first grow...lucas formula

[Boodadood]

whats up everyone...im trying to learn here and im hoping you can help me out....9 of 10 ak-48 fem seeds have sprouted and the first green is showing...im using tap water left out for a couple days that i ph'ed down from 7.5 to 6..ish...my pH test that i have only tests from 6 to 8...the digital is in the mail...i plan on using the GH lucas formula...when should i start adding the nutrients?

thanks for your help

 

[Hydro-Soil]

In about 2 weeks.

Depending on your soil (guessing as you haven't supplied any info), they'll start needing food about then. Once you see the first real leaves starting to yellow.... give them a bit of food.

Stay Safe!

 

[Boodadood]

im actually using an aero/bubble tub...there are two tubs, each with four 5 inch net pots...inside there are 550 gph pumps pushing the res water through a manifold..each plant site has 4 jets misting on it....there are also a couple of stones in the bottom for the bubbles...the lids of the tubs are wrapped in chicken wire so i can lst all over the place if i need to...grolab 120 tent...when my 600 watt mh/hps light gets here (thats still in the mail too) i plan on putting them into the aero system....which will be in about 4 or 5 days from now...but just to be clear im not going to use any nutrients until the plants tell me they need some and until then tap water adjusted to pH 6 and left out for 2 days??

i really dont want to screw this up

 

[jm420]

lucas actually has a thread on this ,ive had sucess with very mild nutes once the seed cracks .its a debated subject here .

 

[FreezerBoy]

Because you're hydro, start feeding yesterday. Soil is food and so, you wait before adding more. Water is water and, thus, food free.

I sprout and clone with 1/4 tsp each per gallon of GH FloraMicro and FloraBloom (no FloraGrow, that's the 0 in 0-8-16) Once roots are established, you can increase feed levels.

I'd get them away from that hydroton ASAP and separate the cubes as well. They'll certainly root to the pellets and may send roots into another cube. Separating roots at this stage could be catastrophic. If you don't want to place them in the tub now (can't imagine why they're not in there already) at least get the cubes into a media free bubbler of their own until you do.

 

[Boodadood]

theyre not in the tub yet cuz i dont have any light to give them in the tent...i have a couple of desk lamps laying around thats about it...do you think i should just put them in the tent with the desk lamps until my HID gets here?? i was thinking the sunlight would be best and i cant get the tubs into the sunlight...thanks alot for your input

 

[FreezerBoy]

Sunlight will do for now but, you may want to get them into a longer light period soon depending on your hemisphere. If you're north of the equator, they could start flowering in a couple of weeks. An unstable light regimen can lead to trouble (stress, hermies etc)

 

[Boodadood]

i put them in the tent...i didnt want to get into a routine of moving them around every day...i put them each in a pot and the left over 2 are sitting in the plastic tray with hydroton in the middle of the whole thing....they are spread out ...it looks so jerry rigged man...i have a desk lamp hanging upside down from the ceiling cuz theres no where else to put it...i cant wait for my light to get here...thanks!

 

[toastfighter2]

You should post up a pic of that desk lamp in your grow tent, it sounds like it would be pretty funny just to see that.