Helppp Need To Know Which Soil Is Best.. Asap

Discussion in 'First Time Marijuana Growers' started by buckethead129, Aug 18, 2014.

  1. hey guys, i know I should of though of this earlier, but you know, as a lil foggy :smoking: lol, well n e way, 5 of my blue cheese seeds sprouted and need to get into soil ASAP!! please some one help and tell me where locally  like a walmart or home depot or lowes or something I can get quality soil for growing indoors... thanks!!
     
     
    p.s. I know good soil has nutes for like sometimes up to 3months but another tip from yall would be nice bout what nutes to use, id like to stick to organic, I might get this soil I found at walmart.. for vegetables and flowers it says.. so id imagine it has  some good things aabout it, I don't have time to order like, pro "THE BEST MOST EXPENSIVE!!" soil or nutes or so please tell me if its possible to pick up some decent soil at a home depot or something
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  2. If you want to go the soiless way you might try Coco coir or lowes should have promix bx...you'll need real nutes with soiless though.
     
  3. #3 buckethead129, Aug 19, 2014
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    I already have 6 spouted babies in Solo cups, im keeping them outside for now, but I plan on vegging with CFL's, anyone have a good way to flower without MH or HPS? those are out of the question. I plan on getting 2x 400 actual watt crfl bulbs, ya know the huge ones, and want a better way to flower em. iv tried with cfls before n it works but jus not strong enough to really fatten up ur nugs!! im thinking LED for flower, I plan only having 2 or 3 fully grown ones as its juss for personal use. so total 800 watts of cfl will be fine for 2. maybe get some 23 watt ones to put on the side for shaded areas. its too bad I cant harness mother natures light, but I live in an area where it would be noticed... anyway any ideas on scrog or lst'ing? n e way I can get beefier, part amber colored trichome nugs!!
     
  4. 800w of fluorescent light is a total waste of money. You will be harvesting about 8-10 oz from that. You could get the same harvest with an HPS of half the wattage 
     
  5. #5 GoldGrower, Aug 19, 2014
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    As for soil, start them off with a 50/50 moss peat / perlite mix and after a couple of weeks move them on to more nutritious soil / perlite mix (70/30) 
     
  6. i have them in  6 solo cupz sitting in a nice Styrofoam deep drink container, maintaining moisture nicely,i have the aoption of using outfoor until sept 1st, that's when I can start investing in money and set up, for now, out door and juss surviving not growing Is what im after till the 1st. that's when I get my light set up, there little 1-2" nice firm seedlings  tho :)
     
  7. hey I bought some nice ph balanced soil at walmart.. have em in 6 solo cups in a styrodoam deeper cooler.. it fints em nice I can keep em ou
     
  8. **keep em outside til;l they get bigger then the cooler and seeable lol.. in 8 days I can get my lights n stuff., will window n outdoor light keep em alive till for 8 days??
     
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    It depends where you live but most probably they will be fine 
     
  10. sub tropical... south florida I live in.. perfect sun :)
     
  11. between outside, n taking em in everynight, these things are growing like "Weeds" pun intended, lol.  but nah theyre lovimg the outdoor light, now on sept 1st I can get my 500w cfl set up going. do yall thing I sould go one bulb of 500 w equiv.? or get a few that add up to the same wattage so I can have different angles for light to hit the plant. like 100w' cfls put all around it. instead? I dunno I wanna  invest in the big honking one, but might get smaller, yet still efficient ones, juss more than one so I can have more lighting area :ey:  get me?
     
  12. #12 buckethead129, Aug 22, 2014
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    p.s @[member="GoldGrower"] do u have ne techniques on mounting the cfls? wattages? and rigs for the set up? if soo help me out!!! lol
     
    p.p.s- im looking for to spend no more on electricity then maybe 500w on these 2 (maybe 3 ) girls.  im gonna get 2x 250 watt cfl full-spectrum and then when it come time to 12/12 ill add some 2700k bulbs in there for it :) juss need patience n the correct light when using cfls and you can have a great personal crop. I think alott of ppl have bad things to say bout cfls' cuz maybe  theyre trying to use them for growing for other than juss personal needs, ya know? so they needs higher output for the work.. mines strictly a personal medical garden of only 2 plants, that's why I want 500w of light cuz thatll be more than enuff for 2 girls
     
  13. #13 GoldGrower, Aug 26, 2014
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    CFLs are best left to growers that can't have anymore than 200 watts. Once you get to that figure you should always go with HPS instead. A 250w HPS will yield as much as 500w worth of CFLs and be cooler to run 
     
    Edit.
    CFLs are great for vegging but if you have a digital HPS already set up its just a case of buying a £15 MH bulb and screwing it in 
     
  14. Ummmmmmm why wouldn't you just go with what goldgrower says, get a 250watt ballast and shit. You'll use less electricity andnget a better yield/qualitty. You'll probably spend around the same amount
     
  15. About the nutes, why not just pee in em'?
     

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