CurtisBlow916
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I’ll post my soil mix.. I’ve done at least 500 hrs of research and with the information I’ve gotten, light warrior and happy frog are best for veg and seed .. ocean Forest is gotten hotter over the years so mixing is with a lighter soil is always a good practice for the beginning .. as for strawberry fields I’ve heard ito goes well with the flowering stage so I figured these mix ratios would do wellThat's a lot of different potting soils and a lot of different nutrients. What's the plan? Light Warrior for seedlings > Happy Frog? Ocean Forest?
Don't complicate things. You don't need a zillion potting mixes. If you're planting seeds directly in soil, Light Warrior is a good start. Then, Ocean Forest would work for the rest of the grow. It will also provide all your nutes for the first few weeks. I haven't used the others, though I know many people use Happy Frog with good results.
I believe that fan and light are way underpowered for a tent of that size, but I haven't looked at the specs.
Have you ever grown anything before? You might want to practice on inexpensive/free seeds.
Happy frog or Light warrior - 70% |
Ocean Forest - 20% |
Perlite - 10% |
Light great white |
Happy frog - 20% |
Ocean Forest - 20% |
Strawberry - 50% |
Perlite - 10% |
Light great white |
I was also planing on putting a ac unit on both sides of the tent to promote air exhaustion.. but if 6inch is just trash I’ll go with 8 inchI have that same tent with 2 Mars hydro t3000’s.. I agree with mysticepipedon you need more lighting! I also have a 3x3 which was my first tent and I would recommend starting with that.
I do dwc but also use the fox farm ocean potting soil to mess around with in between grows and I use it from seed to finish. I just keep the soil wet in a tote for a while so it’s not so hot and haven’t had an issue.
Hell every seed I’ve germinated has come up and haven’t lost a plant yet in dwc or soil!
Point being don’t complicate things like mysticpipedon said..
Also, that 6 inch inline fan is too small for that tent, I have the same one next time I use that tent I’m upgrading to 8 inch
Alright check it out.. Happy frog and light warrior have mycorrhizae and humic acids in the soil promoting root growth for seedlings and veging plants, FFOF recently changed from organic soil amendments to synthetics making there soil nutrients readily available for the plant making it better for later in the Veg stage and more likely to nute burn seedlings and in early Veg but mixing with happy frog or light warrior will most likely run out of soil nutrients at about transplant time .. NOW strawberry fields is a flowering soil so a mix with FFOF will promote plant growth as well as bud growth .. with the happy frog promoting healthy root growth.. I’ll be posting my nutrient schedule for more clarity on that.. I’m going with a alternating nutrient cycle.Actually, FFOF doesn't seem to be as hot as it used to be, at least the stuff I'm getting.
Keep in mind that a lot of the information you are getting is from people trying to sell you something. In my opinion, there are way too many different nutrients listed and way too many different potting soils. Forget Miracle Grow and forget that generic pack of nutrients. I also think getting a separate potting soil for flowering is unneeded.
Learn the nutrients plants need, not the brand names of nutrient mixes some company tells you to buy.
Soils cost extra shipping no doubt, that's why I do coco (among other benefits) If your looking for bulk shipping that's the way to go.You’re getting robbed with the Amazon prices. Looks like you live in a urban area and can find all the soils at $12-$15 for the 1.5/2cf bags. (Tons of grow stores sell the dirt at cost, so you’ll come in a blow a bunch of money on worthless nutrients.)
^^^^^^You’re getting robbed with the Amazon prices. Looks like you live in a urban area and can find all the soils at $12-$15 for the 1.5/2cf bags. (Tons of grow stores sell the dirt at cost, so you’ll come in a blow a bunch of money on worthless nutrients.)
(Not sure where you’re getting your info but FFOF is an organic blend and doesn’t use synthetic nutes.)
Definitely I just didn’t want to go to 30 different sites for these pictures.. my local hydro has all of the products I posted here.. but I’ve checked the label, ingredients and have been staying updated with FFOF and they recently changed there label and took off the word organic and after wondering why I asked my local hydro store and they said they reason is such but after doin my own reading I’ve come to confirm that.You’re getting robbed with the Amazon prices. Looks like you live in a urban area and can find all the soils at $12-$15 for the 1.5/2cf bags. (Tons of grow stores sell the dirt at cost, so you’ll come in and blow a bunch of money on worthless nutrients.)
(Not sure where you’re getting your info but FFOF is an organic blend and doesn’t use synthetic nutes.)
No I’ll go just with soil for this time and switch to coco when I run out of nutes and medium..We just changed over from 3 different soil products to just one. Roots Organic Lush. Good stuff.
It simplifies everything organic even more.
You still planning on doing 3 grows at once? Organic, Hydro and DWC?
You don’t think 4 viper spectras will get the job done?Soils cost extra shipping no doubt, that's why I do coco (among other benefits) If your looking for bulk shipping that's the way to go.
Like he say's, all that money you can save, heck, you could even subscribe, and still come out smelling like a rose. Or better yet, a dank reefer plant.
Some of the decision are going to be key components to your ultimate outcome, the lights, for instance, I think are #1 priority here. Spider-farmer's got packages of lights bundled with tents that are time tried and proven, right here on these forums. The real key is those LM301 diodes, they can make a huge difference. Especially when mated to high quality Osram 660's, UV A+B & IR.
Week 1 (nutrients) | 20 ml/gal Veg1 20 ml/gal Veg2 5 ml/gal sweetener | Orca - 1.5 mL/gal Silica - 2.5 ml/gal Cal mag - 2.5 ml/gal |
Week 2 (Supplements) | 15 ml/gal Veg1 15 ml/gal Veg2 5 ml/gal sweetener | Blackstrap - .5 tbsp/gal Epsom - .5 tbsp/gal. Myco chum - 5 mL/gal Micro nutrients - 5 mL/gal |
Week 3 (nutrients) | 40 ml/gal Veg1 40 ml/gal Veg2 15 ml/gal sweetener | Orca - 2.5 mL/gal Silica - 5 mL/gal Cal mag - 5 mL/gal |
Week 4 (Supplements) | 25 ml/gal Veg1 25 ml/gal Veg2 8 ml/gal sweetener | Blackstrap - .5 tbsp/gal Epsom - .5 tbsp/gal Myco chum - 5 mL/gal Micro nutrients - 5 mL/gal |
Week 5 (nutrients) | 60 ml/gal Veg1 60 ml/gal Veg2 20 ml/gal sweetener | Orca - 3 mL/gal Silica - 5 mL/gal Cal mag - 5 mL/gal |
Week 6 (nutrients) | 35 ml/gal Bloom1 35 ml/gal Bloom2 25 ml/gal sweetener 5 ml/gal bud candy | Orca - 5 mL/gal Silica - 4 ml/gal. Cal mag - 5 ml/gal |
Week 7 (Supplements) | 20 ml/gal Bloom1 20 ml/gal Bloom2 15 ml/gal sweetener 5 ml/gal big bud 5 ml/gal bud candy | Blackstrap - 1 tbsp/gal Epsom - 1 tbsp/gal Myco chum - 10 mL/gal Micro nutrients - 5 mL/gal |
Week 8 (nutrients) | 45 ml/gal Bloom1 45 ml/gal Bloom2 35 ml/gal sweetener ml/gal big bud ml/gal bud candy | Orca - 5 mL/gal Silica - 4 ml/gal. Cal mag - 5 ml/gal |
Week 9 (Supplements) | 25 ml/gal Bloom1 25 ml/gal Bloom2 20 ml/gal sweetener ml/gal big bud ml/gal bud candy | Blackstrap - 1 tbsp/gal Epsom - 1 tbsp/gal Myco chum - 10 mL/gal Micro nutrients - 5 mL/gal |
Week 10 (nutrients) | 50 ml/gal Bloom1 50 ml/gal Bloom2 50 ml/gal sweetener ml/gal big bud ml/gal bud candy | Orca - 5 mL/gal Silica - 4 ml/gal. Cal mag - 5 ml/gal |
Week 11 (Supplements) | 25 ml/gal Bloom1 25 ml/gal Bloom2 30 ml/gal sweetener ml/gal big bud ml/gal bud candy | Blackstrap - .5 tbsp/gal Epsom - .5 tbsp/gal. Myco chum - 5 mL/gal Micro nutrients - 2.5 mL/gal |
Week 12 (nutrients) | 45 ml/gal Bloom1 45 ml/gal Bloom2 60 ml/gal sweetener ml/gal big bud ml/gal bud candy | Orca - 2.5 mL/gal Silica - 2 ml/gal. Cal mag - 2.5 ml/gal |
Week 13 (Supplements) 1/2 everything | 15 ml/gal Bloom1 15 ml/gal Bloom2 20 ml/gal sweetener | Blackstrap - .5 tbsp/gal Micro nutrients - .75 mL/gal |
Week 14 (nutrients) 1/2 everything | 7.5 ml/gal Bloom1 7.5 ml/gal Bloom2 10 ml/gal sweetener |
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