First indoor grow, my bitches are great

[Kswisss]

Well hows it going there roll it up I'm an intermediate grower done a bit of outdoor cultivation but I thought it was time to do some indoor. 6x6 tent 1000w hps 12/12 for about a week and a half now. Sunshine mix#4 all in 6.23 gallon pots. Feeding fox farms. Small ones are blue dream and strawberry banana. Mostly strawberry banana. The two big ones are Mauie Wowie. Whatcha think?? Suggestions?? How much fuvking reefer will I harvest off these sluts? Allll clones

 

[intenseneal]

Hard to say what you will end up getting. The 2 maui plants are a good size so they should yeild at least 3 oz each i would think. Make sure u dont treat the sunsine mix as soil because its not, its basically a hydro medium like coco. Plants are looking healthy keep it up.

 

[Kswisss]

What do you mean by that? I kind of do treat it like soil lol. I underfeed and I wait to water until they're dry... I hope I can pull at least 3/4 a lb off everything

 

[intenseneal]

You want to water it like a soil but feed it and ph more like a hydro drain to waste. SSM#4 has only a small starter charge of nutes. Its a coco base soiless medium.

 

[Craig1969SS]

You should ph your feed to 5.8 and pour away until you get a decent amount of runoff twice a day then watch what they do. You'll be amazed

 

[Kswisss]

Im almost scared to water that much lol, I feel like they love the dry spell.I'll give the double watering a shot, but I have no pH test strips which is kind of a bitch

 

[Kswisss]

I feed them every 2 or 3 days. The soil does get dry very quickly... It's insane

 

[DesertGrow89]

What do you mean by that? I kind of do treat it like soil lol. I underfeed and I wait to water until they're dry... I hope I can pull at least 3/4 a lb off everything

Why do you wait to water until they are dry? Keep the medium moist wet/dry cycles are bad.

 

[Kswisss]

Why do you wait to water until they are dry? Keep the medium moist wet/dry cycles are bad.

Copy that. Today I watered again. I'll begin to water every day I suppose. Am I feeding accordingly at 2 tsp per gallon or should I bump it up? Thanks

 

[DesertGrow89]

Craig is giving good advice as well ph your water to 5.8 in soiless and add 1/4 cup dolomite lime per gallon of medium.

No idea about your nutrients as I don't use fox farm I use dyna-gro 9-3-6 it has complete nutrition. Start at quarter strength feeding and gradually work up to full strength.

 

[Kswisss]

Well I really cant

Craig is giving good advice as well ph your water to 5.8 in soiless and add 1/4 cup dolomite lime per gallon of medium.

No idea about your nutrients as I don't use fox farm I use dyna-gro 9-3-6 it has complete nutrition. Start at quarter strength feeding and gradually work up to full strength.

Well I can't add 1/4 cup dolomite lime to the medium now that they're growing? Ill have to go to the grow shop again, get some lime and pH down, should I use the strips to test pH or?

 

[covert222]

Those pH strips suck it.

 

[Kswisss]

So can I get some fair priced suggestions

 

[DesertGrow89]

Just add it next time you can use cal mag. Dont waste your money on ph down just use vinegar.

 

[Kswisss]

What is the cal mag exactly and what's it used for? What should I do to test the pH? I have a pH tester for soil with two prongs but that's it.

 

[intenseneal]

Im almost scared to water that much lol, I feel like they love the dry spell.I'll give the double watering a shot, but I have no pH test strips which is kind of a bitch

Dont mess around with strips, i can stand the liquid either. Get a decent ph pen. I found one on ebay wirh a replaceable probe for under $25. You want an accurate way to check ph.

 

[Kswisss]

Dont mess around with strips, i can stand the liquid either. Get a decent ph pen. I found one on ebay wirh a replaceable probe for under $25. You want an accurate way to check ph.

Cool, I'll look into it now. Being its cold here, and my setup is in the basement, I have a heater with a thermostate keeping it at 62 while the lights are off. Do you think this is running up my electric? Its a 1500w quartz heater.

 

[intenseneal]

Yeah that 1500w heater will pull more power than anything else in there. Get a Kill-a-watt and you will see how much running a heater for 12 hours costs. But you do want is needed. Ac kills me in the summer even without a garden inside.

 

[Kswisss]

Yeah that 1500w heater will pull more power than anything else in there. Get a Kill-a-watt and you will see how much running a heater for 12 hours costs. But you do want is needed. Ac kills me in the summer even without a garden inside.

I have the heater set on low at 63. Really want to get this as electric efficient as possible. What is the cal mag BTW? I seen some at the shop last week.

 

[blowinmaryfast]

Maybe you can run the heater on low since it's only 6x6. That is If you have the option