How am I? Day 7. First time growing

Greengonja · Mar 31, 2026

This is my first time growing, I have 2 sk8ttles and 2 godfather OGs growing in a 3x3x6 tent.( yes I know this is small) I have a humidifier running with a slight breeze from oscillating fans. Humidity stays around 70-80% with door closed and temperature is averaging out at 75°F. although I am having issues correcting pH levels of the soil of all 4 plants and would love some insight on how to adjust and keep the soil at the correct pH level.

trygrowup · Mar 31, 2026

Welcome

What we got? Autos or photoperiod?

Greengonja said:
I have 2 sk8ttles and 2 godfather OGs growing in a 3x3x6 tent.( yes I know this is small)

I think it ok for 4 plants. All depending of course.
What light you got?
Also tell what kind of soil you use. And what water? Tap water or RO.
For example my soil got nutes for a month it says on the bag, and also things to keep the ph in a range. I think i can water with 6 - 7.5 ph maybe.
The nutes may not last a month with weed because it grows so much though.

Greengonja · Mar 31, 2026

trygrowup said:
Welcome

What we got? Autos or photoperiod?

I think it ok for 4 plants. All depending of course.
What light you got?
Also tell what kind of soil you use. And what water? Tap water or RO.
For example my soil got nutes for a month it says on the bag, and also things to keep the ph in a range. I think i can water with 6 - 7.5 ph maybe.
The nutes may not last a month with weed because it grows so much though.

Hello! I have all autos! I plan on going with a photoperiod or two on my next grow! I am currently running a spider farmer sf1000 which is just a 100 watt single plate light with a dimmer. I plan on upgrading to a spider farmer 300W 3 panel light. With 2 of the spider farmer sf1000 on the sides of the plants to hit those lower buds. I am using adoria living compost mixed with 3 lb bag of perlite and 1 lb bag of worm castings. I am using tap water and the pH of the tap water is running at about a 7.3-8. I

JIMKSI64 · Mar 31, 2026

Your choice of soil is great. It has organic material in it to buffer the pH. I also grow in organic soil. Unless you add stuff to your water that changes the PH you do not need to correct the water.

Weather you need a pH pen will be dependant on your nutrition choice. I used an organic pour that hammered pH from 8 to 4.4 at max mix rate and my dry amendments do not require pH balancing.
Due to poor tap water for growing ( 440 ppm ) I bought a $50 RO filter and a 32 gallon garbage can.

Greengonja · Mar 31, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Your choice of soil is great. It has organic material in it to buffer the pH. I also grow in organic soil. Unless you add stuff to your water that changes the PH you do not need to correct the water.

Weather you need a pH pen will be dependant on your nutrition choice. I used an organic pour that hammered pH from 8 to 4.4 at max mix rate and my dry amendments do not require pH balancing.
Due to poor tap water for growing ( 440 ppm ) I bought a $50 RO filter and a 32 gallon garbage can.

Hello! I have tons of questions! You stated that I do not need to worry about pH and I’m just wondering why that is? Is there something about the soil that allows the plant to absorb nutrients? I’m new to this all so I’m just trying to learn as much as I can. What organic pour did you use? I have nutrients( 4.4.4 mix for vegetation, and a 2.8.4 mix for flowering) Does buying a RO filter make the pH more balanced? Am I able to buy the filter and just go straight from tap to soil then?

JIMKSI64 · Mar 31, 2026

Greengonja said:
Hello! I have tons of questions! You stated that I do not need to worry about pH and I’m just wondering why that is? Is there something about the soil that allows the plant to absorb nutrients? I’m new to this all so I’m just trying to learn as much as I can. What organic pour did you use? I have nutrients( 4.4.4 mix for vegetation, and a 2.8.4 mix for flowering) Does buying a RO filter make the pH more balanced? Am I able to buy the filter and just go straight from tap to soil then?

Post what you will put in the pot. I am a big fan of a cannabis feed schedule and will look to see if your nutrition choice has a chart or feed calculator. Surprised me how many are available.

Greengonja · Mar 31, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Post what you will put in the pot. I am a big fan of a cannabis feed schedule and will look to see if your nutrition choice has a chart or feed calculator. Surprised me how many are available.

for veg

For flowering

trygrowup · Mar 31, 2026

Greengonja said:
Does buying a RO filter make the pH more balanced? Am I able to buy the filter and just go straight from tap to soil then?

I bought RO filter because at the time my tap water was 8+ ph.
The plants could use the water but after maybe two months the calcium levels in the soil got too hig i guess.
My RO water sits at 6 ph after absorbing carbon from the air but my friends is 5.5
Thats because he got higher water pressure and therefore his RO filter works better = less calcium

I just use the 6 ph RO water as it is. I'm using organic living soil.

JIMKSI64 · Apr 1, 2026

Ok you have a great choice in the organic gia green. Being organic you need to be on a schedule to add the nutes before they are needed to allow a conversion to take place.
https://www.gaiagreen.com/_files/ugd/ca863c_9ca48f6abdfb40ccb5cb57f7bed80f90.pdf
This is the feed card for the gia green.
Now the flowering is not an organic product. The nutrients will be readily avaliablle as soon as installed.
During the growth period there is an early and mid flower where nitrogen support is still needed until the final push. You will need to bridge this gap with an organic fertilizer that may become less effective once you put the mineral feed in.
I have no experiance starting organic and ending with chemical ferts.
Recommned you check our grow diaries and see if anybody can give you directions on this.
Hit the 3 horizontal bars top left on the header. This tales you to the index for the site. look for forums and then page scrolldown and look for grow diaries.
Once in grow diaries use the spyglass feature to add keywords like gia green and fox farms bud bloom. See if anyone has done a simular grow.
Good luck!

trygrowup · Apr 1, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Hit the 3 horizontal bars top left on the header.

I have never found 3 bars.
Can you show a picture because i'm either blind or too stoned?

Greengonja · Apr 1, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
Ok you have a great choice in the organic gia green. Being organic you need to be on a schedule to add the nutes before they are needed to allow a conversion to take place.
https://www.gaiagreen.com/_files/ugd/ca863c_9ca48f6abdfb40ccb5cb57f7bed80f90.pdf
This is the feed card for the gia green.
Now the flowering is not an organic product. The nutrients will be readily avaliablle as soon as installed.
During the growth period there is an early and mid flower where nitrogen support is still needed until the final push. You will need to bridge this gap with an organic fertilizer that may become less effective once you put the mineral feed in.
I have no experiance starting organic and ending with chemical ferts.
Recommned you check our grow diaries and see if anybody can give you directions on this.
Hit the 3 horizontal bars top left on the header. This tales you to the index for the site. look for forums and then page scrolldown and look for grow diaries.
Once in grow diaries use the spyglass feature to add keywords like gia green and fox farms bud bloom. See if anyone has done a simular grow.
Good luck!

I wasn’t completely aware what I was using was chemical at the end. I’m still learning a lot and took suggestions from the grow shop we have here locally. I probably will go out and find something organic for flowering. Do you have any suggestions? I would like to stay as organic as possible. Also thank you so much for the advice!

JIMKSI64 · Apr 1, 2026

You have the gia green 4 4 4 and the feed card has the bloom nutrition and other benificials but I do not run gia so you have what you need to start. Now use the search and find some diaries to go through. You might even find a gia grower who ran your strain.
Most organic growers including myself use a beneficial in the soil to promote growth that helps convert organics. They have all these fancy words for what 35 years ago was humic and fulvic acid. Lots of choices for this product but anything that has mycorrhizal in it as a colony expander.

JIMKSI64 · Apr 1, 2026

trygrowup said:
I have never found 3 bars.
Can you show a picture because i'm either blind or too stoned?

trygrowup · Apr 1, 2026

JIMKSI64 said:
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Thanks Neither blind or too stoned.
I don't have the 3 bars on my computer.

LoveGrowingIt · Apr 1, 2026

Because you're using Gaia Green All Purpose for vegetation, I recommend you use Gaia Green Power Bloom (2-8-4) for flowering.

marsh510 · Apr 2, 2026

Greengonja said:
This is my first time growing, I have 2 sk8ttles and 2 godfather OGs growing in a 3x3x6 tent.( yes I know this is small) I have a humidifier running with a slight breeze from oscillating fans. Humidity stays around 70-80% with door closed and temperature is averaging out at 75°F. although I am having issues correcting pH levels of the soil of all 4 plants and would love some insight on how to adjust and keep the soil at the correct pH level.

Consider an exhaust fan AC Infinity has a great one you can hook up to their monotoring system where you canset Temp RH and VPD from your phone

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