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[catbuds]

Ok, you're good to go on the lights. I use fox farm soils & nutes. Happy frog for seedlings & ocean forest in veg & flower (the ocean forest is strong enough to burn seedlings, happy frog is mild). If you can find pro-mix organic, that's an excellent soil too. Can be used from seedling to finish. I like to foliar feed with fox farm nutes too. Just mix it 1/4 strength in your spray bottle.
-- Sounds like you're ready to go! Now go have some fun!

[Huntsman]

Sweet thanks for the advice. So I should use Fox Farms and not Heavy 16 as another person suggested? I just want whats gonna be cheapest, quickest and easiest for my first grow or two until I start to know what I am doing.

[catbuds]

If you want quality, but cheap, go with the pro-mix organic. Your not paying for advertising crap. They have a standard mix, which is only pHballanced spaghnum moss & perlite, no nutes. Great as a mix base for those who like to mix their own, or add all the nutes themselves, but I use & recommended pro-mix organics. Great organics, makes happy plants. I don't use nutes for quite a few weeks. The plant will tell you when its time. They start to get pale. Ocean forest is expensive, but its worth getting a small bag to mix into the pro-mix organic for the last transplant. What ever nute I use, I always start my plants at only 1/2 strength till they're used to it. Better safe than sorry, nute burn can be nasty.

[Huntsman]

Ok thats what i will do is go with the pro mix and ocean forest on last transplant but how many transplant am I gonna be making? I stat the seed ina small cube then end up in a 5 gallon smart pot but what about in between? 1 transplant maybe? cube to #3 to #5? I need a graph or something lol

[catbuds]

I move up 1 gal at a time. You don't want to transplant untill the roots hit the sides of the pot & will hold the soil together, minimizes stress & transplant shock. You can tell when its time to transplant by how often you need to water. Never transplant dry, always water first.

[Huntsman]

Thats good advice thanks. So how often do you transplant then? I notice most strains seem to be ready to flower in 8 weeks you must transplant about every two weeks or so?

[Huntsman]

Another question is should I get one of those hydrometer to test soil water content or is it obvious when it's too dry? Also what about PH, do i have to test that constantly?

[tlranger]

I like the meters that are multi use, measure light and moisture, but pretty quick you will be able to tell by looking and by how heavy the pot is.

Oh- kinda depends on your source, some fluctuate allot, most are pretty stable, testing to start would be good.

[tlranger]

Ok thats what i will do is go with the pro mix and ocean forest on last transplant but how many transplant am I gonna be making? I stat the seed ina small cube then end up in a 5 gallon smart pot but what about in between? 1 transplant maybe? cube to #3 to #5? I need a graph or something lol

I go cube, red solo cup, quart, gallon, might have one more size up before the 5. Going that big is going to increase you total time and going to take a lot of space.