I am using a 800 lumen screw in bulb. It is a 3000k spectrum.
My temps constantly stay around 24 degrees Celsius as I have a heater in my tent as well. That’s the equipment I’m using and am having great success. I had a real rough start all of January and was not happy.
Solo cups are also the way to go.
It seems to be a high porosity medium that's not peat based
You need nutrients if you are growing not in soil.
If growing in soil you do not need nutrients. Soil has it already in there.
So yeah it’s a stoner myth but also not a myth. Depends on the medium that is being used.
As for my bulb yeah that’s all I had. She’s doing fine under it. She’s going to be transplanted into 5 gallon soon and then go under my 400 watt MH. If I could find a diffeeent spectrum I would. Just don’t wanna buy a multi pack of bulbs when that’s all I had haha.
What kind of heater are you using? I have a oil filled heater but I'm abit hesitant to put it in my tent . What's your humidity at? I noticed your from ontario like myself its fking cold and dry out here
For guys growing in a rich medium like FFOF then you may never have to feed until flowering if you keep up-potting as the plant grows but growing soilless they need something added for good growth. Maybe the first week is OK with nothing but something from the start works a lot better.
What bulb are you using for your 400? I've been using the same Hortilux conversion bulb for 17 years but it's not so good anymore. Gives MH light from an HPS ballast. A buddy recently sent me a Philips 400W CMH that I'm dying to try on new plants. Really intense light and I'm using it right now to finish flowering my girls. It runs off a 400 HPS too. Running a 400W Hortilux super hps beside it. Had a 1000W going but the capacitor blew on my MH/HPS ballast so I had to improvise. 53 days at 12/12 now and I think I'll start chopping one of the CBD plants tonight. Hopefully picking up a new ballast on Friday when we have to go to the city.
No idea what bulb it is. All I know is I have ballast that can only run MH. No HPS. So says the ballast. The hood and socket runs up to a 1000 watt bulb if I wanted. I don’t know much more than the bulb. I think it’s a Philips. It’s old and the branding has basically rubbed off.
When you grow in real soil there are nutes present from day 1. With a soilless mix like HP there is NOTHING for the sprouts to feed on other than a bit of calcium and magnesium so they need something to establish proper growth.
I've tried side-by-sides using nothing or a light feed and the fed ones always get bigger faster and look way better sooner so your opinion is just that. Your opinion.
One of my favorites for starting sprouts or clones is a decent seaweed fertilizer. It has all sorts of goodness in it that really seems to rock their world and get them off to a great start.
That stoner myth about sprouts not needing food for two weeks is just that. A stoner myth.
Just confused because some people are saying overwatering. But if I feed my plant wouldn't that make my situation worse?