Nute burn.Never use anything by MiracleGro .

>>27578
Said it all.

Could of used a seed starter mix, worm castings, and vermiculite.

MiracleGro has those time little balls with nutes in them. The first few times they get watered, it just floods the soil with nutes.

You should be able to re-plant into fresh non-miraclegro and she'll bounce back. Maybe even flushing the soil out will help... I'm not sure on the latter.

what is the n-p-k rating on your miracle gro compost?

>>27580

>MiracleGro has those time little balls with nutes in them. The first few times they get watered, it just floods the soil with nutes.

If that is the case, then watering your pots throughly, before putting your seeds in, would probably help, IF the NPK rating is not tooo high.

One of the three flower room trays. These are 3 foot by 6 foot trays. 2 trays have 600W HPS each, the third is 600W MH.

You can see the slot where the screen will fit in. It will also be held up by lines dropping down from the ceiling. The flower room is done, I just need to build the frames and put the screen on. Transplanting in about a week.

>>27295

corrections:

screen is about 15 inches over the compost, the lamp is about 8-10 inches over the screen

and according to all of th eexperienced SCROG growers I know, I'll be fine not having started my girls under a screen. They are all about 15 inches above compost atm.

What kind of yields are you getting?

>>27310

My previous efforts (SOG) I was avereging about a 1/2 oz per plant with peaks of 1.5 oz per plant. I fully expect to get a minimum of 2 oz per plant on this go round.

update:

Sorry guise. Work has been killing me with 12-15 hour days this week. Today is off and I should have my girls transplanted, SCROG frames built and installed and the girls moved into their new space.

I'll be back!

bamp

any basic type of nutrient I should get?

>>27561

Also, I've heard that even with all those CFL's going at once, I should be alright on my electric bill so long as I conserve elsewhere. (not leaving the TV on all night, computer on hibernate after 15 mins, turning off unnecessary appliances etc etc)

Even so, I can take a small bump in the electric bill. I just wanted to confirm this.

Lastly, would ~200W be enough to support 2 relatively small (read as I'm flowering them after a month of vegging) plants?

Don't use a plastic tub. Instead, pick up a <30$ cabinet from Home Depot's kitchen section... And retrofit that.

A 30x45x15" cabinet can hold about 6 gallon square pots. You should use mylar if you can afford/find it - or use those krinkled reflective windowshield shield things from wal-mart. One of the large ones should do the entire inside of the box.

And yes, I'd use socket adapters and powerstrips for your lighting as well. You're going to need reflectors too - and some good ventilation... 200cfm of 120mm computer fans should do it.

>>27569

Considering the fact that I'm doing this as an unemployed college student, $30 is hard to come by. I'm sure I can build the equivalent for less, but at the same time, I'm really digging the tub idea. It would fit almost perfectly in my closet, and it's about 3.5ft high.

Duct tape the inside instead of aluminum foil for reflection, and bam.

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What sort of exhaust are you looking at then?

your also going to want to move them into individual pots before the roots get tangled

When you re-pot them just bury the stems down into the soil. They bend easy, but also break easy so be careful! That happens with all my seedings, for some reason, they just grow tall real far for the first few days of life, then they start to focus on the leafs.

>>27558

First and foremost, ditch all those seedlings. They are far to close (less than 1cm it looks like) and their roots are guaranteed to be entangled.

1. CFL's are compact florescent lights, they are relativly cheap and the lower watt ones (I think 60 watt and lower, thats REAL watts NOT EQUIVALENT) can simply be plugged into most household fixtures and used. HPS lights are one kind of HID lights. There are two major types of HID lights used for growing and they are HPS and MH respectively. MH is better for veg while HPS is better for flowering, though either can bring a plant to maturity. However the main downside to HID lights is that they require that you purchase a ballast to operate them, on top of the fact that they already cost more than CFLs this gives them a rather high start up costs. While some would say that CFLs can produce the same QUALITY of bud as HID lights, HIDs give you tighter more compact buds and an increased yield.

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>>27560

Your lights are too far away from your plants. Sprouts etiolate when they aren't receiving light equal or greater to their compensation point. It's a mechanism designed at focusing energy into primary plant growth at the expense of secondary growth in the hopes of getting closer to the light source. You don't want them to do this, of course. You want them to grow steadily upwards with proper secondary growth so they can develop strong stalks and be able to support themselves and their future crop.

CFLs can be kept within 2-4" of the tops of the plant, depending on the strength of your bulbs (higher wattage, give close to 4", lower wattage give closer to 2).

Hahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks OP.

Whichever you like? I suggest Cubensis: Brazillian for a first time grower. B+ isn't a bad option either.

I vote for Golden Teachers

donda

Sure, if you replace sugar with molasses, or glucose so the plant can actually absorb it.

Molasses (For roots) yes, sugar no.

And don't ever spray the buds with a sugary substance. You will get a sticky film on your buds - and you're not going to want to smoke that.

Also, sugars do much more for the soil than the plant - IMO.

>sugars do much more for the soil than the plant - IMO.

Care to elaborate, please?

>>27551

Carbo-loading does a lot for the bacterial populations of your soil - these chelate soil minerals and macro-nutrients - and provide nutrition after a few generations themselves. Also, molasses or complete sugars often contain trace (or significant) amounts of sulphur, iron, calcium and other micro-nutrients.

While a plant may or may not be able to absorb sugars from a root medium - it certainly helps the soil.

Woahh... 250$ for 24 watts?!??! WTF

Stay away, far far away. You can get a UFO (90 Watts!) for $190.00 new on amazon.com That comes with 2 shades of red and one of blue.

50 bucks less and almost 4 times more powerful.

Sweet Deal Man, thanks a bunch!
Any other opinions on LED?
Im still leanin toward a HPS (250W most likely) but an LED would save alot of space and power.

>>27548
I would love to have the money for a 300watt system. I'm saving now, but it's 900-1,200 dollars!! I love the no heat, and space saving features of it. Perfect for SCRoGin a cab. =D

You have to make sure the lamp is built with high intensity LEDs or it just wont work.

Roughly $1000?!
Holy grow!

HPS, Here I come!
LOL

You need to get yourself lots of water and light! ;D

What are you thinking? Soil, Hydro?

Personal, or for a few friends?

lot and lots of questions, it's better if you just tell us more about what you plan/hope to be dooingggggg.

>>27544 Thanks for replying so quick..

I plan on using soil, as I have no idea what hydroponics actually entail.

I just want to grow a bit for myself so I'm not always shelling out money or waiting for my dealers. However, I wouldn't mind having a HUEG setup and producing lots of bud.

>>27547

Sounds like the rest of us! lol

What kind of area you looking to make into the grow room? Starting with some bag seed I hope?

If you want too do it right the first time, and you got the money. Definitely just go buy a HID light for your room size. Get a ballast that can do both HPS and MH so you can just switch the bulb out when you want to bud. Depending on your setup you may need cooling.

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Op here, when should I switch to 12/12 to keep them under or at 3 feet? Id think bloom growth size would vary for sativa vs. indica, this looking like a sativa? should i go to 12/12 sooner ?

Pic Related: is the 2 in my bloom cab at 25 days.

you can switch to 12/12 right now to check gender. Switch back to 18/6 when you're sure you've got at least 1 female. 2 males? Don't bother. gL!

>>27536

Don't do this.

Plants will just about double in size when you start flowering.

>>27535

My guess would be that is a indica dominant strain due to it's short stature, and broad leaves.

I would let it grow till it has nice node growth. Soo... Give it a 7-10 days, then flip.