need help with water and nutes please

**SmokeyJim** · 25-08-20, 04:38 PM

hello i need help with what to give my plants and the measurements. i have grow space of 1.6 by 2.4 by 1.2 . i have 4 Master Kush and 2 Northern Lights, They are about 5 days old. i have grown before but im rusty and can't really remember what i did. i have Plant Magic Old Timer Bloom 1 Litre & Old Timer Grow 1 Litre & magne Cal 500ml and bottles of evian water. i have a ph up and down on the way and a ph test kit on the way. what water do i need and how should i mix and feed my plants? what bottled water should i buy? and how often do i give them nutes. i used to use evian cause it has a ph of 7

**Jingo** · 25-08-20, 04:44 PM

Welcome Smokey Joe, what medium are you going to be growing in? Sounds like you might be thinking about hydro or coco. If you're in soil you'll be just fine going with tap water until you have a chance to have a look at your background water, if you're not in soil I guess you're going to have to wait until you're EC trunchen arrives.

J

My 2020 outdoor grow autos and photos in pots

Forum Rules

**SmokeyJim** · 25-08-20, 05:01 PM

I'm growing in soil. I have john innes no 1 for grow a d IL use John innes no2 for flower

**Jingo** · 25-08-20, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by SmokeyJim

I'm growing in soil. I have john innes no 1 for grow a d IL use John innes no2 for flower

Probably don't need to feed for at least 14 days up to 3 weeks and I think you're just fine watering for now with your normal tap water just let it air out and off gas for a day. then once you get the rest of your kit you can decide whether you have to do anything with pH and that other stuff.

J

My 2020 outdoor grow autos and photos in pots

Forum Rules

**SmokeyJim** · 25-08-20, 05:03 PM

What is background water?

**Jingo** · 25-08-20, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by SmokeyJim

What is background water?

Well it's just the water that comes out of your tap before you put anything else in it. Some people live in an area where the EC is so high that they're going to have to use distilled or reverse osmosis water once in a while, most can get by subtracting the background EC from the total EC they want to feed. For instance, I'm on well water and I have 1.2 EC just in my water. That doesn't leave any room to feed since most people don't feed more than about 1.2 up to 1.4 EC.

J

My 2020 outdoor grow autos and photos in pots

Forum Rules