Sorry Mithy 5 nothing bad diredted at you just talking out my ass...

Yes sir I have smoked White Rino to nite whith many BEERS>>>I grew I m self and en very Happy with the out come How bout you::::

Yeah, people flush usually because of nute burns or to clear if there are excesive salt built up in the soil. Sorry to hear your last grow, seeing all your precious babies die off. "My precious ....." lol

I can see problem of using big pot too early, you need more lights to cover the area, but transplant shock may delay you a couple of days. I never done hydro so I don't know how much longer, but it can't be that much. I thing I learn recently is that if you provide more air from the bottom of the pot, even with soil grow, it seems to grow quicker. Its kind of a stolen principle from hydro.

I think a early strain would be good so to give you a good stock earlier and also they seems to be more forgiven with the environment. Harvest and quality won't be as good ofc, but at least you do get your rewards. I have 4 short rider going at the moment they are pretty easy but may not be clonable, I also heard AK strains are pretty easy going.

Right, got the info here now guys;

im thinking of using this;

Light = 1 x 300W CFL, blue spec to start them off in the veg. Keep them in there for around 3-5 weeks depending on the height.
Soil = Terra Profesional Plus + Soil Mix 50 Litres, Canna (50L)
Nutrients = Terra Vega 1 Litre Canna (V) & Terra Flores 1 Litre Canna (F)
(I'm slightly confused over the nutrients tho as i did want this to be a 100% organic grow but i've now realised Canna Terra is not organic, the organic choice is there but im not sure if its for soil or not, its called 'Canna Bio' and is named 'Bio Vega 1 Litre, Canna')

Anyone know anything about that?

I plan to be using some Ch9 Green bud seeds, all femanised and water every 2 days. I'm still confused by the exact amount i need to water tho and how soon do i start nutrients? Is it the same as hydro where the first two weeks is just plain water then you do 1/4 strength, then 1/2, then 3/4 then full? and if so how often do i need to add the nuts? once a week maybe?

I'm hoping this will all go well and am planning on starting a grow journal to show you guys the cupboard i'll be growing in and the development i make.

Thanks for the replies so far

http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/G...c%20Topics.htm
has everything you need to know, very handy.

I've just read it all and still no answer.

Can someone PLEASE tell me how much i need to water them? Does the top of the soil need to be muddy or what? :P its the one question which no one seems to be able to answer

Anyone still there? :S

From the best of my gathered research, since i too am looking at starting a soil grow indoors, is that location, humidity, and other environmental variables change water cycles.

the soil should be moist to the touch but not "wet" and if your growing in say gallon size containers, you will notice a weight difference in properly watered plants and dry plants.

So the best thing you can do is experiment, and don't over water. (make sure you have proper drainage for your plants) Nutrients are usually applied every other watering, the soil will retain some nutrients between watering with plain water. pay attention to your plants, and feed them as much as they like, but careful to not over do it. The PH range in soil is alot more forgiving than in hydroponics, so nutrients have a wider uptake band, less chance for lockout.


Most people "flush" or otherwise cut off nutrients to the plants last few weeks of flowering. Some also use molasses at this time, it's worth looking into if you havn't read about it.

Good luck and keep growin

Ok if 100 people gave you an answer, yo would have 100 different answers, but I have always done soil for the last 7 years and over time here is what I have come up with:
Soil - I mix my own, which consists of 1.5 L (big bag) of Fox Farms OF soil, 1 10lb bag of worm castings, add +- 10% by volume perlite, 5 cups each of Bone Meal and Blood Meal, 2 Cups Epsom Salts, and 2 cups of Indonesian Bat Guano. I have also started adding Mycorrhizae to the mix. Mix it all up and let it "age" for at least 2 weeks, longer if possible.
As far as the size of the grow pots that I use, I start with the 16 oz plastic cups for seedlings, move to 1 gallon to start vegging, then to 3 gallon pots t finish out the veg. You let the plants tell you when they need to go to 3 gallon, I can't say that at 5 weeks or 6 weeks or whatever that you move to the 3 gallon size. Then when I am ready to swith the lights to flower, I move up to 5 gallon pots
Flushing: If you don't use chemical nutes then you will never have to flush. The reason people flush is to try and get rid of the chemical taste that the buds will have with chemical nutes