DankAndNastyMan
Active Member
Hey guys first time poster, kinda first time grower. Short history: got some seeds, tried to grow, fucked it all up. Now after reading 3 books, watching tons of videos and reading a lot of posts, I feel I am actually ready to grow this time! Just got a few questions and I was looking for some feedback. I know there are a lot to this post but if you could answer any part it would be awesome! Thanks!
Soil:
I have decided to go with this make up for my soil:
60% potting soil - Sterilized
15% perlite
10% building sand
5% premix- Looking to get something like 12-6-6
Questions: I was planning on mixing this in a big plastic container with a huge black trash bag inside of it. After mixing, can I wrap it up in the trash bag, close the lid and let it be? Dose this container need to be kept out of heat? I want to save the same soil mix for later in the process so I do not want it to become contaminated. Lastly, some say to mix water in with the soil while mixing it, good or bad? How much?
Ph:
I know I want my water Ph to be between 6.3-6.9 and I can get this from Ph + or Ph - solutions. The question comes with the chlorine levels. Is simply letting the water sit out for 24 hours and evaporate the chlorine out or should I invest in some anti chlorine tablets? When it comes to soil Ph I understand I want it in the range of 6.3-7 and that my soil mixture is supposed to be very close to that. The question is, is testing the soil Ph a huge deal? Or is the water more important?
Lighting:
For germination I have a 2 foot T5 florescent light. I already own this so no real questions there. What I want to know is about what I plan on buying. I am going to go with HPS light. I only plan on growing about 5-6 plants at once so I took a trip down to the local Hydro store and asked for their opinions. The set me up with the lowest costing HPS system they could and it came out to $214 for the transformer, bulb and reflector. Now this is with a 10% discount if I buy it all at once. Good deal? And do you think that it will be good for 6 plants?
Thanks a lot for any comments or advice. I know that is a really long post but I did my research and just really want to do it right this time. Thanks!
Soil:
I have decided to go with this make up for my soil:
60% potting soil - Sterilized
15% perlite
10% building sand
5% premix- Looking to get something like 12-6-6
Questions: I was planning on mixing this in a big plastic container with a huge black trash bag inside of it. After mixing, can I wrap it up in the trash bag, close the lid and let it be? Dose this container need to be kept out of heat? I want to save the same soil mix for later in the process so I do not want it to become contaminated. Lastly, some say to mix water in with the soil while mixing it, good or bad? How much?
Ph:
I know I want my water Ph to be between 6.3-6.9 and I can get this from Ph + or Ph - solutions. The question comes with the chlorine levels. Is simply letting the water sit out for 24 hours and evaporate the chlorine out or should I invest in some anti chlorine tablets? When it comes to soil Ph I understand I want it in the range of 6.3-7 and that my soil mixture is supposed to be very close to that. The question is, is testing the soil Ph a huge deal? Or is the water more important?
Lighting:
For germination I have a 2 foot T5 florescent light. I already own this so no real questions there. What I want to know is about what I plan on buying. I am going to go with HPS light. I only plan on growing about 5-6 plants at once so I took a trip down to the local Hydro store and asked for their opinions. The set me up with the lowest costing HPS system they could and it came out to $214 for the transformer, bulb and reflector. Now this is with a 10% discount if I buy it all at once. Good deal? And do you think that it will be good for 6 plants?
Thanks a lot for any comments or advice. I know that is a really long post but I did my research and just really want to do it right this time. Thanks!