Its been a while sense I have put a grow up in here and I can teach you some stuff but I still make mistakes too. One of the better growers on here is Pops and eyes on fire. I would follow both of these people. They do stuff a little different than I do but have a better understanding of organics than I do. Here is a picture of an old grow for ya though in a mix I did. One plant likes the mix, the green one which pulled 1/4 LB but the purple one only did 2 ounces and was way over fed. I knew it would happen going in to the grow but did it as a little bit of an experiment for my self. One of the most important things is either finding how to grow a strain or finding a strain that grows good using the method you like. To start off I would use a [HASHTAG]#15[/HASHTAG] pot and a full bag of soil and as you get better at growing start learning to grow in smaller pots. This will do a few things for you. [HASHTAG]#1[/HASHTAG] if you under feed the plant its not as bad because you have a lot of soil. [HASHTAG]#2[/HASHTAG] it is harder to over feed because there is more soil, [HASHTAG]#3[/HASHTAG] don't have to water as often and [HASHTAG]#4[/HASHTAG] it is just easier for me to get larger plants in larger pots. Only down side is space and the fact that I use a $22 bag of soil each grow per plant. It is better in my opinion to do a few good plants than a lot of small ones. Be realistic about how many plants will fit in your grow space and how much light you space needs. If I had a 250W light, actual wattage I would use a 2.5 X 2.5 space and one plant. Not tell you have around 400W would I run more than one plant. This is just my opinion though and many have good success growing lots of plants in a small space but I don't. I go for quality and density in my grows. The pictures are a great example of one plant liking a mix and the other not liking it at all. This is why I say pick a strain and master your mix for that strain. I don't use the same mix every grow yet. I am still in the experiment faze but if you want a mix to start with her ya go.
4 cups of manure, 1/3 cup of bat guano, 1/4 cup bone meal, 3 table spoons of lime, 2 table spoon on epsom salt and 1 table spoon of azomite. I would start your mix with as few ingredients as possible and then add stuff later down the road after you figure out the basic mix your after. If you have a problem it is easier to figure out what it was that messed your grow up. I would have some nutrients on hand with the mix so if you need them just in case. Its hard for me to give you a good recipe as my red dwarf likes a unique mix compared to most other autos and its all I have grown lately/ about the past year. As you can see the Purple Kush hated the mix it was in. The Purple Kush I have is probably the most sensitive thing to nitrogen I have ever grown.
One thing I would recommend that will make growing a lot funner is breeding your own seeds. It will save you some cash and give you some pride in your grows. I would do a few grows and then try making some seeds. It sucks less wen you mess a grow up on some free seeds compared to a $10 seed. I will be going F3 with a strain this year out door that I have been working on for a few years now.
4 cups of manure, 1/3 cup of bat guano, 1/4 cup bone meal, 3 table spoons of lime, 2 table spoon on epsom salt and 1 table spoon of azomite. I would start your mix with as few ingredients as possible and then add stuff later down the road after you figure out the basic mix your after. If you have a problem it is easier to figure out what it was that messed your grow up. I would have some nutrients on hand with the mix so if you need them just in case. Its hard for me to give you a good recipe as my red dwarf likes a unique mix compared to most other autos and its all I have grown lately/ about the past year. As you can see the Purple Kush hated the mix it was in. The Purple Kush I have is probably the most sensitive thing to nitrogen I have ever grown.
One thing I would recommend that will make growing a lot funner is breeding your own seeds. It will save you some cash and give you some pride in your grows. I would do a few grows and then try making some seeds. It sucks less wen you mess a grow up on some free seeds compared to a $10 seed. I will be going F3 with a strain this year out door that I have been working on for a few years now.
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