First time grow, advice please

[raizla]

Do you pH the water first? At that stage, I think I was still using a spray bottle to water so that I didn't wash away the lil girls with a torrent of water.

I didn't start adding nutes until the end of veg, however I did use a different soil than you. As of right now, your plants look very healthy.

[PhatJay]

you prob can use some nutes but i would only use 1/4 of tha recomended dose and slowly up the dose over the weeks so ta dont burn ya plants

If your soil has no nutrients in it, I would follow this advice. How close are the lights now? I use CFL's and aim for 1-3" from the top of the plants. As long as they don't touch the leaves they won't burn them.

[COOLWHIP]

I have them about 2-3 inches away from the lights right now, all the nutes that have been checking out have three main components listed on the bag with like a 10-15-10, or 6-10-10, etc. which formula works best for veg and which one for flower?

[PhatJay]

I have them about 2-3 inches away from the lights right now, all the nutes that have been checking out have three main components listed on the bag with like a 10-15-10, or 6-10-10, etc. which formula works best for veg and which one for flower?

I don't grow in soil so I cannot give you any specific advice on what product to buy. The problem with the nutes in your garden center, is that they are not designed for cannabis and are generally too strong. You can get round this by using smaller doses.

If I were you, I would do one of the following things....

1, Find a succesful grow log that uses nuteless soil and see what nutes they use.

2, Visit a grow shop or nute manufacturers website, find a cannabis specific food for nuteless soil and try to match the NPK ratio as best you can(For example Hesi's Bloom Complex for soil has a ratio of 3-3-4).

3, Buy some cannabis specific soil nutes.

Sorry I cannot be of more help....

[COOLWHIP]

repotted them to a little larger home this morning
Plant #3 looks droopy I dont know what its problem is the rest look pretty healthy

[G13budsmoker]

cool....i use miracle grow moisture control soil with extra perlite added in, and as far as nutes go i use fox farm big bloom liquid plant food for VEG, its rating is 0.01-0.3-0.7.....and fox farm tiger bloom fertilizer for FLOWER, its rating is 2-8-4...my plants never get burnt with this product, and i HIGHLY recomend this product(im sure alot of people will). i hope this helps ya.

[PhatJay]

You asked about mixing the red and blu spectrum lights. If you have the option, a mix of the 2 spectrums is better than just 1.

Are you adding any nutes yet? Yellowing is generally a sign of a lack of Nitrogen and droopy leaves are usually a sign of over watering.

How often are you watering? For soil it's best not to water everyday. More like every 3 days, but this is dependant on pot size.

Do you have drainage holes in the bottom of your pots to let excess water run off? If not, add some.

[COOLWHIP]

I water about every 2 days I will spread it out to every 3, I have not started nutes yet but will by this weekend and I do have both light spectrums going at the same time. Thanks for all the input

[COOLWHIP]

and I do have drainage holes in the bottom with a little bit of gravel bellow the soil to help drain

[StickyBuds1987]

well man i think 2 days is a lil much on watering i mean ya want tha roots to grow down in search of water so they will have a nice root system if ya give them water every 2 days then your plants have no need to search for tha water and plus you have a higher risk of getting root rot and then you are kinda fucked i would water like every 3 or 4 days and on tha 3rd day id stick about half my finger in tha soil if its still moist id wait till tha 4th day