What's up with you, using miracle gro is also fine, but i would suggest in the future that you use ocean's forest....miracle is good, but it cakes up when exposed to water, making the soil clumped up. I journaled the results using miracle gro and ocean's forest and found that with miracle gro, i had to do alot more soil fluffing and/or turning(cultivating) to produce more oxygen for the rooting system. Just make sure, that if your miracle gro soil is clumpy after you water, then your roots know it and don't like it(it also make them more subseptible to root rot), so you will need to turn the soil over regularly to allow the roots to get more oxygen. You can also add some worms to the soil and they will work for you 24/7. Peace.........
I personally would go with some high power LEDs for that small cabinet, like a UFO or high power LED panel.
WOW...two people in one day that read the first page of my journal and added comments. Hey guys check out the last 100 and some pages, you'll notice alot has changed since then, and also only used MG soil one time, and will never buy LED's.
IMO LEDS have not been shown to do anything much past a few weeks of veg. Why would i buy a LED to replace the 3 400 watt Metal Halides i already have hooked up and running. Also MG is not a good subsitute for the soil i pre mix and add Bone meal, blood meal, Oxycal, and other goodies to.
TIP OF THE DAY:
Read the whole journal before posting useless comments in a journal you never read, and never plan on reading. Boost your post count elsewhere please!
Hey lilmafia, I think this may be your problem, you might be able to grow some good bud now if you get some led's.
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how are your trichs when you cut, do you cut at different times... ie. mostly cloudy, mostly amber, etc?
Nope, LEDS are for the newbies that believe LEDS are the wave of the future. They can buy the LEDS if they want, but in a month, i'll sell them my old MH kits after they realize they wasted their money!!
Check out POTPIMPS grow journal. He did a grow with LEDS, and there wasn't a significant change in growth, or anything. Just the same ol' plants that grew under a MH or HPS bulb.
I like my trichs at a good mix of cloudy and Amber. I really watch the calyx swell and the foxtails build to determine harvest. But i do pay attention to the trichs as well.