Ok below is the SOIL I bought This is the grow light I bought And heres the pot I bought and how its setup. Ive started the germination process with the paper towel trick. Do I got everything I need to start? Im just doing 1 plant since this is my first time. Also the light I bought says its a gro-light for plants and its 120W, which seems should sufficent for 1 plant. What do you guys think??
yeah youll want that light prolly within 6 inches of the top of the plant (thats just a guess i use cfls). i have 75w and i have em an inch away.
oh youe going to want to buy a ph tester and some ph up and down. i didn't have it my first grow and got root lock and it died.
i got a ph tester at a local aquarium shop. and the ph up and down controls you ph level. i got all of it for like 15$
I just dont trust those things. If it were me I would rather have 120 watts of cfls. Or better yet a 150 mh/hps
Because it's an incandescent light I believe. Does it say what spectrum it is? It should say day bright or something like that or give you a Kelvin temperature. You can buy ph up/down which is recommended, of for quick household fixes, one could use (for ph up): baking soda, & for ph down: lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, or distilled vinegar.
i really would not waste my money on PH buffer's, if you run into problem's with soil you just flush and start nutes back...this fixes it 90 % of the time...MG soil is horrible, it has time release fert inside, don't use regular MG soil! you will have a shit ton of problem's with that time release... but your seeling soil and MG organic is ok..it will work fine i'd get a cfl...125 watt (actual watt's) or better your bulb only pushes 2000Lumen's...a real cfl will get you around 8-10000 lumen's..that's a huge increase for 40$ a bulb and 25$ a socket..or you could get a small wattage HPS/MH system.. most all small hps system's will run a MH conversion bulb... you will need a lot more output and different spectrum's of light for growing any MJ start to finish.. cheer's
Isnt that thing pretty much a incandecnt (sp?) floodlight that says for plants? edit: akhans knows what I am trying to say.
Yes. Meaning that it only gives out as much light as a 26 watt CFL. And I'm not sure it's a good spectrum for growing either.
The way we have it rigged, we cant have multiple hanging things and light sockets. I looked for a high watt cfl light I really did, and I couldnt find one over 32 actual watts. Do they make a single cfl light thats over 100 actual watts>?
Yes, and I'm pretty sure they don't use regular sockets anyway. NEW 125 WATT CFL GROW LIGHT 6500K with SOCKET CORDSET - eBay (item 200457937113 end time May-04-10 15:08:23 PDT) 125 watt CFL with socket and cord.
dude to grow ant decent indoor it cost cash...i just got a 400watt hps from HTG for 145$ shipped bulb and all complete system... a 125watt cfl from amazon.com is only around 40-45$ made by hydrofarm(damn good company) and need's a a special socket yes...you can buy an adapter for around 10$ or a socket and cord set for 20-25 to run it.. they push 6500k spectrum and around 8,000 lumen's, that's 4 times your bulb...not to mention it run's about 5 times cooler... 1000bulbs.com has cfl's in a wide range of spectrum's for cheap...there from 23 watt's into the 200 watt range on there ...there 105 watt's and 125's are great and run 25-40$ a bulb and they sell the socket adapter or the cord/socket set there to...