New Grower First auto grow purple ryders!!

[The Elvis]

Thanks for the reply trapper. I got my from the ebay so its west coast. Ive raised my lamps because its 1000 watts in a 7x7 im trying to lower temps im hanging at 30c . Ill take your advice a quit grow big and use 1/8 big bloom . Im using store water so im sure its around 6.0 . I have to say growing autos is kinda hard. Its like having 10 bad kids that are all different unlike a clone garden. Im learning alot.

 

[Trapper]

Give this a read....

Fox Farm Ocean Forest Warning

If you have a soil pH in the 4's or 5's and you are feeding 6.0 water, you're are almost assuredly locking out Cal/Mag

I personally wouldn't assume that the soil is okay, nor would I assume the water's pH is 6.0.....

Just my 2 cents, but better to know than trust. Sidenote: 30C is a bit toasty but it isn't crazy (86ºF) but it seems that if you could,
getting as close to 27C (80º-81ºF) as you can would be nice

I bought triple-filtered RO water from my grocery store and it tested 7.8 pH.....

 

[The Elvis]

Trapper you are a rock star! I dont have a ph meter and i live in a very un cool lower eastern state. We have no kind of hydro store at all. Amazon and the fleabay are my best choices. I will order a good meter asap. You have me concerned about ph because i have no clue were its at. And ph basically makes everything work.

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

Give this a look, b16: http://www.amazon.com/Oakton-EcoTes...qid=1404195180&sr=8-1&keywords=eco+tester+ph2
I bought mine based on Aunty's review, it's been a champ! Remember to get calibration and storage fluid, no matter what you go with.

 

[Trapper]

That's the one I have...been working like a champ, I had to calibrate it once because it was off by 0.1

 

[The Elvis]

Thanks guys ill order one asap because theses autos change in hours! I think ill look around my town for any ph meter because id like to report my ph in the next 12 hours. I dont need lock out or shock. Im seeing eagles claw on a few but not bad. Ive been luc k y so far.

 

[The Elvis]

Im also saving for a floor ac unit from ebay its like 299 and i need it. 30 to 34 cel is pushing it. My lamps are off from 12pm until 6pm and that helps alot! Humidity runs. 48%

 

[The Elvis]

Today I pick up 15lbs of lime for 1 dollar. I was able to scratch some lime in to the soil with my fingers. i used about 1 cup of lime for all 10 plants. I found black strap and used 1 t spoon to a gallon of water and used the whole gallon on all 10 plants. i did not use any big bloom. Lowe's had a PH strip test kit so i also bought that. tomorrow i figure out how to test PH . im gonna give the molasses and the lime time to settle in.Im hoping my leaves start feeding but im in full bloom basically. today is 31 days from pop up from soil.

 

[Trapper]

15lbs???? Man I hope you got the right kind of lime and not the kind used to bury bodies.....like hydrated lime....

 

[The Elvis]

I got from the grow section of lowes. its the right kind of lime. it was 15 lbs but i only used say 3 tables spoon per plant. so basically i still have 15 lbs of lime.