@Hellraiser @Zee some pic of the girl scout cookies i posted earlier flushing now
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Beautiful! 
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Very nice!
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Delayed thought, but must be the 300 r or b spec.
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Hi there
I am totally new to all this and I am currently witing on my grow tent kit and seedsâŠI will be growing in soil. What type of water to do use? Distilled, tap? Also, do u use peoducts like PH up and Down to regulate the PH? I will be geowing indoors, autos, 4x4x6 grow tent
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Hi @Jaxfan68 and welcome! You landed on a great spot. Awesome group of peeps here. I grow in soil (fox farm ocean forest - FFOF) and use tap water. But you need to see what quality water comes out of your faucet. You can purchase a pH/TDS meter and read what your water Total Dissolved Solids reading is. This reading is in ppm -parts per million. Some of the growers here use RO water but everyone here does pH up/down to get to the proper range for the medium they are growing in. For soil the middle of the range is 6.5 I believe. What soil will you be using? Also what nutrients? What lights will you be using? Please please do yourself a favor and donât buy lights until you get input from the growers here.
Finally professor @Hellraiser will chime in I am sure! Good luck and donât be afraid of asking questions. Go read some auto grow journals . @Nicky can school you with the autos too
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Absolutely ! You will get all the info you could possibly need here. Also, youre starting off asking one of the top growers here, in @Hellraiser. Welcome to the forum, and looking forward to watching you get started !! What strain or strains autos will you be starting with? Just curious. Im just shy of one year growing, and the amount of knowledge ive gained by joining this group, is crazy. Top notch growers all over the place on here !!
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I enjoy seeing new people start their grow adventure here !
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Goid morning
Thank u so much for the reply
I will be using the Advanced Grow Tent from The Budgrower. I ordered some Gorille Glue autos. Tent arrives tomorrow, seeds next week.
Natalie T. Howard
I will either find a way or make one
Hanibal
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What kind of light will you be running? That is very important for good results, as you seem to have put some thought and money into this. Also, youâll need a good TDS meter and PH pen. Think about what kind of exhaust you want to run, most of us use inline 6" from AC Infinity with charcoal filters. I throw a few 6" circular fans inside the tent to get the air moving as well. Finally nutrients, you wonât need any for 4 weeks or so (TDS pen will tell you). Do yourself a favor and look into Jackâs 321 on ebay. Cheap, easy to mix and great results.
Welcome to the forum!!
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Hi there
I will be using whatever light came with The Budgrower Advanced Kit
Could u recommend a reasonably priced meter? Also, I assume folks are using distilled water to water the plants? There will be 4 maybe 5
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i use the Apera instruments you can get pH and tds from them .
Apera Instruments, LLC-AI314 Premium Series EC60 Waterproof Conductivity Pocket Tester Kit, ±1% F.S Accuracy, Easy Switch of EC/TDS/Salinity, Replaceable Probe
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on amazon
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Anything Apera or Blue Labs is good quality, I advise not to skimp on PH meter. TDS meter can be cheaper. I got the Apera 20 that does PH only and bought a cheap TDS pen off amazon.
Nope I use regular tap water that I place in 5 gal buckets. I put an aquarium pump and airstone in the water to vent off some of the chemicals. Works for me, but alot of others use RO or distilled. I just took the path of least resistance lol.
Be weary of those lights, majority of the time it will be just enough to get you through veg phase but it will suck in flower. Iâll look into the kit and give you an honest opinion on the light. This is very important for the success of your grow.
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@Jaxfan68, is this what you got? Looks pretty good if so. Mars Hydro lights (2 of them) totaling 600 watts.
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Hi @Jaxfan68, welcome!
I use RO (reverse osmosis) water as my tap water is pretty horrible. Once you get a TDS meter you can test your tap water and see if it can be used. My tap water is near 500ppm which is not good. If your tap water is below 200ppm I would just use that as itâs a pain having to get RO or distilled water all the time. Another option is to get a RO filter and use that to clean up your tap water if needed.
Yes, proper ph is important, I use ph up and down as needed, also need a decent ph meter - I use the Apera PH20 for ph. I grow in coco coir so I adjust ph of water and nutes to 5.8 (sweet spot for coco), since youâll be growing in soil youâll want to adjust ph of water and nutes to 6.5.
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YesâŠthat is what will be deliveredâŠyay
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Ok I bought the Alpha tester
Yiu fuys are awesome
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I made my own reverse osmosis water because my TDS was reading at 230-ish. Giant PITA! It takes 15-20 minutes per gallon to produce and I was using 4 gallons a day. I bit the bullet after finishing the last grow and sent a water sample off to JR Peters, the manufacturer of Jackâs nutrient line. I got both the water analysis and specific recommendations for using my water with Jackâs. Turns out my water is just fine straight out of the tap. Best $40 Iâve spent in quite a while.
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I use tap water. My ppm is around 150 out of the faucet.
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My brother spreading the canna love!!
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