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ajkrach

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Ok, so I've got lights, I've got a few seedlings, soil, 1gallon pots, nutrients, pH up and down, pH testing solution, my tent, microbe amendment and exhaust system will be here Tuesday, going to pick up a tower fan... I'm using gaia green 444 and 284. I think I've got almost everything I need. What else do I need for soil additions and what else would be beneficial but not effective. It's my first grow. Really don't wanna fuck it up. Lol. Any help would be great! Thanks. The girls are about 5 days out of soil.
 

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What else do you need? Nothing yet. You could add EWC to your medium if you'd like and Mycorrhizae wouldn't hurt. You shouldn't need a pH up/down solution with soil and GG organics imo. Just don't use RO water like some other idiot I know. That soil has no perlite or vermiculite so be very careful with your watering. You might want to look into building a better soil for when you transplant out of the starter cups(I use 50% Promix BX, 25% Perlite, 25% EWC).

Less is more. We tend to mess up by trying too hard. No nutes are needed until you transplant out of that solo cup.
 
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Shaded420 said:
What else do you need? Nothing yet. You could add EWC to your medium if you'd like and Mycorrhizae wouldn't hurt. You shouldn't need a pH up/down solution with soil and GG organics imo. Just don't use RO water like some other idiot I know. That soil has no perlite or vermiculite so be very careful with your watering. You might want to look into building a better soil for when you transplant out of the starter cups(I use 50% Promix BX, 25% Perlite, 25% EWC).

Less is more. We tend to mess up by trying too hard. No nutes are needed until you transplant out of that solo cup.
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Thanks. Definitely not using anything but h2o. So I shouldn't pH the water? And I'm going to probably use tap water. Is there an easy way to dechlorinate the water or should I just let it sit a day before I use it? My roots organic 707 soil has some perlite but was thinking of adding a little more. I think it's about 10% ro 20% or something. But yes, was going to do a little with the soil when I transplant.
 
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ajkrach said:
Thanks. Definitely not using anything but h2o. So I shouldn't pH the water? And I'm going to probably use tap water. Is there an easy way to dechlorinate the water or should I just let it sit a day before I use it? My roots organic 707 soil has some perlite but was thinking of adding a little more. I think it's about 10% ro 20% or something. But yes, was going to do a little with the soil when I transplant.
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Yeah I was able to see a few speckles of perlite after zooming in :) I would def add more perlite into the ratio for the next transplant I prefer about 40% aeration rock. I wouldn't bother with pH'ing the water as a good medium should contain some stabilizers like dolomitic and calcitic lime. Plants seem to enjoy....no, thrive on tap water and the minerals that comes with it. I let my tap water sit for about 24~ hours before I use it on my plants.

With that being said not everyone has access to the same quality of tap water so you might need to adjust a few things as you grow.
 
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The soil with the seedlings was some happy frog I got from a friend just to have something. The other soil has much more perlite
 
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