Hey everyone! Sorry for no updates for a long time I had some serious issues getting cspm lmao!
I think only one thing changed with my setup and that is that I no longer have a tent
As far as my understanding of living soil, I’m probably more confused than before lol! I’m learning individual pieces to soil one by one and I’m finding that’s a bit of a rabbit hole haha. I’m not a huge fan of academic based reading because I have a really hard time focusing on things but I did order teaming with microbes to hopefully put things into clarity!
I’m still missing aloe and silica, somehow 2 local grow stores, any health store Walmart target etc etc doesn’t carry either of them raw form. So I found a aloe concentrate liquid that’s 99% water and aloe that I’m gonna use (I really wanted to avoid liquid “nutes”. Side note, wtf is with the smell of neem lmao. My damn spare bedroom smells like top ramen that’s rotten or something haha, only saying this because after I run out of the neem meal I’m going to probably buy the liquid form.
I mixed up my soil 2 days ago still haven’t watered it in, probably going to do that as soon as I get done here.i used 1/3 cspm 1/3 red lava rock 1/3 Malibu bu compost if people want me to I’ll share the amendments I used but I can’t remember it all off the top of my head lol; and I’m using a 25 gallon
smart pot.
Still the same 315 watt cmh cheapp light but I’ve been told it works great I’ll find out for myself soon. I no longer have the 3x3 tent (long story) and I kinda have a cheap thrown together setup right now but should work fine.
I do have a question if anyone here is good with electricity.... should I be plugging the ballast directly into my timer or should I put a surge protector onto it?
Yesterday I threw a single seed in some bubbled tap water and it dropped like a hour later. From there I did the paper towel method however I did add a pinch of
mykos from extreme gardening; threw it in a plastic bag and wrapped it in a towel then stuck it on my laptop. I took a peek today and it’s just starting to “hatch”. Hoping for the taproot to be long enough to plant tomorrow.
The conditions of my room are really good! Only thing I need to address is the low humidity it’s around 35%! I have humidifiers I run throughout the house even! But I’m going to dedicate one full time to the room it’s small and will even out fast.
Room temps have a low of around 65 and a high of 74 I’m sure those will go up on their own when I have the light running and the soil up to tempature.
Still need to make a scrog but not going out til after Christmas lol!
For the record when I post pictures you guys should have a good laugh at the setup I’m using. I’m halfway terrified that I’m going to flood my soil so I have a ton of plastic under my
smart pot lol.
Merry Xmas or happy holidays!