First real grow FINALLY!!! all advice welcome

RastaLove91 said:
Today was graduation day for these ladies and hopefully minimum gents lol. I forgot to get the dolomite lime and just transplanted them into the ffof hoping they won't suffer in this soil as its said to have a ph problem, if it is too low what can I do to adjust the ph correctly without havin to get more ffof and lime and re transplant??????
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noooo lol. i hate to say it but there isnt much you can do about it. . . your ph will be fine for a few weeks, its the sea shells they use that can only buffer the ph for so long.

i heard about using hydrated lime in your nutrient solution, but its not something im going to try to do. even though my ph is kinda low in my soil (5 range) they are still growing well. next time i will certainly do better by being more prepared, but for now the only thing i can do is ride it out and take it as a learning experience. like the other guy said, these are the reason we dont get big bad ass yields right off the bat.
 
fogo4life said:
noooo lol. i hate to say it but there isnt much you can do about it. . . your ph will be fine for a few weeks, its the sea shells they use that can only buffer the ph for so long.

i heard about using hydrated lime in your nutrient solution, but its not something im going to try to do. even though my ph is kinda low in my soil (5 range) they are still growing well. next time i will certainly do better by being more prepared, but for now the only thing i can do is ride it out and take it as a learning experience. like the other guy said, these are the reason we dont get big bad ass yields right off the bat.
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Lol fuck it lets hope for the best and prepare for the worst. They all seem to be doing ok except one seems a bit shocked but we'll see what they talkin about tomorrow I also upped it to 600w so I'm hoping they take off
 
RastaLove91 said:
Glad you solved your problem, I really wanted to void a/c but there was no way around it. You doin a journal on your grow? Or a thread? I would love to see how your set up looks
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theres a few pics of my setup... first pic is my ballast, speed controller etc.. second pic is my fan and filter inside the tent, third and fourth are of plants fifth is the window ac, with all my nute bottles and stuff on top. fourth is my little desk i put in the closet with my tent. i take the party cups and put 4 of them on the saucer there so water so its easier then doing 1 by 1
 
Congrats man waiting all this time to really start! Bet you cant wipe that smile off your face, you should be ahead of the game to have been here since 08. You should have gathered mucho info. Been here a few months and i feel like ive gathered a life time worth of info before my first grow. Good luck, peace.
 
Growingforpeace said:
Congrats man waiting all this time to really start! Bet you cant wipe that smile off your face, you should be ahead of the game to have been here since 08. You should have gathered mucho info. Been here a few months and i feel like ive gathered a life time worth of info before my first grow. Good luck, peace.
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Thanks man. Hell yea something I been needing to do lol and it's great cus I'm in a real struggle time in my life and this hobby just gives me something to look forward to, besides my baby boy lol
 
Lil update, they took very well to the transplant and they are getting very strong!!! I had me fan duct tape rigged inside the tent and it fell on one of the plants, that plant didn't even break or nothin it just was leaned like if I lst'd lol
 
RastaLove91 said:
Lil update, they took very well to the transplant and they are getting very strong!!! I had me fan duct tape rigged inside the tent and it fell on one of the plants, that plant didn't even break or nothin it just was leaned like if I lst'd lol
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Haha your lucky man. I gotta get me a ghetto rig for my clip fan lol. I was thinking a can of paint with a piece of wood taped around it so I can clip the fan on the wood and move as needed lol.
 
fir3dragon said:
Haha your lucky man. I gotta get me a ghetto rig for my clip fan lol. I was thinking a can of paint with a piece of wood taped around it so I can clip the fan on the wood and move as needed lol.
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Haha I'm sur it'll work better than my duct tape job! I gotta figure a new way to rig mine up again
 
RastaLove91 said:
Haha I'm sur it'll work better than my duct tape job! I gotta figure a new way to rig mine up again
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I figured a paint can because it will take less room and the weight from the paint or even a empty one with rocks in it will hold the fan pretty well.. I would think lol.
 
The set up looks great man, and remember less is more with the light. or at least when they are this young. you need them to stretch into larger plants. under cfls my vegging plants sometimes grew over an inch in just a day. but this will never happen with the light being too intense.
 
fogo4life said:
The set up looks great man, and remember less is more with the light. or at least when they are this young. you need them to stretch into larger plants. under cfls my vegging plants sometimes grew over an inch in just a day. but this will never happen with the light being too intense.
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They seem to be growing significantly everyday but im gonna switch back to 400w and see if I see a differnece
 
Nice grow, will keep an eye on this.

Glad to hear your hobby keeps you good in tough times. Know that feeling :)
 
They are 19 days old as of the 4th these pics were from yesterday I tied them down a bit and topped 3 of em
 

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