HELP WITH SEEDLING

[Jacobyolo11]

You haven't shown enough PLANTS to justify another light, but oh well.

Now you have a 'short' problem (probably) - and the extra light and heat may wipe you out anyway (hopefully leaving you a house to live in)...

Well i feel like the metal hangers mightve came into contact with the plug and thats what caused the short

 

[Jacobyolo11]

Well i feel like the metal hangers mightve came into contact with the plug and thats what caused the short

I plugged the light back into the wall to see if it still works and it does fine without any problems so it might've been because the hangers touched the plug like i said

 

[Jacobyolo11]

It doesn’t matter with your set up cuz so much light escapes and is not going to the plants anyway

Is the Light escaping Really that big of an issue ?

 

[Cupboard guy]

This thread has to be a joke. Am I the only one thinking this?
If you’re for real guy you need to go away and do a lot of reading. Your knowledge is severely lacking. By the sounds of it you might not even survive to harvest.
Be safe mate and get out there and read everything you can find about growing.
There’s a sticky just for noobs I’m not sure how to link but someone could point you there.
Good luck

 

[Jacobyolo11]

This thread has to be a joke. Am I the only one thinking this?
If you’re for real guy you need to go away and do a lot of reading. Your knowledge is severely lacking. By the sounds of it you might not even survive to harvest.
Be safe mate and get out there and read everything you can find about growing.
There’s a sticky just for noobs I’m not sure how to link but someone could point you there.
Good luck

Well there isn’t that much light escaping the room and even if there is it cant be that much an issue overall the room is pretty dark if i cover up the small window

 

[Cupboard guy]

There’s not enough advice anybody can give you until you learn the fundamentals. Complete darkness is 100% one of the most important things for flowering. I can’t give you anymore advice until you go try learn some stuff but I’m gunna pull a up chair for this thread.

Edited for spelling

 

[Jacobyolo11]

There’s not enough advice anybody can give you until you learn the fundamentals. Complete darkness is 100% one of the most important things for flowering. I can’t give you anymore advice until you go try but I’m gunna pull a up chair for this thread.

Alright well so far my plants seem to be doing great and very healthy just been feeding water without checking the ph

 

[Jacobyolo11]

Alright well so far my plants seem to be doing great and very healthy just been feeding water without checking the ph

I have a few more but they were planted a few days after these ones so they aren’t looking as healthy as these but still

 

[GreenthumbUPMI]

Well there isn’t that much light escaping the room and even if there is it cant be that much an issue overall the room is pretty dark if i cover up the small window

You want as many photons as possible reaching the plants, so think 'reflect' vs. 'escape'. Mylar film does a good job - you can mount it to cardboard and put it on the walls of your 'closet'. Those silvered car windshield covers ($1.00 at Dollar General) would be a good, easy solution also. You've bought the light, you're paying for the electricity - make those photons WORK by making them bounce around until they hit leaves.

INCOMING light can mess up the flowering process, but your dark basement probably solves that - though the reflectors will help with that, too...

 

[spek9]

You want as many photons as possible reaching the plants, so think 'reflect' vs. 'escape'. Mylar film does a good job - you can mount it to cardboard and put it on the walls of your 'closet'. Those silvered car windshield covers ($1.00 at Dollar General) would be a good, easy solution also. You've bought the light, you're paying for the electricity - make those photons WORK by making them bounce around until they hit leaves.

INCOMING light can mess up the flowering process, but your dark basement probably solves that - though the reflectors will help with that, too...

Emergency blankets from the dollar store work well in a pinch too. Very cheap, made of Mylar.

 

[Cupboard guy]

That’s great pal. Like I say though go and read every how-to, tutorial, read every grow diary you can stomach. You cannot skip ahead and get results. Growing weed is a mix of art and science, done right it’s beautiful but done wrongly you can kill yourself. Be careful. Places like these are the single best place to learn.

 

[GreenthumbUPMI]

Alright well so far my plants seem to be doing great and very healthy just been feeding water without checking the ph

Okay, ph. There are nutrient articles on the 'net that show the ph ranges the plants need to use certain nutrients. Their needs change as they age and mature, so providing the right ph at the right time gives you the best chance at max healthy plants. That being said, you can PROBABLY get a harvest without caring about ph (there's a reason it's called 'weed' - it WANTS to grow), but your harvest will be better if you give plants all they want when they want it. Also, we're most of us growing hybrids which might be even more sensitive to ph and nutrients. A <$20 meter, some white vinegar (ph down), and some baking soda (ph up) is cheap 'enhancement' for your grow, right?

 

[spek9]

Okay, ph. There are nutrient articles on the 'net that show the ph ranges the plants need to use certain nutrients. Their needs change as they age and mature, so providing the right ph at the right time gives you the best chance at max healthy plants. That being said, you can PROBABLY get a harvest without caring about ph (there's a reason it's called 'weed' - it WANTS to grow), but your harvest will be better if you give plants all they want when they want it. Also, we're most of us growing hybrids which might be even more sensitive to ph and nutrients. A <$20 meter, some white vinegar (ph down), and some baking soda (ph up) is cheap 'enhancement' for your grow, right?

pH is important because if it's out of range for the medium you're growing in, certain nutrients can't be uptaken, which causes an artificial deficiency situation. Plants can't grow and develop properly without access to all 17 elements and nutrients they need.

Be cautious about how you manage pH long term:

Using vinegar for pH down isn't really efficient. You have to use so much of it for such a temporary fix, that extended use will kill or at least harm the plants. pH Down, citric acid, Sulfuric acid, Phosphoric acid are a few alternatives.

Using Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) as a pH up for extended periods can lead to salt buildup in the medium, again possibly causing artificial deficiencies and lockout. pH Up, Calcium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide etc are some others.

 

[GreenthumbUPMI]

pH is important because if it's out of range for the medium you're growing in, certain nutrients can't be uptaken, which causes an artificial deficiency situation. Plants can't grow and develop properly without access to all 17 elements and nutrients they need.

Be cautious about how you manage pH long term:

Using vinegar for pH down isn't really efficient. You have to use so much of it for such a temporary fix, that extended use will kill or at least harm the plants. pH Down, citric acid, Sulfuric acid, Phosphoric acid are a few alternatives.

Using Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) as a pH up for extended periods can lead to salt buildup in the medium, again possibly causing artificial deficiencies and lockout. pH Up, Calcium Hydroxide, Potassium Hydroxide etc are some others.

Let's get him through ONE GROW, as simple & cheaply as possible before worrying him with salt, etc. I use vinegar since my well water is 8.0 and I use 2 tblsps/gal to reach 6.1-6.2. My medium is slightly acidic, too. I'm planning on trying DWC hydro in the fall/winter and will use ph UP/DOWN since I read that the swings can get pretty wild with that technique...

 

[Jacobyolo11]

Let's get him through ONE GROW, as simple & cheaply as possible before worrying him with salt, etc. I use vinegar since my well water is 8.0 and I use 2 tblsps/gal to reach 6.1-6.2. My medium is slightly acidic, too. I'm planning on trying DWC hydro in the fall/winter and will use ph UP/DOWN since I read that the swings can get pretty wild with that technique...

I have a bottle of fertilizer i got off of amazon i will start feeding when it gets big enough and ready for first transplant i will obviously start feeding after transplant, this is the bottle I got

 

[spek9]

Let's get him through ONE GROW, as simple & cheaply as possible before worrying him with salt, etc.

That's what we're all here for, helping people grow.

Correctly informing about the importance and function of pH, and discouraging products to use in pH management that could be harmful or fatal to plants is how we get new growers through their first grow

 

[Jacobyolo11]

You want as many photons as possible reaching the plants, so think 'reflect' vs. 'escape'. Mylar film does a good job - you can mount it to cardboard and put it on the walls of your 'closet'. Those silvered car windshield covers ($1.00 at Dollar General) would be a good, easy solution also. You've bought the light, you're paying for the electricity - make those photons WORK by making them bounce around until they hit leaves.

INCOMING light can mess up the flowering process, but your dark basement probably solves that - though the reflectors will help with that, too...

I am using this reflective sheet that i have tapped onto my wall

 

[Jacobyolo11]

That's what we're all here for, helping people grow.

Correctly informing about the importance and function of pH, and discouraging products to use in pH management that could be harmful or fatal to plants is how we get new growers through their first grow

Thank you very much do you think the bottle of fertilizer i got is good ?

 

[Cupboard guy]

You only need to feed your plants if you plant into inert (no nutrients in) mix at first. Check what your planting into doesn’t already contain nutrients. Too much will severely harm the growth and health of your plants. Not sure on feed though I’ve never seen it.

 

[spek9]

Thank you very much do you think the bottle of fertilizer i got is good ?

That's not a complete fertilizer. It contains primarily micro nutrients only. It does not contain nearly enough of the macro nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, and since it doesn't list Sulphur at all, nor does it state whether any of the nutrients are in Sulfate form, doesn't look like there's any Sulphur.