New to growing and to this forum

hi im new to this site, im also new to this whole thing of growing. but thanks to you guys i think i picked up enough to start my set up and i have. i have 2 babys goin in my closet. i didnt germinate i just put them in miracle grow in my patio not even taking them seriously and a few days later that had sprouted and i have fallen in love with them since lol. After the seedlings for a little bigger i moved them inside under cfls. i had them under 2 smaller ones that pushed an equal of 60w's each but now i changed the bulbs to the bigger ones that put out 100w's and i have 3 on them now. i think i have done a great job so far but this is as far as i know. i know now i should start giving it nutrients for the vegetative state, can anyone tell me a good brand name? i could use any suggestions and will appreciate experienced help. i will post pictures soon.

Originally Posted by FrankRuzzo

hi im new to this site, im also new to this whole thing of growing. but thanks to you guys i think i picked up enough to start my set up and i have. i have 2 babys goin in my closet. i didnt germinate i just put them in miracle grow in my patio not even taking them seriously and a few days later that had sprouted and i have fallen in love with them since lol. After the seedlings for a little bigger i moved them inside under cfls. i had them under 2 smaller ones that pushed an equal of 60w's each but now i changed the bulbs to the bigger ones that put out 100w's and i have 3 on them now. i think i have done a great job so far but this is as far as i know. i know now i should start giving it nutrients for the vegetative state, can anyone tell me a good brand name? i could use any suggestions and will appreciate experienced help. i will post pictures soon.

you wanna be careful with miracle grow it already has so many nutes in it, i wouldnt start worrying untill around month 3 about nutes... then you could slowly introduce some nutes at 1/3 strenght... i use fox farm good for just beginning very easy to mix one tablesppon per gallon and its hard to nute burn your plants with this stuff, another thing your gonna want to get a fan in the room to strengthen up those braches for when it comes time to bud. also make sure you have the right temp of cfl 6700 for veg 2700 for flower... o ya welcome i think youll find out this place to be very helpfull

Well from what I hear miracle gro soil has water release nutrients. So be careful on what you give it. Usually I would say get some grow and flower earthjuice from any hydroponics store. That will rest assure keep your plants growing nice and big

Ah, new to forums. Reminds me of myself just a year ago or so. Now I feel good that I can share some experience and lessons taught by fellow RIU members. I myself used miracle grow for my first and I did make the mistake of putting nutrients. (I have advanced nutrients) My plants took a harsh beating from that + the nutrients already in the soil. So a month - two sounds bout right. No nutrients until then. Earthjuice is good if you're into organics. Advanced nutrients... It has a lot of additives so I don't exactly trust it but I use it and it works. Just keep the plants growing under the lights you have and they'll thrive.

i already love this site! thank you guys for such a quick response. i see how easy it is to get ahead of once self jus cuz u want ur plant to grow n grow lol. So i will not add any nutrients for a wile and i forgot to mention, i do have lil fan above them, nothing to big juss to keep breeze running through to them. Another thing i remember thinkin about is: The 2 gallon pots i have them inn now dont have a whole in the bottom of them, should that be something to worry bout? if so could i make some wholes in it for ventilation? hope to hear from one of u soon...

Make about 4 holes at the top. Its important to be able to flush the nutrients out if there too much. If there is no hole the water wont run through.

Originally Posted by joeiv916

Make about 4 holes at the top. Its important to be able to flush the nutrients out if there too much. If there is no hole the water wont run through.

4 holes in the BOTTOM i know it was a brain fart just clearing things up.. its important to have dranage in the buckets and get some o2 to the roots aswell.

u guys are the shizznit!! lol
i will figure out some way to make holes in the bottom of them pots. n the co2 is another thing i had in mind. what would be a easy inexpensive way to do that? can i jus fill a small co2 tank like the ones used for paintball or what would be the best way? thank u again ahead of time...

Originally Posted by FrankRuzzo

u guys are the shizznit!! lol
i will figure out some way to make holes in the bottom of them pots. n the co2 is another thing i had in mind. what would be a easy inexpensive way to do that? can i jus fill a small co2 tank like the ones used for paintball or what would be the best way? thank u again ahead of time...

easiest thing for c02 get a gallon jug fill half up with water add 6 cups of sugar and a table spoon of active yeast then just sit it in your grow room the yeast eating the sugar releases c02 prolly have to change this every 2 weeks tho thats the only bad part but its cheap!!!

excuse my ignorance lol
but that active yeast? is that something i can get at a super market? and something also that comes to mind. i know is great to have some reflective material around the set up and at first i thought what i seen was foil paper but i found out is really Mylar some kinda reflective material. i know i could also use white paint but my set up is in my closet where as of now my shit is still inn lol. would it be ok to leave the foil paper reflectors i made up? where can i find that Mylar stuff at? or should i juss take em down n let them be without reflectors?