first grow log, I WILL need help

[michaelpeg]

i will be growing 2 seeds found in some good weed. I will be using distilled water, foxfarm ocean forest soil, and the nutes will be foxfarms grow big and tiger bloom. I want you guys to let me know exactly what you think because i have a bunch of crappy grows under my belt, my last grow yielded ~10g and consisted of 4 fem PPP, very pathetic. so help me get my plants looking as good as your plants.

P.S I am quite generous with handing out rep

michaelpeg Reviewed by michaelpeg on 07-06-2009. first grow log, I WILL need help i will be growing 2 seeds found in some good weed. I will be using distilled water, foxfarm ocean forest soil, and the nutes will be foxfarms grow big and tiger bloom. I want you guys to let me know exactly what you think because i have a bunch of crappy grows under my belt, my last grow yielded ~10g and consisted of 4 fem PPP, very pathetic. so help me get my plants looking as good as your plants. P.S I am quite generous with handing out rep Rating: 5

[michaelpeg]

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[Italiano715]

you probably already know this, but Cal-Mag needs to be added to the distilled water.

[AssassinDJ]

Yeah mang, unless your tapwater is just rancid, i'd just keep it simple and use that. Let it sit out and evap the chlorine and you're good to go.

Not too familiar with Tiger Bloom or FF, but as long as you dont over fert too early in their growth, you should be good. To keep it safe, medium strength directions. I'd also recommend adding a little B1 to your water early on to promote stable roots...

good luck!

[michaelpeg]

yeah sorry forgot to mention i will also be using cal mag and ph down of course. the reason for the distilled is because my tap water comes out at 8.2 which i am not too comfortable with and I want to see if maybe that is what is causing my horrible looking plants but we will see. thanks for the luck i will need it.

just wondering what is your guys take on the ph down? do you add it to the water right before you water your plants or do you add it, wait an hour and then check ph?

[headshake]

my tap water is higher than 8.2 and i still use it.

i add the pH down, take the pH and then use the water. i will try the other way today and see if it makes a difference. what type of pH down do you have?

-shake

[michaelpeg]

i have DNF ph down. it is about 2 years old... im not sure if it expires or not but the bottle is still almost full. If i get the same problems with the distilled water and cal mag then i will definitely go back to tap.

[greenatik]

well distilled is neutral so around 6.0 ph? after adding nutes you'll be like 5.0-5.5 ph. stick with the tap water or you're going to need ph UP :rasta:

[headshake]

neutral is 7.0, and you are correct that this should be the pH of distilled water.


-shake

[michaelpeg]

so far so good, both seeds germinated and are out of the soil. One has a little stretch on it because i didn't put it under much light the first day it was above ground. I just finished watering them with distilled water and cal mag mixed in at 5ml per gallon. water going in was ph 6.7, came out at 6.6. They are currently under 2 43 watt warm cfls until they are a little bigger and then they will go under a 400 watt hps. Am i missing anything so far?