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First grow Special kush #1 / white widow grow journal

Yes, just mix a gallon or two according to your recipe, with Cal MAg and everything... and then dilute with additional RO water to achieve PPM target.
 
I have to agree with Campesino that those PPM's are too high for such an infant plant. Seeds naturally contain enough food for the plant to last a week or two after sprouting without giving them anything, but water. When my beans sprouted, I fed them nothing but R.O. water the first week. Second week (and after I saw some baby roots sticking out of the rockwool) R.O. water and a tad of base nutrients mix with some Roots Excellurator Silver for Hydro (or whichever root stimulator you choose). After the 2nd week the real feeding started and even then it was only 140 PPM. You always want to start off with a low PPM and work your way up 50, 100 PPM's at a time. They're infants and you want to feed them a Mcdonalds Super Size meal lol. I'm not sure how much your nute bottle is telling you to feed your little girls, but you need to only feed them a fraction of what they're saying. If they say feed 4mL a Gallon, feed something like 1/2 a mL and check the PPM and add a tiny bit more as needed to reach umm 20 PPM? lol Seriously my friend, they're too small to be feeding them 850+ PPM. Flush and start a fresh batch of maybe 20-30 PPM. I'd do it quick before they start getting nute burn. Also, make sure those HPS lights are not too close to the plants either. Hope that helps my friend. :cool:
 
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It’s already in ro water now . I had the other bucket already made up and forgot about it so my gf moved it over about 30 mins ago . The hold point of this journal was because I knew I would mess something up and have the info here already for advice for advise . I also only planted a few because I figured I would mess a few up before I got it right . live learn . The plant really looks fine I think it will be ok . I noticed the new roots too . I have some more germinated already and will continue the process until I get it correct . I have at least 20 more chances before I have to order more seeds . I’m not really worried to much . I’m just happy to have the info and advice available to me . Thank you guys very much fo getting involved and helping me out .
 
Anytime my friend. I hope I didn't comer off as too aggressive or anything. I just want to give out good info instead of just telling you that all is well and to keep going. That's of no help to you lol. Trust me, I've had plenty of plants get sick on me and even die on me, but I learned a gang of things from all those "mistakes". Sometimes I even repeat the same rookie mistakes cause I'm human haha. But seriously, we're all on here to learn/share, including me. All I do is DWC, so I'll be following along and maybe I too will learn a few things.
 
No you guys are great I appreciate it . And I post a lot I think and you guys answer every time so that makes me happy cause I feel like I’m bothersome with all the questions . I don’t have a lot of marijuana experience and the little that I do was in soil . So I welcome any info I’m given and I consider every mistake a learning experience. Before today I didn’t know the nutes could be that high with all that stuff I just figured the 400 on the chart was only that low because the calimag and rapid were not included for that week posted the chart I’m referring to in the first post of journal . In the future I won’t make that mistake again . I really feel like I have learned something new everyday since I joined this forum so feel free to add advise when ever and if I’m doing something bad let me know . That’s why I’m here.
 
I think that's why we're all here. Nobody starts as an expert and I think we all want to get better!
I don't think anyone here gets annoyed with new growers asking real questions- even lots of them - if the attitude is just really that you want to learn! You should never worry about asking questions!
 
I was only giving them a 1/4 dose of what the bottle said and my lights are 41/2 almost 5 foot away , I could take another 6 inch’s if I pulled the light all the way to the top top but then I’ll have to add a piece of duct to hook my fan back to the light as I have it lighted up with it rn . But I think the 4-5 foot is good . It hasn’t seemed it cause a problem yet. .. the light green look to the top has started to darken back up already as well if you comepare the photo from just now to the one taken just a few hours ago . So I think I got it before any real damage happened . . And In the back of my mind I knew those nutes Where to high I guess I just needed someone to reassure me . I kept testing it over and over lol . Maybe trust my gut in the future.

I’ll post photos at the bottom I can’t add them to comment
 
5/4/2018 Photo update after fixing earlier issues ppm ph (both tests cause I’m neurotic ) also upped the temp a little it’s sitting 81 with the tent sealed up and 75 with it wide open . 60 on the humidity sealed up and high 40s when open . I think these number put me more in the ideal range I need . Would like to push humidity a little higher but it’s a work in progress.
 

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Those numbers are great for veg. 60rh and if it only gets 81 your golden with climate control. They look pretty good to me. Hope you got it corrected. Is that 5.5 your ph? 450 ppm? I've never done hydro and hope to learn a little. But that still seems high ppm for seedlings imo. And looks like your meter is off if it's 5.5 if that's the drop test kit cause it looks like 6 to me(neutral).
 
It is off a little which is why I ph it to 5.5 on the meter . I like it to sit about 5.8 and that was pretty close ppm are 408 but I’m going to cut that down to half that when I add the plant back to it and slowly bring it up to that 400 over the next week or so . I have a very cheap ph meter and it seems to jump around a little day to day which is why I use the drop test along with it I have to get some 7.0 calibration stuff but haven’t had a chance to get over to the hydro store in the last day or so .
 
I see I just use the drops. Serves its purpose and just as accurate as the pen and never faulty. To get within the .1s not so much but it's always good to let your ph fluctuate in soil. Not sure if it's the same in hydro. I always study the guides and re-read them from time to time. I'm still learning new things everyday. Even some of the people I know that have been growing for years don't have some of the knowledge I picked up here on gwe. Good luck and happy growing!
 
When you get the calibration fluid, store your meter in it. Just up to immersion level - in a jar or something. That will keep it accurate longer and won't have to recalibrate as frequently.
 
I had this calibration power that came with it but when I used it and then compared it to the drop tester it was way off
 
The powder is worthless because it requires an exact amount of distilled water... And we can't measure in microliters.
Get the fluids pre-made, well worth it!
 
For sure . The drops do the trick for now and I only use them ones a day . I’ll adjust the meter if needed to reflect the drop test and then use the meter to adjust from there . I just didn’t adjust it when I took those pics earlier.
 
Hey DankweedDuck, yeah, drops are ok, but you need to get used to the meter, some nutrients change the color of your water, and that will mess you up. Unless you got a meter, I believe your gonna make a great mj, grower, have fun.
 
I have a meter just need to get calibration solution so it is accurate. Which is why I’m using the drops in combo with the meter currently.
 
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