Need advice

[mommadoit]

Planted seed Easter Sunday. Miracle grow seedling. Bag seed strain unknown. Under vipar spectra light. Only water. Looking to transplant them maybe add some nutes. Any suggestions greatly appreciated

 

[Mikedin]

Planted seed Easter Sunday. Miracle grow seedling. Bag seed strain unknown. Under vipar spectra light. Only water. Looking to transplant them maybe add some nutes. Any suggestions greatly appreciated

My first suggestion would be get out of the miracle grow and get into some good soil, what local stores do you have? You’ll get a million suggestions for what to use, but I’d rather know what you have local access to, what’s your budget to spend on it all? Local grow stores? Hydro shops? What we working with here


Edit: and welcome to the farm!

 

[mommadoit]

My first suggestion would be get out of the miracle grow and get into some good soil, what local stores do you have? You’ll get a million suggestions for what to use, but I’d rather know what you have local access to, what’s your budget to spend on it all? Local grow stores? Hydro shops? What we working with here


Edit: and welcome to the farm!

Small town, I have Lowes, menards. I have budget no problem but I'd have to order. No hydro shops

 

[RoadKillSkunkHunt]

Small town, I have Lowes, menards. I have budget no problem but I'd have to order. No hydro shops

Is there a Home Depot near you? I believe they carry FoxFarm products. Its worth looking into for either Happy Frog or Ocean Forest.

I tried the mendards store brand professional potting mix last year for vegetables and I didn't like it. Food for thought there ...

 

[mommadoit]

Is there a Home Depot near you? I believe they carry FoxFarm products. Its worth looking into for either Happy Frog or Ocean Forest.

I tried the mendards store brand professional potting mix last year for vegetables and I didn't like it. Food for thought there ...

 

[mommadoit]

Found a store that says they carry it. I'll go tomorrow and see if they have it for sure

 

[JIMKSI64]

Found a store that says they carry it. I'll go tomorrow and see if they have it for sure

Do not purchase if bag is ripped and repaired or if it weighs a ton like it got wet.

 

[mommadoit]

Do not purchase if bag is ripped and repaired or if it weighs a ton like it got wet.

Thank u for that info

 

[JIMKSI64]

I use fox farms both the Happy Frog and the ocean forest in a 50-50 mix plus 3 cups perlite for drainage. If you want to keep all Organic in veg they also make a good soil conditioner to topdress the grow. Nothing but water and no pH checking until you start a flower nutrition. Then you should be correcting PH if the nutes go into the water.
Do not count on a $20 pH pen for your grow, it will break your heart.
You are gonna love it here

 

[mommadoit]

I use fox farms both the Happy Frog and the ocean forest in a 50-50 mix plus 3 cups perlite for drainage. If you want to keep all Organic in veg they also make a good soil conditioner to topdress the grow. Nothing but water and no pH checking until you start a flower nutrition. Then you should be correcting PH if the nutes go into the water.
Do not count on a $20 pH pen for your grow, it will break your heart.
You are gonna love it here

I have perlite I put it in the miracle grow.cudos to u, and ur info

 

[BB22]

Planted seed Easter Sunday. Miracle grow seedling. Bag seed strain unknown. Under vipar spectra light. Only water. Looking to transplant them maybe add some nutes. Any suggestions greatly appreciated

Welcome Humble suggestion. Looks like a good time to up pot. Those plants don’t appear to be a asking for nutes

Happy Growing

 

[BearWater]

Welcome to the Farm! Do have an idea of what type of nutes? Organic’s? Water soluble? I’ve started using Gaia green amendment so far so good! And im using some water soluble stuff that you can mix in water and feed every watering. I suggest start there and then we can help you with some recommendations, from there youll need to make the decision based on some research on your own and price, and style of how you want to feed, there’s tons a help here so dont feel lost! Just gotta reach out : )

 

[KolaKing]

I have perlite I put it in the miracle grow.cudos to u, and ur info

Goi heavy on the perlite. I tested some Kellogs Patio Plus and mixed in 30% perlite. Terrible growth. I'd mix in as much as 60% perlite, 40% soil.

 

[BB22]

Where do those cups drain? Difficult to see.

@Captspaulding gave some helpfull advice about stiring the top inch or so of the soil.

 

[mommadoit]

Where do those cups drain? Difficult to see.

@Captspaulding gave some helpfull advice about stiring the top inch or so of the soil.

Out the bottom threw a grate

 

[BB22]

Got me

 

[Natep]

you really need to make a choice. How are you planning on growing these plants? Hydro, soil,organic, living organic. If you plan on doing a synthetic hydro grow you can get sunshine 4 if you plan on doing an organic you use the fox farms. Living organic you would need to build a peat base soil

 

[mommadoit]

Plants starting to get a little yellow color on top. I have soil coming today to transplant. Maybe I let the soil get to dry?? Any help please.

 

[JIMKSI64]

Wait until you get the new soil. Transplant and set up your nutrition and watering with a plan. If you choose fox farms it has nutrition for 3- weeks but staying organic means timing your nutrition support. Water carefully. Most new growers overwater. Hard to dry out a pot plant enough to hurt it but the small ones are more tender.

 

[mommadoit]

Wait until you get the new soil. Transplant and set up your nutrition and watering with a plan. If you choose fox farms it has nutrition for 3- weeks but staying organic means timing your nutrition support. Water carefully. Most new growers overwater. Hard to dry out a pot plant enough to hurt it but the small ones are more tender.

I let them get real dry. Just watered today.