My first run in over a decade but had years and years of practice before my break .

I had started 4 and ended up with 2 chicks . I had and still have intentions of a 600HPS but had to buy a lawnmower as well as brakes and rotors for my car . I only want to go to the grow store once and want to have enough for everything including the proper exhaust so I decided to use my veg lights to see how it went . I have a 6 tube T5 and an assortment of larger CFL's .

I decided while this was a small run to try some cheaper foods and medium . The medium is about 35% MG Organic , 50% Pro-Mix , and the rest worm castings . I fed them MG all purpose , tomato , and bloom alternating the first 2 during veg . I will switch to something with less N here soon as I am now 2 weeks in and want to cut back on the green growth . I am using molasses , brown corn syrup , epsom salts and super thrive every few waterings . I am using yeast and sugar for CO2 . I will use an organic food for the end of the cycle .

I intended at first to just use things available at a Walmart Supercenter (the ones with grocery store) but I wanted a bit more intensity with lights and the CFL's available there aren't as bright as the ones I can get at my local electronic supply . I will be using the 6 tube T5 for mamas and veg so I figured I might as well use it now . Purchased that with tubes and the cord I had to connect for like $185 total .

Even the seeds are from a bag of "kinda" that I got in the Walmart parking lot .

Anyways , it seems plants will grow well with readily available products .

These are 2 weeks into flowering in 3 gallon pots . I think I would of been happier with 5 gallon .

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Edit - I just added the T5 a week ago

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The tops look yellow form the flash . They are as green as the rest of the plants .

I should add I use water from a water filter system hooked up to my sink . I am on city water .

Great plants bud! Good luck.

I read on one of the posts that tap water, either hot or cold, has all kinds of deposits and minerals so its not the "best" to use. From what i understand, from all the hours reading, tap is okay, but not preferred. as long as your water's pH is within 6-7 (depending which expert you ask) you should be okay. If it's too high use vinegar (only drops per liter make a big difference so if you put too much empty out some water and refill with straight tap/filtered). or if it's too low use baking soda. But with all that being said, your plants looks awesome so if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Yeah , started using vinegar a good 15 years or so ago to lower ph . When I did hydro where ph is less forgiving I used a ph up/down kit from a hydro store .

I used to keep a small reservoir that I ran through a filter that I put an aerator in to get the impurities out but the water at this house seems to be okay . I think the oxygenated water helped growth as well but I never ran a controlled test .

ur grow looks very nice. ur gonna have alot of smoke =]

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very very nice!i wish i could get the good lights im running one cfl right now a week in

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Thanks guys . I will try to update pics every week or so .