Quote Originally Posted by tonyandgina
i got my seeds from dr. chronic friday, it took a week for them to get here in the good ole U.S.of A. I germinated them in wet paper towels, all 5 of them sprouted! I planted them today. i am so excited about this strain, "the church" supposed to be pretty good and hearty.
i am starting them out in waupaca putting soil with perlite. got them under 2 4' fluor. t8. which put 3140 lumens each on a 24/0 light schedule. i will be switching to a 400 watt hps as soon as i come up with the money, but for now, the fluor. seems to be doing good.
the only thing i am doing different this time, is i'm not using the miracle grow potting mix to start them out.
when should i start putting in nutrients? i am going to use miracle grow 24/8/16 to start and veg. then i am planning on using miracle grow bloom booster 15/30/15 for the flowering. i used that for my last grow, and i had some overfeeding issues, but i am going to cut back this go around.
I too also use MG as that's all I can afford right now, but I'd using it VERY SPARINGLY Usually it's OK to start giving nutes about a month after starting, but of course it may be earlier depending on the strain...Best way to know is just watch your plants for any sign of deficiencies. When I first started with the nutes I gave it 1/5 strength with a drop of ST to a gallon of 3 day old water. Just so long as you start little with the nutes then build your way up you should have no problems. Maybe give it 1/5 for a couple of weeks and then move up to 1/4, 2 weeks later 1/2 and so on and so forth.