Little help? First time grower...

[First_Time_Grower]

Ok guys this is my first time growing

I have a few questions and hope for easy sensible answers...
I have a northern lights in soil, under a 250 watt light, the plant is 6 days old from germination.
And my plant is about 2 inches - 2 and a half inches.... This good?

Ok cut to the chase I have 3 bottles Bio Grow for veg state... Then I have Bio Bloom for budding I guess... Then I have Top Max.. Witch I'm not really sure what it is for tbh... Can anyone tell me?

QUESTIO : when do I start to use nutrients? And witch ones do I use first and when?

Thanks....

First_Time_Grower Reviewed by First_Time_Grower on 01-30-2012. Little help? First time grower... Ok guys this is my first time growing:) I have a few questions and hope for easy sensible answers... I have a northern lights in soil, under a 250 watt light, the plant is 6 days old from germination. And my plant is about 2 inches - 2 and a half inches.... This good? Ok cut to the chase I have 3 bottles Bio Grow for veg state... Then I have Bio Bloom for budding I guess... Then I have Top Max.. Witch I'm not really sure what it is for tbh... Can anyone tell me? QUESTIO : when do Rating: 5

[mickrick]

if ya in soil with added nutes start bio veg about week 3/4,and a few days b4 ya go 12/12 to flower her use bloom and 3 weeks into bloom add topmax with the bloom at the recommended dose on the bottle. .gluck

[First_Time_Grower]

Kk.. Thanks mate

[Minnesnowta]

Nutes shouldn't be used at all until the 3rd or 4th set of leaves pop out at least. Also don't use soil that feeds your plants over a period of time until they're large enough to handle nutes. To start seedlings make sure its just a basic soil mix with no added nutes, or they'll grow real slow or worse.. die.

[First_Time_Grower]

Thanks for ye help... My plant will be 12/12 cycle it's whole life, but in te flooring stage I will put in a 600w light set up?

[Minnesnowta]

I would keep your lights on 18/6 until flowering, then switch to 12/12 and add your 600W light. What type of light is it?

[First_Time_Grower]

Tbh mate I'm not to sure what light it is but I know it says, 600w grow light kit, eoro barn grow light.
And will I have problems with me having it on 12/12? Or will it take longer to grow?

[Minnesnowta]

Yes it will take longer to grow, and then you run the risk of your plants flowering before you want them to, or before they're truly mature enough to produce good buds. Is there any specific reason that you want to keep your lights on a 12/12 schedule? I would go with 18 hours on minimum, some people keep them on for 24 hours during the vegging stage, or anywhere in between there. Personally I would recommend 18/6, and you should look around online for more information about how plants use light and dark periods to their advantage.

As for your 600W light... somewhere on your setup it should say whether its a High Pressure Sodium or Metal Hallide, commonly abreviated as HPS or MH. It should be either one of those, unless it is some type of flourescent fixture, in which case it will be a tube or twisting tube instead of a bulb. Another way you can figure out if it is a HPS or MH is by turning it on, and looking at the color of light it makes. If the light is more of a blue/white light, then you have a metal hallide, if it is orange/yellow/redish then you have a HPS. So during flowering you need the HPS type lighting since plants use the red color spectrum to produce buds, and blue to grow structurally during vegatative stages. MH lighting is not really necessary, in fact, I think that for veg stage most people, including myself, prefer to use flourescents or CFLs.

Hopefully that helps you out a little bit, and feel free to continue asking questions. If you could, it would be a great idea to post some pics up here. It gives us all a much better idea what you have going on and can then offer up better, more accurate advice. Keep up the research and you'll have the basics down in no time, and then from there its just perfecting your craft to improve yield and quality. Good luck mah man.

[First_Time_Grower]

Well when you talk about the color the light produces it must be a HPS,
I will continue to ask questions ad as soon as I figure out how to put pics up on my iPhone I will.
And will also take the light timing into consideration. Thanks again for the help mate.

[First_Time_Grower]

O Yea and why I had my light on 12/12 is simply because I don't have the money to keep te electric meter running through the roof. Haha