Yet Another Noob's First Grow

On a different thread people are telling me everything from over watering to the Fox Farm soil itself. So I guess I'm starting over? Lol this is too much. The time I used miracle gro and tap water there wasn't a problem at all. I eventually gave those plants away.

So with the perlite, what's the ideal perlite to soil ratio? I'm assuming 50/50 is too much. And do you guys suggest getting the light warrior soil for the beginning? Kinda hoping I don't need more soil lol

I'm switching to Premier Horticulture Pro-Mix BX w/Biofungicide so that I can grow more plants in my space.

i used FF happy frog on my more recent seedlings and it worked out great! prior to that i used FF ocean forest and i got slight nute burn. from my understanding though.. light warrior is the best for seedlings when it comes to Fox Farm products. my best tip so far is go easy on the watering. better to underwater than over water.

and trust me..... u wont stop buying things. i was just going to use cfls.... then i got into led for veg.... now i have a 600w hps .... and now there is a Carbon filter and inline fan coming... THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU NEED OR WANT

Ok so I got my 4 way soil tester today (pretty fast huh?) and here are the results:

Light: about 7000 lumens per plant
Ph: a little under 7
Moisture: still a 3 out of 4 despite me not watering for about 4 days
Fertility: very little (which is good correct?)

So I'm guessing the culprit is over watering... So if I let the plants dry out and then water them moderately will they fully recover or am I risking herms? My gut is telling me to start over.

don't start over. dry them out.

keep air moving over them. when they dry out, water. use the pot-lift method. even keep a pot with just soil in it for reference.

Oh and here is what they are looking like today. Bubba 76 is the sicker looking one.

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Clip off all of the dead leafs asap and cut the longest ones 1/2 way to revert the energy of the plant.

Well I think I'm just going to rip them out. Don't want to waste any more electricity on them if their outcome isn't guaranteed. I have some Dinafem Autoflowers I think I'll try next.

thats sad! it was recoverable imho! dont mess with it for awhile let it dry out.

hello I am also new and need to know if my plant looks like its suppose to lol i grew it from seed (indica) and veg'd from end of May to Sept 1st then started flowering and it has been 3 weeks now and I'm just on my 4th week but dont know it seems pretty sparse to me lol any help would be awesoome...oh it was outside during veg then outside during day and in complete darkness at night

NJSkaPunk said:

You said it. Can't keep smoking my money away. Plus it'll feel so good to tell my friends, "I grew this shit right here."

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tell no one

Besides the World.... Wide Web.

yes agreed tell no one besides us

tell me what? i forget already...................

ManishWayz said:

And you will be glad you invested in this in the long run! But trust me, once you get the bug....it won't go away and you will find yourself getting more and more equipment as time goes on!

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That is true i started with 310 usd. Said that do me fine .one year ago. Now ive bought 1000watt hps another 400 watt mh. Since buying first 400mh-hps and tent. Never quit making up grades