HighGradeNoTilliDie
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High guys, new cannabis grower here. Currently growing in a 5x5x5ft grow tent with a mars hydro 600 led (200-250actual wattage)
Its right at the top as my girls are small so they are at edges of tent doing well.
Got my environment down with dehumidier, heater, fans etc. Lights on temps are 24-26c
Lights off it drops to 20c
50%rh most of the time, lights off the de humid kicks in.
First few trys i used the soil that came with the tent set up. It was called plant magic.http://www.plant-magic.co.uk/products/soil-supreme/14/ Nothing wanted to grow right after about 2-3 weeks they would start to die from the bottom up and cease to grow anymore. I was giving rain water untill symptoms occured then gave a 1/4 strength of the grow bottled nutes that also came with the bag (same brand as the soil).
It burnt them and they soon died.
Second try i brought a ph meter and with ph down brought the natural rainwater down from 7.5-8 to a 6.5 and the plants did the same thing got to 2-3 weeks old and wilted and started to die from the bottom up and had no growth from then on and after a week they died.
So third time lucky eh?
I tested the run off of this soil with my new ph meter and it was going in at 7.5 and coming out at 3.5-4!!
Also i had brought a ppm meter and run off was 1500+ppm
So this soil was acidic and abit hot for the lil ones.
I brought some and coco mixed it 50/50 and tried again but leaving the rain water at natural 7.5 thinking it would bring it up after a few weeks. But then no after two weeks they all looked like the worse little seedling in the pics. Ive thrown the soil up the garden and tried to make my own for my next attempts just wondering what you guys can make of all this. Ive included some pics of the first symptoms i occurred with that soil and one late stage.
Also just wondering what you guys thought of my organic soil mix ive made for my next attempts any advice would be appreciated as im going to try full organic no till after some research for the first time, chemical nutes are not for me!...
my base mix(approx)
30%coco coir
30%perlite
5%clay pebbles
20%organic vegetable compost(rich in organic matter)
15%worm castings.
Ive sown the seeds into this lightmix. Then i added to rest..
Handfull of volcanic rock dust
Microrize fungi granules
T5 beneficial microbes.
100g of fish,blood and bone meal
60g of clacified seaweed for cal mag/ph buffer. (These are the correct amounts according to the packs)
Ive wet it down and going to let cook untill my new sprouts have filled there pots so about 4-6 weeks.
Im planning to top dress something when they get in to flower possibly bat guano as i cant seem to get it anywhere ill order online. Have i forgotten anything? Is that base npk fertiliser ok for weed? Its my first go so trial and error i suppose
ive included some pics of what ive managed to get. Hope im on the right track to dankness.
Thanks in advance and toke on guys!
P.s the new light soil i made is working no dying of leaves yet just scared to feed so im going to make compost teas and seed sprout teas and top dress with castings. And try to create and mulch layer cover crop etc. Screw Synthetics!
Its right at the top as my girls are small so they are at edges of tent doing well.
Got my environment down with dehumidier, heater, fans etc. Lights on temps are 24-26c
Lights off it drops to 20c
50%rh most of the time, lights off the de humid kicks in.
First few trys i used the soil that came with the tent set up. It was called plant magic.http://www.plant-magic.co.uk/products/soil-supreme/14/ Nothing wanted to grow right after about 2-3 weeks they would start to die from the bottom up and cease to grow anymore. I was giving rain water untill symptoms occured then gave a 1/4 strength of the grow bottled nutes that also came with the bag (same brand as the soil).
It burnt them and they soon died.
Second try i brought a ph meter and with ph down brought the natural rainwater down from 7.5-8 to a 6.5 and the plants did the same thing got to 2-3 weeks old and wilted and started to die from the bottom up and had no growth from then on and after a week they died.
So third time lucky eh?
I tested the run off of this soil with my new ph meter and it was going in at 7.5 and coming out at 3.5-4!!
Also i had brought a ppm meter and run off was 1500+ppm
So this soil was acidic and abit hot for the lil ones.
I brought some and coco mixed it 50/50 and tried again but leaving the rain water at natural 7.5 thinking it would bring it up after a few weeks. But then no after two weeks they all looked like the worse little seedling in the pics. Ive thrown the soil up the garden and tried to make my own for my next attempts just wondering what you guys can make of all this. Ive included some pics of the first symptoms i occurred with that soil and one late stage.
Also just wondering what you guys thought of my organic soil mix ive made for my next attempts any advice would be appreciated as im going to try full organic no till after some research for the first time, chemical nutes are not for me!...
my base mix(approx)
30%coco coir
30%perlite
5%clay pebbles
20%organic vegetable compost(rich in organic matter)
15%worm castings.
Ive sown the seeds into this lightmix. Then i added to rest..
Handfull of volcanic rock dust
Microrize fungi granules
T5 beneficial microbes.
100g of fish,blood and bone meal
60g of clacified seaweed for cal mag/ph buffer. (These are the correct amounts according to the packs)
Ive wet it down and going to let cook untill my new sprouts have filled there pots so about 4-6 weeks.
Im planning to top dress something when they get in to flower possibly bat guano as i cant seem to get it anywhere ill order online. Have i forgotten anything? Is that base npk fertiliser ok for weed? Its my first go so trial and error i suppose
ive included some pics of what ive managed to get. Hope im on the right track to dankness.Thanks in advance and toke on guys!
P.s the new light soil i made is working no dying of leaves yet just scared to feed so im going to make compost teas and seed sprout teas and top dress with castings. And try to create and mulch layer cover crop etc. Screw Synthetics!
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