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Phd0420

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Hey guys so I have a seedling that is on day 5 I'm going to be transplanting tonight I need to know what soil out of the two are better for it. I have the soil I started it in which is pro mix potting mix, and I have the bio max peat shrimp compost attaching pictures of the baby and soils, if anyone can give me an answer it would be greatly appreciated. And no I'm not getting Fox farm I'm Canadian, if you need more info let me know I'm doing a cfl grow thank s guys 20140707_182938.jpg20140707_182920.jpg 1404772676419.jpg
 
rob333

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well i wouldent use any of them thats just me as i hate soil with stuff already in it but i would go if i had to the peat shrimp mix and ur shooting urself in the foot with cfls
 
Roids420

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Phd0420 said:
Hey guys so I have a seedling that is on day 5 I'm going to be transplanting tonight I need to know what soil out of the two are better for it. I have the soil I started it in which is pro mix potting mix, and I have the bio max peat shrimp compost attaching pictures of the baby and soils, if anyone can give me an answer it would be greatly appreciated. And no I'm not getting Fox farm I'm Canadian, if you need more info let me know I'm doing a cfl grow thank s guys View attachment 3197617View attachment 3197618 View attachment 3197619
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Use either amazon bloom or M3 medical! Both are great!
 
SOMEBEECH

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rob333 said:
well i wouldent use any of them thats just me as i hate soil with stuff already in it but i would go if i had to the peat shrimp mix and ur shooting urself in the foot with cfls
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Im not a Cfl grower, But I have a friend that uses them and gets good results.I saw where he did get over 4ozs off 1 plant,but the buds just turned to powder when touched.Eveyone has to start somewhere.
Not a clue on which soil you should use,from those.
 
The_Cat

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I use this pro-mix with good result. It's the exact same thing that I have. I add one small bag of perlite for every bag of pro-mix. So maybe like 80% soil, 20% perlite. Your current soil looks like it need way more anyway.
 
Phd0420

Phd0420

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Thanks for the answers guys I'm not sticking with cfls threw the whole grow, right now I will be using them for a while though and it's my first indoor grow, I have other seeds that I'm not pushing for this exact reason no good lighting. However for now it's cfls and one of these 2 bags of soil so far the pro mix seems to be doing ok and it has yet to burn the plant at all, so thanks for the input any others are still welcome two give there points also,
 
Phd0420

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Thanks the cat so far it has been in pro mix since germination and seems to be doing great
 
rob333

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Phd0420 said:
Thanks the cat so far it has been in pro mix since germination and seems to be doing great
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by the time u spend coin on getting the bulbs u need also the adapters for them u would be better of getting a 150w hps i no that u can get and semi ok well not really a ok pull from cfls but that hps man will piss all over cfls
 
The_Cat

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And don't transplant right now. Wait until the tips of the leaves outgrow the pot, so maybe in about a week, maybe less. If you transplant now the soil is going to break loose because the root-ball is too small.
 
Phd0420

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For sure rob I agree completely 100% I know the comparison is insane but I will getting an hps and a mh before I push any more of my girls the rest are staying seeds, but for my first one it's cfls and learning hahaha thanks, and I'll definitely take that into consideration and wait. But I wanted to replant early because it stretched due to lol cfls and the distance of the lights.
 
rob333

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transplant and get ur lights closer i would say drop ya temps but i wouldent do that as ur useing cfl i drop the temps of my girls down to about 10 -15 c to stop streatching as i dont have huge space
 
rob333

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rob333 said:
transplant and get ur lights closer i would say drop ya temps but i wouldent do that as ur useing cfl i drop the temps of my girls down to about 10 -15 c to stop streatching as i dont have huge space
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then blast them with 2 600 w hps
 
screediu

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i wouldnt worry about the stretch when it out grows that pot and you transplant, just bury it up to the leaves and she will be set
 
The_Cat

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Yes you can put this little seedling under 2 600w hps, or you could put a 23w cfl one inch from the top and save a bunch of money on electricity... You want to flower with at least 100w per plant. If you wanna stick with cfl, you can get good result with Scrog. Otherwise she's gonna stretch and you will end up with too many cfls around it just to keep her growing.
 
rob333

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The_Cat said:
Yes you can put this little seedling under 2 600w hps, or you could put a 23w cfl one inch from the top and save a bunch of money on electricity... You want to flower with at least 100w per plant. If you wanna stick with cfl, you can get good result with Scrog. Otherwise she's gonna stretch and you will end up with too many cfls around it just to keep her growing.
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yeah i have put a 23 watt cfl on top of my girls be4 yeah naa i gave up on that a long long time ago 1 week in 2 600w hps chamber i have 4 5 set of leaves under 23 w cfl i had 2
 
Phd0420

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Yeah it's a big difference. I am running 4 lights in and around it all 23 watts I have a timer set to my lights but right now I'm just doing 24-0 light schedule I've heard of 20 on and 4 off or 18 and 6 but I'm going to keep it 24-0 for now and my lights are less than 3 inches away there almost touch in maybe an inch and a quarter away
 

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12/12 from seed was a dud my mate was gunna kill thru her in wen rest my girls were 2 weeks into flower got 5 ounces off her i sooo love hps
 

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