New Grower Healthy roots

[Thebeginner]

Hey all,just wondering cud ye point me in right direction. Just germinated 4mazaars and want to get most from them. Wots best for gettin big roots and big yield? They will b growing indoors and in soil under 400hps. If there is any gud journals or advice Wud b greatly appreciated.

 

[Jackal]

Add a micro herd to your soil, something like Great White Myco or Myco Madness for big healthy roots. Get yourself some quality nutrients and soil. Just not Fox Farm soils, their quality went to shit. Lots of great info on forum, check out all the sticky threads in each section.

 

[Hugo]

Hey welcome

Great question! Roots are an all-important subject!

For a good root growth you need to have a good environment in their habitat. On the top of my head you need:

a) A good permeable soil, that allows for root growth, good drainage and well aerated.
b) Good micro life in the soil - mycorrhizaes, humic and fulvic acids and kelp.
c) A good feeding regime to boost up plant growth above and below soil: N and Ca will push for new stem grow and P will improve root growth. All the other nutrients are important too! K and Mg are very important aswell.
d) you need to keep your pH very well controlled. Seriously, this is VERY important. A good soil pH between 6,0 and 6,5 will give the best growing environment to your plants.

So what are you growing with? How did you germinate them and what soil do you have?

Don't mean to be pushing myself but this is a good post for seedlings https://www.autoflower.org/f44/hugo...-sweet-seeds-outdoors-7866-19.html#post173897

Check this one as it has all important infos! https://www.autoflower.org/f5/fds-guide-growing-hefty-autos-small-places-206.html

And many many more, take a look around and have fun.

Good gardening

 

[The Squid]

There are several factors. You need a controlled environment. Proper, temperatures, humidity and ventilation with odor control by using a carbon filter on your exhaust fan. Temps need to stay around high 70s, low 80s lights on and low to mid 70s for lights off. Humidity around 40-65% for vegging and less at around 35-50% fro flowering.

You need to start those germinated beans in a good mix for starting seeds in(obviously) Something with very little to no nutes at all. Such as Promix, Sunshine mix, FoxFarms Light Warrior or Jiffy seed starter mix. After the first couple weeks(12-20 days roughly) you can transplant into your bigger container and with a nuted mix if you prefer. Autos do not like nutrients early, you will stunt and or kill your plants. You can start in the final pot, just be careful with watering and the nutes. Not much water is needed for the first week or so.

Generally the bigger the container the bigger the plant up top. It's all about feeding the mix which feeds the roots which feeds the plant which feeds the buds which is what. we. want.

HPS is great, just don't have it too close to your young seedling plants, it will cook them. Around 2 feet from the plants to start and when they get a couple sets of true leaves(first ones are single fingered and then it usually increases to 3 finger then 5, 7 and so on) then you can lower the light a little closer. Others will chime in with more HPS experience I hope.

Ph ph ph ph ph php ph PH is super important. If you don't have a good digital ph tester for your feeds and runoff then you need one yesterday, before you started germing those beans. Ph is a must, unless you reeeeallly know your mix and setup, even then it's tricky to rock around. :dance2: Without proper ph levels your plant will not uptake nutrients at optimum levels and your plant thus yield will suffer. Auto don't have much time to recover from being stunted, so be on point!

Water is key as well. You need a good water source. Something low ppm and with a ph not ridiculously high, somewhere around 7-7.6 is fine. City water is sometimes ok, but you ALWAYS need to let it sit out in a jug for at least 24 hours for the chlorine to evaporate out, chlorine's no good for herb. R/O(reversed-osmosis) water is said to be about the best. Distilled is good too with a zero ppm and neutral ph. PPM is part per million of particles in your water, be it various minerals and nutrients. Keep in mind with distilled water you will need to add everything you need, where as spring water, well and city water have trace amounts of certain elements such as calcium that are beneficial to your grow in the proper amounts and given at proper ph. Getting a small air pump for aquariums is also a must do IMO for your water. A cheap one is fine if you're just doing a gallon at a time like I do. The air pump with attached air stone and into your water jugs 24 hours a day. This bubbles, mixes and highly oxygenates your water. Roots love oxygen and this is a widely known tip for supercharging your water.

I am sure there are other things I could go on about, but this is a start. Browse around, use that search bar, read other grower's journals and soak up knowledge. You can always learn something new, mate.

 

[Thebeginner]

I hav germinated them in coco pellets 2days ago,they are under fluorescent at the moment wit green leaves showing already. Not sure wot soil 2 use,I used plagron on my last grow,it was royalty mix and I grew easyryders. Check out my thread are these the smallest easyryders ever. I think I shu hav won a prize 4 even harvesting them. I got sum wicked smoke of them. So any advice Wud b welcome. I liv in Ireland so plagron is main supplier here.

 

[Hugo]

I also use coco jiffies. They are great starters and allow low stress transplants.

Choose a soil with perlite. Perlite permeates your soil and increases aeration and nutrient uptake by roots. It's that important!! When choosing your soil you have two choices: no nutes added (soil-less) and nutes added or conditioned. I use a soil with nutes added as it's similar to what there is in their natural environment (meaning the mother Earth planet , but the majority of the people prefers soil-less. You decide for yourself as their both good choices.

Ofcourse if you choose soilless you have to use more liquid nutes to provide the plant with what she needs. In conditioned soils you don't use so much nutes.

 

[Hugo]

Just checked your grow man, bgrt was right on the money there. You need to give them roots space to grow. At least, seriously, 10L of soil! Well you can get around with 7ish but the more the merrier. They have a deadline on them schedule so something between 7 and 20L will be ok! No less! )

They looked so tiny and small like a lil Christmas tree! Eheh

 

[Thebeginner]

Cheers Hugo, got 14grammes of each easyryder. Smashing smoke still enjoying da fruits of my labour. Is there anything I cud put in coco pellets when watering them 2 make roots stronger. Thanks in advance

 

[Hugo]

Yeah, energisers like I said before. 1/2 strengh of kelp or humic acids. I usually transplant the seedlings in coco to their final homes at around the same time as their first set of true leafs appear. Check the link I give you on my first post here.

Root stimulator is also good but only at two/three weeks old and all along the grow up untill flowering. By then your coco should be on the soil already! Depending on your root stimulator composition you might need to tweak it with other nutrients, because some are heavy on N, others have no N whatsoever.

 

[agito]

I dont like perlite as its dead space from what Research ive donre I think adding coir to the mix would be more value also vermicast would add alot to the media at a guess of ratios decent potting compost 65% 20% coir 15% vermicast but ive been to tight to buy the coir to test it