I'm about to up the pics, once I remove the exif data from them.
anyway:
HYDROPONICS/Aero Ponics/Coco/Soiless/
How long has this problem been going on?
1 week max
Are you growing in a PVC grow tent? (example: Hydrohut or any other non brand tents)
No
What system are you running? (DWC? Ebb flow? Aero? Water Farm? Flood Tables? and so on...)
You can see in the pics, a standard flowering pot, with rockwool cubes and clay pebbles...
What STRAIN are you growing?
white widow / Red deisel
What was the establishing technique? (Were the seed or clone?)
seeds; the two you see here are WW
What is the age of your plants?
3 weeks maybe
How long have they been in there mixture they are in now?(coco,soiless etc..)
3 weeks ish
How tall are the plants?
about a foot
What PHASE are the plants in? (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in?
veg
What Technique are you using?
hydroponics? i will be cloning them and putting them into ebb and flow.
What substrate/medium are you using?(Hydroton, RockWool etc.)
rockwool cubes / hydroton (50% / 50% ish)
What is the Water temperature?
never above room temp, so never above 70F
What color are your roots? White? Brown? Are your roots slimy?
white; no
What Nutrient's are you using?(If growing soiless)
two part veg mixture from AN; standard stuff, ive done hydro before so its not the nutes or my nute mixing procedure
How often are you feeding? (If using soiless)
lately? 1 a day; but sometimes i just do a few cups of PHed water to flush them.
How often are you giving nutrients? (If using soiless)
if I'm not flushing them, once a day. until i see water leak out the bottom
What is the TDS/EC/PPM you are using?
PPM: ~600
What is the pH of the "Tank"?
5.5 - 5.8 reading today was a 5.8 after flushing with 5.5 PHd water
Are you sure your calibration is correct on your equiptment?
yes
When was your last watering?
just now
What is your water temps?
above
When was your last feeding change? (ie. grow-bloom-micro-additional)
today started to flush
How often do you clean your system: example: Flush out water replace with
clean water and nutrients?
i just mix up a new batch of nute water when it runs out or PPM shows too high
What size bulb are you using?
400W HPS (yeah i know horrid for veg)
What is the distance to the canopy?
4 ft
What is your RH Factor(Relative Humidity)?
30%
What is the canopy temperature?
72 lately
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include flucutaion range)
lights are on 24/7 to help with keeping temp up.
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.)
sealed room
Is the fan blowing directly at plants?
no bouncing off wall
Is your water HARD or SOFT?
probably harder; PPM = 150 of tap water, with a PH between 7-8
What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water?
tap
Are you using water from a water softener?
no
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned off of or pinched
no
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so, What and When?
no
Are plant's infected with pest's
no
pics up soon!
NOTES:
What seems to be happening is that the rockwool cubes and hydroton are storing too much water and not letting enough oxygen in, hence the droopyness... I think once i get the other stuff straight, I can go back to watering daily / bi daily, but still the problem that came up from that was if i watered daily, id notice the water leaking out would have 1200+ PPM. this is why i began to flush
I have 4 more plants under a CFL, that I may just dump the pots i have setup and put 100% hydroton in.
But that begs the question, if its properly draining, how can I be OVERWATERING them if all I have them in are rockwool cubes and hydroton?
Also, because I have seen that 1200PPM drip off water, do you recommend me to run some drip like lines to the plants, and then just have a pump in a nute bucket run that for like 20 minutes, once a day?
suggestions welcome on ideal watering methods for this setup, as I haven't really done this before, hence the problems probably!
pictures in next post!
anyway:
HYDROPONICS/Aero Ponics/Coco/Soiless/
How long has this problem been going on?
1 week max
Are you growing in a PVC grow tent? (example: Hydrohut or any other non brand tents)
No
What system are you running? (DWC? Ebb flow? Aero? Water Farm? Flood Tables? and so on...)
You can see in the pics, a standard flowering pot, with rockwool cubes and clay pebbles...
What STRAIN are you growing?
white widow / Red deisel
What was the establishing technique? (Were the seed or clone?)
seeds; the two you see here are WW
What is the age of your plants?
3 weeks maybe
How long have they been in there mixture they are in now?(coco,soiless etc..)
3 weeks ish
How tall are the plants?
about a foot
What PHASE are the plants in? (seedling, vegetative or flower) are the plants in?
veg
What Technique are you using?
hydroponics? i will be cloning them and putting them into ebb and flow.
What substrate/medium are you using?(Hydroton, RockWool etc.)
rockwool cubes / hydroton (50% / 50% ish)
What is the Water temperature?
never above room temp, so never above 70F
What color are your roots? White? Brown? Are your roots slimy?
white; no
What Nutrient's are you using?(If growing soiless)
two part veg mixture from AN; standard stuff, ive done hydro before so its not the nutes or my nute mixing procedure
How often are you feeding? (If using soiless)
lately? 1 a day; but sometimes i just do a few cups of PHed water to flush them.
How often are you giving nutrients? (If using soiless)
if I'm not flushing them, once a day. until i see water leak out the bottom
What is the TDS/EC/PPM you are using?
PPM: ~600
What is the pH of the "Tank"?
5.5 - 5.8 reading today was a 5.8 after flushing with 5.5 PHd water
Are you sure your calibration is correct on your equiptment?
yes
When was your last watering?
just now
What is your water temps?
above
When was your last feeding change? (ie. grow-bloom-micro-additional)
today started to flush
How often do you clean your system: example: Flush out water replace with
clean water and nutrients?
i just mix up a new batch of nute water when it runs out or PPM shows too high
What size bulb are you using?
400W HPS (yeah i know horrid for veg)
What is the distance to the canopy?
4 ft
What is your RH Factor(Relative Humidity)?
30%
What is the canopy temperature?
72 lately
What is the Day/Night Temp? (Include flucutaion range)
lights are on 24/7 to help with keeping temp up.
What is the current Air Flow? (cfm etc.)
sealed room
Is the fan blowing directly at plants?
no bouncing off wall
Is your water HARD or SOFT?
probably harder; PPM = 150 of tap water, with a PH between 7-8
What water are you using? Reverse Osmosis (RO)? Tap? Bottled? Well water? Distilled? Mineral Water?
tap
Are you using water from a water softener?
no
Has plant been recently pruned, cloned off of or pinched
no
Have any pest chemicals been used? If so, What and When?
no
Are plant's infected with pest's
no
pics up soon!
NOTES:
What seems to be happening is that the rockwool cubes and hydroton are storing too much water and not letting enough oxygen in, hence the droopyness... I think once i get the other stuff straight, I can go back to watering daily / bi daily, but still the problem that came up from that was if i watered daily, id notice the water leaking out would have 1200+ PPM. this is why i began to flush
I have 4 more plants under a CFL, that I may just dump the pots i have setup and put 100% hydroton in.
But that begs the question, if its properly draining, how can I be OVERWATERING them if all I have them in are rockwool cubes and hydroton?
Also, because I have seen that 1200PPM drip off water, do you recommend me to run some drip like lines to the plants, and then just have a pump in a nute bucket run that for like 20 minutes, once a day?
suggestions welcome on ideal watering methods for this setup, as I haven't really done this before, hence the problems probably!
pictures in next post!
