Quote Originally Posted by 9ski9
Your enthusiasm is great low, and I wish you the best. Trial and error is a lot of the fun. MG, though, sacrifices your nutrient control from start to finish. MG is like feeding your newborn baby cream-filled doughnuts six meals a day. Your baby will live, but it's easy as hell to feed her the right thing. I would give girls their first sip of bat guano tea around two weeks after they're above ground because they don't need or want it until then. That tap root needs plenty of exercise. Also, hit a MH and/or HPS with a good fan and buds can be inches away. It's never better to flower with CFL, but with a confined plastic cabinet it's understandable. But you're looking at popcorn buds versus big sticky tomatoes.

I suggest 10-2-1 bat guano for veg, and cactus juice (mine is 2-7-7) for flower.

Good luck!
Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm going to flower this first crop on cfl, and then if its determined I can do better with HPS, I will switch. I just didn't really want to mess with it honestly. the idea of the cooling system and ventilation really didn't appeal to me. However, its something I'm struggling with CFL anyway, so I might as well, and if its determined that I would have yielded better from HPS from the beginning, well, then I'll have learned a very valuable lesson. At any case, the grow log will still be here for others to learn from

As far as vegging nutes, the soil is 21-7-14 and I have my organic stuff which is 7-0-0 I think. My bloom booster is alright, but I might actually go get some tiger bloom. I wouldn't mind buying proper nutes in all honesty, but I haven't found a place near here yet to buy anything. That was one of my major issues with lighting, I didn't really have someone I could talk to face to face. I would have saved myself quite a bit of $ on seeds as well. I should have actually started with bagseed.

At any rate, I'm hooked, and i'm trying to make this the best possible grow i actually can. Will most garden supply stores carry these nutes? If not, whom should I order from that will both ship discretely as well as to a PO box?

P.S. For Ghost - Yeah, I'm going to keep posting pictures. still waiting for Hazel to unfold some more.

Thanks!