starting a new grow/have some questions

[Jimbo E]

ok,got lot's of questions
1.I bought two 120w three 65w & two 60w sylvania spot-grow light bulbs,the 2-120w & 2 of the 65w bulbs are on a track lighting bar 1 65w bulb is in a clip on light & the 2-60w bulbs are in the bathroom fixture will this be suffecent & are these bulbs worth using? they have a blue hue to them.I have aluminum trailer roofing above lights for reflection. 2.should you grow more than one plant in a 5 gal.bucket?
3.pot ash from the fire place will it help,hurt or do nothing?
4.same question as #3 about using lime.
5.I bought some "sta-green"slow release flower & veg,plant food,will this work?
6.how can you tell if the PH level is right in the soil?

Thanks for any feed-back guys & I'm sure I'll have more Q's as my new venture goes along.

[$Bong$]

should you grow more than one plant in a 5 gal.bucket?'

No. Never grow more than one plant in any size bucket

3.pot ash from the fire place will it help,hurt or do nothing?'

It's not something one would commonly put in their soil for growing pot

4.same question as #3 about using lime.

Lime could be used...But you sohouldnt need to use it if you use good quality store bought soil. Which you should be using. Investing a few $$ in good soil really pays off in the long run

5.I bought some "sta-green"slow release flower & veg,plant food,will this work?

With MJ slow release is something you wanna stay away from. You have no way of controlling the dosage so over-ferting happens, which burns the plants. You need a fertilixer that you can control.

6.how can you tell if the PH level is right in the soil?

You need to purchase a PH tester

[Jimbo E]

I kinda figured that about the bucket,also after reading more carfully about that plant food I realized it was wrong it's 17-17-17 & from what I've read here I need 2-1-1 to start.I am using good store baught soil though,I did know that part.up until now all my grows have been outside,more experaments than anything & I did get a few to bud but,I want this grow to be the "cronic"so I doing my homework this time.Thanks for the A's to the Q's I will let y'all know how my babies are doing in later posts