First Time Grower... REAL LOW BUDGET but need tips badly.... Help?

here we go, this one here is the auto flowering AK i mentioned earlier bro, its a little stretchy but coming home to it and noticed a considerable difference today!

oh and shit yes i am using only tap water at the minute i need to find out where to get PH testing equipment and also is tap water okay? or am i fucking this shit up?first few pics are AK which is approximately 1 and a half weeks older than the mazar....... the mazar picture is the last one and also the soil

Is that an incandescent bulb? If u want some cheap/effcient and easy to control lighting, go out n get some cfls, 6500k for veg and 2700k for flower, its good to use a mixed spectrum, for veg a 3:1 ratio 6500k to 2700k and vise versa for flowering, u should have a minimum of 100w per plant. Actual watts, not equivalent wattage and put them as close as possible to the plants. When transplanting u could bury the soil up to coteylydons and the stem will develope more roots and help ur little girl b a little more stable and less stringy.

You need to get a bottle of ph down most of them are pretty much the same I use dutch pro with their nutrients.. But more about nutrients later have you any idea what nutes to use? Also your tap water will contain chlorine tha t kills the good stuff in the soil and nutes this is easy to fix if you leave the water in a bucket for 24 hrs - 2 days the chlorine will evaporate. Juss blaze sounds right about filling in more soil for it to be less stressed. Are they both autos? I just grew some autos and the lights need to stay on 18/6 for the whole grow and you're meant to start them in their final pot as they don't like the stress of transplanting.. You need to get it in it's final pot soon as poss. I would go for bio bizz light mix soil as autos can be burnt (over fed with nutrients) easier than normal plants, so i wouldn't go for the all mix which can be pretty powerful for young plants.. Equipment.. If I was you I'd get a tent off ebay.. 1.5 x 1.5 x 2m get a 600w cool tube light ballast and get a 600w dual spectrum bulb u can use them for veg and flower and since they're autos too and they flower when they want it should help.. I used 20 ltr air pots with my autos but 10 ltr would do u fine.. Air pots have holes in the side and air prune your roots making them send more a.d more roots and stops root circling around the pot.. Up to you if u want to try them i think they make bigger plants.. You'll need an extractor fan and carbon filter 5" should do in summer with one air cooled light. You can get tent packages from ebay for good prices normally come with tent un cooled light extractor fan filter and a hygrometer to measure temperature and humidity.. I would advise to get a cool tube tho cos of summer u can get them 30 quid if u search Google. Some things u could alter like 400w instead of 6.. But more light more yield 6" cool tubes is what i use but i have two and a 6" fan.. Fans.. Google rvk tt ruk or silent td fans.. Nutes as you're new I'd just go for grow and bloom nutes bio bizz or dutch pro are ok and both organic I used dutch pro nutes and they worked fine and are pretty cheap don't bother with explode or boost nutes with autos u don't need them and risk of burning.. Let me know what u think search some prices on Google and ebay and I'll be happy to give some more advice..

James Williams91 said:

here we go, this one here is the auto flowering AK i mentioned earlier bro, its a little stretchy but coming home to it and noticed a considerable difference today!

oh and shit yes i am using only tap water at the minute i need to find out where to get PH testing equipment and also is tap water okay? or am i fucking this shit up?first few pics are AK which is approximately 1 and a half weeks older than the mazar....... the mazar picture is the last one and also the soil

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Replied to your questions what you think is there anything i forgot? Are both your babies autos?..

Less stretched***** also when you get ph down you'll need to get a ph pen they are pretty cheap off ebay around 5 pound or less and you want to get the ph down to around 5.8-6.5 I normally keep it around 6.2

Also with autos the bigger the pots the longer the time but the more yield u get.. If you grow one in a 6 ltr pot it will be alot faster than a 20 ltr pot. I did 4 big bang autos in 20 ltr air pots and got over 5 oz a plant but they took about 15 weeks..

It sounds from your other posts that they're not both autos which means you have a problem you'll need two separate rooms.. Autos need to have lights on 18/6 and normal plants 18/6 for veg and 12/12 for flower.. If you switch them to 12/12 the auto will yield alot less than it should

One more thing.. lol.
Looking at your ak auto pic again I would make it your main priority to get some light mix soil and the pot you want to finish in and get it into the pot and put it in deep enough so that the stem will be coming out about an inch or so.. And water lightly with tap water that's been left at least 24 hours until u get ph equipment.. The soil should help with ph until you can control it.

I would rethink the lighting suggestion and go with CFL's or you'll have an easy bake oven lol.

Im running flouros lol 4 42w 2700k and im throwin in 4 26w 6500k

James Williams91 said:

here we go, this one here is the auto flowering AK i mentioned earlier bro, its a little stretchy but coming home to it and noticed a considerable difference today!

oh and shit yes i am using only tap water at the minute i need to find out where to get PH testing equipment and also is tap water okay? or am i fucking this shit up?first few pics are AK which is approximately 1 and a half weeks older than the mazar....... the mazar picture is the last one and also the soil

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no problem with tap water....you can get pH drops to test, they work close enough.

The better ones are in hydro/garden shops but the pet (fish) stores are also decent for pH testing drops

What kind of light bulb is that? and how many actual watts?

no worries about the stretching, if it gets back you can transplant and make the problem go away

wow right it might take me a while to read and reply so be patient u guys haha gunna have a quick read over all of your replies right now!

to reply to..... green goblin first....

a friend said he did a "dirty grow" and used tomato feed but fuck that i dont want to fuck it up, so for nutrients any suggestions would be fine, ive researched about nutes a bit and its still sinking in all the info!

well i was told they were both autos but ive a funny feeling the mazar isnt cos the pack it came in didnt say anything about it when i got them!

tomorrow ive got in my calender as the day to transplant so i will do that tomorrow straight away! or even tonight if i get a chance!

where am i best getting the small tent that you posted juzzblaze? amazon ?

yes at the minute is an incandescent and i think it was only a 100w a plant i got two of those just to start it and im going to take a good look on amazon and ebay later!
my cupboard dimensions are around 1.6m height x 0.7m wide could i fit a small tent for the auto in there and then ill seperate the two and put the mazar in another tent?

ive been told about dual spectrum CFLs and they sound good what do u guys think? get two as soon as possible????

if you guys can give me a list or bullet points of key equipment i need ill search and price tonight! much appreciated!!

Yes amazon, look up lighthouse hyrdoponics. Mine is the perfect size for a cfl grow with 2 small autos and it was only 72 bucks! Cant beat that. Also look into heat lamps, get 2 of them with 6 Y splitters, 3 for each lamp so u could put 4 lights under each reflector. Or u could get a 4 way splitter from amazon for around 8 bucks and use that if u wanna save some money, im on a budget too, i could post pics of my setup if ud like an idea of how to set yours up, best of luck!

Any pointers? Im real early into flowering and I am getting orange hairs already. Prolly 2 Weeks in

jeremy321666 said:

Any pointers? Im real early into flowering and I am getting orange hairs already. Prolly 2 Weeks in

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more of a faint orange so far..