Quote Originally Posted by pothead1289
I am using a seed starter soil I got at walmart.

I water with gallon jugs of purified water i get from rite aid.

Im not sure what the ph of the soil is im getting a ph tester in a weei have 4 cfls about 3 inches away.

I added a desk lamp with a 25 watt cfl it seemed to be adding about 8 degrees so i removed it i have about 7000 lumens. (will be getting more lights and redoing my setup this weekend)

I am not using any nutes or anything but straight water

thanks for the replies i appriciate the help
Again.. What type of soil specifically. What does it say on the bag word for word? (seems stupid I know but I didn't realize I was using bad soil until I posted everything on the bag word for word.)

When using purified/distilled water you want to supplement with calcium and magnesium. These are lost during the filtration process and are important to plant needs. Unless your tap water has a very high PPM I would suggest you just use plain old tap/faucet water.

Soil PH is also very important. More so at this stage than at any other. If you have to get the liquid test kits. They can be bought for super cheap.

Probably a good idea to remove that light, but how many inches are the lights away from the tops of your plants.

Don't forget to post the information on your soil. Walmart sells alot of seedling starting soils that still have nutes in them!!!! Yep.. just because it says seedling stating soil doesn't mean that it's nute free. I found this out the hard way.