Thanks a lot Joe, few questions for you.
What did you use to lower the PH and how slowly did you lower it? Do you mix it in with the water for when you water it? As much detail on this as you can give, I really don't want to mess it up and hurt my plant as I have never lowered the PH of anything before. Again as simple as you can get, I don't mind being talked down to like I have no idea, because I have no idea
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Also on this I have a little test kit for hte soil with capsulses. How do I know where to test the soil? What if I use the lower PH but the place I get the test from is different than most of the soil PH wise? What is the best way to test the soil so I know my results are accurate?
No worrys..
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I never tested my soil, only adjusted the PH of my water. If you want to test the soil then its probably better to dig down about 10cm and get some soil from there.. but again, I don't test my soil..
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My PH tester cost me about £35.. its worth every penny though..
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..very accurate for spot on PH readings..probably best to get one of them (digital PH reader)
I lower it with vinegar.. I get my water from the sky..
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.. and add a 1 drop of vinegar to every 2litres of water. I then warm it up..(always warm your water to the same temps as your grow room, otherwise you could shock the roots)..I add my nutes then allow to warm up again, (I use 2litre bottles and 5litre bottles) as one bottle of food is warming i'll mix up another bottle and so on.. Once all my water is at the right temperature and has been left to sit for a while (I let it sit for around 10mins) I then take my PH readings and adjust accordingly, Vinegar for up and tap water for down..
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I'll feed some and then let it soak through for 10mins, then feed the rest. when I wait between feeds I check the PH and adjust accordingly. You are going to want to flush your ladies every four or so weeks, some will say more some say less, its really each to their own..
I have a decent sized closet that can handle maybe 3ft by 3ft by 5 ft high so I don't think that will be a problem.
You should be ok..
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did you say you are going to LST the big bang aswel?
I don't have a carbon filter but my closet is next to a window on the second floor of my house. I was going to try and open it when it gets a little warmer in a few weeks to get some of the smell out. It isn't really a problem unless someone comes over, but for now it doesn't leave the second floor.
Sounds like you should be ok, the BB will get smelly though, just a warning...
Also how big was your yield per plant? I was planning on 5 weeks of veg and 9 weeks of flowering. Did you find that its better to do more or less than that? Since it is the only plant I am growing and the first one, I wanted to give it a little extra time if it would give a bigger yield, which is why i wanted to do 5 weeks of vegging.
I've yet to weigh the second lady, she will get weighed in about 7-10days..
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the wait is almost too much to bear!
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The lady who is dry and mostly packed inside my lungs in the form of oil came in at a cool 83.2grams dry, just shy of 3oz's...
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not bad for 23days veg..
I would say go for it, 5weeks veg and some TLC, you will yield more than my girls..trust me
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I won't say, yeah 9 weeks cause they are not always done when the packet says they are..
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.. my girl took what, 81 days or something, thats like 11 and a half weeks!
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Just keep checking on them, you don't want to cut early and you don't want to harvest late, its all about patience..
Do you have any nute recomendations for this strain? Perticurally something cheap and easy to find at say a walmart/home depot? I wasnt going to start using any until flowerin in 2 weeks so a flowering nute would be what I need. Also how did the nutes effect your PH?
I'm not familiar with walmart sorry, I went for the basic biobizz line, grow, bloom and alg-a-mic, really wouldn't know what to get from a home depot though, but trust believe, there are loads of people on here that will..
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just ask about or start a thread for the 'best nutes from walmart' or something..
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The nutes lowered my water PH, so it was easier to adjust, i never let it sit for 24hrs or anything, just 10mins or so and adjust it then feed them.. seemed to do me no harm...
Pheew, happy growing!
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