Recent content by jargoman

do not use vinegar it's acidic.

recap.... Adding soil to my coco was a bad idea. I should have used perlite and coco alone and treated it like hydro. I found myself not knowing whether to treat it like soil or hydro because underwatering hydro is a bad idea and overerwatering soil is even worse. Coco is a hydro medium. It...

over ferting can lock up potassium if you think you over did it with the nutes you probably did

I have the same problem with mine. I'm using coco and perlite. I'm wondering if I have nute burn or salt build up as well. Make sure your plant doesn't have wet feet or is not over watered. If your plant is over watered and you flush the soil that can spell disaster. When one of my seedlings...

I agree that 100% coco is a bad idea. 70% coco - 30% perlite great medium though

use them all. try to keep all bulbs withing inches with a fan to keep them from getting hot. That will get you through veg. You probably want to add a red spectrum light during flower. id do vertical t5 in back corner. One cfl in front the other horizontal above. Your plant won't stretch for...

I'm using half soil half coco and although it's too early to tell yet all seems really good.

Some strains are harder to clone than others. If you keep having trouble try pure perlite or perlite mixed with vermiculite. Even pure vermiculite worked for me. The reason rockwell might not be working is it's PH is off.

flowering time will be stalled and yield will be much less. Topping is only good if you let the plant fully recover from the stress before budding

I believe all hps need a ballast no matter the wattage. 250 and up definitely does.