Useful Tips Thread for beginners

[GBK]

BioBizz Bio Grow

Bio-Grow is a complete, stand-alone ferti*lizer. When the first leaves appear, add Bio-Grow immediately and continue through flowering until the end of fruit production. A rich harvest of sweet fruit is obtained thanks to the natural sugars and potassium in Bio-Grow. Bio-Grow also creates a perfect balance of bacteria in the soil

Bio-grow caontains a lot of sugars and vitamins B, C and E. When plants start to flower they are using a lot of there vitamins and sugars.If those vitamins and sugars are not replaced the plant can stress out or even die.Bio-grow was not only developed as a growth and soil activator but also as a plant tonic in flowering.

[Murdock]

never just jump into a grow, allways read up and check out what wil happen at each stage of the grow, so many people get caught out with space etc, and for lights , if your using hps or mh then use 1 x 400hps for 1 sqm 1 x600 for 1 1/2 sqm and 1000w for 2sqm

[Anonymiss]

Using normal household 'energy saver' compact lamps for the first week or two, or even a month, is a cheap, efficient, and easy way to bring seedlings and young plants on.

Get 'daylight' or 'cool white' lamps and you'll be rewarded with tight internodes and vigourous yet compact growth.

[Anonymiss]

Never use soft water. Soft water increases the saline content.

I think it's important to mention that this applies only to artficially softened water and not naturally soft water, which will be absolutely fine.

[oneryder]

Im am an absolute beginner, Never grown be for, I am planning, but first i have been told to read and read, Coming across this thread is gold, Not sure why that chap is saying the thread has useless information, Just in this thread alone i have come to understand more than in the last week.

[Anonymiss]

Im serious why not just use natural daylight at 1st Many growers use as much daylight as possible

In my case, it's because a compact fluorescent lamp is more controllable (I can place it so the illuminance is close to ideal), more reliable (there are no clouds or overcast days to deal with), and more stealthy (closed doors and no plants on display). I can also have the plants exposed to light 24 hours per day.

you need basic info not all this sort of stuff on here

I agree completely. Which is why the 'tips' format seems like a good idea, instead of 'wordy' posts.

'Inappropriate' content can always be removed by the moderators if they feel it necessary, or if they think that it might lead to confusion.

[Murdock]

lets put it in another perspective, if the sunlight is blasing down for more than 16 hours a day then you don,t need a light for veg (you can,t beat natural sun) but i don,t know a grow room that can be exposed to this kind of light, i,d say that cfl is a good method in seedlings/veg (even though i go hps all the way), mh is best for veg as it will slow down the stretching and hps is best for flower (some might argue led), i,m not a great light man but i know what works good for me, and icon i can,t agree more mate , you,ve done a shit load for people on here and i,m sure everyone appreciates it (me for 1)

[B.A.BARACUS]

Always make sure ph meters are calibrated as a calibrated meter is a good meter

[GBK]

pH is an issue which is NOT relevant when using Biobizz netruents. Just mix water and Biobizz and you are good to go. pH levelling is important if you have "nutrient salts" in the products you use. Biobizz is 100% organic and does not have any artificial ingredients. So it is 100% compatible with biobizz soils. If you value the pH levels, then it is better to check the ph of the soil instead of the water. Biobizz soil mixtures have a pH level of between 6,2 and 6,4 and will stay on that level even when the water is not pH adjusted

[jibbers]

I was enjoying a good read here, cup of splosh in one hand, doobie doo in the other and the thread ended abruptly. Doh!

What happend? Anymore top tips?

My top Tip for new growers is...

...three hrs later.
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Put the kettle on, roll a spliff, stick ya head in the ya growroom and get hypnotised by your first grow of flowering weed wafting about under the fan.

But if it's slowly dawning on you that you're actually quite shite at growing then consider giving a Hempy grow a go in your next grow.

My first soil grow was shite, my aquafarm grow was a complete and utter turd of a grow but I've never had a bother with a hempy.