I have this so far.. what do I need now?

[Mañ'O'Green]

Here is a list of basics you need:

PH pen + calibration & storage solutions, EC pen, Accurate 8 soil prob, PH-up, PH-down, Royal Gold Mendo Mix, Green Leaf MegaCrop, AirPots or Fabric Grow Bags, aquarium air pump, air stone and a bucket.

The hydro shop near me sells the Royal Gold Mendo Mix to all of the commercial farmers around here. They sell it by the tons delivered on pallets. This should get you from seed to harvest.

 

[automan2]

So right...dirt, water and light. You'll grow weed.
I start every babe off in good dirt under a seedling light, with di water only for a month....
It's when bloom starts and we try to boost ya flowering that trouble begins...just remember less is more.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

you could probably do 2 autos in one earth box..
so your choices are:
soil probes/meters
ph pens
tds meters
calibration solutions for both
a bunch of bottles of chemical nutrients or powdered nutrients
ph up
ph down

or:
living organic soil and water

ive done both
prefer dirt filled with cooties myself...the second link i sent you would yield more buds than you could smoke from just a single plant..i may try it myself soon
gl whatever u decide
cheers

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

you could probably do 2 autos in one earth box..
so your choices are:
soil probes/meters
ph pens
tds meters
calibration solutions for both
a bunch of bottles of chemical nutrients or powdered nutrients
ph up
ph down

or:
living organic soil and water

ive done both
prefer dirt filled with cooties myself...the second link i sent you would yield more buds than you could smoke from just a single plant..i may try it myself soon
gl whatever u decide
cheers

I’m doing that exact method now comparing bought primo living soil and some I made myself! The 2 mephistos are at like day 25 n almost as tall as a fastbuds n a sweet seeds that are in the 70’s for days alive bot lost track! They def seem to be thriving in the good stuff with nothing but spring water out a jug (tap waters awful! 8.5ph n loaded with chloramine) so I spend .80cents a gallon to be safe! Only thing I do is add recharge once a week for extra microbes! Either the oly mountain compost/Malibu’s finest/ or the v3.0 from build a souls living soil n u can do it same way! Maybe grab a $15 bag of their craft blend stuff in case any nutrient deficiencies show up (especially in flower when she’s hunnnngee) but $30+ shipping although sometimes free you’ll have soil for 2-4 in 3gal or less pots! I’d go Apera or BlueLabs for Ph pen as they are good ones with easy 1 button calibration in a liquid solution and my Apera I got for $24 open box on amazon and only had it go off by .1 twice using several times a week and came in a case with 2 diff calibration solutions! They won’t do u wrong doing amazon open box! Still has warranty and everything! Here’s my 2 now in primo soil....


Both 25 days n loving life! Good luck buddy!
In the meantime keep em lit!

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I’m doing that exact method now comparing bought primo living soil and some I made myself! The 2 mephistos are at like day 25 n almost as tall as a fastbuds n a sweet seeds that are in the 70’s for days alive bot lost track! They def seem to be thriving in the good stuff with nothing but spring water out a jug (tap waters awful! 8.5ph n loaded with chloramine) so I spend .80cents a gallon to be safe! Only thing I do is add recharge once a week for extra microbes! Either the oly mountain compost/Malibu’s finest/ or the v3.0 from build a souls living soil n u can do it same way! Maybe grab a $15 bag of their craft blend stuff in case any nutrient deficiencies show up (especially in flower when she’s hunnnngee) but $30+ shipping although sometimes free you’ll have soil for 2-4 in 3gal or less pots! I’d go Apera or BlueLabs for Ph pen as they are good ones with easy 1 button calibration in a liquid solution and my Apera I got for $24 open box on amazon and only had it go off by .1 twice using several times a week and came in a case with 2 diff calibration solutions! They won’t do u wrong doing amazon open box! Still has warranty and everything! Here’s my 2 now in primo soil....
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View attachment 1148044 Both 25 days n loving life! Good luck buddy!
In the meantime keep em lit!

nice!

im experimenting with a mixture ffof, roots micro greens, and build a soils build a flower top dress kit mixed in and/or top dressed, and some aacts brewed with castings n a little kelp n build a flower thrown in ohh and boogie brew base tea mix.. no deficiency as of yet and stretch is pretty much over so we shall see lol
also i dont ph anything

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Ya since I make my soil (same recipe they advertise too) I have kelp meal/crustacean meal/ calphos/seabird poo.....u name it! I got all I needed to make soil and to make teas for em too! I have a 1.5cu ft bag of Bu’s blend biodynamic compost n my local hydro shop hooks up worm castings out his personal bin til I start my own! Gave last plant flower tea couple times n seemed much more swoll than the 1st! Good quality soil with microbial n fungi life u can grow some beasts without bottled stuff! Oh also those earthboxes have a SIP watering method where it self waters n keeps soil around the perfect moisture level always! Wish I had got some but I’m 2x4 tent wouldn’t be able to stuff 4 +4 seedlings with room to spare like now but they make it super easy to not over or under water em!

 

[ZoSo]

Here is a list of basics you need:

PH pen + calibration & storage solutions, EC pen, Accurate 8 soil prob, PH-up, PH-down, Royal Gold Mendo Mix, Green Leaf MegaCrop, AirPots or Fabric Grow Bags, aquarium air pump, air stone and a bucket.

The hydro shop near me sells the Royal Gold Mendo Mix to all of the commercial farmers around here. They sell it by the tons delivered on pallets. This should get you from seed to harvest.

Hey.. can I get a more detailed list? I'll be growing two plants.. blue dream and white widow, both auto.
Will one bag of Royal gold mendo do? I found a pH pen/ec pen combo, but didn't find any calibration and storage solutions package deal. pH up pH down 8 oz alright? Airpots or fabric pots.. what is ideal? What specific size aquarium air pump? What sort of air stone? Just a bucket?
Again.. I don't know nothing and I don't want to buy the wrong shit. Just give me exactly what I should buy.. exactly.

 

[automan2]

Man, reading through this would confuse anybody...
Regardless of some list you're being led to think you need, there's only 3 required....grow medium, water, light. I didn't even have a ph or ppm meter for 13 yrs...
You are far from needing nutes and far from growing any viable weed when you're following some complicated methods...
Just plant a seed in moistened medium, keep it bout 80f and leave it alone,
also known as the KISS method.

 

[Mustang92]

Buckets, I'm in my first auto grow too mate and if you google "autoflowers bucket sizes" you'll get pages of answers all different. The only conclusion I came up with is 3 gal fabric pots or 5 gal fabric. In the past we usually picked a pot to the size and height of your room , smaller plant 3 gall , bigger plant 5 gal. I'm huge believer in checking particle per million (ppm) because it keeps you safe, learned that buying cherry tomatos from the green house owner. But automan2 is right in the end, Keep It Simple and most of all keep it Sweet( the blue dream will do that part).

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Hey.. can I get a more detailed list? I'll be growing two plants.. blue dream and white widow, both auto.
Will one bag of Royal gold mendo do? I found a pH pen/ec pen combo, but didn't find any calibration and storage solutions package deal. pH up pH down 8 oz alright? Airpots or fabric pots.. what is ideal? What specific size aquarium air pump? What sort of air stone? Just a bucket?
Again.. I don't know nothing and I don't want to buy the wrong shit. Just give me exactly what I should buy.. exactly.

The amount of soil needed depends on the size of the pots you get. Either style of pot is fine. Do not buy cheap tools they end up costing you in failures in the long run. I learned this the hard way by loosing $$$$$ worth of plants, power, nutrients and time. I use BlueLab Pens and meters. Buy the PH up and down by the gallon. It does not spoil and it is a much better value in larger volume. A single outlet air pump and any air-stone will work to aerate your water overnight in a 5 gallon bucket.

This is what I would buy:

The Gain knock off of the Accurate 8 works well and is cheaper at the moment but not always.