Total noob...

[joozy]

Im just gonna give fair warning, I don't know what you plan on doing with the autos when you switch to flower with the photos, but your autos will suffer greatly from the decreased dli. Ive done this before and my photos turned out great, the auto did ok but it would have been a lot better had I kept the light on at least 18 hours a day.

I have an apera ph60. Its a great pen, replaceable probes are a great feature for when the bulbs life ends. Its reccomend if you use a pen frequently they are replaced once every year. If I were you I'd go for the model that does everything, ph, temp and ec that way you got all your bases covered with one device.

I plan on getting a separate setup for the autos, I was looking at that one suggested that does everything... thanks.

 

[joozy]

Is 2 weeks for these plants enough to establish a decent root system in solo cups to then be transplanted safely into 30 litre bags?

 

[Cannaficionado]

Is 2 weeks for these plants enough to establish a decent root system in solo cups to then be transplanted safely into 30 litre bags?

Should be as long as they are healthy. Just be careful with them, make sure you got some myco to put in the well where the transplant will go and put a little on the root ball and it should help avoid transplant shock. Im not much of a transplanter but as long as its got 2-3 nodes and is healthy you should be ok.

 

[joozy]

Should be as long as they are healthy. Just be careful with them, make sure you got some myco to put in the well where the transplant will go and put a little on the root ball and it should help avoid transplant shock. Im not much of a transplanter but as long as its got 2-3 nodes and is healthy you should be ok.

Thank you very much.

 

[joozy]

I just tested with one I pulled out the other day due to purple leaves (underside)...
It had rooted enough for me to transplant the healthier ones to final home.

 

[joozy]

Just checked and a bloody fly already... it has babies(I assume) coming out of it on my palm as i speak.

 

[Cannaficionado]

Just checked and a bloody fly already... it has babies(I assume) coming out of it on my palm as i speak.

Fungus gnats and small bugs are very common when growing in soil especially organics. They are attracted to the decomposing matter. Buy some diatomaceous earth. Its powdered silica. Apply after a watering and let the top of the pit dry out a bit, sprinkle on generously and it kills pretty quick. No pesticides or anything, kills bugs by getting between the gaps in their exoskeleton and tearing up their insides.

 

[joozy]

Fungus gnats and small bugs are very common when growing in soil especially organics. They are attracted to the decomposing matter. Buy some diatomaceous earth. Its powdered silica. Apply after a watering and let the top of the pit dry out a bit, sprinkle on generously and it kills pretty quick. No pesticides or anything, kills bugs by getting between the gaps in their exoskeleton and tearing up their insides.

Thanks man, this gnats shit is the reason I never wanted to grow in soil but after buying the amount I did then may aswell have a steep learning curve.
Hydroponics after thus grow for sure

 

[Cannaficionado]

Thanks man, this gnats shit is the reason I never wanted to grow in soil but after buying the amount I did then may aswell have a steep learning curve.
Hydroponics after thus grow for sure

You're welcome. I've been getting lucky with fox farm happy frog, normally I battle gnats too. It needs to stay dry though, or it clumps and is ineffective

 

[JP1]

You want to add mosquito bits to the program for gnats. The bits kill the larvae (which is what damages roots). The DE will help a bit with the live flying gnats but it's not great since gnats have long legs and don't have shells. Water in with soaked mosquito bits and put sticky traps directly on top of the soil will work best. The sticky traps will catch the gnats when they fly back to the soil. Takes about 2 weeks and is still organic