ok, so i did a little experiment today with rain water and tap water here in florida, its cold, about 48 and it has rained all day. so i had my sister (she has really been a big help taking care of me with hip injury, just unreal) stick a 3 1/2 gal pail out and fill it up with rain water to use for my next grow attempt. then i tested the ph and it read 6.2, then i tested the tap water and it tested at about 7.8, i was like WoW!! so rain water it will be, something to think about. still havent decided whether to do a soil grow or my new 4 net pot, 10 gal hydro tub. either way, i will use the gravity drip watering system. if i go with soil, these are the 2 i have narrowed it down to. the screen pic is the rain water pail, LoL. more later.
jay, the rain water just seems so much better on the ph deal, i guess we'll see, now i coild just to home depot and get that dirt, LoL
so if ph is low, will tap water raise it, if no ph up is available? how long would it take for 5.5 to get to 6.4 using 7.4 tap water. thx n adv.
Sup guys new to the thread. I'll try to post some pics of my grow. Its basically 3 cfl's and some cups lol.
haha its cool.. theyre still nice and big and they look good.. I need to get a camera from a friend so i can take better pictures of my buds and upload them. well here's the main one in the back of them all
I chopped the rest of my buds this morning (was finishing up the lower popcorn buds)
So wanted to post a "Ghetto" update having added up the totals
the harvest last week is in the jar curing now and came out to 35.9 grams dry (1.2 oz) which was .37 grams per watt of light
Plant was 21 inches tall, had 6 colas, 97 watts of light
Harvest this morning was 28.8 grams wet that brings the wet total to 121.2 grams (or exactly 4 ozs)
I expect dry total to be right at (or slightly over) 1 and 1/2 ozs
more details & pics in journal
Lol these set ups are so bad it almost makes me sad. Just the simple nutrient deficiencies that are visible in many of the pictures makes me cringe... lol
but w/e