New Grower

[greenmonster]

15-5-5 was an example of NPK numbers u will find on ferts. go to garden centre and ask for a fert that is highest in 'N' the first of these numbers is 'n'.
and read these threads and u will soon know ur stuff. lots of good people on here always willing to help
good luck

[ValiumForMe]

She sent Some pictures

[smoknjoe]

You could use a higher N, but I think 15-5-5 sounds pretty good.

To make a diluted solution, you can measure out a teaspoon or whatever onto a table, and keep halving the pile until you have an 1/8 or whatever fraction you want to use.

Or, you can add water to dilute a solution. If you make a gallon solution, and want a 1/4 strength, you add 3 more gallons.

I wouldn't suggest spraying ferts on the leaves. The leaves dont function to absorb nutrients, roots do. Plus the ferts could burn the leaves if the lights are on. I liked to spray the leaves with water to cool them down and keep humidity up.

Once you begin flowering, don't spray the plants at all. You want to keep humidity as low as possible.

hope this helped.

[karmaxul]

Ya joe a higher nitrogen would be great to lock it up and kill the plants.
Plants use the most N then K then P. A 5-4-6 will be ideal to flower and ad earth worm casting for veg.

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[ValiumForMe]

That sucks, she just added a bit of 10-5-10 (that was the highest nitrogen level she could find at the four stores she went to), only like two squirts into the soil from a spray bottle. She added 7 drops to a gallon of voss water (her plants only drink the finest) shook it up, poured some into the spay bottle and sprayed the soil.

How do the plants look for being a week old?

[karmaxul]

They look great but the soil is a bit dense from the looks of the picture. Try mixing in peat moss at 80% so the roots have more oxygen. She will be ok I would be carefull to not over water as the dirt may take a while to dry.

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[ValiumForMe]

She's also using two bright white/blue 1,200 lumen 60 watt compact flouros and one soft white/yellow 2,000 lumen 150 watt compact flouro. There is a fan on low about a foot away blowing air towards it and the bathroom vent is on to suck old air out. Luckily she has an extra bathroom. Let's just hope that her maids don't stumble upon it (There is no doorknob, only a deadbolt).

[ValiumForMe]

They look great but the soil is a bit dense from the looks of the picture. Try mixing in peat moss at 80% so the roots have more oxygen. She will be ok I would be carefull to not over water as the dirt may take a while to dry.

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She bought some perlite, but how would she go about mixing it at this point? She has a larger 4 gallon planter, I guess she could mix the perlite/soil and transplant now, would that do more harm than good?

[ValiumForMe]

She also has some planting charcoal. She could put some of that at the bottom of the larger pot (does that help drainage/oxygen flow)? Then put the perlite/soil mixture on top of that and then use the best transplant method ever she read about on this site...

[karmaxul]

I would wait as you dont want to stress the fragile roots. I would go to a one gallon next at most.

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