How did I do for my first soil mix?

[GreenBean 420]

First grow, been reading a lot.

Setup.
24"X24"X48" Grow Tent
-2 3.2gal pots (will start them off in a smaller pot and transplant, biggest size 2 pots I want to fit)
-Green Crack seeds
-Currently about 200 watts of CFL, 5000k for veg and a mix of 5000k/2700k for flower (kept between 2-4in from tops of plant
-Small fan
-PH meter
-Fox Farm Nutrients
-Humidity sits at between 39-53% between night and day
-Temps sit at between 50-78 degrees between night and day (current bag seed, as a test, is doing fine. Growth is a bit slower most likely due to the night temps being so low and organic shitty miracle grow (PLAIN) - literally ZERO drainage hahaha)
-Using Fox Farm nutrients to start off as a noob and get my feet wet
-WIll be using the topping method as well as LST to keep the mostly sativa short and squat but who knows what will happen

Not looking for anything huge in yields just the dankest I can grow my first time. I currently smoke around an 1/8th a month...

As for my Soil mix sorry!

I did everything in cups lol
3.2gal per pot= ~62 cups

25 cups Fox Farm Ocean Forest
15 cups Vermiblend (both the FFOF and this smell absolutely amazing mixed together)
10 cups Roots Organics Soilless (is pretty much 50/50 perlite, very light and airy)
05 cups Vermiculite
05 cups Growstone GS-2 (large perlite), ended up adding more in the end, bet it could use even more lol

-Mixed together after each ingredient added. Whatever room was left in the two pots (after filling both) I filled with FF/Growstone/Vermiblend...then poured it all back together and remixed. Then put back into pots.

I wanted the mix to take me through most of Veg if possible, not trying to be organic just like the idea of the living soil helping with the PH (I know FFOF isnt organic and neither are the nutes). I also wanted the soil to drain extremely well and be able to hold as much oxygen as possible.

I'll mix my nutes into distilled water and adjust my PH post mixing. Will also be checking run-off accordingly just to learn and be on the safe side.




If anyone has any input that would be awesome, hopefully I did an ok job with the soil. I know I prolly need more lights but trying to keep cost down as Ive already spend more than I wanted to...

Thanks everyone! Have a great rest of the day and if you're on the east coast enjoy this snow

 

[xmatox]

First grow, been reading a lot.

Setup.
24"X24"X48" Grow Tent
-2 3.2gal pots (will start them off in a smaller pot and transplant, biggest size 2 pots I want to fit)
-Green Crack seeds
-Currently about 200 watts of CFL, 5000k for veg and a mix of 5000k/2700k for flower (kept between 2-4in from tops of plant
-Small fan
-PH meter
-Fox Farm Nutrients
-Humidity sits at between 39-53% between night and day
-Temps sit at between 50-78 degrees between night and day (current bag seed, as a test, is doing fine. Growth is a bit slower most likely due to the night temps being so low and organic shitty miracle grow (PLAIN) - literally ZERO drainage hahaha)
-Using Fox Farm nutrients to start off as a noob and get my feet wet
-WIll be using the topping method as well as LST to keep the mostly sativa short and squat but who knows what will happen

Not looking for anything huge in yields just the dankest I can grow my first time. I currently smoke around an 1/8th a month...

As for my Soil mix sorry!

I did everything in cups lol
3.2gal per pot= ~62 cups

25 cups Fox Farm Ocean Forest
15 cups Vermiblend (both the FFOF and this smell absolutely amazing mixed together)
10 cups Roots Organics Soilless (is pretty much 50/50 perlite, very light and airy)
05 cups Vermiculite
05 cups Growstone GS-2 (large perlite), ended up adding more in the end, bet it could use even more lol

-Mixed together after each ingredient added. Whatever room was left in the two pots (after filling both) I filled with FF/Growstone/Vermiblend...then poured it all back together and remixed. Then put back into pots.

I wanted the mix to take me through most of Veg if possible, not trying to be organic just like the idea of the living soil helping with the PH (I know FFOF isnt organic and neither are the nutes). I also wanted the soil to drain extremely well and be able to hold as much oxygen as possible.

I'll mix my nutes into distilled water and adjust my PH post mixing. Will also be checking run-off accordingly just to learn and be on the safe side.




If anyone has any input that would be awesome, hopefully I did an ok job with the soil. I know I prolly need more lights but trying to keep cost down as Ive already spend more than I wanted to...

Thanks everyone! Have a great rest of the day and if you're on the east coast enjoy this snow

It looks like you will probably get about a pound from this set up.

 

[Bugeye]

FF feeding schedule is bullshit and could be your downfall. Don't even think about feeding your plants for 3 to 4 weeks after your last transplant, they won't need it. Get some dolomite lime in there for calcium and forget about pHing your nutes or water, not needed in soil grow if your soil pH is decent, the soil will buffer it.

 

[GreenBean 420]

FF feeding schedule is bullshit and could be your downfall. Don't even think about feeding your plants for 3 to 4 weeks after your last transplant, they won't need it. Get some dolomite lime in there for calcium and forget about pHing your nutes or water, not needed in soil grow if your soil pH is decent, the soil will buffer it.

Ok cool thanks man, I was hoping to not have to feed them and I'll try starting them out on 1/4 strength when I do Think I have enough lighting to be ok with low to medium yields?

 

[undercovergrow]

i would suggest you not use distilled water and replace those CFLs with a T5 if you're going to stick with growing your own cannabis. as @Bugeye said, you don't need to worry about PH in a soil grow as the soil buffers it. how long do you plan on vegging your plants for and will you be taking any clones?

ETA: take his suggestions on dolomite lime also for your soil and don't feed your plants for a few weeks after you transplant them as they might not need it.

 

[GreenBean 420]

i would suggest you not use distilled water and replace those CFLs with a T5 if you're going to stick with growing your own cannabis. as @Bugeye said, you don't need to worry about PH in a soil grow as the soil buffers it. how long do you plan on vegging your plants for and will you be taking any clones?

ETA: take his suggestions on dolomite lime also for your soil and don't feed your plants for a few weeks after you transplant them as they might not need it.

I heard distilled water from like CVS was a good call because no chlorine in it etc. my tap water is 6.4ph but no clue what's in it.

Not sure how long I'll be doing this but next grow I might do a couple t5s vertical in the back two corners of the box, right near the plants.

As for veg I was either going to go "12-12 from seed" or wait till the plant hits 6 leaf sets then top to the third set and start LST. I really wanted to keep the timeline as short as possible. With the cfl for lighting and my strain being sativa dominant it's already going to be a 10-12 week flower period

I was going to use the Dolomite lime as a buffer as I read a lot of people doing that but the guy at the hydro shop said it wasn't ness at all so maybe next grow?