Growing for my future. (My first sucessful grow) (i hope).

I am looking to change up my ways so I decided to put my mind to something and do it right. What better thing to do than grow pot, and do it right.!?! well i got a little less than 5 months, but i got some 1 and a half month old plants, and a bunch of seeds i just planted for outdoor later. so here is what ive done so far in pics:
so i obviously got the first few out of order. i had 2 flouro grow tubes, then 4, then 1 100 watt HPS then a diff 100 watt HPS, i am looking to get back the other 1000, yet another 100 and a metal halide that is either 400 or 600 or maybe even 1100. root bound yes i know... more to come on that next time

so i have repotted them... i know i am poor i could only manage one bag of soil.. i do got more pots though... i am actually just lazy and only felt like carrying one giant bag outta the store ;) anyhow i used 4 parts Lowes signature professional potting soil, 1 part worm castings, 3 parts lava rock and 2 parts coconut husks, generally that was my recipe anyways. Tomorrow i am gonna get more pots, more dirt, and hopefully 50 clones. i got a light mover i am gonna install as well, and hopefully get some more wattage.


PS i meant to say 1000 watt HPS and MH, thats what i got...

Hey bud, just a suggestion, but tin-foil is very overrated... meaning it is one of the worst reflective materials in that it distorts the refraction of light into thousands of directions! Crippled-up tin-foil is the worst, you may want to consider white paint or you can get Mylar in the form of a emergency/heat blanket from a retail store like Target or K-Mart, etc for $2-$3!!! Mylar is the best, looks a lot like tin-foil but works a million times better at saving your unused light!

Good luck!

yeah i know, hence the shower curtain, i just had aluminum foil on hand from when they were under flouros.... i figured peices of crinkled up tinfoil were still slightly more reflective than insulation and old dirty wood. I need another shower curtain... or white paint. thanks though mate!

Got a 400 watt MH today, running total of 1480 watts, i think the flouros are 40 a peice. 12/12 was started 3 days ago, one female showing. here are pics, still too lazy for reflectors, been eating too much LSD and DOC to concentrate on grow room contruction. I figured the 400 watt MH was better than reflectors anyhow, of course... reflectors AND the 100 and 400 would be even better.,... ANyhoW.. HERES SOME FRESH PICS

try adding some B1 to the water ans soil before you transplant. It helps reduce shock. I use it and have never seen such transplant shock

would it still help if i add B1 to the nute mix/water? also, does it look like there is over/under watering? over/under nutrienting, or anything else wrpong?

yeah, its good

let the plant get real dry, but not where it's showing wilting, then lift the pot and feel the weight. Then water well, and leave until the pot is at the weight you tested at the beginning (dry), now its time to water again. The soil needs to dry inbetween waterings.

How are they looking today?

I don't think you have trasplant shock. It looks to me like you are overwatering. I can offer you 2 methods to help avoid overwatering.
1. Stick your finger in the soil about 3 inches down, if it is dry or almost dry it's time to water, if it is still moist give it another day.
2. weight, pay attention to how heavy the pot is when it is dry, after a while you can pick up your pot and be able to tell if the plant needs water.

Another thing you can use instead of that tinfoil is shiny gift wrap, it's cheap and the backside with no print acts like mylar. Also glossy white paint is less reflective than flat white paint, so glossy shower curtains follow this fact.

You said in an earlier post that you want to do something right and that's growing these plants. So quit being lazy get off you ass and off the rat poison and take care of your plants, it only takes an hour a day. You get what you put in. Anyone can grow a plant, the more love you give your ladies the more love they give you come harvest time.