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- Thread starter Jsimo
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In think she's gonna make it! About 1.5 inches above ground and opened up. The fluorescent bulb was taken out since they all started stretching towards it and curving at it no matter how close i got. Put in one led at first and they still wanted to grow to where it was centered at so i put the other in and they started straightening out. i can see the serrated leaves starting but one plant is about 3 inches above already so i imagine i could have prevented it from stretching that far, unless that's normal. I did give a slight bump to nutrients, I'm at about half the value for seedlings now according to the ghe chart. Temps stay at 75 with the leds running, and about 45 humidity with everything sealed up. Water temp has stayed a consistent 66 degrees since i put the thermometer in about 4 days ago as well. Currently have the leds about 31 inches from the tallest plant, not wanted to do anything to stress them to much until they get some real leaves on then.
Mr.furley
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Looking good @Jaimo .
I'm not a Dwc guy but I do like watching cannabis grow, if you need you can support them with a tooth pick, or something of like matter. Just be gentle if need be when doing so, as long as you keep them from stretching too much more, they will fill out and be fine.
I try to remember I'm growing roots first, then leaf.
Happy growing and Thanks for sharing.
I'm not a Dwc guy but I do like watching cannabis grow, if you need you can support them with a tooth pick, or something of like matter. Just be gentle if need be when doing so, as long as you keep them from stretching too much more, they will fill out and be fine.
I try to remember I'm growing roots first, then leaf.
Happy growing and Thanks for sharing.
BurningTeddy
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New growth is always a little lighter green than the rest. No issue.
BurningTeddy
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Seedlings dont need much light and i dont have any experience with LEDs so I cant help there sorry.
Farmall
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Jsimo, looking ]back 3 months.... I started my germinated seeds in rooters and had my 1000w (really 300W) LED hanging about 40-42" above. They started to stretch for the light, got weak in the stems and at about 5" tall, they started to fall over. Propped them up with tooth picks and small sticks until the started to support themselves and place them into the net pots and started the reservoir. I have no proof but I and thinking it was a start like this with a few other chemistry issues that caused them to have very large inter nodal spacing and while they have recovered, it’s not the grow I would have expected from what was supposed to be a superior grow compared to my soil grow.
my soil grow looked like one of those HOW TO photos on huge plants, giant thick colas and remarkable yields . I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, this is my experience and my belief. I may get a ton more experience to prove otherwise but I’ve read and studied long and hard to still believe this is the outcome. Other than soil versus hydro...everything else was the same
for what it’s worth, my next hydro start will be with cfl’s first
my soil grow looked like one of those HOW TO photos on huge plants, giant thick colas and remarkable yields . I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, this is my experience and my belief. I may get a ton more experience to prove otherwise but I’ve read and studied long and hard to still believe this is the outcome. Other than soil versus hydro...everything else was the same
for what it’s worth, my next hydro start will be with cfl’s first
Good info, thank you! I started with a 4' fluorescent but they stretched, so i moved it closer and since it was one fixture it was kinda in the middle of them all, and they all bent towards it and stretched to it. That's when i decided to put the leds in. They don't seem to be stretching anymore, I'd say the tallest one is about 3.5 inches but they do still have super tiny stems. However the new leaves are now growing pretty good so I'm hoping i caught before the stretching got too bad. Already decided that the next grow I'll be building a square fixture with 4 double bulb sockets spaced the same as the net pots to get some cfls directly over each plant for the seedling stage. I've just never grown pretty much anything before so I'm definitely getting some learning in. Just trying to figure out where to put these LEDs right now since this is such a crucial stage to get right it seems.
And when would you remove the cfls and go to the bigger lights?
And when would you remove the cfls and go to the bigger lights?
I feel like things are going pretty good, getting some decent root growth starting! It's been 8 days since i put the plants in the tent. Would feel better if the stems would start thickening a bit, they do seem to wiggle around a lot with the one 6 inch fan blowing on low in their general direction. But the leaves are starting to form Pretty nicely it seems. Been a bit less of a worry wort lately and trying to just leave the tent alone.
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Been kinda battling my biggest plant looking pretty droopy. First thing i tried was lowering nutes back down by adding fresh water and raised the lights a bit but none of that seemed to work much. I've read it possibly being an overwatering or underwatering thing but the cube is wet on that one, and didn't know if it could be overwatering in dwc, but with the net pot always wet i decided to lower the water level to the point that i was going to run it on a day to day basis. (Had it a bit higher for seedling stage) and adjust my top feed to every 2 hours hoping to get a bit more air to the roots. But i am running a 125gph air pump with 2 6 inch stones so I'd think there's plenty of air. I brought the nutes back up to the 300ppm range like before i diluted it. The new leaves are still growing fine and the roots are taking off so I'm hoping it's not a huge deal but i guess we'll see. Color is mostly good but had what looked like a bit of a brown spot on that one as well.
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Farmall
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Are you using the hydroguard in the nutrient water or equivalent? My top feed as we discussed is every hours it runs 15 min. I don’t believe you can overwater inhydro but you do need a bit of space under the net pot for air. Your airstones are surely adequate.
i used a 165 GPh water pump to feed my buckets from the reservoir.
Are you happy with the Ph? Does it shift much in 24 hours? And what is your lighting like today?
i used a 165 GPh water pump to feed my buckets from the reservoir.
Are you happy with the Ph? Does it shift much in 24 hours? And what is your lighting like today?
I did put a dose of hydroguard in the beginning, would it hurt to add more? I originally slowed down on the top feed because the rooter was always really wet and i was worried that the water level allowing the bubbler to wet the pebbles plus the top feed would be too much. I'll probably go to every hour tomorrow morning after i see how the rooters look for dampness. Ph has been fairly steady recently, around 6.2. the water is steady at 66 degrees and the tent stays around 75 degrees f. The lighting right now is around 31 inches from the tops. I'm just not sure at which point they can be brought closer
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Farmall
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As I read in too many areas, pH in hydro is best around 5.8. While the concentration of nutrients can begin to build when you add mixed nutes to the current stock, it will pay to change out the nutrients so that you don’t get it too high and you will replace the nutrient solution with a fresh mix about every 8-10 days. Add some hydroguard to the fresh mix you are adding to the reservoir BUT REMEMBER, the EC will climb on increased concentrations so a fresh mix is well worth it. Be sure under this change that temps and ph is consistent with what’s in the reservoir.
I was carrying 40 gallons of mix up the warehouse steps every weekend to accommodate this and it SUCKED.. BUT worth it
I was carrying 40 gallons of mix up the warehouse steps every weekend to accommodate this and it SUCKED.. BUT worth it