Beginner Gardening: Tips & Tricks For A Successful Grow Cycle! (Garden Talk #81)

In this episode of Garden Talk, I interview Kronic's Grow. He has been gardening for 15 months and has experience growing in soil as well as Deep Water Culture. He likes to keep things simple and he talks about what he does in his garden in order to be successful; this episode includes a lot of good advice for beginner gardeners - tips & tricks for a successful grow cycle. What type of plants do you like to grow? House plants, basil, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, kale, bok choy, carrots, melons, fruit trees, let us know in the comments section below. If you enjoyed this video please click that thumbs up button :)
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★Timestamps★
00:00 - Montage & Podcast Intro
01:40 - Sponsors
03:26 - Introduction
06:42 - His Gardening Style
10:53 - Lighting
18:00 - Too Much Light
21:20 - Nutrients
24:14 - Watering
27:23 - EC/PPM
29:03 - pH
30:49 - Temperature
32:16 - VPD
36:27 - Controlling Lung Room Conditions
30:39 - Plant Training
44:36 - Advice For Beginners
50:20 - Final Words
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Johannes Bornlöf - An Introduction 4

[@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt]

Thanks to Kronic’s Grow for coming onto the podcast today! Kronic’s Grow KZbin- bit.ly/3KJYAFG

[@indoorpromisedland]

@Kronic's Grow hey bud. We've all been waiting for this to drop. Good on ya

[@springwatercropshop4706]

Thanks to your show, pretty much, I now know how to get through a grow, and I appreciate the more advanced stuff, but I find refreshing with basic stuff to be like doing reps 🤳

[@JustinHappy-ck7dd]

Hi, I recently I replaced my HPS light to the Gavita Led 1930e, and A week later I notice plants branch is turning purple, is this the sign my plant getting too much light? Distance from light to plant is 3 feet, flowering stage week 5 , Day temperatures 75-77, night temperatures 69-71, VPD 1.3-1.5 , I have low ceiling, the room is very bright when the light is on , thank you

[@crischalmers1277]

@@JustinHappy-ck7dd I have a question about your VPD. Do you check your leaf temperature?

[@t3dwards13]

I grow in the cheapest way possible... Outdoors. Lol

[@georgem.6136]

Right on, man he literally sounds as if he does bare minimum, pretty much opposite of most every other channel, kinda crazy how many different styles there are, Very cool!

[@ryanc6878]

Growing is actually very bare minimal...I use coco and water literally everyday, HOWEVER it's a tiny amount of water and I can finish in 10 min easy. I use silica and maxigrow from seed to flower, fully green to the end.

[@Va4444]

I'll have to check his channel out. Bill Ward is like that. I love his channel. N alot of things they say don't do. He can do successfully. Like topping autos. He did it on a grow n it turned out great still

[@Topsrite]

Agree

[@adamgava4199]

I have watched so many of your videos over the past 2 months, they’ve honestly been so helpful.. I’m on day 2 of my first ever indoor grow, this video just saved me from burning my seedlings with my sf4000 🙏 lifesavers

[@tonyb.5768]

on my fourth grow now got spider mites last go round. Had some clones in my extra bath room shower and just left them Wow these guys had huge buds. No AC just a fan and a light in the damn shower if it got to humid I turned on the ceiling fan. Best grow Ive had so far. You dont need to spend alot to produce just grow correctly. dont over water less is best....

[@dmo848]

Less is really more. I still can't get my head around that. I wanna smack myself everytime I think of watering when I'm not supposed to. I still think I should be watering every day in veg. Only coco is fine too do that. Soil huge no no. I'm learning I'm learning.

[@robertwatts5071]

Kronic spreading the good 👍🏻 word ya heard 🔥💨💨💨💨👀⚡️⚡️

[@Titanium369]

Love this interview. New grower here 2nd time around. It's about growing and learning from past growing experience to improve.

[@skepticalgenious]

Same here man. 2cnd time indoors ever. But outside I've grown hundreds of varieties of fruits, bush's, tree's veggies and flower's. I did so many thing's I hurt my girl plant to a point the product is ruined. I am learning keep it simple. I don't know what thing it is I messed up on.

[@dmo848]

Lol same here. I'm trying to capitalize on all the stuff I forgot to do the first time around.

[@ivorwindybottom7364]

Height of lights is key. That and over-watering are the two biggest mistakes we all make.

[@captainchrisfishing]

@@ivorwindybottom7364 who's we ? Speak for yourself lol 🤣😂🤣 kidding . That hits the head with the nail lol I've been growing 30 plus years and seriously the adxice this guy's giving is crap . He has no evidence to back up any claims he makes . Just because you dress like a hippie don't mean you can grow weed lol

[@tlbennett1973]

I used your code for an ac infinity seed propagation tray/heat mat last night. Thanks so much for everything you do!! I have the a/c infinity 4x4 cloud lab kit. Returning to growing after 15 years off. wOw 🤯 how times have changed!!!

[@youngnixx88788]

Great info but man dudes voice is soothing lol. Fell asleep twice 😂

[@lilabell2482]

Really enjoyed this ,sometimes minimal is all I have time for,thanks for this information

[@michaelhamby8469]

Thanks for the Kronic interview. From chem/bio BS degrees it drives me crazy watching videos of over-analysis. He keeps it simple and real.

[@donaldotto2150]

I use a vivisun 4--4--8 ft tent, a 510 watt Parafax high output Led light and has 6 separate channels of lights, 1080 individual LEDs. This light emits very little heat with lights filling the 4x4 space. This is better results that when I used a 600 watt HPS. MORE LIGHT, LESS HEAT = better results bigger buds. I used the 600 watt HPS for 20 years this is much better.

[@LB-sk3vl]

KRONIC 💥 💨

[@lilsasuke6916]

I love simple but big and potent Bud,so I'm steady listening

[@mannyfreshbuds]

Thanks for the video Mr Grow it and kronics grower always getting a refresher on the basics you reminded me to turn my lights down in my veg👍

[@illmech]

one of the best interview shows you will ever watch on any medium. every episode is good. great episode as always.

[@crippledcannabiscowboy8925]

Love watching these shows. I always learn something.

[@illmech]

yes!!!!!!

[@Muziq1111]

I used to blast my babies with a high amount of light and wondered why they would always show signs of nute deficiencies or toxicities. The moment I lowered my brightness setting to between 25% to max 50% at 16 inches, my plants have been showing off! The ladies spend a lot of time correcting themselves instead of glowing when the lights are too bright. 💚💚🌱🌱

[@timturk1899]

Yes! When you see the leaves praying, they're happy with the amount of light they're receiving.👍💯

[@jonathanbigger4199]

Him giving advice probably some of the best advice a beginner to get

[@captainchrisfishing]

He's been growing 15 months how you think that's advisable ? Just because someone acts like a hippie don't mean they know how to grow weed

[@JoeyPeeps157]

I finally bought your book and can’t wait to read it!! 5 full ⭐️’s

[@mikebird8290]

THANKS for sharing this helpful information to us all 🌱💚🕊️✌🏼🤩

[@somedude1777]

Great content. Really enjoyed this video, keep up the great work Chris!

[@toastiesburned9929]

great interview. your interviews always get me thinking.

[@cottonmouthgrowfafo1803]

Great episode you are really helping first time growers avoid some of the pitfalls that come alone with taking the leap to home growing Thanks.

[@natibudz2984]

Salute growmies

[@henobani8039]

let's gooooo garden talk!

[@mikkomarkuskaariainen9023]

KRONIC IS A GREAT GUY AND AWESOME GROWER!! GO AND LOIK THAT OUR, IT IS KNONIC'S GROWS!! GREETINGS FROM FINLAND

[@endlessgameone3640]

My first grow in dirt came really good. I used 2 bottles nutrient one for veg and flower and use a ph meter.. I seen all this video on KZbin using like 10 different bottles of nutrients.. keep it simple less headache

[@SThompson953]

I've done the exact same thing you did with testing all my equipment and timer etc for a few days before I even started growing. Monitored the temp and RH with something I hang in the tent that sends data to my cell phone. This was a great episode by the way!

[@Dino_Hunter_420]

I did full grow just to dial the equipment up , 4months of testing :)

[@gettin_while_growin1512]

Thanks for the info. Appreciate you 👊🏼💚

[@Spanky-ju6rc]

His methods, and the things he describes, sounds like he learned to grow from the one and only” Welcome to the Grow Tent” almost identical to how he teaches, especially the PH range. Just an observation

[@Spanky-ju6rc]

Nice, I learned from GT, that’s why it sounded familiar. Been a great method for me. 🤟

[@402SHO]

My tip to keep track just keep a cheap Calendar in the tent or outside of it and mark off days and note on each day that u change or water. It comes in very handy. My calendar is Bob Ross 😂👍🏽

[@SuperBenjamin1965]

Having the right environment is key it’s a no-brainer knowing plant biology is a must in the stages of life I just cut my ROI 680 3/4 and some of my plants are over 1 pound dry ready to flush 4x4 / 4 plants I probably could’ve kept it at 3/4 setting With no Problems even half Not one pest not one spray Genetics is a must

[@captainpeckerhead4551]

Learn to water correct an you got it.. Always enjoy Chris. Thanks.

[@tmoneyg4811]

U can tell he listens to the boss and wtgt

[@overwatered4203]

KRON is the man.👊

[@61amigo]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks!!!

[@PoppaLongroach]

Great video man. Old School is the way that works best for me. I use a ts600 in a 3x3 all the way to the ceiling then lower it as I need. Then under 2 ts1000s to flower at 60%. I go up 5% every week or so when I water till they are done. I subscribed to your channel!!

[@leftyz707]

Good shit. 👍 brother man. Mr.growit smashes it ever time and has hella dope ass companys backin him.

[@darrenrivers7376]

Great show Chris !! Third time watching .

[@Topsrite]

Good one, solid younger hippie lol who’s got it together, liked it, good advice with total relaxation, perfect!

[@psilosimon613]

Excellent information, I love this approach of start simple and not over complicating things. Good luck with your grows. ☮️

[@jcmusc]

Facts about the Northeast..... Last week humidity was at 30% or less and we hadn't had rain in weeks. Now humidity is at 80% and it's going to be raining for 2 weeks

[@rodofsteel6662]

Far north ny along the St.Lawrence river and it is a beautiful 4 seasons but I’ll be growing indoors. I haven’t started yet but I purchased autos on sale from Ilgm. I plan on fallowing the organic method I am the only person smoking for person use so we will see how it goes, thanks for the great videos I have been watching like a hawk.

[@Heavenly444]

I just watch this whole thing high asf😂😂😂

[@daver8265]

I love this video. Great information guys.

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

My lung room is 10-15C cooler than my tent temps. Drawing in cooler air regulates my temps

[@jonathanbigger4199]

Yes I have to keep my lung room 73 to get 78 to 81 it will always be about 8 to 10 degrees difference

[@bynumtreeandlandscape7506]

Great episode !!!!!!!!!!

[@scottdesantis8026]

Great video!!!

[@pissinindawind]

Very informative for everyone, not just beginners. Thanks to Kronic's Grow. What additives can you add when using Blue Mat carrots?

[@weed_monster_grows]

I actually really like the Cradlft Blend I bought a 40 lb bag and have been using it for 3 years now in all my grows great products and a great source of information Thanks Jeremy & Thanks for Build a Soil ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JIMTOWNSTEVE.]

Right on man, lookin good! I'm ready for outdoor too 👊🔥💨💨💨✌

[@vikingking187]

KRON MAKING MOVES 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨🤘

[@PeterKKraus]

Robert Kron? Lol

[@vikingking187]

@@PeterKKraus 🤫

[@erickoechling9307]

Spread the word like a “BOSS”

[@darrellleeper7534]

I have never grown inside but now I have a more understanding.. I’m going to try understanding the light better especially the lights I my brother gave me after listing to you both , Im going to give it go .

[@groovin2theblues323]

Yes. Thank You.

[@wahiawamang6622]

More great info!🤙🤙

[@richardhernandez3088]

Great job keep up the good work✅💯✅💯✅💯✅💯✅💯✅💯✅

[@goodvibes4337]

Good info thanks guys

[@JohnBrown1]

Top show full off education love it.

[@420Trees]

Thanks guys

[@horstseehofer7130]

Great one

[@chocolateandcheese3986]

Thank God my electricity is included in my rent!

[@psyience3213]

I’m a keep it super simple grower too. I just started hydro though and I think that’s the absolute easiest.

[@yangenigma9939]

Loved how your shirts changed with each sponsor lol. No hate much love, Get ya hustle my man. Real talk though. This ep had a lot of good info for beginners.

[@johnboykin3128]

Good perspective

[@turgidity_city3204]

VPD most certainly exists in nature. Anywhere there is something that can transpire and humidity and temperature there is VPD....

[@turgidity_city3204]

@@johnman559 I would agree completely. It's not a big thing to worry about at least until everything else is dialed and you think it may be a limiting factor. A lot of folks end up in a good range anyway running appropriate Temps and humidity

[@johnman559]

@@turgidity_city3204 love the handle😄🤣👍

[@user-tk1gi2qv5s]

Love the chronic

[@FXPips11]

Best method if using living soil and organic soil. Like ocean forest. Nute base lasts so much longer.

[@vernlunsford4449]

Chris, another great episode. Nothing new coming from you. Always informative and I haven’t had to pay one cent. Funny as it may sound, you seem to always personally react to my bigoted responses. I’m mean I’ve been growing most my life and as we’ll watch other sites. Your have other guest’s on your show and I’m fans of their pod casts. To say more would be an entire episode just for me to say …. I’m truly a fan of your style and your general outlook. God watches over you my friend. Much love, peace and the growmie grease. Your fan V.

[@vernlunsford4449]

I just joined your patreon. This I do to help you do what you do. You rock . Love to chat with you anytime. Inspirational. Wish I had that club in my bag. If I had any advice for you, it’d be get out of the desert. I don’t like the desert anymore. Semper Fi brother!!

[@kevinmurphy8294]

This was a great video. I have a decent amount of experience but still like learning other's work. But if i did not know chronic or myself. I would think we learned together.

[@jonathanbigger4199]

Chris your the man just wanted to give you a comment to help. Peace brother

[@GardenTalkwithMrGrowIt]

Thanks man 👊

[@darrenrivers7376]

Use frozen water bottles , or Use Cool Whip dish's everyone throws away . Freeze them , and do a rotating replacement of them to gain heat control from the pump , & or all the heat sources . Cloner's too that have a heating of the water ...it can cause a ton of issues .Its only 7 days to get great babies !!

[@ashetonbiggerstaff5106]

I started doing this recently and love it.

[@saintquintas3821]

LOVE.

[@badboysfpv1724]

Let me tell you right now i will never stop checking on the ladies❤

[@josephwirth3892]

that story about the lights is hilarious. ... what is that guy doing? starting a tanning booth in his grow tent?

[@rickshaver1838]

First off I am a HUGE fan, Thank you for all the help for my first year of indoor growing. My question is if I plant clover for cover crop on a indoor grow, how do you top dress thru the clover. Thanx again

[@jonathanbigger4199]

Different nutrients get picked up at different pH I like to stagger it

[@penillipun]

That's super hot Chris.👊😎

[@captainpeckerhead4551]

I spray for bugs in my lung room which keeps critters out of the tents...

[@iwenive3390]

So I started using the avocado tech with my olla pots with watermelon as my “avocado” it decomposed completely in less than a week. Thanks for the great content!

[@patticriss2238]

Could you tell me more about that? I’m very interested

[@iwenive3390]

@@patticriss2238 I used a watermelon instead of an avocado for the domed fruit and an olla pot as my water source instead of a dripper

[@patticriss2238]

Thank you. I just started with ollas in my outdoor vegetable gardens and I’m going to plant my indoor happy plants with an olla this time. I guess I don’t know enough to know about the avocado dome? I’m an old southern lady that grows food! Haha This will be my 4th grow.

[@iwenive3390]

@@patticriss2238 I don’t know anything really. Just learned from just grow it about it. Basically cut it in half, scoop out the inside, m mash it and add any you like amendments and refill. Place flat on the ground and keep moist.

[@iwenive3390]

@@patticriss2238 like a worm dome

[@thegrinch7219]

He is a new grower his self loven the channel

[@aG-kc6tw]

Mr Grow it. Is there anyway that u cud have a talk about what leaves to defoliate when in flower. Bout two weeks into flower my guesstimate. Pistols are forming and I feel like all that foliage is keeping my flowers slowed down. Thank so much. Appreciate all ur help and can’t wait till my stash blend gets in that I ordered. I hope u get sum rest with the baby. So appreciate all the help u have given and advice. Good stuff. Peace

[@roywarriner8441]

I was shocked at my hydro bill my first grow, kw usage was half again what I had estimated. I forgot about the dehumidifier. It uses as much as a 2×4 tent. Lights and fans. Only from May to Sept. though.

[@samlipsit517]

Good stuff...Every branch that I have to use electrical tape on produces the biggest buds everytime !!! Next grow I am intentionally breaking my mains ...

[@ElevatedMindsetTX]

That’s exactly what happened to one of my girls in my current grow. The two bud sites of the broken main stem are freaking huge! Bigger than any other plant that is not broken. Makes you wonder… 🤔

[@samlipsit517]

@@ElevatedMindsetTX I believe it is a hormone response and sends more nutes to the buds maybe

[@anthonyromano8565]

I am 1.5 years into growing and made 3 soil mixes and now using a coots style mix. Have a 27 gallon bin that has produce 16 gallons of fresh worm castings and some compost on a balcony. Its going well, EC is useless with organic soil. 4500 5000 ppm some like it some have leaf burn one auto likes it one is locked out so I flushed it.

[@midnitesilverrun8631]

Auto flowers really solve the lighting problems all the way around.I start and finish in the same tent with the led set to full with no issues.fox farm dirt all the way and go low on the nutrients.I used food maybe twice in the veg and 3 times in flower autos just don’t need the extra crap.with watering I never use enough to get run off and use the same amount once a day or every other day making sure to allow it to dry out an inch or two from the top.I’ll clear 2 plus oz a plant this run with a beautiful fade going on now.I think environments play a big role in what works for an individual person.I also don’t worry about vpd and never checked the par ever.this doesn’t need to be as scientific as some make it out to be.as always another great show appreciate the time you put into these.

[@crischalmers1277]

Less is more, when I stopped blasting my auto's with 100% light and did a progressive lighting. I went from 2-4oz and started getting 6-8oz. Did you buy all means, try a run with progressive lighting and see if it works what's the worst that can happen you get the same and spend less on your energy bill cause it's not maxed out and the light will last longer.

[@dmo848]

@@crischalmers1277 what's that?

[@crischalmers1277]

@@dmo848 what's progressive lighting? Increase lighting gradually. Yes you can blast them with light but you better know what your doing especially with auto's cause they are not forgiving

[@dmo848]

@@crischalmers1277 oh. 😂 I feel stupid now. Using old school giixer led 1000. No dial just 2 switches. I'm about to put up another bloomspect sl1000 with a dial cause I feel I need more light going into flower. Honestly haven't a clue. Seemed like it did ok last run.

[@crischalmers1277]

@@dmo848 if you want to blast your lights watch Dr.Bruce bugbee on KZbin. For progressive lighting watch Grow tent on you tube.

[@36bumpy]

Club 15 :)

[@lockedonbourbon]

Strawberry 🍓

[@crischalmers1277]

VPD is a makeup of 3 FACTORS room temp, Humidity, and leaf temp. When you say there are a lot of charts there is only one good place in my opinion and that's Dim lux VPD calculator so if your leaf temp is 1 degree warmer than room temp then the RH is going to be different @ 80 degrees then it will be if it were 80 degrees and the leaf temp was 1 degree cooler. Dim Lux lighting has a whole system for VPD which includes a heat signature camera for the leaf surface temp and it makes adjustments automatically to lights or humidity to bring you back to optimum, it's really not hard to understand it's just hard to implement. I hope you find that information informative, as I suck at explaining things.

[@thestalionmassimo]

He watched alot of welcome to the growtent videos

[@Ser-xk1pu]

It would be interesting to make a comparison between the led cree cxb 3590 vs quantum board. So far, I can't find a video on this subject, how and it seems to me that the cree is superior. Thanks.

[@scottietimmons3322]

Here!

[@madtattergh2kt115]

By far it was a good vedio!! I'm just worried that the CANNABIS is not soft, it's just dry.

[@GrizzlyAdams71]

Agreed

[@geethemarvel4647]

I just ordered some flavuh too I wasn't sure if it would be safe in the bas 3.0

[@brucetitchener397]

Gday Chris,I loved the video. One of my friends is trying to get me to run the lights in a 8 on 4 off twice a day change, is there any benefit, his statement is the plant can only do its thing for 8 hrs then shuts off, is there any truth to this.

[@darrellleeper7534]

I’m wondering I use the Fox Farm fertilizers on the last flowering how large are the flowers?

[@NolimitErik1466]

Mr. Grow it what is your take on Down to Earth dry products?

[@jimmy-jamesolivier-mccutch2126]

1.3k subs and you got sponsors wow so cool i need to start one asap lol broke af

[@cannafarmer]

Been having weird issues with my outdoor tomato crop and they love the rain for some reason, it seemed to fix them... so I tested my tap water at 8.5 Ph..... problem discovered. Rain water must have been flushing them. That's Almost not safe to drink at 8.5

[@dmo848]

Cheap water filter should drop the ph and clean up the water at the same time. They make them for the hose now