Kurl3y
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Thank You for the tip ..I will get some PH down to adjust the water. I will read up on the VPD also.I'm using hydro, but can offer some feedback from my experience. It seems like over-watering is damn near a chronic problem with new growers. I over-watered on of my sprouts early on too. Lots of good info on the forum about watering. :)
Regarding pH: Again, different from hydro, but it DEFINITELY matters.
It looks to me like you are off to a great start!! I'm fairly certain most folks keep the plants in the solo cups until they are darned near outgrowing the cup.
One more point: once you are comfortable with the above stuff, you should look into VPD (vapor pressure differential). This is basically matching your grow room temperature with your humidity to keep the plant happy.
Cheers!!
Thank You ..Lots to read up on here for sure!!Welcome to the farm!
Hey there!
New grower here, too. Welcome to the forum.
You will get a ton of great knowledge here and a big debate about the lights. :) I understand about how you ended up growing. Mother Marijuana is making it a point as of late to land into the hand of people who had no idea she was coming. Yes, I operate differently than most. I digress.
Can you please show your plants without the purple light? Do you have normal lighting available? I'd like to see the true color. I used normal lights up until they grew up to true veg, then I put them in a 1 gal pot. I made sure to sterilize my medium first, you never know what you are getting from someone else, you know? (I'm also a former EMS person, too, so I'm funny about vectors anyway)
It's been my experience that you don't need all the extra fancy equipment, but that's just my preference. As I learned through my current grow, it's best to go from Solo to 1 gallon, to 3 gal/5 gal, and so on. Growing mediums are preferences, too. I use Coco, which I've adapted to, but requires more of a balancing act. Next grow, I will use soil.
I understand. I did realize after a bit that I am still of the school that less is more. I'm of the mind that they are your plants and to go with what feels right. I think right now you 'sense' something is up with the lights since it's something we all keep talking about. What do you feel you should be doing at this moment in time? Outside of what books and ten other people tell you to do. Decide to do it and do it, then see how it goes. I've learned to limit myself to three bits of outside information, that way I don't get overloaded with buying all the accoutrement, if you get what I mean. Your plants will guide you in the right direction. Document your dates on your calendar and lots of pictures. I didn't realize just how far I had gotten until someone told me to look back. It will help you learn to trust your Self. :)I will upload some pics with just a regular light, here is the soil I got. The lights are the most confusing part, the Veg light has a heavy blue tint (just Veg Switch on) and the bloom light(just the Bloom light on) has a very heavy red tint. Both Veg and Bloom switches can be run at the same time or each one individually which is confusing. I have been unable to locate a true grow guide using these lights. I'm sure the battle will go on with lighting forever but at this point I'm rolling with what I have just to see what happens. I think ... "I think" (lol) they suggest to use both switches on when you begin the flowering process until such time the plant has stopped growing and is putting all it's energy into the blooms then you run just the bloom light .. Like I said I think .. I'm hoping to find someone that has experience with these lights to offer some insite on exactly how to use them correctly. Right now I'm just running the Veg light at 18 hours on and 6 off, that's why the pictures have a bluish tint to them. If this is correct I would need to look at probably week 6 or 7 or so to switch to flowering mode (both switches on). I don't know ..guess that's why I'm here. Thank You so much for your input.
You didn’t mention which lights and frankly idc but I have heard to run it with both on the whole cycle of the plant. I don’t have any one those kinda lights, maybe someone with experience will chime in. As for new growers, like myself, overwatering is a big issue. I have yet to run into over watering because I have heard it’s best to let soil dry almost completely before watering again and so far it has worked for me. happy grows!
Burnz
Just in case your water is like mine (it fluctuates daily with mine), I'd put a bucket of water, non-treated, daily (maybe more depending on how big). I realized it mellowed itself out by itself and I don't need to add all the extra for the most part. As I take out, I put in, if that makes sense. That way, it's always steady in pH. If you have an aquarium, even better, which is what I'm working towards. The plants love that water. Or put a rain butt outside or something similar to catch rainwater.There are certainly several threads on watering I agree I'm going to go way easy in that arena. I did pick up some PH down yesterday to adjust my tap water to 6.5 ..Thx for the input
I understand. I did realize after a bit that I am still of the school that less is more. I'm of the mind that they are your plants and to go with what feels right. I think right now you 'sense' something is up with the lights since it's something we all keep talking about. What do you feel you should be doing at this moment in time? Outside of what books and ten other people tell you to do. Decide to do it and do it, then see how it goes. I've learned to limit myself to three bits of outside information, that way I don't get overloaded with buying all the accoutrement, if you get what I mean. Your plants will guide you in the right direction. Document your dates on your calendar and lots of pictures. I didn't realize just how far I had gotten until someone told me to look back. It will help you learn to trust your Self. :)
Did you start a grow diary so we can all follow along? They are beautiful.Totally Agree, I'm going to use some of the advice I've rounded up here in the Forums on PH and watering etc. The light's are a little confusing but I'm going to go with Dan's advice as I agree with that as well ..Just run the Veg light for right now and transplant into 1 gal buckets until they get big enough when I see the roots coming out of the holes in the bottom. I started a new batch last night if all goes well I'll give those 4 a run outdoors we live in a rural area so I can put them in say May'ish and check out the difference. Do appreciate the help. Oh..here is a picture with just regular light.
Thank You,
No one is throwing shade on King lights, they will certainly grow MJ, hope the community isn’t coming off as lighting snobs...Lol. Many have used those same lights successfully...I have vivosun tent & king leds, growing with soil, msg/tag me if you have questions & I'll help, mine are doing well (even with those lights)
Yeah let’s not get this started here.. that’s a couple threads back. Happy grows.
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