Hello folks! Posted in the Past not too much help heh. But i am underway now and almost fully set up. For starters ill name what i don't have. A digital PH meter( i have the liquid tester). An inline fan. an HPS (will have before flowering at 400w) My set up so far is only 4/12 pots with the E&G as i am new to growing, I had decided to grow only that much because well, A i spend way too much money on pot, and my grandmother has severe cancer of the brain and lung (and spreading rapidly) i even hope i can harvest and cure that i can ease something for her, and where i am it isn't legal. However i have no priors, love to gain knowledge and it is just plain fascinating! What i do have : 4ft 4 bulb T5 and 175 Sunburst MH. E&G 12. Water heater, air pump (two 4'' stones) a legit fan, a dehumidifier 70pt, homemade scrog net (if i even use) 3 part GH (also the start up kit with the E&G package). Rock-wool cubes, shears.Also i have TDS meter a friend gave me. It is of course a TDS Pen. The kicker is he has never calibrated it, i don't have the solution ( or screw driver) or the gumption to obtain it, and i cant even find it anywhere on the web, its rather non-descriptive lol. This i obtained before i lost my job. Now i an jobless and have saved just enough for a little more hydroton and a cheap 400w hps. My grow room is my major concern. No matter how much i clean it it is like sweeping a dirt road. I had a hell of a time making wedges ( from old wood that likely has mold on it) to even out my buckets and control bucket. My concern being is that my plants ( I'd say 8 days into veg and looking healthy) will contract powdery mold. It is in my basement which is, well frankly the kind of basement you see in a horror movie. The humidity was I'd say 80% before i started to clean and air out. with the dehumidifier it is down to just under 60% and still dropping. My major issue is when i started to clean everything out it was all covered in mold (PM), every nook and cranny, every object i touched. For about a week i bleach sprayed everything (wearing a respirator) and left the windows open (yes windows in my basement) and left a small light on in each room. I brushed most of it off the wall but its literally EVERYWHERE. I did what i could and just... well mylared the walls. Will the bleached mold still be a huge issue? (as my common sense dictates yes). For the most part is fell right off after a few days of bleaching when i touched it with a broom, though i am a pessimist so i'd like to say i got 70% of it. It freaks me out to think of how much time and effort i put into cleaning up this space and it being all for naught. I swear already one of my little guys had a small white circle on it which i gently rubbed off. They are still in the room because it is the only space allowed to me. Anyways enough about that i hope someone will have some insight. The room it 4' wide' 6' long and 5' tall. I plan on having a 400W for flower, and hopefully an inline fan at some point. i will also supplement with the 175 MH. right now my temp is almost a constant 80 degrees, though it has been pretty damn hot and really humid here lately and bounces from 76-82ish degrees. Plants Germed in rock-wool put into 5' net pods which i put into the E&G buckets at what i feel should be an OK depth, the cubes are slightly above the waterline. (i will hand feed still till i feel the roots are large enough to catch the water). Though admittedly i will be guessing when that will be. I would like to share pics but as i said where i am it isn't legal and i am super paranoid, even just saying it here makes me worried. Also my dumb sisters wanna be thug b/f stumbled into my project all drunk and nosy. He is a prior convict, at least 4 times that i know of, and i am pretty sure is a nark... the worst kind, a jealous greedy nark. So i may have to ditch this because he can screw himself if he thinks i am supplying him. I am not doing it for money, it's for myself and my Gma. I am not going to freak out completely though because its only 4 plants, 8 at the most if i get carried away. But in the meantime for 4 plants, ill take the risk. Plus I've invested so much time and money into it. My strains are 2 NL Autos and 2 WW. Both from G13 Labs. I also have one bag seed about two weeks in as my experiment. I am shocked he is thriving. I say HE because i purposely take it out and experiment and see the progress with him and his roots. So i am sure its been all sorts of stressed. Still very healthy though. I will not be putting him with the other 4 as to keep them from fighting for light. Right now all 4 went from the MH in which they all grew under to about almost full seedling stage, to a 4ft 4 bulb T5 HO. The third set of leaves are in and starting to get large already. I am unsure when to add nutes. I have misted them with a weak dosage (and watered them once) they seem to be OK. I may water again with it in the AM after they wake up. I would have to say I've been doing well not over feeding them as they are all straight and the leaves are slightly perky. Even though i am new i treat them as if they were a person and let them tell me what they need when they need it. I read it everywhere and PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE! So, other than wanna be thugs and PM i am OK.... heh, on that note any ideas, tips, encouragement or warning about the PM and if its habitable for my babies. I can deal with the loser. Or hell blame it all on him lol. I am doing my best the bring the humidity down, but not so low as to hurt the babes. TY GC fans!
And would it be cool and or safe if i posted pics anyways? It's be nice to share with someone! They are still lookin healthy though once again, i still find myself wiping off leaves here and there and i am not sure if i am noticing PM on my hydroton? or are the white flecks normal? Hope to get something soon!
Ok. i am in a diff. state for the next few days visiting my Gma, and when i get back home it will be the first thing i do. She did however get her prescription for thc pills or w/e they may be called. And my father tells me she is legally able to grow herself!! However today is the first i've seen her in a month and well... she does not look well at all. hoping i can make it in time! I wish powdery mold got cancer instead...