Recent content by John1977

Your guidance about the coco is incredibly helpful. I only wish that I had the EC meter already so I make the corrections to the medium.. it will be arriving shortly and then I have some work to do. With regard to air temperatures, I know there is an additional hurdle of managing temperature...

Thank you for the guidance on the EC readings; much appreciated :D I'm pretty sure the Coco was low quality, I paid $8 for a 3-brick pack (21 Liters) from a big box store, and it does seem to me like the texture was fine. That being said, I'll scrap any plans to drench them and haven't yet...

1-wk seedlings.... this is literally like watching grass grow :-|

Thanks for clarifying... I'll go with the EC meter then instead of PPM. I'm glad to hear that refraining from precharge hasn't spoiled the pot! I'll keep up with the CalMag... the mfgr recommends 3-5ML per gallon so I'll target 5ml/g going forward instead of the 3ml/g I have been using. I'm...

Thanks again, Kassiopeija, I truly appreciate the advice!

I'll look into getting an EC meter. I started to review the post that TintEastwood shared (above) about fertigation.... its a lot to absorb, but I did get a sense that an EC meter would help measure ... something about residual salts , and that EC could be converted to PPM and vice versa.. (at...

So, having purchased the ViparSpectra XS150, I think I've got lights tackled (fingers crossed). If anyone knows a little about nutes, feel free to check my other post. :smile:

Thanks for the recommendation, Nizza. I saw somewhere that HLG was a good brand. I probably would have put it into consideration except for two things: (a) I bought the VS XS150 shortly before you shared the recommendation; and (b) it requires assembly, which makes it a bad fit for me. I'm...

You're probably right. I don't think I'm gonna use the floros. thanks

Yes, my floros are t12 bulbs. I looked at the retrofit bulbs a little bit, but I'm probably more constrained by the size of the tubes, which are 48".... much longer than 32" length and width of the grow box. That only left the option of using them vertically as opposed to horizontally... and...

Wow, this is an excellent kickstart... thanks for the info. I'll be going through it in much more detail, and hope to learn plenty. With regard to the link you provided yesterday for the VIPARSPECTRA site, I was checking out their product line and think I may bite the bullet on the XS150...

Nice! I don't see any blemishes. They look great! I appreciate the advice

Gotcha, I'll try to figure it out. I went with a mix of coco, perlite, vermiculite, and I'm trying out 1 plant with water retaining crystals as well. I went with 3 gallon fabric pots. Water seems to be retaining very well, and my feed is in the water. I gave them one main drench the first...

Ok thanks for that. Does your recommendation of 25% dose apply to everything including base nutes, or only the additives? As far as compatibility is concerned, I think I noticed a couple of the product descriptions said they were OK for coco, but I don't recall if I looked into each one...