Great little piece of advice. Thanks.
I will be putting them in potting soil today.
They are under 4 100watt cfm's and 16/8 for another week at least.
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Great little piece of advice. Thanks.
I will be putting them in potting soil today.
They are under 4 100watt cfm's and 16/8 for another week at least.
what do u mean by topping them ?i have an idea on it but just want to make sure and i have also been reading a ton of stuff and another? is how long do u sprout and im talking about for dwc not soil how big should plants get b4 u put them into the dwc im growing 5 each of watermelon,bell peppers,toms,carrots i would just rather start with vegs to see how things work im just a lil cautious to start out but anyways i have a lil greenhouse box with the tray and clear dome type under 2 of the new curled lights u see around now that saves on watts anyways 2 of the bigger ones and they sprout in 1 & 1/2 days i started on june 12 and on the 17th they were about 3 to 4 inches tall with white thick furry roots coming out the bottem of the jiffy plugs from gh around 5 to 8 roots for the watermelon and 1 root each of the others about an inch out so i put into 5 inch pots with the clay balls and i have them under 1000 watt mh about 2 ft above my ? any advice on what to do next/or need to correct b4 i move on and 1 more thing im pretty sure i have hard water as it is coming from a well is there anything wrong with that or is it ok? my nutes are at 550 to 600 ppm and i have my ph at 6.2 to 6.4 im using advance grow with enngy's f1 and growzime or something like that also when i put the nutes in yesterday today i check and everything looks fine but the water smells maybe the nutes+well water cause this or ? i know this is alot of stuff im asking and i have read for about 2 mo now just about everything in here and more but i guess it sounds better when someone responds back to u with info to let u know hey u f'd up or hey ur on the right track thanks
also the 1000watt mh i have i have a big light housing with a 1000 watt hps in the middle and to extra spots on each side to install more lights so i put a 1000 watt mh on one side and a 400 wattmh on the other im just using the 1000mh right now the idea was to run the 1000 w mh and 400w mh to start and then the 1000w hps for the flowering or a combo of the 3 but not all at once would the 1400w be ok to run??
opps sorry it's a 3x5 ft area
too much lights...the heat will become unmanageable..
I will be runnning 2 400w HPS in a 4 x 8 box that is only 4ft high and I am already worried about managing the heat and ventilation. The addition of a squirrel cage fan and oscilating fan inside should help to keep the air moving.
well i have an ac unit that is about a ft away from the light and blows right on it and i have a duct system hooked to a carbon filter thats running through the lite box i can put my hand about a ft away under the lite and start to feel the heat i would have to put my hand about 4 to 6 inches away to really fell it and i can take the duct off the end by the ac unit and the ac blows right into the hole in the side of the light box when i do that theres like no heat at all my room is 7x7 but i have 3x7 for the light and dwc and then a lil area for the seedlings i have 32 plants veggies i don't think the 400 would be enough or it might be just enough
besides i was online looking for the ballest lite hood and everything and found this guy on cl an online trade site and a guy had a 400wmh set up (ballest lite 2 bulbs lite hood with 4inch duct and a box of air stones about 5 with 5 air pumps 3 inline fans for the ducting then 2 set ups of the 1000w mh and one a 1000w hps/mh set up with a ballest box and hood each and a bunch of other stuff like a tds tri meter ph ppm temp and other stuff he was wanting 2300 for all that was a good deal in it's self so i went to meet him at his storage cause he was moving up north and had it in storage i had to travel a good ways out of town to meet him but he had me waiting for awhile so when he got there he was way behind so i told him i would help him pack his stuff up if he would give me a better deal so i did i did most of the work i might ad at the end he just gave me all the stuff for free well i help him move but no money so thats why i have all this stuff and was trying to put it to good use all the stuff for the lites are from diamond anyone know of that type of lite?? they seem good to me i like um
Another MG hater...that is misleading. Some say avoid MG potting soil for seedlings...too many nutrients to burn young-ins...but water-soluble Miracle Grow works wonders for plants older than 3 weeks. I've seen it work time and again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm Crow
Damn, I'm using the MG potting soil..no other additives though and watering with distilled water. We'll see what happens..
Yes, keep us posted on MG potting soil. There are always other variables to mess up young plants...and I get the feeling no one here is posting results from a botany lab.