Honestly couldnt tell yea man but I can tell you this you fix them light leaks youll be golden your hole grow buddy take care and happy growing ill see you around the forums Sent from my SGH-T999V using Grasscity Forum mobile app
sorry about the lack of anything at all lately my phone decided to just die on me and money is tight. pics soon. update: day 25 from seed and the plant is looking pretty good. added a couple cfls for some light with a higer kelvin temp for veg. still havent fixed leaks but i dont know if this is going to be an issue since the box is in the back corner of the closet and stays pitch black in the dark cycles. there isnt really any pain other than losing a few lumens with light escaping is there? still using fox farm grow big at 1 1/2 tsp per gallon every other feeding. again gonna try and have some pics up in the next couple of days.
Ok so day 27 from seed. Updated pics and a pic of my drainage. As to not move plant i just put a small pind pump in drainage bucket and pump out run-off as needed. Sent from my LG-MS770 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
cool but if u decrease fertililzer use you can garden without runoff that said i see loads of people flushing their gardens on a regular bases cant change the world but, i can point out pointless activity IE dog chase tail trying to be constructive. what kind of details about your soil can you share?
I dont go heavy on nutes. To be honest the only reason I added drainage was to gauge how much I should water. Once I start gettin runoff I stop watering. As for my soil its an organic from lowes mixed about 60/40 soil/perlite. Thanks for the advice next go I might just try a 3gal bag. That will leave me alot more room for vetical growth, also id rather not be taking unnecessary steps as you said Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
A month old and lookin lovely if I do say so myslef. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
More pics with camera adjusted some for lighting. This thing has just exploded with growth. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
So I FIM'd my plant today following this. Hopefully it takes well. View attachment 1255796 View attachment 1255798 View attachment 1255797 Also ive noticed at alot of internode bases im seeing what looks to be preflowers with two small white hairs. Im just using my phones camera so it hard to get a good pic but if you zoom in its easier to see. View attachment 1255803 Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Shit I dont know what happened here are missing pics. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
nice!! how many watts CLF are you using on that setup? just bought three 26 watts pack of CFLS daylight for my first time grow also..debating on how many bulbs would i use
Thanks! I am only using one 26 watt as supplement lighting close to plant. Above the cfl there is a 150 watt hps. As for nutes fox farm grow big for veg and fox farm big bloom and tiger bloom for flower Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Your plant looks healthy so far. Are you maintaining the PH of the nute and or water mix going in? When using chemical based nutes that is important for the over health of the plant. Also when using chemical based nutes its a good idea to water or feed till you have a decent amount of run off, this helps reduce salts that build up in the soil from the use of chemical based nutes. The important PH reading is from the run off that will tell you what the PH of the soil is. For soil grows you want a PH run off reading of 6.5 that is like the safe zone where plants will take up the full nutrient range they need.
Thanks tplat! I actually have been doing that since the beginning. Did alot of research before I started. I use distilled water from wal mart which is at a staedy 6.2 after nutes are added it stays about the same. Run off stays 6.5 after distilled. Between 6.5 and 6.8 after feedings. Seems like she is loving it so far. Thank you for the great input much appreciated. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
The only time I would recommend buying water is if you have really bad water or your water company adds chloramine to increase the life span of chlorine. How are you testing the run off?
Please edit your thread title to "first time" not "fist time". I thought this was gonna be a thread about fisting or boxing.