Cheap Plastic Box Grow

Glimmmergrass thank you so much for your time for that. Fantastic reading and answered my questions on point!! +reps to you my friend. I felt like a mad scientist to day doing all my testing! Ive got an update coming but thank you so much hey!!

Thanks herby, Ive done all my testing have a look at the next update and tell me what you think. Really appreciate you helping me out. And for the time envolved. hats off to you my man!

Cheers lex, hope what Ive just done helps the girls out, its opened my eyes to alot about growing. Hope your ladies are well, I'll update then drop by..
 
Update Time!

Thanks again everyone for the help, managed to get all the supplies this stressful afternoon...
- Soil PH test kit
- 2x 2lt Demineralized Water (+ the one I had at home)
- Yates all purpose nutrients (for vegging)

Test results:

We came home, took the girls out and tested the PH of the soil with the new test kit.
The PH of the soil was 6.5

Then we tested the PH of the demineralized water. As expected the PH was neutral @ 7.
We began flushing, both plants were flushed with 3Lts of this water.

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Sorry if the pictures are sideways had my girl gardening with me today, she was so excited to learn, we will get her there!

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So thats after the flush, interesting side note if anyone can help, Herb was asking about this .. But the PH of the run off mid and after flush were quite acidic reading in the 6 and under..

Then the mix came. As said before Im using tap water thats reading about 8 on the scale.
I leave the bottle open for minimum of 24 for the cholorine (<spelling) Ive had a bottle ready to go for their feeding today.
The PH of this water was also 8

I then added my new nutrients 'Yates All Purpose Liquid Plant Food'

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High in N and farily well balanced as you can see, quite a good brand in Antartica. Have good faith in this one as I feel the Nitrosol I was using was to unbalanced and quite strong even with weak amounts. Gosh I want all your American nutes so we can all be on the same page.. sigh, one day!

So it was 30ml to 9L. I used 5ml or under to 1.5Lts of the PH adjusted, oxygenated water, I also added half a teaspoon of dissovled Epson Salts.
The PH test of this mix was 6.8 PERFECT!!!!

The girls then drank the bottle between them, the run off of this was still acidic at 6ish

Here are the girls back under the lights and feeling good after a doctor visit, warming up at home..

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and this is their toy box, gosh they are collecting some stuff.

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Thanks for stopping by all. Hope this has done the trick.

THE BIGGEST THING I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR IS HOW IMPORTANT PH IS!!! CUZ EVEN THOUGH YOUR NUTES ARE IN THE SOIL, THE PLANT WONT TAKE THEM IN UNLESS YOUR SOIL AND WATER IS RIGHT!!

Fingers crossed and hopefully happy days my friends.

One Love :rollit:
 
Im wishing you the best my friend. Lets say your run off is 6 m you want it to be 6.5. You wud put ph7 mixture thru. Cant you order from the internet n get some nutrients which is made for cannabis?

Your plants are looking a little sad at this time but im sure with the forums love n care they will be awesome in coming days. btw I absolutely love your grow journal name, makes me chuckle everytime I see it
 
Man your plants got exactly the same thing mine have i swear i know we already talked about this but those pictures you just put up totally removed any doubt i could have and if im to believe oldmeduser (and i do) its mag deficiency. Gotta ask because I have forgot are you growing in soil or soil less?
 
Yeah, pH is key, for sure. Your test kit is WAY better than mine, which only tests to .5 -- 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 etc. It's a blunt instrument, but I really like knowing roughly where I am :)

Your girls will be just fine -- they have lots of good leaves and are loving bondage ...

Heh heh heh -- toy box :) It's funny how any hobby acquires ... stuff. I have a new cleaning person coming over in half an hour, gotta hide all my paraphernalia and put an "out of order" sign on the downstairs bathroom! Catch you later!
 
Wreckedsummer said:
Update Time!

Thanks again everyone for the help, managed to get all the supplies this stressful afternoon...
- Soil PH test kit
- 2x 2lt Demineralized Water (+ the one I had at home)
- Yates all purpose nutrients (for vegging)

Test results:

We came home, took the girls out and tested the PH of the soil with the new test kit.
The PH of the soil was 6.5

Then we tested the PH of the demineralized water. As expected the PH was neutral @ 7.
We began flushing, both plants were flushed with 3Lts of this water.

20151001_182610.jpg


Sorry if the pictures are sideways had my girl gardening with me today, she was so excited to learn, we will get her there!

20151001_185350.jpg
20151001_185411.jpg
20151001_185425.jpg
20151001_185431.jpg
20151001_185441.jpg


So thats after the flush, interesting side note if anyone can help, Herb was asking about this .. But the PH of the run off mid and after flush were quite acidic reading in the 6 and under..

Then the mix came. As said before Im using tap water thats reading about 8 on the scale.
I leave the bottle open for minimum of 24 for the cholorine (<spelling) Ive had a bottle ready to go for their feeding today.
The PH of this water was also 8

I then added my new nutrients 'Yates All Purpose Liquid Plant Food'

20151001_185553.jpg
20151001_185630.jpg


High in N and farily well balanced as you can see, quite a good brand in Antartica. Have good faith in this one as I feel the Nitrosol I was using was to unbalanced and quite strong even with weak amounts. Gosh I want all your American nutes so we can all be on the same page.. sigh, one day!

So it was 30ml to 9L. I used 5ml or under to 1.5Lts of the PH adjusted, oxygenated water, I also added half a teaspoon of dissovled Epson Salts.
The PH test of this mix was 6.8 PERFECT!!!!

The girls then drank the bottle between them, the run off of this was still acidic at 6ish

Here are the girls back under the lights and feeling good after a doctor visit, warming up at home..

20151001_185647.jpg


and this is their toy box, gosh they are collecting some stuff.

20151001_185640.jpg


Thanks for stopping by all. Hope this has done the trick.

THE BIGGEST THING I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR IS HOW IMPORTANT PH IS!!! CUZ EVEN THOUGH YOUR NUTES ARE IN THE SOIL, THE PLANT WONT TAKE THEM IN UNLESS YOUR SOIL AND WATER IS RIGHT!!

Fingers crossed and hopefully happy days my friends.

One Love :rollit:
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Looking great bud! Keep it up!

It's amazing the little things we start to pick up around here, eh? This place is fantastic!
 
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Bhahahahahahahaha Herb, when it asked for a journal name it was kinda a goof, didn't think I would get any followers ha-ha, will be cool in a signature one day hey hahaha. Yeah that sounds like a great idea, I'll have a look online and see what I can get delivered here.

Lex, how often are you going to Epsom salt? Like once a week till there better?

Glimmer!!!!! Naw you're a sweetheart. It won't be long till that out of order sign is useless against the smell hahaha.

Cheers Pigeons, always a pleasure to have you in the garden, you too sage!

Hope you amazing people are amazing, say high to your girls for me!
 
Wreckedsummer said:
Bhahahahahahahaha Herb, when it asked for a journal name it was kinda a goof, didn't think I would get any followers ha-ha, will be cool in a signature one day hey hahaha.
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Your title was totally why I followed you :) I came for the title, I stayed for the conversation.


Glimmer!!!!! Naw you're a sweetheart. It won't be long till that out of order sign is useless against the smell hahaha.
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Dear Lord, I know! They're fragrant right now -- what the hell will they smell like when they're being all sexy with their girl parts?????

I'm in smell denial. Totally.
 
Hmmm im not 100% sure if im gonna hit em epsom salt again yet im gonna watch my leaves and see if the progress or not and go from there. This is where patience comes in sadly lol i wish I could do more for my girls but I've done what i can for the moment. Hope all is well with your girls. Take it easy bud.
 
Very true. The new nutrients have Mg in them. So they will only get more Epsom salts if they show new deficiencies. I feel last night really helped them, and with a better understanding of what's going into them, in regards to the water. I have high hopes ;)

Thanks so much Herb for helping me out. Pleasure to have you as always, now I'm back to continue reading your lush journal! Peace :Hookah:
 
And thankyou Wrecked for giving me my morning giggle (Cheap plastic box grow) top of the forums thread. Hey I cant recommend Advanced Nutrients enough, no ph troubles if you use them. They aint that expensive either if you use them at low dose as I do
 
Nothing better than sharing laughter, its made me notice it since you said it haha

Well I can go back to work now!!!! So when I have a job things will look up. I'll see what I can get delivered here, if its cool with you Herb, when I have some coin of course, can I swing you a message for some advice on which ones are better suited?
 
How's your girls looking buddy? Any better today? Hoping the epsom salt does the trick for ya. Good vibes your way.
 
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