watering question

KaliHustla

KaliHustla

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I have a 2 plant that sprouted about 2 weeks ago or so I have them in a 1 gallon container right now as I did in my first grow but in my first grow I used this old off the wall brand of soil now im using Miracle Grow Potting Mix(as if its better :wall: but before I had to water dang near everyday and when I did water it It ran threw the soil and out the bottom really fast but this miracle grow seems to retain alot I stiill water tell I see water coming out the bottom of the plastic pot and now i dont have to water for like 3-4 day's I mean ya thats cool its less work but is it hurting my root's I heard of something called root rot or something like that if there's not adiquit drainidge for the water/nut's so am I good or Do I have a problems:confused:
 
KaliHustla said:
I have a 2 plant that sprouted about 2 weeks ago or so I have them in a 1 gallon container right now as I did in my first grow but in my first grow I used this old off the wall brand of soil now im using Miracle Grow Potting Mix(as if its better :wall: but before I had to water dang near everyday and when I did water it It ran threw the soil and out the bottom really fast but this miracle grow seems to retain alot I stiill water tell I see water coming out the bottom of the plastic pot and now i dont have to water for like 3-4 day's I mean ya thats cool its less work but is it hurting my root's I heard of something called root rot or something like that if there's not adiquit drainidge for the water/nut's so am I good or Do I have a problems:confused:
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you're fine if it drains, I have my babies in 4'' containers and they sometimes need water everyday, I kinda squeeze the container to loosen the soil and pull the whole thing out to see if the soil is dry, if it is,water. they will also wilt a bit when they're ready for water.
 
MG also will cause root burn to marijuana roots, you want whats called "soil less soil".
you should try calling or going to the plant nurserys in your area. avoid hard ware stores, they seem to never the right pots or soils.
 
I have one question i have been doing alot of research on this before i start have been studying diff things now for about 2 months now. i got almost everything down PH am ok with need to keep my medium at about 6.5 ph now when it comes to Ppm i get a lil lost i know what ppm is, how much zink and all the other shit u have in your water i know i need to keep my ppm at about 4-600 at first is what i have found out and go up from there but how to i know when to boost my ppm up as the plant grows and starts to take in more water is that all it means do i just give it more water ?? or is there a way to add ppm to your water???
 
ya I think im already gettin sum nut burn because on one of my plants two leaves looked like they had brown spots but when I toook a closer look it looked like the top of the leafe was peeling back from the top of the leaf if that m,akes any sence at all but I dont think I can pull the plant and dirt out of the pot the plant is still to small im sure it will break ok so I know after a while all that fertilizer they put in there goes away it has to Doesnt it? so when feeding my plants for the next month or so when feeding should I really dilute my plant food(7-4-10) or maybe not even feed it nut's at all?? thanks for the help guys
 
ya I know everyone says miracle Grow sucks well the kind I got anyway but I got it so, so be it I gotta make do right now so any feeding tips or anything like that???
 
KaliHustla said:
ya I know everyone says miracle Grow sucks well the kind I got anyway but I got it so, so be it I gotta make do right now so any feeding tips or anything like that???
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Don't feed. The Miracle Grow has an abundance of strong fertilizer in it... too much for marijuana. But I've used it before with no problems; you just gotta know how to utilize what you have.

Water. With regular water, tap even (but distilled is better). Water as often as possible, but without overwatering (the plants will droop if this starts to happen). You want to flush out those MG fertilizers as quickly and efficiently as possible; the plant will make use of what there in the mean time. After a good while of doing this, THEN you can start feeding. Feeding your plants now means some serious nutrient burn and probably a premature death. Just be patient, my friend.

~Ethno
 
You probably wont need to use nutes for at least a month, maybe two. I used the same soil and vegged for 2.5 months and did not use nutes once. I transplanted into a bigger medium just before flowering and used the same brand as you after transplant. I didnt use nutes for the first 2 weeks of flowering, when I did use nutes i used botanicare pro bloom and right away got nute burn. The miracle grow soil has time release nutrients, which ultimately means its gonna take some time for it to balance itself out.
 
ya thanks alot for the info guys im glad I read this when I did caue im about to wake up my plant's and water them and truthfully i was probably gonna use my diluded nut's I mixed up... and by distiled water you mean I the water you buy in the bottles ??? Like fiji water,avion,calistoga etc...?
 
KaliHustla said:
ya thanks alot for the info guys im glad I read this when I did caue im about to wake up my plant's and water them and truthfully i was probably gonna use my diluded nut's I mixed up... and by distiled water you mean I the water you buy in the bottles ??? Like fiji water,avion,calistoga etc...?
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No. That's "Spring Water", which some use. Distilled water is water that has been distilled... all of the mineral and bacterial impurities have been removed by a still. You can find any store brand, anywhere. It's dirt cheap too... Spending only a few bucks can get you a canister that holds several gallons and fits neatly in your fridge. Or buy by the gallon for as low as 60 cents. I can tell you that there definately is a difference, but tap water will work... It just builds up a lot of minerals and such in the media. It tastes better too if you just want a glass of water. ;-)

~Ethno
 
if you want good water for cheap go to the 5 gallon jug filler thing at ur supermarket. get a bucha them 5 gallon jugs they use for water cooler and fill em up. 1.50 for 5 gallons of water that has been filtered like 10 different ways. cant beat that unless you buy a R/O filter for your home.
 
billybob88 said:
if you want good water for cheap go to the 5 gallon jug filler thing at ur supermarket. get a bucha them 5 gallon jugs they use for water cooler and fill em up. 1.50 for 5 gallons of water that has been filtered like 10 different ways. cant beat that unless you buy a R/O filter for your home.
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Exactly what I was talking about when I said "canister" of distilled water. I wasn't sure how much one contained since I hadn't bought one in a while.

~Ethno
 
i buy 6 5 gallon jugs ever week and a half. i like to change my res that often. the 30 gallon res im using now it costs 9 dollars for each res change from the store. in my eyes its worth it cause my tap is 480 ppm and im to cheap the moment to buy an R/O
 
what about boiling the water and leaving the water in the sun for about 24-48 hours (obviously its going to take more then 2 days) does that even help?? or am I just waisting my time????
 
dont use fox farms soil its a waste of money......

way to expensive for what you get... dirt with tons of nutrients...

get some ProMix HP and add some worm castings 3:1 ratio.... perfect mix

about the water.... did you know your faucet has plenty of it? thats more than good enough to grow plants with.... all you need to do is let it sit out over night in a bucket so any chlorine will evaporate. You also need to get a PH test kit about $15 and some PH up $5 and some PH down $5 and you make sure your water has a neutral PH of between 6.5 and 5.5. There you go perfect water for your plants. That botled water distilled or whatever always has either a really high PH or a really low PH wich does absolutely nothing for your plants dude.....

Andrew
 
I have no clue no clue on the worm thing but thanks for the advice about fox farm cause I was about to go uy some I mean if everyone would tell me what kind of soil there using I could get a good idea on what is good and what isnt yaya I know its just dirt I jus want to find some soil that has nothing in it so I can act like god and I decide when my plant's get there nut's/food not time realesd balls of fertilizer
 
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