freaky thats the exact same lamp ive got also:smokin:

you should be looking for a PH between 6 and 7.
by micronutes and trace nutes he means very small quantities of various minerals etc. that are in some specificly formulated plant feeds.
a 3 part formula is just that, you mix the three parts together to form a compleate feed. its in seperate parts because certain ingredients interfear with each other if mixed up, so you mix them right before you feed.

but get your ph checked before you start worrying about all that....my soil is actually acidic...see below

im on day 19 now and still groooowing sloooly.
got bored and mixed up my final pots ready for transplant, 20 liters of john innes no.2 compost, 10 liters of perlite and 10 liters of vermiculite.
in the bathtub.
made a bit of a mess.
girlfriend now not talking to me.
its a good job to because the PH reading of my new concoction is about 5.5...a bit too acid.

ill be doing a fush of the new medium and re-testing the soil shortly.
other than that im quite happy with the mixture....feels much more lose and airy...however, im not sure if there should be more actual soil in the mix....it looks good but only a 50% overall soil content sounds like not enough to me.

and....dunno if anyone can shed any light on this, but speaking of acid soil....

ive got one of those cheap PH probe things, and so does my friend ( his is a different make to mine) experimenting in cups with sodium bicarbonate and vinigar we came across a problem...

cup of tapwater, with a capfull of vinegar ...registered as acid on both meters....about PH 4-5 cant remember...great.

cup of tapwater with bicarb...registering neutral????? wtf....on both meters.
i was expecting like PH 8??
are both meters broken or am i missing somthing?:yippee:

anyway, without further adoo, here for your viewing pleasure, some pics of the sloppy muck that i created earlier!