first grow kindbud

This is my first grow so bear with me...

400w hps
ph meter
fox farm big grow
fox farm big bloom
tiger bloom
a fan..
backyard potting soil(i cooked at 250 for a hour to kill all germs and bugs)


i planted last sat 3/21 the camera batteries are recharging so ill post pics up when there done

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temp/humidity (temp top humidity bottom)

PH

grow area

i switched the room around a bit a solved the lighting problem ill post in a min

its about 6:00pm est and i just watered and turn the lights on. im down to 8 now the one in the middle that looked so good fell over and i couldnt fix it so i threw it out.

TEMP:70
HUMIDITY:50
PH:6
on/off:18/6
TIME:1 week 2 days

ill post again in a few days

i went to turn off the lights and the leaves on some of the plants looked brown and yellowish,








but other then that plants look great ill update when the brown yellowish leaves change

week 3

and here are my mids sprouts

im germinating more mids seeds now bcuz the others had such a low success rate,
(2/8 sprouted) i think the problem is the top soil on those peapots dry out to quick under that hps...

hey ..what were you watering them with at the start?...tap water ?

jeffrey lebowski said:

hey ..what were you watering them with at the start?...tap water ?

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yea i would just leave a gallon with the top open out over night so its distilled

your soil sucks . not enough perlite. looks rock hard? more fan when young. looks ok for now what strain?

dimebagdan said:

your soil sucks . not enough perlite. looks rock hard? more fan when young. looks ok for now what strain?

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change soil veg another month or youll end up with a couple grams.

dimebagdan said:

your soil sucks . not enough perlite. looks rock hard? more fan when young. looks ok for now what strain?

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its compost dirt i shoulda added perlite but didnt think to the little ones are middies and the big ones are kindbud

spex said:

its compost dirt i shoulda added perlite but didnt think to the little ones are middies and the big ones are kindbud

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All buds should have the right to a good mixture of soil, its necessary for root growth and soil aeration. When you transplant them into bigger pots add perlite to your soil mix. I did 40% perlite with my plants.

chinawas said:

When you transplant them into bigger pots add perlite to your soil mix. I did 40% perlite with my plants.

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i think thats what im gonna do i allrdy have a bunch of topsoil i saw some perlite at homedepot but i didnt think to buy it but in the next few weeks im gonna start to flower them b4 i do that im gonna repot and add perlite to my topsoil.

dey look good son. keep it up.