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PapaKush said:
Forget about everything you're working with right now for one minute and answer these questions for me.

How big a space are you working with?

What light(s) are you using?

Are you only growing one plant or many plants?

What size pot(s) are you using?

Are you having one full season chamber or separate veg and flower chambers?

Do you have a pH test kit or meter?

We literally know nothing except what you've told us. We know you don't have everything to complete the soil mix you desire, but you are steaming ahead anyway. You didn't confirm for us what ratios you mixed your bone and blood meal. We just know that you've mixed some of it together.

You should slow down and get everything prepared before you jump in or you're just going to sink my friend. I too was recently a father and I can appreciate how it affects spending, but like any hobby, indoor gardening has certain expenses.

You should mix all the ingredients together at one time, and ensure you have all the ingredients that you need. Let them sit together for a week or so, mixing it up occasionally.

Adding organic soil to your mix in a ratio of MINIMUM 50/50 will give you a buffer and give you the added benefits of coco aeration but also changes the amounts of other ingredients needed in your soil mix.

Proper planning is necessary to achieve large and dank yields in any medium. Help us help you.

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  -ok my space is pretty big about 8x7x8
 
  -lights- i got all cfl's, 3 100(23)watt with 6500k, 2 verilux at 13 watts themselves with 6500k( they produce a daylight spectrum of light and theyre meant for plants, so it says on the box). 1 75(19) watt with 5500k, and one tube light left over from a mushie grow at 23watt itself with 6500k.
 
  -yes im only growing one plant at a time
 
  -for a pot i got this old container from an old cooler, its basicaly a storage bin. its 13in long, 13in high, and 10in across. i drilled holes in the bottom and put a thin layer of perlite( bout .5in) at the bottom of it.

  -yes im only doing a 1 season room.

  - for a ph tester i got a high grade water tester kit for my fish tank, its all liquids, just fill the tester tube and add the proper testing chemical. it can test for ph, ammonia, high range ph, nitrates nitrites.

  - as for what i mixed already, i used 1 whole brick of coir, about an equal amount of perlite( didnt measure just added till it looked evenly mixed )a cup of bloodmeal and a 1.5cup of bonemeal.

  thats everything i used/did as in mixing, and yes u r right boss i did kinda just rush in, got alittle excited there and yes plz help me help myself lololol

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PapaKush said:
I think your tea will be fine as it is. I have always made teas indoors, as I've never been a landowner. In fact I do all of my processes indoors and haven't come across too many pitfalls.

I have a friend who uses a spinning compost bin in his high rise apartment without issue. He also has a worm farm indoors with terrific results. One way to get your own worm castings is to get your own worms. These two options give you excellent tea to use that drains out of the bottom.

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Double watering is great. It gives your medium a chance to absorb a larger percentage of total water and avoids creating dry pockets within the root zone. I would recommend waiting 3-6 hours before the second watering.

Just make sure you keep the pH right.

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PapaKush said:
What you bought today is not suitable to use to create the mix you want.

Here's what I suggest you do. If you haven't realized yet that working with coco gets complicated REAL FAST, realize it NOW! You have spent all this time and effort and all you keep doing is running into issues.

Let me help you be successful. You're a first time grower. You're over excited at the prospect of growing your own crop. I get that. I been there. But what you need to do is get a concrete plan together. You need to get every piece of the puzzle before you can put it together properly.

This is what I see; I see a man falling down a rabbit hole after stumbling into it blindfolded.

Having a new family is stressful enough without the added stress of a complicated first grow. Do yourself a favor and bail on the coco idea. For $20 you can buy a big bag of organic soil and get your first grow started without having to worry about all the small details.

I really think it will benefit you to learn first with soil and then maybe you will have the experience you need to work with coco coir by your next season.

My opinion is that no matter what you do if you start with coco you are doomed to fail. You simply will be spending too much time surfing forums trying to figure out what the brown spots are or why your leaves are yellow and not spending that time with your new family. With soil you can rest easy knowing that as long as your water's pH is good, your plants are probably happy.

If you build your own veg/flower soils with organic ingredients its like those damn infomercials, "set it and forget it". Just add pH balanced water.

With coir, you practically have to bust out your science kit everytime your plants get thirsty just to prevent future disaster.

Ultimately it's up to you, but quot trying to cut corners with substitute ingredients. Either get all the right ingredients or don't bother at all.

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