✌❤from Arizona. I'm 64, started smoking pot 50 years ago. Have alot of stories. Anyway when it became legal here, I started to grow. 10 months of learning, success, failures, always trying to tune it in. Knowing what you need. And all the while trying to grow on the cheep. Thank you for all the information you provide. Helped find a new love!😎👍
Great stuff as always! Jeremy from build a soil gave a tip on cloning I've found very true...don't place fresh cut clones under a ton of light. Set them in a darker area for the first week or so and they don't try to keep growing..they set roots instead. They still need light..just not as much. I found it helpful. ✌
I found aloe Vera plant works great as a cloning agent I grow a couple of aloe plants in my garden just to use for cloning and sometimes I put some of the aloe gel into my cloner water I get roots as quick as 4 days strong white roots
I go straight into the soil using the same method. Aloe Vera and cloning powder mixed together. Place stalk inside the aloe Vera cutting like a placing in styrofoam. Place in dirt. Cover with plastic bag and watch the magic in 7 days in the dirt.
When using root cubes or Rockwell cube in a humidity dome. I have found better success when elevating the cubes just enough so that I can get a couple of air stones in their. I promise wherever you have a steady stream of bubbles. You will have faster and more vigorous root development.
@@Triangle0ffence3x on another side not for anyone having the worst luck with cloning. You can try the old fig leaf method; soak a Rockwell cube in a half gallon jug of water with a bit of worm castings and 1 teaspoon of Greatwhite. Then scrap the stem along the node of the limb you want to clone, but without cutting it off the plant. Just chose a branch and scrap and apply rooting gel to the area. Then wrap the presoaked Rockwell cube around the stalk and then wrap it with plastic wrap. Lastly, wrap over the plastic layer with aluminum foil to block out any light. Now leave it like this for two weeks. Afterward just cut the stem, unwrap and plant directly to soil. No need for humidity domes or trying to ease the cutting into a new environment. This method takes longer, but its 100% guaranteed to work without fail.
@@Triangle0ffence3x you don't need anything extra at all all that matters is the cloning gel being used correctly. Even a humidity dome is a waste of money. I have a 3 dollar plastic tub, plastic shot glasses and a near 100% success rate. Just dip them in clonex, put them in water and keep the lid closed for three days then let some air in twice a day. When you see some white lumps building up (3-5 days) add 2ml of AB to 1l water and the roots will pop out over night. As soon as you have even one root you're good to move to them to coir. I've left them over by the kitchen window and they still pop roots the clone domes are a money grab so is everything else.
rockwell cubes dry out too fast for me, 24 hours. I far prefer peat pucks because all I have to do is make sure they dont dry out within 3-4 days, so every 3 or so I pop the lid to refresh air. Week or 10 days later I have 100% roots. I dip and keep my clones in the cloning gel until all my cuts have been made, then i twist the clone container around 180 degrees to get to the cuts that have been sitting in it the longest. I then i take, cut by cut, and dip into rooting powder which will stick nicely to the gel covered cut. Then I squeeze half the water content from the peat puck so it's not overtly saturated, and squeeze it to form a fissue to insert the cut into so that I dont push the wound through material. 1st day full cover, crack the dome 10% every day, or what amounts to. Rockwell cubes are also not recyclable, and expensive, and take up nutritional space in your pots, can matter. Also - new growers, dont listen to the one root being good enough statements, it isnt if you arent 100% on top of your transplant game and first water after transplant. If you flood them while they arent actually ready for transplant, they will be stunted. After more than a decade, I will always wait for at least a handful of roots. I will say, as soon as you see roots, you dont need the dome, so you can just kratky your cubes/pucks in a tray full of pHd water/light solution if youre feeling keen, doesnt matter, they go into transplant in a matter of days when they are actually ready when they have sufficient roots. Too many times, ive had 7 make good roots, the 8th has one root, then i go forth and I have one 50% growth behind.
1,000 % recommend an aero cloner. I even made one out if an 18 gallon Rubbermaid tote, some pvc, spray nozzles and an old submersible pump. Roots in about 10 days on avg no gel needed.
Chris aka Mr GrowIt is my #1 go to person for my plants. If I have a question or problem I don’t Google it first I MR GROW IT!! If I can’t find the answer there then I go down the line of his trusted growmies. Please listen to this guy and take notes!!! He is one of the few that you can trust his methods. He’s a normal person(our kind of normal) just like us!!!
Great video. I always learn something new when I watch your videos. Just finished your book and started my 1st grow. Wish me luck and keep up the good work.
Hey Chris..I`ve been an outdoor grower for a few years and my solution to temp swings at night is to counter sink all my pots in my garden. The soil temps stay relatively stable and allows me to get good root growth even in black nursery pots. The root zone never experiences the wide temp swings
Put one in the ground. Pots restrict them growing out side. The one in the ground will out grow anything in a pot. You will get pounds off the one in the ground.
I too experienced seedgetv's fan heater issue myself. Problem was cheaper small forced air fans have cheap thermostats. Far too large a temperature swing especially when it kicked on. My solution was to purchase a small oil filled radiant heater. No drastic swings anymore. Temps are maintained & NOT chased. hope this helps. Peace all!
I typically use fluorescence lights for veg, seeds, and cloning. However another winter solution I’ve used is using a smaller HPS light. If you have an old HPS on a tent in can raise the temp 10 degrees in the winter
@@jamestruden2853 Good & Effective fix too J. My problem is my unfinished basement here in the Great White North,10 degrees gets me up to a tropical 72-73 degrees. lol. thanks for adding bro.
Just finished a grow of gsc and my nighttime temps dropped to 46-48 with daylight temps around 75. They probably could have been bigger but they could not be more PURPLE! Stress can cause desired outcomes, sometimes.
Use to grow for decades, then tried 11/13 from flip....def does faster and does show some different characteristics...I personally do 12 n 12 till last 2 weeks n go 10 n 14...! Self experience n it's all about your goals per run.
Very interesting , again thanks 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺 may I ask a question please it’s been raining for 5 days, 100% humidity, on the 5th day I did not need to water( cocoa) for the first time, water was still in tray, is this normal OR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLANT NOT TAKING UP WATER???? Put in a co2 bag 5 days ago on day 10 of switching to 12-12 light cycle to start flower. Have a terrific weekend??
Thank you for all the knowledge mr. Grow it you should have your own disc or an answer questions if you did one on one I would pay for your expertise great video Great concert Great show
My Cat loves cat grass I grow trays of it all year for my cat Pearl. She just had 2 kittens, who will also be enjoying it. As we all live in a apartment. No garden. 🐈🌄
LIGHT HOURS ; VEGETATIVE STAGE ; 18/6 18 HOURS LIGHT AND 6 HOURS DARK...FLOWERING STAGE ; 12/12 12 HOURS LIGHT 12 HOURS DARK... I HAVE BEEN USING THIS LIGHT CYCLE FOR 3 YEARS AND I HAVE GREAT RESULTS..SO I GUESS IT'S UP TO THE GROWER 11/13 OR 12/12 WORKS BUT I PREFER 12/12.. I HAVE ALWAYS USED 12/12 FOR FLOWERING AND GREW BIG BUDS WITH THIS LIGHT CYCLE!!!
Hey Mr Chris.... I'm interested in if it's possible to harvest benificial microbes from standard garden soil to introduce to our mediums...any thoughts ?
My name is Chris, so ill try my best to give you an answer to your question ... If by standard garden soil you mean the soil in your yard or outdoor garden. Then i would probably advice against it because it would be just as likely that you are going to introduce pests like spider mite eggs, seedlings from grass and weeds, mold or root eating grubs, etc, etc. Generally if you have no other options and are going to try to utilize your yard microbes, try to get it around a mature plants roots fairly deep into the ground where there is less risk of running into the above mentioned pests and hopefully not cause to much damage to the plant itself. Otherwise a canister of powdered microbes is likely to have more concentration and a better variety of species then what you will find in your yard.
Omega has a very good answer. Rich garden soil helps but yes you will likely have fungus gnats. Forest soil is the best, soil mites will populate your container and eat fungus gnat larvae and most other pests and will never harm plants. Respect nature all you need is a teaspoon per container of forest soil
Hey Chris New grower old Head here...... I have a 2x4 tent ...I have White red Led grow Lights (Full Spectrum) on the top of the tent , works great, grew a great crop .... Here's the question and thought.... I was going to try this for my next grow..... I was thinking of adding Blue ,green and red duller lights to the sides of the tent for Light penetration for underneath the Canopy . Thoughts?
Great topic. The last 2 weeks I'll cut my light 15 minutes every 3 days, and drop my temp differential rather substantially. Look, I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I'm only sharing experiences I've had success with
Great video although monsters cropping takes time to revel you usually end up with a monster 🪴 plant with multiple tops and extensive branching kind a cool 😎 looking plants 🪴 but takes a while 👽
Yes it does, and depending on how many mains you want equals more time in veg,,,I played around with one for about 80 days but went on and flipped with the other girls that where ready ,,,today it has 8 mains with 15 branches sprouting/stretching up towards the light ,,,only the mains seem to be stacking the flowers 🌸 the branching seems to have one nice flower 🌺,,,popping outta the top ,,,but when your canopy is this level ( saying you super crop after stretching has stopped) all of em are getting the same amount of light at the same intensity
This is usually the only way I clone… I take them in week 3 flower… by time they rooted and started with the re-vegging they get 2 weeks full veg intime with the harvesting of the flower tent to start new run.. they are so much bigger and stronger than a vegged clone in my experience and been doing this for some time..
I follow several channels like yours my friend,pigeons,cltv,and quite a few others.my point is on 1 of the channels I follow he recently did an auto plant,they say it's best not to disturb the roots of an auto.so my guy used an old t.p.roll,the Lil brown tube,and planted that in the center of his big pot,then planted his bean in the center of the empty roll (with media of course)the roll eventually rotted away but it served it's purpose bc he treated it like it was a small pot to begin with,not having a bottom the roots encountered no obstacle and grew into a nice size plant.like u said as it grows it's needs will as well.but when he 1st started watering the seedling it was like 200mg,it was easier to know WHERE to put said water with the Lil roll in place
Justbuditt 716 here!! You guys are awesome keep up the knowledge n the garden talk been following for a min unfortunately always miss ya guys on twitch but try to stay in tune🤘🏽🤘🏽
Something I’ve always wondered is what triggers the hormones to bud is it the amount of light, darkness or both? For instance could you do 18 on 12 off? If you could I’d imagine the buds would grow bigger. Just a thought
Sorry no, the 12 hours on than 18 dark would work to keep it in flower or trigger it (not ideal/herm issues) but over 18 on and 12 off would just cause stress of the plant wanting to reveg than flower over and over producing nothing but an mutant crap unripe bud.
You're the best info provider of solid info. Always accurate and well researched. I've used sf 2000 for four years with great results. VPD monitoring works.
I apologize in advance if you have already covered this. Ive been using General Hydroponics ph down / up for years. Then I thought, is there an organic more natural way? What ph down do yall use?
Chris Have you used "Bokashi" before? I've had amazing results just adding a tsp. scattered on the soil surface. My unidentified soil issues were resolved in 48 hours. Making my transition to "living soil " smooth 😎 👌
Those were great questions you chose! Right now I am about 70% monstercropping trying to keep 4 strains from the 70s and 80s going, all started from very old, saved seed. Time consuming? I'll say, those seeds were started in July and my very first one just went into jars after hanging 11 days. What's worse is all that time you tie up the valuable space that could have been used to put more bud in the bank. Also, I really won't know if what I end up with will be worth continuing to grow, till it cures for a week or two. So question whether you have the time and space before trying mostercropping, just my experience so far! I don't even have room to grow peppers right now! Come on spring so I can have my outdoor space back! Really liked your 1st episode of Unfiltered w/ Mr. Grow It! Your content just keeps getting better! You are so good for this community bro, never stop!
Hey Chris, great content as always! Quick question since you’ve had experience with the sf1000, sf2000, as well as the sf4000. I just bought a spider farmer 2x4 kit with the sf2000 light. My plan is to veg and flower 4 plants in this tent as this is my first indoor grow. My question is , in your opinion is the sf2000 enough horsepower to achieve this with good results or should I add an additional sf1000 for bloom? Or an additional sf2000 even Thanks again for all the great content -kip, Michigan USA
They changed the diode arrangement on the SF2000 to achieve a better light spread; If you have the new one with the spaced-out diodes, I'd run it in a 2x4 by itself.
@@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt I have the new and the old sf 2000 beside each other in a 3x3 tent and I really think the older sf2000 is working better than the one with the new led arrangement
I am trying my second grow after a fail and I want to keep the plant in a 6liter container for his hole life cyclus, im thinking of a water cycle of 3/4 days. Is that something that can be successful for a autoflower?
I want to start growing using coco and need advise as to feeding & watering: do I feed as needed throughout the week multiple times or do I feed once a week and water when needed thereafter?
On the back of the bottle of nutrients: THERE IS A FEED SCHEDULE. Follow that at 75% of suggested dose on the age of your plant. Using coco requires higher calcium and magnesium requirements. Done correctly, you will only need to feed once per week. Make sure there is some run-off (10 of the quantity of water you added). You NEED an ppm meter for sure to make sure you don’t over feed ( test the run off water).
@@fyre1borne diluting down to 1/4 and only feeding once a week is going to hold back their genetic potential. Diluting to 1/4 and feeding 3x a week, ensuring there is runoff each time to limit salt build up is much better for coco. Once a week is a soil type of feeding. Runoff testing isn't necessary if you're watering properly, too many variables at play... for example if worm castings and a product like Azos is used your run off PPM is going to be much higher than without them.
@@Th3ev1lkn13val dear sir: 75% of the dosage is = .25, 3 times a week. What math class did you not pass. Yes, ppm is necessary if growing multiple strains as all strains do not respond to the same set of nutrients. 10% run off is good to have, keeps bacteria in happy environment.
clon5eds strt in soil and solo cups go into square plastic 3 gallon that iv drilled hundreds of holes in bottom 3 inch on and from 3 gallon into 10 gallon round plastic pots again drilled out for drainage and air prune then from 10 they go into 15 gallon when flipping to flower living soil 7-8 weeks veg and i fill mu 5x5s with 4 plants flip right away and top dress the 15 gallon week 4-5 of flower seems to work i get a nice fall like fade
If your gonna be cloning regular then spend the money on a hydroponic cloner. I bought a Klone King several years ago and have had 100% clone rate since. Easier to control temp and PH for clones.
Awesome show my bro. So quick question bkuz I dnt find the answer yet. Dutch pro has a small kit for hard water and it does not have cal mag or silica. Does it not need it? Do I use it in veg or flower or not at all?
Chris, I apologize for going a bit off topic. I have a 4x4 tent and run 2 Electric Sky v.3 lights. I’m in a Massachusetts basement and struggle with low humidity in the tent (30% range, lower at night). I want to put a humidifier in the tent but the number of available options is overwhelming. Could you tell me which humidifier you use in your dialed-in setup? Or, could you recommend a humidifier for someone trying to dial-in the environment? I enjoy your videos very much. As a retired teacher, I appreciate your teaching skills and the care you bring to the subject. Very inspiring.
I have a hopefully decent question. If you lets say live in the city. Like a bigger city like in NY or something like that. Would you assume that you get extra c02 anyways? Plus I sleep in my grow area, lol. So its getting extra at night regardless. But what do you think about my question. Living in the city extra co2?
Steller video as always Chris. The Levoit humidifier doesn’t have an option to decrease RH for a scheduled period of time. How do you balance VPD when the temperature drops, without manually adjusting the RH in the app?
I actually reached out to them early last year and suggested that they have an option to change the RH% at specific times. I just emailed them to follow up to see if they are actually going to do it or not. What I have been doing is scheduling my humidifier to turn off when the lights go off and then back on when the lights turn back on. When the lights are off and the plants transpire, that raises my RH to be within VPD range. Hope that helps.
I've recently started growing again and I'm a bit old school HP's! Lol led lights are new to me but I'm doing a big grow so I'm looking for a led light that would cover 6 by 6 I'm on a budget and being in the UK I'll only be able to do 1 or 2 grows this year so Im on a budget any recommendations would be awesome
Chris, can you please recommend a reliable temperature gun to measure leaf surface temp? I am having trouble finding something in the $50 or less range with consistent reviews. 🙏
Stupid thought: wouldn’t the soil temp be more important? The leaves are flipping around due to the fan….The soil temp is going to give more insight than the leaf as it respirates….the leaves give insight as to what the plant needs and does not need more of…they tell the story of what’s going on in the soil also. Too much water and the leaves droop and turn yellow. To less nitrogen they turn yellow from the bottom up starting on older leaves first.
Hi, I’ve really been enjoying your videos and also learning lots🤯💎. I would like to see you have Harley Smith on as a guest. He a professor at NPK University and he also has the RAW line of nutrients.
If I am having prosperous issues in flower using bottle nutrients General Hydroponics can I give them just the bloom and not the grow or do you have to give them a balance of nutrients?
Use some sea bird Guano, 2 tsps right at week 4 to provide just the phosphorus you need. I use dry amendment’s and liquid fertilizers. The dry works for about a month and the liquid is fast acting. So if your plant needs just one thing use a dry amendment to fill that specific need and keep using your regular program.
The plants need nitrogen for the stretch during flower, which is about 4 weeks long. Not providing nitrogen will NOT help your plants in weeks 1-5 of flower AT ALL. This is why you use equal parts at the flip 3-3-3 or 7-7-7 or 4-4-4. Because the plants is still growing UP first, then makes bud sites, then makes buds
Question for anyone really! I have a 4x4x7 grow tent and a good carbon filter exhaust pushing out hot air from over the LED panels (200cmf) but my tent has only one tiny intake that's screened... So I installed a high cmf project fan as an intake at the screen.. but it has made the tent balloon out.. Looking up what people are saying, a lot about people worried about smell ( I am not) or if the plants are being whipped around (they are not) or the tent being hard to maintain humidity (not a problem ) I cant seem to find a good answer if there is suck thing as too much positive pressure or too much air being exchanged? I've grown outside before but this tent stuff is pretty wicked lol btw
Water temp when feeding is a question that has questions within it. Topic content for an ep of any of your shows brother. My rez stays so cold in winter 😩
My Spyder 1000 has inch distance from plant per growing stage. Is that with the dimmer on 100% ? I cant find anyone talking about this. My lavender is 4 days , 1 inch tall, 24" below light at 100% . Thanks if you have time.
Do any of you use a 3 day schedule for feed and water??? I did a run where I was watering and hitting the nutes on day 1, only a light watering on day 2, and let them rest the 3rd day with only supplemental water if there are signs of droop in the leaves. Had really good results
water water feed is oldschool rule of thumb. Only water when they need it, pot lift technique; also outdated information, but good enough for rule of thumb for new growers.
✌❤from Arizona. I'm 64, started smoking pot 50 years ago. Have alot of stories. Anyway when it became legal here, I started to grow. 10 months of learning, success, failures, always trying to tune it in. Knowing what you need. And all the while trying to grow on the cheep. Thank you for all the information you provide. Helped find a new love!😎👍
Great stuff as always! Jeremy from build a soil gave a tip on cloning I've found very true...don't place fresh cut clones under a ton of light. Set them in a darker area for the first week or so and they don't try to keep growing..they set roots instead. They still need light..just not as much. I found it helpful. ✌
Great tip for sure! Thanks for sharing it with us
@@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt hope it helps someone.
Absolutely agree budster! Feel like after cut stress too much intensity of light could cause stress as well give them a chance to thrive 🤘🏽
Every stage needs More or less light. There Is no tip, it's science
@@daewonsong3668 a cutting is not a natural stage tho is it so who's say it doesn't work
I found aloe Vera plant works great as a cloning agent I grow a couple of aloe plants in my garden just to use for cloning and sometimes I put some of the aloe gel into my cloner water I get roots as quick as 4 days strong white roots
I go straight into the soil using the same method. Aloe Vera and cloning powder mixed together. Place stalk inside the aloe Vera cutting like a placing in styrofoam. Place in dirt. Cover with plastic bag and watch the magic in 7 days in the dirt.
This man is a treasure! I'm surprised he hasn't tripped over all that knowledge he's dropping
I just started growing at the beginning of this month. I've found your channel greatly informative. Thanks for all your content.
He has so much info for all types of growing, so wise choice on following him.
When using root cubes or Rockwell cube in a humidity dome. I have found better success when elevating the cubes just enough so that I can get a couple of air stones in their. I promise wherever you have a steady stream of bubbles. You will have faster and more vigorous root development.
So you elevate all the cubes and put some air stones in there with some water in the tray?
@@Triangle0ffence3x just get the flora flex clone some and light. You’ll be a pro promise
@@Triangle0ffence3x on another side not for anyone having the worst luck with cloning. You can try the old fig leaf method; soak a Rockwell cube in a half gallon jug of water with a bit of worm castings and 1 teaspoon of Greatwhite. Then scrap the stem along the node of the limb you want to clone, but without cutting it off the plant. Just chose a branch and scrap and apply rooting gel to the area. Then wrap the presoaked Rockwell cube around the stalk and then wrap it with plastic wrap. Lastly, wrap over the plastic layer with aluminum foil to block out any light. Now leave it like this for two weeks. Afterward just cut the stem, unwrap and plant directly to soil. No need for humidity domes or trying to ease the cutting into a new environment. This method takes longer, but its 100% guaranteed to work without fail.
@@Triangle0ffence3x you don't need anything extra at all all that matters is the cloning gel being used correctly. Even a humidity dome is a waste of money. I have a 3 dollar plastic tub, plastic shot glasses and a near 100% success rate. Just dip them in clonex, put them in water and keep the lid closed for three days then let some air in twice a day. When you see some white lumps building up (3-5 days) add 2ml of AB to 1l water and the roots will pop out over night. As soon as you have even one root you're good to move to them to coir. I've left them over by the kitchen window and they still pop roots the clone domes are a money grab so is everything else.
rockwell cubes dry out too fast for me, 24 hours. I far prefer peat pucks because all I have to do is make sure they dont dry out within 3-4 days, so every 3 or so I pop the lid to refresh air. Week or 10 days later I have 100% roots. I dip and keep my clones in the cloning gel until all my cuts have been made, then i twist the clone container around 180 degrees to get to the cuts that have been sitting in it the longest. I then i take, cut by cut, and dip into rooting powder which will stick nicely to the gel covered cut. Then I squeeze half the water content from the peat puck so it's not overtly saturated, and squeeze it to form a fissue to insert the cut into so that I dont push the wound through material. 1st day full cover, crack the dome 10% every day, or what amounts to. Rockwell cubes are also not recyclable, and expensive, and take up nutritional space in your pots, can matter.
Also - new growers, dont listen to the one root being good enough statements, it isnt if you arent 100% on top of your transplant game and first water after transplant. If you flood them while they arent actually ready for transplant, they will be stunted. After more than a decade, I will always wait for at least a handful of roots. I will say, as soon as you see roots, you dont need the dome, so you can just kratky your cubes/pucks in a tray full of pHd water/light solution if youre feeling keen, doesnt matter, they go into transplant in a matter of days when they are actually ready when they have sufficient roots. Too many times, ive had 7 make good roots, the 8th has one root, then i go forth and I have one 50% growth behind.
1,000 % recommend an aero cloner. I even made one out if an 18 gallon Rubbermaid tote, some pvc, spray nozzles and an old submersible pump. Roots in about 10 days on avg no gel needed.
Absolutely love my autpot systems. Makes everything so much more simple
Chris aka Mr GrowIt is my #1 go to person for my plants. If I have a question or problem I don’t Google it first I MR GROW IT!! If I can’t find the answer there then I go down the line of his trusted growmies. Please listen to this guy and take notes!!! He is one of the few that you can trust his methods. He’s a normal person(our kind of normal) just like us!!!
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND KNOWLEDGE CHRIS. GOD BLESS
Great video. I always learn something new when I watch your videos. Just finished your book and started my 1st grow. Wish me luck and keep up the good work.
Hey Chris..I`ve been an outdoor grower for a few years and my solution to temp swings at night is to counter sink all my pots in my garden. The soil temps stay relatively stable and allows me to get good root growth even in black nursery pots. The root zone never experiences the wide temp swings
Put one in the ground. Pots restrict them growing out side. The one in the ground will out grow anything in a pot. You will get pounds off the one in the ground.
I too experienced seedgetv's fan heater issue myself. Problem was cheaper small forced air fans have cheap thermostats. Far too large a temperature swing especially when it kicked on. My solution was to purchase a small oil filled radiant heater. No drastic swings anymore. Temps are maintained & NOT chased. hope this helps. Peace all!
I typically use fluorescence lights for veg, seeds, and cloning. However another winter solution I’ve used is using a smaller HPS light. If you have an old HPS on a tent in can raise the temp 10 degrees in the winter
@@jamestruden2853 Good & Effective fix too J. My problem is my unfinished basement here in the Great White North,10 degrees gets me up to a tropical 72-73 degrees. lol. thanks for adding bro.
You might have solved a problem for me in this video i appreciate all the info and that i can trust pretty muck everything you say
For the temp, in my exp, if you're using soil and synthetics, as long as it doesn't get below 50F you're good
Never knew that you had a show I just subbed ..loving the info
Solid tips Chris! I use some of em myself! 👊
Love your channel, Chris! Great energy.
Just listened to your post today!!! Awesome information!!!
Outstanding Q and A, thanks Chris for all the amazing content and knowledge
Good one _ I got two of the spider 1000s. I like them because I can adapt them in with other lights.. Also good for a plant with special needs
Facts ..awesome content...thank you Chris.
Always enjoy watching Chris Thanks..
Love the new sign in the background! Amazing touch.
Thanks Chris your info has helped me out far more than any one
You should have a local extension office that can do soil testing. Check local resources. You'd be surprised what help you can get
Always enjoy watching MR Grow it!
What’s the best way to store your beans? In the original package or sealed container? Also do you keep them in the fridge or freezer?
Just finished a grow of gsc and my nighttime temps dropped to 46-48 with daylight temps around 75. They probably could have been bigger but they could not be more PURPLE!
Stress can cause desired outcomes, sometimes.
Have your lights be on at night see if that helps?
Use to grow for decades, then tried 11/13 from flip....def does faster and does show some different characteristics...I personally do 12 n 12 till last 2 weeks n go 10 n 14...! Self experience n it's all about your goals per run.
Great sponsor, glad they got in on this series brother 🤙 Keep em coming, making me we go technical with it.
Excellent answers thank you for all of the awesome knowledge
I use heat mats with thermostat.I also keep a eye on the soil and I keep the soil at 78 degrees.peace
Chris can’t miss! Solid content as always.
Very interesting , again thanks 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺 may I ask a question please it’s been raining for 5 days, 100% humidity, on the 5th day I did not need to water( cocoa) for the first time, water was still in tray, is this normal OR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PLANT NOT TAKING UP WATER???? Put in a co2 bag 5 days ago on day 10 of switching to 12-12 light cycle to start flower. Have a terrific weekend??
Thank you for all the knowledge mr. Grow it you should have your own disc or an answer questions if you did one on one I would pay for your expertise great video Great concert Great show
I'm starting a few batches of cat grass for the cats, holds them over for the winter. I also like growing jalapeno peppers
My Cat loves cat grass I grow trays of it all year for my cat Pearl. She just had 2 kittens, who will also be enjoying it. As we all live in a apartment. No garden. 🐈🌄
Always informative. Thanks Chris!:And, nice looking cat!
LIGHT HOURS ; VEGETATIVE STAGE ; 18/6 18 HOURS LIGHT AND 6 HOURS DARK...FLOWERING STAGE ; 12/12 12 HOURS LIGHT 12 HOURS DARK... I HAVE BEEN USING THIS LIGHT CYCLE FOR 3 YEARS AND I HAVE GREAT RESULTS..SO I GUESS IT'S UP TO THE GROWER 11/13 OR 12/12 WORKS BUT I PREFER 12/12.. I HAVE ALWAYS USED 12/12 FOR FLOWERING AND GREW BIG BUDS WITH THIS LIGHT CYCLE!!!
Hey Mr Chris....
I'm interested in if it's possible to harvest benificial microbes from standard garden soil to introduce to our mediums...any thoughts ?
My name is Chris, so ill try my best to give you an answer to your question ...
If by standard garden soil you mean the soil in your yard or outdoor garden. Then i would probably advice against it because it would be just as likely that you are going to introduce pests like spider mite eggs, seedlings from grass and weeds, mold or root eating grubs, etc, etc.
Generally if you have no other options and are going to try to utilize your yard microbes, try to get it around a mature plants roots fairly deep into the ground where there is less risk of running into the above mentioned pests and hopefully not cause to much damage to the plant itself. Otherwise a canister of powdered microbes is likely to have more concentration and a better variety of species then what you will find in your yard.
Omega has a very good answer. Rich garden soil helps but yes you will likely have fungus gnats. Forest soil is the best, soil mites will populate your container and eat fungus gnat larvae and most other pests and will never harm plants. Respect nature all you need is a teaspoon per container of forest soil
@@EnhancedCognition Thank you for that Chris....very interesting..🙏
Good advice I was gonna say I'm not chris but you should just buy microbes
@@plantingthenorth7225 i too gather forest soil plants seem to love it
Love this brv. U da man chris thanks for all this good info. Hope u well bro
Glad you enjoyed! All is well here. Hope all is well for you too!
Thanks Chris you just helped me kill my lunch break. Lol ty great info.✌️
Hey Chris New grower old Head here...... I have a 2x4 tent ...I have White red Led grow Lights (Full Spectrum) on the top of the tent , works great, grew a great crop .... Here's the question and thought.... I was going to try this for my next grow..... I was thinking of adding Blue ,green and red duller lights to the sides of the tent for Light penetration for underneath the Canopy . Thoughts?
Always take clones before you flip, you never know what you’re going to get.
Any time i.m growing of seeds i take at least 3 cuttings of each plant for this very reason though lot of immature plants end up composted
Can harvest 80 percent of the plant and then bring the last 20 back into veg too
(In Flower)
What week do you stop using cal/mag?
U ever find out?
Currently in the middle of summer reaching temperatures of about 28°C, BUT at night time it’s about 23.5°C. Would this be an issue in anyway?
Great topic. The last 2 weeks I'll cut my light 15 minutes every 3 days, and drop my temp differential rather substantially. Look, I'm not trying to be disrespectful. I'm only sharing experiences I've had success with
Any idea is never disrespectful. That sounds like a good idea to me. That might be something I’ll try. Thanks.
Great video although monsters cropping takes time to revel you usually end up with a monster 🪴 plant with multiple tops and extensive branching kind a cool 😎 looking plants 🪴 but takes a while 👽
Yes it does, and depending on how many mains you want equals more time in veg,,,I played around with one for about 80 days but went on and flipped with the other girls that where ready ,,,today it has 8 mains with 15 branches sprouting/stretching up towards the light ,,,only the mains seem to be stacking the flowers 🌸 the branching seems to have one nice flower 🌺,,,popping outta the top ,,,but when your canopy is this level ( saying you super crop after stretching has stopped) all of em are getting the same amount of light at the same intensity
This is usually the only way I clone… I take them in week 3 flower… by time they rooted and started with the re-vegging they get 2 weeks full veg intime with the harvesting of the flower tent to start new run.. they are so much bigger and stronger than a vegged clone in my experience and been doing this for some time..
Will a outdoor harvest in the dead of summer be good or bad as far as quality goes.
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I follow several channels like yours my friend,pigeons,cltv,and quite a few others.my point is on 1 of the channels I follow he recently did an auto plant,they say it's best not to disturb the roots of an auto.so my guy used an old t.p.roll,the Lil brown tube,and planted that in the center of his big pot,then planted his bean in the center of the empty roll (with media of course)the roll eventually rotted away but it served it's purpose bc he treated it like it was a small pot to begin with,not having a bottom the roots encountered no obstacle and grew into a nice size plant.like u said as it grows it's needs will as well.but when he 1st started watering the seedling it was like 200mg,it was easier to know WHERE to put said water with the Lil roll in place
That channel is called" the hippy geeks"
I Filiped my clones to soon. I’m 2 weeks in flower. Can I put back to veg. To bush up?. What would you do? Thanks
YES. Put them in 18/6. Will move slow at first.. then bush the hell up
Great info and willingness to help explain topics keep up the great work.
I started useing blumat watering, when and how should i add my nutrients.
FIRST TIME GROWING AUTOFLOWER, 2 WEEKS OUT OF THE POTTING SOIL, LEAVES ARE LOOKING A LITTLE YELLOW, ANY SUGGESTIONS 🤔
Justbuditt 716 here!! You guys are awesome keep up the knowledge n the garden talk been following for a min unfortunately always miss ya guys on twitch but try to stay in tune🤘🏽🤘🏽
Really like the info in your videos, btw your cat looks exactly like one of mine
Would really appreciate your thoughts on the 12-1 or "gas lantern" light cycle for veg
Great Q and A today Chris!
Glad you liked it! Cheers! 🌱
Honestly.. At 1 minute 50 secs somebody definitely smoked a bong.. 100% hahaha
Something I’ve always wondered is what triggers the hormones to bud is it the amount of light, darkness or both? For instance could you do 18 on 12 off? If you could I’d imagine the buds would grow bigger. Just a thought
Sorry no, the 12 hours on than 18 dark would work to keep it in flower or trigger it (not ideal/herm issues) but over 18 on and 12 off would just cause stress of the plant wanting to reveg than flower over and over producing nothing but an mutant crap unripe bud.
You're the best info provider of solid info.
Always accurate and well researched.
I've used sf 2000 for four years with great results. VPD monitoring works.
My kitty loves the grow.
I always have cat grasses ( barley, oats, alfalfa etc. ) I rotate a cat grass perpetual grow.
Great show as always love the shirt
I apologize in advance if you have already covered this. Ive been using General Hydroponics ph down / up for years. Then I thought, is there an organic more natural way? What ph down do yall use?
Chris Have you used "Bokashi" before?
I've had amazing results just adding a tsp. scattered on the soil
surface. My unidentified soil issues were resolved in 48 hours. Making my transition to "living soil " smooth 😎 👌
Yes I have! Good stuff for sure.
Those were great questions you chose! Right now I am about 70% monstercropping trying to keep 4 strains from the 70s and 80s going, all started from very old, saved seed. Time consuming? I'll say, those seeds were started in July and my very first one just went into jars after hanging 11 days. What's worse is all that time you tie up the valuable space that could have been used to put more bud in the bank. Also, I really won't know if what I end up with will be worth continuing to grow, till it cures for a week or two. So question whether you have the time and space before trying mostercropping, just my experience so far! I don't even have room to grow peppers right now! Come on spring so I can have my outdoor space back! Really liked your 1st episode of Unfiltered w/ Mr. Grow It! Your content just keeps getting better! You are so good for this community bro, never stop!
Great show bro always a help
Is this for real
Another great one!!
Hey Chris, great content as always! Quick question since you’ve had experience with the sf1000, sf2000, as well as the sf4000. I just bought a spider farmer 2x4 kit with the sf2000 light. My plan is to veg and flower 4 plants in this tent as this is my first indoor grow. My question is , in your opinion is the sf2000 enough horsepower to achieve this with good results or should I add an additional sf1000 for bloom? Or an additional sf2000 even Thanks again for all the great content
-kip, Michigan USA
They changed the diode arrangement on the SF2000 to achieve a better light spread; If you have the new one with the spaced-out diodes, I'd run it in a 2x4 by itself.
I have the same set up but added a sf 1000 and daisy changed them together. It worked beautifully
@@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt I have the new and the old sf 2000 beside each other in a 3x3 tent and I really think the older sf2000 is working better than the one with the new led arrangement
@@busyb4283 its worth having the extra light that’s for sure
4 plants in a 2x4 tent is too crowded, go for 2 at the most, even 1 plant will fill the space.
Would cutting light back slow like nature.. could it be better for dLI? Especially if running inferior lights??
I am trying my second grow after a fail and I want to keep the plant in a 6liter container for his hole life cyclus, im thinking of a water cycle of 3/4 days. Is that something that can be successful for a autoflower?
Kratky method will work great n easy. Check each week to add nutes
Grow weed easy suggests using a reptile heat mat
I want to start growing using coco and need advise as to feeding & watering: do I feed as needed throughout the week multiple times or do I feed once a week and water when needed thereafter?
You can feed in the begin 1 time per week once the plant catch up and is bigger twice per week and then 1 day water 1 day nutes its pretty simple
Dilute your nutes and feed every other day
On the back of the bottle of nutrients: THERE IS A FEED SCHEDULE. Follow that at 75% of suggested dose on the age of your plant. Using coco requires higher calcium and magnesium requirements. Done correctly, you will only need to feed once per week. Make sure there is some run-off (10 of the quantity of water you added). You NEED an ppm meter for sure to make sure you don’t over feed ( test the run off water).
@@fyre1borne diluting down to 1/4 and only feeding once a week is going to hold back their genetic potential. Diluting to 1/4 and feeding 3x a week, ensuring there is runoff each time to limit salt build up is much better for coco. Once a week is a soil type of feeding. Runoff testing isn't necessary if you're watering properly, too many variables at play... for example if worm castings and a product like Azos is used your run off PPM is going to be much higher than without them.
@@Th3ev1lkn13val dear sir: 75% of the dosage is = .25, 3 times a week. What math class did you not pass. Yes, ppm is necessary if growing multiple strains as all strains do not respond to the same set of nutrients. 10% run off is good to have, keeps bacteria in happy environment.
clon5eds strt in soil and solo cups go into square plastic 3 gallon that iv drilled hundreds of holes in bottom 3 inch on and from 3 gallon into 10 gallon round plastic pots again drilled out for drainage and air prune then from 10 they go into 15 gallon when flipping to flower living soil 7-8 weeks veg and i fill mu 5x5s with 4 plants flip right away and top dress the 15 gallon week 4-5 of flower seems to work i get a nice fall like fade
If your gonna be cloning regular then spend the money on a hydroponic cloner. I bought a Klone King several years ago and have had 100% clone rate since. Easier to control temp and PH for clones.
Awesome show my bro. So quick question bkuz I dnt find the answer yet. Dutch pro has a small kit for hard water and it does not have cal mag or silica. Does it not need it? Do I use it in veg or flower or not at all?
Great episode!
Chris, I apologize for going a bit off topic. I have a 4x4 tent and run 2 Electric Sky v.3 lights. I’m in a Massachusetts basement and struggle with low humidity in the tent (30% range, lower at night). I want to put a humidifier in the tent but the number of available options is overwhelming. Could you tell me which humidifier you use in your dialed-in setup? Or, could you recommend a humidifier for someone trying to dial-in the environment? I enjoy your videos very much. As a retired teacher, I appreciate your teaching skills and the care you bring to the subject. Very inspiring.
Sensor.
13/11 gets mine to flower, next time i'll try 14/10 to flip them and see after 2 to 3 days what they make of that.
Try 3 days of dark before flipping the plant. It burns all of the plants vegging hormones and encourages faster flowering.
Good job man keep up the good work🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥🔥💯
for cloning i have a heat mat with a timer that turns on and off every 30 min.
I have a hopefully decent question. If you lets say live in the city. Like a bigger city like in NY or something like that. Would you assume that you get extra c02 anyways? Plus I sleep in my grow area, lol. So its getting extra at night regardless. But what do you think about my question. Living in the city extra co2?
Run away from NY as fast as you can lol
Steller video as always Chris. The Levoit humidifier doesn’t have an option to decrease RH for a scheduled period of time. How do you balance VPD when the temperature drops, without manually adjusting the RH in the app?
I actually reached out to them early last year and suggested that they have an option to change the RH% at specific times. I just emailed them to follow up to see if they are actually going to do it or not. What I have been doing is scheduling my humidifier to turn off when the lights go off and then back on when the lights turn back on. When the lights are off and the plants transpire, that raises my RH to be within VPD range. Hope that helps.
Certainly helpful, going to make my humidifier to do the same. Thanks for being on top of it and following up!
@@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt simple and effective, great advice there
75k subscribers!? Yea we all know you by now 💯
I've recently started growing again and I'm a bit old school HP's! Lol led lights are new to me but I'm doing a big grow so I'm looking for a led light that would cover 6 by 6 I'm on a budget and being in the UK I'll only be able to do 1 or 2 grows this year so Im on a budget any recommendations would be awesome
Chris, can you please recommend a reliable temperature gun to measure leaf surface temp? I am having trouble finding something in the $50 or less range with consistent reviews. 🙏
Stupid thought: wouldn’t the soil temp be more important? The leaves are flipping around due to the fan….The soil temp is going to give more insight than the leaf as it respirates….the leaves give insight as to what the plant needs and does not need more of…they tell the story of what’s going on in the soil also. Too much water and the leaves droop and turn yellow. To less nitrogen they turn yellow from the bottom up starting on older leaves first.
@@fyre1borne vpd calculations my friend
@@fyre1borne I’m just out here looking for a temp gun man, thanks
@@Zword316 Ames instruments infrared thermometer 47.99 Lowes, HD, Bed Bath.
Hi, I’ve really been enjoying your videos and also learning lots🤯💎. I would like to see you have Harley Smith on as a guest. He a professor at NPK University and he also has the RAW line of nutrients.
Nice thank you
man, im seeing cats in the corner, listening bong sounds... wtf am i trippin or chris just messing with me?? :0 :)
If I am having prosperous issues in flower using bottle nutrients General Hydroponics can I give them just the bloom and not the grow or do you have to give them a balance of nutrients?
If they don't need nitrogen don't give it them. In simple yes you can leave it out.
@@Tnj8228 thank you 🙏🏻 for the awesome
@@growermo940 look in to the Lucas formula for your next run, works great.
Use some sea bird Guano, 2 tsps right at week 4 to provide just the phosphorus you need. I use dry amendment’s and liquid fertilizers. The dry works for about a month and the liquid is fast acting. So if your plant needs just one thing use a dry amendment to fill that specific need and keep using your regular program.
The plants need nitrogen for the stretch during flower, which is about 4 weeks long. Not providing nitrogen will NOT help your plants in weeks 1-5 of flower AT ALL. This is why you use equal parts at the flip 3-3-3 or 7-7-7 or 4-4-4. Because the plants is still growing UP first, then makes bud sites, then makes buds
Question for anyone really! I have a 4x4x7 grow tent and a good carbon filter exhaust pushing out hot air from over the LED panels (200cmf) but my tent has only one tiny intake that's screened... So I installed a high cmf project fan as an intake at the screen.. but it has made the tent balloon out.. Looking up what people are saying, a lot about people worried about smell ( I am not) or if the plants are being whipped around (they are not) or the tent being hard to maintain humidity (not a problem ) I cant seem to find a good answer if there is suck thing as too much positive pressure or too much air being exchanged? I've grown outside before but this tent stuff is pretty wicked lol btw
This man said that noise was the CAT... Nah bro that was WATER PIPE CLEAR...
hahaha! Twitch alert right after I said that
Water temp when feeding is a question that has questions within it. Topic content for an ep of any of your shows brother. My rez stays so cold in winter 😩
Chuck a seedling warming mat underneath it!
I don't what that is . 3/4 of a phone number 🤣
My Spyder 1000 has inch distance from plant per growing stage. Is that with the dimmer on 100% ? I cant find anyone talking about this. My lavender is 4 days , 1 inch tall, 24" below light at 100% . Thanks if you have time.
To help prevent mold I have mine doing this swing from dry to wet but more dry,this lets the plant breath wile not allowing mold to set in
I would like to ask some questions about nutrient requirements during specific stages of growth. Hemp in particular.
Just got my sf4000 today, wish I'd known about the code for the discount 😅😭😅
Do any of you use a 3 day schedule for feed and water??? I did a run where I was watering and hitting the nutes on day 1, only a light watering on day 2, and let them rest the 3rd day with only supplemental water if there are signs of droop in the leaves. Had really good results
water water feed is oldschool rule of thumb. Only water when they need it, pot lift technique; also outdated information, but good enough for rule of thumb for new growers.
I do the water feed water technique. But I'm using ph perfect tech. Works a damn treat when u follow directions
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A little off topic but how do you get rid of gnats