New Grower Hey all, first grow

[RubberDuckie]

ok, jus one more tip...just becuz the soil may be dry up top, duzn't mean it ain't still wet down below...meaning -> prime breeding ground for fungus gnatz and no, me won't waste a whole paragraph explaining jus how much me HATE THOZE LITTLE BASTARDZ!! k, gettin me coat now...:smoking: ppp

Should Grab a Sundew, Mine murdered and ate all my Fungus gnats, haven't seen a single one

 

[Illini4life]

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Apologies for the lack of updates this weekend troops it’s been one hell of a weekend but at least my ladies seem to be doing well so that keeps me happy

So this is Day 5 since they all came above soil.
Gave them around 250ml each today of water with root juice at 1ml per 1litre, in a ring around the seedling, will up to 2ml root juice next watering I think...
My ph strips arrived today and ph’d my water at 6.5 after sitting for 24 hours, didn’t seem to change after root juice so pretty happy with that even though it’s probably not 100% accurate but I can’t afford a good ph pen yet, so I guess that will be ok and hopefully the microbes will keep me in check lol
Temps holding about 78f and humidity 55% with lights on and 75f lights off.
Not much else to report for now, pretty happy so far seems to be going well

More updates soon, stay tuned guys and happy growing!
Bill.

Nice! Like 420 said, everything going on underground. Don't hesitate to start watering out towards the edge of the pots to get that nice root spread! That will ultimately determine the size of your plants.

 

[BudfiendBill]

@420Forever I don’t want any insects of any sorts so I’ll be double checking with a stick or similar now I have something else to worry about
I was also trying to kind of feel by weight but hard when there’s only 200-250ml in the pot, I guess that methods for later lol
Thanks again amigo much appreciated and happy growing!
Bill.

 

[BudfiendBill]

@Illini4life haha I already stole that tactic from you bud
Happy growing!
Bill.

 

[420Forever]

Should Grab a Sundew, Mine murdered and ate all my Fungus gnats, haven't seen a single one

yup, luv the sundew idea me ain't got em now, but def did on me first grow, ahh! learned a most valuable lesson on that one & this time round, me let the potz dry out completely to the bottom before watering jus givin bill the tip in order to hopefully save a major headache is all ppp

 

[BudfiendBill]

@RubberDuckie ooh nice to know there’s an all natural solution to them if need be, that’s some nice information!
Thanks for checking out my first grow amigo
Happy growing!
Bill.

 

[420Forever]

@420Forever I don’t want any insects of any sorts so I’ll be double checking with a stick or similar now I have something else to worry about
I was also trying to kind of feel by weight but hard when there’s only 200-250ml in the pot, I guess that methods for later lol
Thanks again amigo much appreciated and happy growing!
Bill.

(sneeeky people alwayz puttin postz up while me replyin to the prev one, lol) well, technically, the lil bit o' water the seedlingz get at this point won't be too much of a worry, but once they start gettin up there a wayz, then yup, ya def wanna keep good monitoring on the wet/dry cycle ppp

 

[Machamillion]

What is sundew?

 

[420Forever]

What is sundew?

-> man-eating plant ppp

 

[RubberDuckie]

What is sundew?

Carnivorous plant.
Produces a sweet sticky mucus on its leaves to attract bugs, the bugs will get stuck to it, it then curls its leaves around the bug and eats it