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Was thinking the same thing. I believe the goal is to shoot for 75-85 degrees during your light cycle. You'll want to cool it down a little during your dark cycles, but anything under 65f and above 85f may mess with growth.

Might just be me, but they look a bit stretched/rangy in the last set of pics. Something to consider.

You might also try TSSC - Single Seed Centre. Had no problems with my order from them, standard shipping was great. Took them about 8 business days to get me my seeds in the US. All of the seeds I ordered germinated. Bear in mind this is my first seed order ever.

Okay, move along then. I can honestly say I took your opinion into consideration, I disagree. You can look at any of a number of forum threads and articles (Subcool, etc.) that tell you to cook a mixture. Using soil with amendments immediately without going through the process of infrequent...

Going to add some dolomite and check soil pH, see where things stand.

No, I don't think I did. Are you telling me that my mixture FF Ocean Forest, Happy Frog, perlite and worm castings are "prebagged/cooked"? I should skip allowing these mixed ingredients time to settle, skip allowing the microbial flora in the soil time to grow? I may be new to growing bud...

So the prevailing wisdom which espouses the use of "cooking/curing/allowing your ingredients to sit" before planting in the mixture is wrong? Pardon my skepticism if I have a hard time believing an open container that is stirred frequently will become an anaerobic microbial culture. My...

Allowing microbial flora to grow is the general idea.

so you don't let your soil mixtures sit before using it?

I'm going to see about picking up some dolomite and adding about 1TBSP per gallon.

12qt bag of Fox Farm Ocean Forest 12qt bag of part Happy Frog Organic 1lb organic worm castings 6qts perlite Mixed it up with a gallon of distilled water and I'm going to let it cook for a few weeks. Any suggestions on what else the mix might need? Does anyone have a good mix for freshly...

Update: Added a 400w MH/HPS ballast to my grow. I've splinted the plants and started watering them from below. I also gently transferred them to plastic cups. The 400w bulb was a little too hot for my grow space so I added additional fans and swapped out my 400w MH bulb for a 175w MH (10,000...

Update: I splinted the plants with toothpicks, watered them with a spray bottle as well. I'm going to be installing a 400w MH light tonight and I backed the CFLs off about 5-6". Fingers crossed! Any suggestions on safe distance for a 400w MH? Thanks!

So I should start spraying water in there? I was using a small syringe to apply the water around the base of the plant.

I've got 2 AK-48's and 1 Thai. They're directly under 26W 6500k CFL, surrounded by reflective material. I've got a small PC fan to ventilate. Temp is good, I've got them on an 18/6 lighting schedule now. They wilted previously and became extremly thin so I reburied in coco up to just below...

I'm trying to figure out whether I should invest in LED growlights or stick with CFLs and a MH setup (have some cheap 400w bulbs) with IR shielding. Stealth is really important to me. I'm just trying to see if the reduced heat/exhaust and power consumption from LEDs would be a better long term...