New Grower here! help?

DANK PURPY

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I wanna start off by saying i really appreciate the help, and the time you took out of your day to respond and help me out.
ill start by giving my setup:
plants age - 2w 3d old
lights- 2 fluorescent 15watt bulbs. 24h light cycle (yes i realize how horrible this is so iv been told)
pots - 1 4gallon and 2 half gallons pots.
soil - 3/4 miracle gro organic garden soil. 1/4 miracle gro potting mix.
ph lvl- getting one very soon. was also told to leave water open to air to release certain chemicals of some sort?
air conditions- about 70*F. not sure about humidity. fan blowing all day.
germination- done paper towel method
fertilizer - looking to get foxfarms trio soon. but was given "miracle gro all purpose plant food liquid form" today. was told my plants had lack of nitrogen and this was a cheap and quick solution. Even though i wanted an organic grow i felt i had no choice 2 of my plants decided to go bad on me and not only stunt growth but got yellow and burned leafs. I also had a mild case of fungus gnats got rid of them quick but removing the 2 plants that were affected from the healthy one. I was told since i couldn't use chemicals on my plants to just replant it with fresh soil(was told to soak roots in water to get rid of eggs and bugs). Used the fertilizer on all 3 of the plants today and im gonna see how they react to the nitrogen increase. I just upgraded the healthier plant to the 4gallon .the roots system was crazy.20141223_121151.jpg 20141223_121141.jpg 20141223_121134.jpg 20141223_121039.jpg 20141223_121007.jpg 20141223_120930.jpg 20141223_120920.jpg
please if there's any information i forgot to mention please let me know asap. so i can answer as fast as i can and do what i can immediately to save my plants.
Again!! thanks for all your help. here are some pics of my plants and the setup. i just changed the setup today because of me replanting the healthy plant aka "Jenna C." her name.
 

Boogalou

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I'm only new to this myself, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I think better lights would be a good start for when they get bigger. You can buy cheap led's on ebay from China, not sure how good they are. They sell good ones in the US, but they are expensive.
You could search your local papers for second hand ones, which is what I did here, bought a Pro Grow 400X and saved $300 off new price, it was only 6 months old.
There is a lot of options to look at. I myself am using Air Injection Technology for soil from Modular Hydro, check out the clip on you tube.
Anyway good luck.
 

DANK PURPY

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appreciate your reply. and yes im very aware i need new lights. they will be here soon. i was suppose to get them today but didnt know what to get. im under a 20$ budget as of right now. im either going to get a few cfl lights or cheap fluorescents. lol
 

Deusracing

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oh lord heres the thing man get rid of the dirt NOW anything with bark will give you lots of gnats.. go with Nectar/ oregons only #4 bag talk to scott there and tell him the Garfen guy sent you over. trust me man I've invested 1000's of dollars to get everything dialed in properly don't buy shit products unless its virtual sun. only off brand i ever recommend in any case any questions ill be happy to answer just check out my threads you will see i almost know what I'm talking about.. But serious get ahold of scott at nectar through face book man he's on top of of getting back to his customers quick
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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ok good to know. is it possible to carry out what ive already done or i should scratch it all and start from day-1
Lets start w/ this your plants are awfully small to be using too much solution so what the ratio you are using? Promix BX or all purpose w/ myc would be a good substitute....as for liquid food Dyna grow or foliar pro at 1/4 strength per gal would be cool to start out with until you do some further research and figure out what it is you want to run with
 

DANK PURPY

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oh lord heres the thing man get rid of the dirt NOW anything with bark will give you lots of gnats.. go with Nectar/ oregons only #4 bag talk to scott there and tell him the Garfen guy sent you over. trust me man I've invested 1000's of dollars to get everything dialed in properly don't buy shit products unless its virtual sun. only off brand i ever recommend in any case any questions ill be happy to answer just check out my threads you will see i almost know what I'm talking about.. But serious get ahold of scott at nectar through face book man he's on top of of getting back to his customers quick
i know alot of people told me i fucked up getting that soil. well i learned a big lesson what do you suggest i do. immediately get that soil out of there and use what exactly and to be honest i dont have much money to spend but 20$ right now. i will have much more next week. please what do you advise i do.
 

Deusracing

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i know alot of people told me i fucked up getting that soil. well i learned a big lesson what do you suggest i do. immediately get that soil out of there and use what exactly and to be honest i dont have much money to spend but 20$ right now. i will have much more next week. please what do you advise i do.
here is the thing then if using miracle grow well shoot a pic of the soil contents and npk ration not he bag i use to use straight top soil from outside and was awesome
 

DANK PURPY

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Lets start w/ this your plants are awfully small to be using too much solution so what the ratio you are using? Promix BX or all purpose w/ myc would be a good substitute....as for liquid food Dyna grow or foliar pro at 1/4 strength per gal would be cool to start out with until you do some further research and figure out what it is you want to run with
yeah i did 1/2 strength. used the miracle gro all purpose plant food liquid form. water mix.
 

Deusracing

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seriously talk to scott at nectar for the gods and explain what your doing and maybe just maybe he can help you in the right direction. just tell him Garfen Guy sent you.. id say listen to everyone on here but talk to the God first
 

DANK PURPY

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seriously talk to scott at nectar for the gods and explain what your doing and maybe just maybe he can help you in the right direction. just tell him Garfen Guy sent you.. id say listen to everyone on here but talk to the God first
ok will do. ill see what advice he has to give thanks!
 

DANK PURPY

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seriously talk to scott at nectar for the gods and explain what your doing and maybe just maybe he can help you in the right direction. just tell him Garfen Guy sent you.. id say listen to everyone on here but talk to the God first
just sent him an email with this thread connected hopefully he will get back to me soon and gimme some advice
 

WHODAT@THADOR

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Promix is what I would choose to substitute the MG soil you have its 13 bux at home depot.......As for Biologicals check Heisenberg tea's research will definitly be your friend
 
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