mclovin1033
Active Member
Hey guys I'm planning to grow two plants for my first grow and I would like to veg indoors and flower outdoors. The strains I'll be growing are KC Brains KC-33 and Northern Lights as I hear these strains are very resilient and great for first time growers. I'm going to veg 18/6 for atleast a month to two months. My indoor lighting setup for veg is as follows:
1x65W CFL 6500k
4x20w CFL 6500k
1x100w HPS
I'm unaware of the colour temperature of the HPS bulb but I hear 6500k is optimal for vegging, if the HPS bulb turns out to be below 4000 would it still be a good option taking into consideration I'm planning to flower outdoors?
For air circulation I'm going to have 2 80mm exhaust fans.
Now for soil I'm planning to use a cheap potting mix for the seedling stage and gradually add seasol powerfeed. However when I'm flowering outdoors I plan to mix native soil with premium potting mix which contains compost, manure, fertiliser and trace elements in a 5 gallon hole. The site I'm flowering at is a floodplain near a river, would this be optimal considering I'm mixing native soil? I hear floodplain soils are very fertile.
My goals are to maximise yield while keeping things as simple as possible while ofcourse making sure my plants are healthy. I feel like my soil is not so great and that I should dig a larger hole for outdoor flowering. However I feel that most soil mixes have too much fertiliser, is it not enough to have NPK present along with trace elements ? I've seen mixes that include different types of manure, guano, compost, kelp meal, bone meal etc in the single mix and to me it seems like its unnecessary. However I'm still a newbie and yes this is my first grow so it doesn't feel like I can make my own judgement on this.
Any advice is greatly appreciated thanks!
1x65W CFL 6500k
4x20w CFL 6500k
1x100w HPS
I'm unaware of the colour temperature of the HPS bulb but I hear 6500k is optimal for vegging, if the HPS bulb turns out to be below 4000 would it still be a good option taking into consideration I'm planning to flower outdoors?
For air circulation I'm going to have 2 80mm exhaust fans.
Now for soil I'm planning to use a cheap potting mix for the seedling stage and gradually add seasol powerfeed. However when I'm flowering outdoors I plan to mix native soil with premium potting mix which contains compost, manure, fertiliser and trace elements in a 5 gallon hole. The site I'm flowering at is a floodplain near a river, would this be optimal considering I'm mixing native soil? I hear floodplain soils are very fertile.
My goals are to maximise yield while keeping things as simple as possible while ofcourse making sure my plants are healthy. I feel like my soil is not so great and that I should dig a larger hole for outdoor flowering. However I feel that most soil mixes have too much fertiliser, is it not enough to have NPK present along with trace elements ? I've seen mixes that include different types of manure, guano, compost, kelp meal, bone meal etc in the single mix and to me it seems like its unnecessary. However I'm still a newbie and yes this is my first grow so it doesn't feel like I can make my own judgement on this.
Any advice is greatly appreciated thanks!