that runs off seashells and acid. Acetic acid or citric acid. Live in Florida so seashells are free. Use a Spider Farms 4000 does 5x5 veg 4x4 flower crank out awesome autos quick with 18 hour run time whole cycle. AUTOS don't like to be messed with plant in pot their gonna finish in. No topping,fimming or ScroggingHi everyone!
At 47 years old, I finally got myself a grow tent with all the accessories and will start growing indoors for the first time once I feel I have a good grip on this.
For now, a few questions, maybe someone can help out.
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Stupid question #1
Should I place the pots on the floor of the grow tent? Or on top of a table or tray of some kind?
I'm going for those textile pots I see around, if that helps anything. I'm guessing they don't need plates?
The tent has 200cm (~6ft) height, 120cm (~3.5ft) on the sides. Will be using a Lumatek LED 465W system that doesn't occupy much height.
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Stupid question #2
I will be starting out with an automatic strain (Northern Lights) that were offered when I purchased the grow tent.
This one here in this link: Northern Lights Automatic
Read somewhere in this forum yesterday from someone advising that if using automatics, might as well let them germinate, grow and flower in the same one big pot, instead of transplanting them from pot A to B to C.
The reasoning is that automatic strains, apparently, are too jumpy and tend to initiate the flowering process if their roots happen touch the interior of the pot; hence the need to use a very large pot to begin with and stick with it.
May I ask what's the general consensus on this? Several pots and transplants for automatic strains? Or just one big pot and we're done with it?
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If you think I need to transplant, here is question 3:
Stupid question #3
If using ScrOG method, how to transplant?
I'm considering training and using the ScrOG net that came with my grow house to have the "screen of green" effect, with most tops getting the same uniform light once they flower.
Question is: if I start training/bending the branches which - as far as I know - should roughly begin at week 2 or 3, how is the transplant possible if the leaves are already attached to the net?
Won't I break the leaves or stems if I try to do that?
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If you think I don't need to transplant and just use one big pot, here is question 4:
Stupid question #4
If using just one big pot for the entire plant cycle, what kind of soil and add ons should I use?
I hear about perlite, but that seems like an inflating agent to allow for more air to pass through.
What about the kind of soil itself?
Already a mildly fertilized mix, and then a few add ons for the flowering process?
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And that's if for now.
But I will be back with more questions.... oh, I definitely will!
Thanks!
André Toscano
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