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canadiantoker420

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Guys, I spent over 3 grand this winter on leds , switched from 2 600 hps lol, yessir hooked is a word for it. But hey, gotta grow the best I can, as long per year as i can, for myself. I use A LOT.
Good luck and Happy spending er I mean growing lol. Awesome hobby.
FF
NICEE, soo u had a harvest with two 600s ?? What did that look like, I’m pumped dude I’m a month into my first ever climate controlled grow my plants r thriving! Just gave em a good shot of cal max yesterday a gallon between 6 of em
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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Yea yea I knowwwww I spent 1800 buck probly ..on my 5x5 and ain’t even got a PH meter or trellis net so I’m cheating myself out yaya I understand it’s kinda dumb to go all out 2 600s a nice infinity fan n shit in da 5x5 without all the other lil gadgets...can’t spend 25 buck on something as vital as a water meter but this ain’t my first run of plants an I think I can get away wit the shitty lil test strips I’m running out of lol I’m a dumbass though I just ordered a liter of grotek calmax and 250ml of big bud but for sum dam reason I ain’t buying a ph meter ..the advanced nutes spose to b PH perfect n I put a few drops per gallon of fox farm ph down in my non nutrient reserves cuz my ph is 8.1-8.3 that brings it within range I believe ..I wonder what would happen if I put ph down after my ph perfect nutes to level it real perfect?
That pH Perfect line always buffered my water to about 5.8 - 6.0 when I used it. Someone taught me awhile back to mix in 2 Tbsp of garden lime for every gallon of ProMix HP and it really makes things a lot easier to deal with. It will buffer the water, help keep the pH in line, and also pretty much prevents CA and MG issues. You can also topdress with it (which I do when I flip to flower) but I use 1 Tbsp garden lime for every 5 gallons of soil in each pot. Then I just mix it into the top of the soil with my fingers.

I have a pH meter, but I always second guess it, and have recently switch back to just using high resolution pH strips. They are cheap and they always match my liquid pH test results so that's good enough for me. pH meters need to be stored properly, and calibrated often, in order to be reliable.
 

Bignutes

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I’ve only spent £150 on my full setup
I started out at $400 now am at $2000. It's a done deal now, now just seeds and a composting bin and I'm set............until the next impulsive thing comes past my face and out comes the wallet.................brewhaaaahaaaa.................cough, sputter...............brewhahahaha!
 

canadiantoker420

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That pH Perfect line always buffered my water to about 5.8 - 6.0 when I used it. Someone taught me awhile back to mix in 2 Tbsp of garden lime for every gallon of ProMix HP and it really makes things a lot easier to deal with. It will buffer the water, help keep the pH in line, and also pretty much prevents CA and MG issues. You can also topdress with it (which I do when I flip to flower) but I use 1 Tbsp garden lime for every 5 gallons of soil in each pot. Then I just mix it into the top of the soil with my fingers.

I have a pH meter, but I always second guess it, and have recently switch back to just using high resolution pH strips. They are cheap and they always match my liquid pH test results so that's good enough for me. pH meters need to be stored properly, and calibrated often, in order to be reliable.
So man..so far I’ve had 2-3 years off from growing (started growing 13 yrs ago) and firstly I planted my seed str8 into the 7gall pots from germination lol I know..... but also I know I’ve been over watering as well cuz I got scared bout a week ago maybe 6 days and gave em like 3 gallons between the bigger 6 plants right, thinking I better wet all my roots cuz I can’t see beneath so the plants being 3 weeks old at this point I only been lightly watering so I choked up hard and fed em the 1.5 liters each when soil must already been bit wet ..also I’m using filtered water so it’s “super soft” with no cal mag so I baught sum cal max and luckily it arrived in time two days ago so I could feed em, I fed em bout 80% of full dose of that wit 1ml per gallon each of mic grow bloom...like 400ml each plant almost two days ago and that monster watering like a week ago, nothing other then that but look I have lil cal deficiency and u can tell I’m overwstering, btw it’s 10:30pm where I live and there getting close to needing water again (within 15-20 hours given em another half liter each to work em back prob) and what u see for leaves rn is cuz I just foliar sprayed lightly wit bout 1/8 strength dose of cal mag in there and the lights go off in half an hour for 4 hours
 

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canadiantoker420

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Anyone have any advice for my plants? They started going downhill a wee bit I noticed like two days ago there still somewhat thriving though
 

FastFreddi

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They look fine to me op...maybe just let them do their thing for a bit...sometimes overthinking or fussing too much will cause us to chase our tails.
Be careful of overfeeding calmag...it causes almost the same symptoms as not enough, it's a fun balance game lol.
These plants are resilient, patience is a must when fixing anything in soil...takes a couple to a few days to notice change, bad or good.
Can also be a good idea to only fix one thing at a time, as throwing different nutrients or additives, or changing environmental conditions constantly, we lose track of what actually helped and what hindered.
Good luck op.
FF
 

canadiantoker420

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They look fine to me op...maybe just let them do their thing for a bit...sometimes overthinking or fussing too much will cause us to chase our tails.
Be careful of overfeeding calmag...it causes almost the same symptoms as not enough, it's a fun balance game lol.
These plants are resilient, patience is a must when fixing anything in soil...takes a couple to a few days to notice change, bad or good.
Can also be a good idea to only fix one thing at a time, as throwing different nutrients or additives, or changing environmental conditions constantly, we lose track of what actually helped and what hindered.
Good luck op.
FF
My temps on my infinity 6” fan fluctuate even though I have a setting cuz I just run the fan like speed 1-2 and it levels my tent heat to about 74-78 but she goes up n down sumtimes that ain’t gonna do fuck all to em eh, an there down time (4 hours between 11pm-3am ) is never lower than 64-65 sits like 65-68 usually is that all good or wha ? Also. Day 30 for the gorilla zkittlez and 8balls , day 22-23 fer the blue cheese on the outside of my 600w MH sitting bout 30 inch above the 6 .. I’m adding another 4 or 600 probly a 6 in like a week max cuz I want all the light penetration I can give em.. when should I flip my lights in order to get roughly 70-75 grams for each of the bigger ones, whatever for the blue cheese there tiny tims lol I’d like an oz a piece off em but ...
 

canadiantoker420

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They look fine to me op...maybe just let them do their thing for a bit...sometimes overthinking or fussing too much will cause us to chase our tails.
Be careful of overfeeding calmag...it causes almost the same symptoms as not enough, it's a fun balance game lol.
These plants are resilient, patience is a must when fixing anything in soil...takes a couple to a few days to notice change, bad or good.
Can also be a good idea to only fix one thing at a time, as throwing different nutrients or additives, or changing environmental conditions constantly, we lose track of what actually helped and what hindered.
Good luck op.
FF
 

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