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karitacyan
karitacyanstarted grow question 21d ago
- Which pot and soil should I use? - Should I germinate seeds between wet napkins or plant them straight in soil? - I live in a hot place (30ºC) – grow indoors first then outside? (cant grow indoors) - Can I water with tap water? - How often and how much to water? Thank you
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Purrple_Haze
Purrple_Hazeanswered grow question 19d ago
Hey @karitacyan 👋 Great set of questions — here’s a quick guide to get you started the right way! 🌱💪 Pot & Soil Start with a 15–20L fabric pot for autos or up to 30L for photoperiods. Go for a light, airy soil — something like Biobizz Light Mix or any organic mix with good drainage. Avoid anything too “hot” for seedlings (too much pre-fertilized stuff). 🌱 Germination Both methods can work — paper towel method is great for control, but planting straight into soil works too if you’re gentle. For beginners, I'd suggest wet napkins in a dark, warm place (~24–26°C) until the taproot shows, then carefully plant. 🔥 Hot climate tip Since you said you can’t grow indoors: try starting them in a shaded, protected spot outdoors (like under a light mesh or patio) so they don’t get scorched as babies. I had a similar situation — started my photoperiod indoors and moved them outside once it warmed up. Feel free to check out my grow if you're curious how that went! 🌞 🚰 Tap water Usually fine if your tap water isn’t super hard or chlorinated. Let it sit out 24h if you’re unsure — that helps chlorine evaporate. Bonus points if you pH it (6.0–6.5), but many grows survive without. 💧 Watering Start with small amounts often, especially in heat — don’t drown the seedlings. Once they grow, water when the top few cm of soil are dry. Big rule: don’t water on a schedule — water when they need it. You’re off to a good start asking the right things — enjoy the journey, and don’t hesitate to update with pics! Happy growing! ✌️🌿
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 20d ago
- Which pot and soil should I use? Aything that works. soil vs soiless is the big two. If outdoors soil works well. - Should I germinate seeds between wet napkins or plant them straight in soil? try both and see what works best for you, First time growing I did right in the dirt, all seeds popped up. - I live in a hot place (30ºC) – grow indoors first then outside? (cant grow indoors) yup you can. Photoperiods are good with transplants, autos sometimes are not. - Can I water with tap water? Yes, I've only ever used tap - How often and how much to water? as needed. don't do it via schedule or they will be over watered lilkey. Soilless is almost impossible to over water when done right, one upside to it. Treat it like a tomato plant if you ever grown them. very similar. heavy feeders can taking some stress
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Schlurpypurpey
Schlurpypurpeyanswered grow question 20d ago
I Just started growing recently as well. The biggest thing I've learned is to take it one Step at a time but teach yourself One step ahead. For example if you have not planted a seed yet then first teach yourself a little bit about growing mediums so you can pick one that is best for your environment or easiest for your area, then just pick a medium and pots(i'm using plastic pots and soil cause its what I had on hand already) . As you're purchasing your pots and soil or other medium then start learning how to germinate a seed. Once you germinate and plant your seed then next learn a little about lighting during germination. Next learn about lighting you'll need for after your seed breaks open and has its cotyledons and first set of True leaves. One your seed breaks open and has first set of true leaves then start learning about nutrients and when to feed nutrients for the first time and learning about feeding schedules. This is the point as new grower it will sort of become trial and error and you'll start teaching yourself about nutrient deficiencies and lockouts as well as relative humidity and day vs night time temps. Once your temps and humidity are dialed in you'll want to start learning about training the plant (topping, LST, HST, main-line) and which to use if any at all. There is a lot to learn Growmie and the best this you can do is just start Seriously just start because asking super vague questions like this is just gonna get you a bunch of recommendations based on peoples personal preferences and styles and environments. As a new grower myseld it was tough and frustrating to hear and learn that I'd have to figure out a lot of it by myself because its tough for someone that is not hands on with your plants from day 1 to give you advice unless you have every single thing tracked to the detail and even then some of the big decision you'll have to make are completely based on the Space you're growing in and the personal preference or the type of outcome you want in the end. But don't fret just starts with whats first, pick a growing medium and figure out how to germinate the seed and get it into the medium. Start your diary and track everything that you can, that way when someone pops up and you need to get a question answered the community will have as much info as possible to hopefully point you in the right direction. You've got this!
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 20d ago
pot and soil - there are so many options for a medium and so many ways to make each work just fine. Where you live may even restrict what you have access to. Pots.. are pots. I saw no different in fabric vs standard nursery pots. I certainly won't overpay for the cool looking spikey-pots, lol, but each to their own. I prefer to keep it simple and sow directly into medium. I'm happy to wait for a sprout and don't need to see it germinate. Each method has little nuances to learn to be most effective that are easily learned and in no way an obstacle. People start plants inside all the time. You'll have to adapt them to the sun before they can handle it all day. yes, tap water is fine. If your water is very hard, 500+ ppm, it may hinder how you fertilize. ph-balancing should be done regardless of what you use. Heck, i've used softened water without any issues, lol. Just don't do that for a 'mother' sitting in the same pot for years. as much water as required to fully saturate the pot. If you go soilless, also get 10% runoff. When you re-irrigate is a matter of reacting to an observation -- is it dry enough? There is some variance as to exactly when, but if you repeat at same loss of weight, it'll require the same volume of water, roughly. You learn it in hindsight. you don't choose either of these things out of the ether. You observe and react. Fully saturating should never cause a problem. That is indicative of watering too frequently or a poorly constituted medium. Partial watering trains superficial roots. don't do that.
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Schnabeldino
Schnabeldinoanswered grow question 20d ago
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