Newbie Questions

and if you get nute lock, you just clean it out with water ( I flush with 1tsp of epsom salt and a cap full of peroxcyde to 4gallon of water).

You have no idea if your ph is low already. I would stop using fertilizer and check your ph first. Ph too high or too low will ALWAYS cause growth to halt. It's called a ph lockout, the plant can't absorb any nutrients from the soil. It's a good idea to have NO chemicals in the soil. What would the benefit be and what chemicals are you talking about?

The chemical i was referring to was baking soda. I'm going to be starting out with a ph of 6.5. Every time you fertilize i thought ph went down. I thought that watering without fertilizer would bring it closer to 7.

I thought that just using regular water would be better after you get nute lock than baking soda, but this guys suggestion seems modest with the peroxyde and epson salt.

baking soda and vinager is for balancing your ph in your water before you feed. Im sure Cloudz here will explain more.

Flares said:

and if you get nute lock, you just clean it out with water ( I flush with 1tsp of epsom salt and a cap full of peroxcyde to 4gallon of water).

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and that is what I do If I get nute lock (only happened 1 time to me and old school indoor farmer told me to do that)

There's no base level of ph for water. It varies based on your area and provider. For all you know your ph could be extremely low and your fertilizer would make it even lower. That's why you need to test the water at different stages to know what you're putting in your soil. I wouldn't try to adjust the ph because you don't know if it's low or high at the moment. You probably have some sort of lockout, be that fertilizer(salts) or ph.

Well I could just use bottled water since its a pc grow box. What is the name of those lights that plug directly into power sockets?

I'm kind of retarted I need a box to grow this pot in. I don't think a PC will work. But something of similar size.

I'm not sure there is one. At least not CFLs or T8s. If you need to plug a CFL into a socket you'll need to get a light bulb socket to outlet adapter. Yea bottled water or distilled water would be best, but it could get expensive.

there actually sockets that have a plug on the end. can pick them up at any hardware store. Look at some of the rubbermaid/sterilite tote/box threads here for some ideas on stuff.

I don't know this is really depressing. I live in my parents house. I have enough 2c-i to last me 11 years, but that shit sucks. I might pick up some Grade A Meth or try selling heroine.

And, I almost got beat up the last time I tried buying something. I think theres a ton of people spying on me too. I might have to stop doing drugs just because I have no one to buy them from. or sell them to

I saw a video of a growing method I really like. They're these really big giant trees that produce a pound of marijuana each. Theyre grown in individual hydroponic buckets and connected to a hydroponic system so you can have a whole bunch of trees in one room.

Maybe I could grow one in a storage facility.

If it's not legal where you live and you live with your parents don't even think you can grow a lot of weed without the smell becoming painfully obvious. It's not the hydroponic system that grows trees it's the lights. 100:1 if they were growing pounds they were using 1000w HIDs. Hydroponics requires daily management too. If you're having problems with a soil grow hydro will make you go crazy. The amount of heat that thing puts out requires serious ventilation. People actually beat people up over weed? What country do you live in? The issue with storage facilities is you can't alter the building in any way and it gets really cold during the winter and really hot during the summer.

You're really putting too much thought into this. Just grab some Fox Farm Ocean Forest, 3-5 gallon containers, some cannabis seeds and water. Buy 6-8 42w CFLs, make sure you can keep the temp between 75-85F and water. People have been growing this stuff for thousands of years without all the technological stuff. It's a weed.

How much can I expect to grow in 3 containers? Would I put a plant pot and two lights in each container? How am I supposed to make sure the temperature doesn't get too hot? What about a fan in the container for humidity?

Why are you suggesting not to use fertilizer now? I thought the fan would keep the humidity and temperature okay.

How about a big tupperware box with two fans and six lights. I'll water it every day and fertilize it every other day. I'll make sure to test the PH for nute lock. How much do you think I could get from a nice big tupperware tub?

Clouds and flares, yo 2 have alot of patience, but your probably dealing with:

ok... heres a low down.... first off.... area to grow. stealth box is good as its micro grow and cheap to build. as you go up in size it get to be more money and more work. if you just want 2-3 plants going then stealth is what you want to do. check click on our links and see what we have done. I grew 5 plants lst'd from start to finish in basically a 1 1/2 sq ft area with all cfl's,shultz soil, and MG nutes. Like they say.... you need area,medium,light,water, and air(fresh and exhuast). you can get a fairly cheap humidity/temp guage just so you know if you need more air flow so the plant dont get to hot during veg. or to hot and moist during flowering. it is a weed so it will take abit of a beating but that is how we all learn.

oh yeah... nutes come later.... let them get into veg mode first. if you start to fertilize seedlings then your just going to kill them or screw them up.

slaw said:

How about a big tupperware box with two fans and six lights. I'll water it every day and fertilize it every other day. How much do you think I could get from a nice big tupperware tub?

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At first I was gonna disagree about with Grumpy about slaw, but after this post I'm inclined to agree lol. Just about everything you said right there is the wrong way to go about this. Have you read the stickies on newbie central? Just about the tupperware, you want a pot with good drainage...tupperware is the exact opposite of that. Go buy a gardening pot from wal-mart for $3

Mainly the reasons I'm being patient Grump is because
1: Gardening takes a fucking long time, I'm bored.
2: On the off chance I get rep for this by someone(i.e you )
3: More threads I post in the more people will look at my grow in my sig ^_^
4: The lulz, I officially degree slaw as Tupperware Guy(name subject to change)