CLDBD
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Hey all,
Just getting the hydro side by side of the ground. Have had a rough go so far. I got my room super clean and all the good stuff as far as meters and nutes and such. Funny thing is I planted two seeds for this grow to do a hydro and soil side by side. I am new to hydro in case this is not yet clear. Anyhow I have many soil grows under my belt so to say the least I was worried about the hydro side of things.
Well I usually just germ my seeds and then throw them into a 3 gallon pot so there is no transplanting. Allot of folks say this is not the optimal way to grow but it has treated me well so far. This time since I was messing with rockwool and a waterfarm I decided to let my rockwool plug grow roots out of the side and bottom before I put it into the hydroton. I also decided to start off small since I got some experience transplanting with my clones. Well these seeds germed faster than normal for me. Problem is they have come up real slow. I checked on the soil one after 3.5 days and the head had snapped off the taproot upon planting as it had not grown. First germed seed I have lost. So the method I am familiar with was a failure. Got another germed and it is in as of yesterday.
The hydro one I used a rockwool plug and I feel like I am being way to touchy with it. Probably cuz I am . I was worried about warmth even though I generally don't use anything in the beginning but light and water. Well this time I put a piece of plastic over the dish that the rockwool plug is in. I checked it after three days and it had a 1/2 inch root coming out of the bottom. Problem was the plug was resting on it. I was also worried about there being no nutrients available with plain water. So I put some 450 ppm water through it based on a nute chart. I used the lucas formula for GH two part. Well a day later the root looked translucent and very floppy. That night the thing finally popped but the leaves look rather hard and rough and it has not done anything for a day. I am use to these things growing so fast it is amazing. I soaked the rockwool in ph 5.5 water first. I think I might have hurt it with all the checking on it. I am leaving it under the dome to see if it gets better. The seed that died in the soil had the shell still on and it was pretty tough to pull apart. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
That is the story as of now so onto the questions. Can seedlings get a very light nute like that in hydro or am I feeding too early? I thought the baby leaves had enough food for the seed to survive a bit. In soil the seed has access to some nutrients even though very little at the very beginning.
I also let my water sit overnight in five gallon buckets to get rid of the chlorine. I use white buckets so far and my water seems to stay smelling fine for a good time. I wanted to keep some of that light nute solution to hand water the rockwool so I kept it in another five gallon bucket with about 2/3 gallon of nute water. This bucket is more translucent than the other cuz you can measure with it. The next day it had a buildup at the water line and smells like balls. I am worried about this happening slightly with the waterfarm. I would also like to keep nute water for at least a day. I got some more buckets today for storage. I painted them black. I am replacing my straight water with a black one too even though it has been fine. I also bought a dual outlet pump so I can get aggitate the nute bucket to help with that smell. I will make a lightproof vent for the bucket. I also would like to run an airstone in the waterfarm to prevent this problem. Now the one worry I have is drifting ph. I heard that aggitated water effects ph. Is this true? Or is it only effected if you are trying to get a reading while the airstone was going?
I am not really digging the rockwool so far. I had horrible luck with this pack when I tried cloning with them. Went the easy way with straight water and into dirt once roots showed. This rockwool session seems to be going not so good as well. I have heard everyone talking about rapidrooters. Are these the same as pete pellets? I have looked and looked and they seem like the same thing. Only it is a brand name sold under GH and they say they have their 7 secret herbs and spices if you get my drift. I am sure they are slightly different in makeup. I picked up some pete pellets when I was at the store today to give them a try if this one in the rockwool doesn't get legs in a hurry. I would thing as long as the thing holds together it should work in the waterfarm just fine. I am not worried about them drying out or staying too wet as I have dealt with them before. Just wondering if they are suitable for hydro? Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read. I appreciate all the help I have recieved so far. As soon as I have something working right one way or another I will get some pics up. The strain is godbud from bcbuddepot. If you count the first soil seed the hydro is kicking ass so far.
Just getting the hydro side by side of the ground. Have had a rough go so far. I got my room super clean and all the good stuff as far as meters and nutes and such. Funny thing is I planted two seeds for this grow to do a hydro and soil side by side. I am new to hydro in case this is not yet clear. Anyhow I have many soil grows under my belt so to say the least I was worried about the hydro side of things.
Well I usually just germ my seeds and then throw them into a 3 gallon pot so there is no transplanting. Allot of folks say this is not the optimal way to grow but it has treated me well so far. This time since I was messing with rockwool and a waterfarm I decided to let my rockwool plug grow roots out of the side and bottom before I put it into the hydroton. I also decided to start off small since I got some experience transplanting with my clones. Well these seeds germed faster than normal for me. Problem is they have come up real slow. I checked on the soil one after 3.5 days and the head had snapped off the taproot upon planting as it had not grown. First germed seed I have lost. So the method I am familiar with was a failure. Got another germed and it is in as of yesterday.
The hydro one I used a rockwool plug and I feel like I am being way to touchy with it. Probably cuz I am . I was worried about warmth even though I generally don't use anything in the beginning but light and water. Well this time I put a piece of plastic over the dish that the rockwool plug is in. I checked it after three days and it had a 1/2 inch root coming out of the bottom. Problem was the plug was resting on it. I was also worried about there being no nutrients available with plain water. So I put some 450 ppm water through it based on a nute chart. I used the lucas formula for GH two part. Well a day later the root looked translucent and very floppy. That night the thing finally popped but the leaves look rather hard and rough and it has not done anything for a day. I am use to these things growing so fast it is amazing. I soaked the rockwool in ph 5.5 water first. I think I might have hurt it with all the checking on it. I am leaving it under the dome to see if it gets better. The seed that died in the soil had the shell still on and it was pretty tough to pull apart. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
That is the story as of now so onto the questions. Can seedlings get a very light nute like that in hydro or am I feeding too early? I thought the baby leaves had enough food for the seed to survive a bit. In soil the seed has access to some nutrients even though very little at the very beginning.
I also let my water sit overnight in five gallon buckets to get rid of the chlorine. I use white buckets so far and my water seems to stay smelling fine for a good time. I wanted to keep some of that light nute solution to hand water the rockwool so I kept it in another five gallon bucket with about 2/3 gallon of nute water. This bucket is more translucent than the other cuz you can measure with it. The next day it had a buildup at the water line and smells like balls. I am worried about this happening slightly with the waterfarm. I would also like to keep nute water for at least a day. I got some more buckets today for storage. I painted them black. I am replacing my straight water with a black one too even though it has been fine. I also bought a dual outlet pump so I can get aggitate the nute bucket to help with that smell. I will make a lightproof vent for the bucket. I also would like to run an airstone in the waterfarm to prevent this problem. Now the one worry I have is drifting ph. I heard that aggitated water effects ph. Is this true? Or is it only effected if you are trying to get a reading while the airstone was going?
I am not really digging the rockwool so far. I had horrible luck with this pack when I tried cloning with them. Went the easy way with straight water and into dirt once roots showed. This rockwool session seems to be going not so good as well. I have heard everyone talking about rapidrooters. Are these the same as pete pellets? I have looked and looked and they seem like the same thing. Only it is a brand name sold under GH and they say they have their 7 secret herbs and spices if you get my drift. I am sure they are slightly different in makeup. I picked up some pete pellets when I was at the store today to give them a try if this one in the rockwool doesn't get legs in a hurry. I would thing as long as the thing holds together it should work in the waterfarm just fine. I am not worried about them drying out or staying too wet as I have dealt with them before. Just wondering if they are suitable for hydro? Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read. I appreciate all the help I have recieved so far. As soon as I have something working right one way or another I will get some pics up. The strain is godbud from bcbuddepot. If you count the first soil seed the hydro is kicking ass so far.