Growing my first plant

[mrdevious]

I'm happy to announce I've started my first plant ever :) . She's about 5 inches tall and I'm growing it in a closet with a proper light and a couple fans going. I currently have it's schedule on 18 hours light, 6 hours dark, which I'll turn to 50/50 when it's ready to bud.

Anyway, I was wondering how much I should be watering my plant, and if there's any nutrients I should be applying at certain stages in growth?

[Garden Knowm]

Hi Mr. DEVIOUS!!!!!!!!

iloveyou

How big is your container?
What temp s the room?

You want to water when nearly all the soil is nearly dry... or, when the top 2-3 inches of your soil are DRY.. then you water...

When you water you water to thoroughly saturate your container with a water that you have adjusted the PH to 6.8.

iloveyou

pictures?

[LIP]

You dont need to be giving any nutes yet, the seedling is still sorting its root system out. After about 3 weeks to can give it veg nutes [Higher in N] and then for flower obviously give it flowering nutes.

Hello.

[mrdevious]

Hi Mr. DEVIOUS!!!!!!!!

iloveyou

How big is your container?
What temp s the room?

You want to water when nearly all the soil is nearly dry... or, when the top 2-3 inches of your soil are DRY.. then you water...

When you water you water to thoroughly saturate your container with a water that you have adjusted the PH to 6.8.

iloveyou

pictures?

Woohoo, 2 "I love you"'s for me!:dance: thanks for the kind words Garden Knowm :) .

My pot is about 15 inches across, and I'm using some of that very good soil to grow it in. you know the stuff, really light and fluffy and full of nutrients.
The room is just regular room temperature, though I assume the light will heat things up some (which the fan can even out). I don't think I'll be controlling the water's PH though, I wouldn't know how to measure it and I have no such equipment.

I'd love to post some pictures (of other stuff as well) but nobody can find the cord to the digital camera :( . But if I do I'll be sure to post it right away.

Oh and also does anybody know what "flushing" is and how I would do it?

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If you haven't added any nutes, then you should not need to flush. Most of the time when people flush, it is to take care of a soil issue (over nuteing).

though the answer to your question. the common ratio is 3:1 so if you have a 1 gallon pot, then you flush with 3 gallons of water. Unless you are using a Flushing agent, then you can use less.

[Pothead4204life]

What kind of lights are you using?????

[mrdevious]

Well, I really don't know what kind of lights I'm using, since I got all my equipment (quite a bit too) from a friend who's given up growing.

But, I would like to happily anounce that I now have FOUR plants! :) A friend of my dad was trying to grow some but they kept getting stolen, so that friend gave me the last 3. They're all kind of ill and droopy looking, but I think I can nurse them back to health. I know it's only my first grow but the original clone I have is now looking healthier and stronger than ever, so I guess I'm doing something right.

[Pothead4204life]

well if you have HID you will need to water more than if you had CFL......sooo......it sounds like you might be overwatering them...droopy....so dont nurse them too much....

[yabatab]

Listen to Garden Knowm that person seems to know there
information on growing. I always used peters 20-20-20
for vegetive state. And some TLC goes a long way.
I have my own secret soil mixture sorry im not giving
it up...LOL but organics are the key to a rich soil and
a little bat shit don't hurt either.