our test run in our DWC

[italian04]

are seedlings have just sprouted and we are doing light 18/6 with drip 3 times a day for 15 min with a half strenght nute solution. we are using GH nutes and going by the back of the bottle. so far so good. i will be getting cal mag within the nxt week

[herbie the love bud]

whoa dude, cut out the nutes and just use plain water. Also turn off 2 of those 3 lights. You're 2 weeks away from 1/4 strength nutes.

[GreenDestiny]

I concur. They already have all the stored energy they need for the first couple of weeks, and watering with nutrients can badly burn or kill them. All they need right now is water with corrected pH (5.5 - 6.0). Then after a couple of weeks start out with 1/4 strength nutes.

[Greenthing]

italian04, Its best to soak those rockwool cube's in the correct PH water for a while before you put the plants in.:thumbsup:

[italian04]

thanks for the info guys. unhooked the pump and just fixed up a ph corrected spritzer. should i just squirt them 2-3 times a day?? this is just our practice run so i didnt soak the cubes this time. once my northern bright seeds come in i will do that. also is 85F to hot for the room?? i have a good size fan in there so it really doesnt even feel that hot at all. humidity is at 60.

[Greenthing]

Hi Italian
Let clarify my post about rockwool .
Rock wool is unstable when it comes to PH the reson to soak them in water at the corrcet PH is to make them more stable, I soak mine in PH water at about 5.5 to 5.8 overnight and then let the exsess water drian off before use.
Rock wool is a good media for holding moistere so dont over water.

[italian04]

ya i understand the ph part. kinda worrying about the temp. and when should i start to use cal-mag?

[Greenthing]

Daytime temperature within your growroom should be 21-26.5 C according to the book i read, it can rise if you use CO2 between 26.5- 32 C in the last two weeks of flowering the daytime temps should be kept 21-26.5 C and Co2 reduced to adjust for the plants lower metabolism, night temps should be kept above 15 C to reduce
stem elongation.:)

[italian04]

well it feels good in our room but temp says 84. the babies look good so im not goin to worry bout it right now. i will keep you guys updated.

[Greenthing]

well it feels good in our room but temp says 84. the babies look good so im not goin to worry bout it right now. i will keep you guys updated.
Well if they look good and healthy there is nothing to worry about.
:thumbsup:

[italian04]

this is day 4 of veg. they look really healthy. still using the diluted nutes from the nute schedule on GH website.
pH= 5.8
room temp= 81
Humidity= 60
ppm=685

when should i start to add calmag??

[italian04]

the 3rd pic above are the two that look the best.

i also added about 1/2 tsp of superthrive for my 4 gallon res.
ph is now 5.6
room temp 78
humidity 62
ppm 610

[herbie the love bud]

I would again stop using the nutes, a little mistake and your seedlings are gone.

What's critical in this phase is simply to keep the rapid rooters or whatever that is in the middle moist. By moist I mean if you were to soak one in water, and (without a seedling in it) squeeze most of the water out, not all, that is a perfect environment for a seedling.

Also, seedlings need super high humidity. So get a dome and put them under it. Keep the light high enough that the rooters don't dry up.

Don't worry about the temps. There is an "ideal" range, but this is a weed. It will root in 90 degree temps too. Stop worrying about the calmag. You're 2 weeks away at least.

[italian04]

babies are looking good. about 7 days old and they are about 4 or 5 inches high. i wil have pics as soon as i get outta class. fuckin summer school...atleast im :rasta:

ph stays around 5.7-5.9
room temp 80
ppm <700


a buddy had sum extra kush plants in soil and i rinsed off the roots for a while and stuck them in a rockwool cube and is hooked up to our drip system. all plants get watered 3Xs a day for 15 minutes. the transplanted plant is about 2 weeks old but it looks very healthy for all the stress it has been through. im really not too worried about it since it was free and i have plenty of seeds already. just curious. ill have pics soon. stay tuned:thumbsup:

[italian04]

DAY 6 (after sprout)
here they are. looking beautiful. the larger one is the kush we transplanted about 24hrs ago. she looks good.

ph= 5.7
room temp= 82
ppm= 670
humid= 62

what you guys think??

[italian04]

everything is running awesome right now. when i do a res change should i flush my pump and drip system with hot water?? i am doing a res change tomorrow. any help is appreciated. i will have some more pics in a few days after a lil more growth

peece,
italy

[italian04]

so i did a res change this morning. i cleaned out my pump and drip system with hot water and h2o2. i put 2 tsp of flora grow, micro, and bloom as well as a tsp of superthrive in my 4 gal res. got pH down from 6.3 to 5.6 with tsp of pH down. room temp is about 80 humid at 60 and still watering 3xs a day for 15. everything is going well, even the two plants we traansplanted are coming around beautifully after a lil TLC. nxt week will bump up nutes. i am also buying a nice cooling fan Sunpentown SF610 Evaporative Air Cooler with Humidifier, 3 Speed Fan with Ionizer and Timer, and Whisper Quiet Motor (http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/SF610.html) which is fairly cheap to drop the temp a few degrees and b able to adjust humidity during flowering under my 1000W HPS. ill have pics of my setup later today. very easy.
peece,
italy

[italian04]

here are some pics of the room. pics 1 n 2 are of the veg stage with drip. the 3rd pic is the 4 5gal buckets and hps light (DWC flowering). pic 4 is the whole room which will soon b divided by a large tarp to keep out light when our babies are flourishing. comments appreciated. time to :jointsmile:
peece and love

[PlantHeadJ]

Wow you like to over feed like nobody I have ever seen. Do me a favor and take a picture of the plants that got a WHOLE tsp of superthrive for a 4 gallon res. That should be 4 DROPS of superthrive. 600-700 ppm is way to much for those plants. I wish you the best of luck but I think that much food is gonna haunt you.

[Greenthing]

Your reflective stuff on the wall needs to be flat, try to get the creases out it will reflect the light better:)

[italian04]

thanks for the advice. we wont use as much superthrive nxt change. we are going by the schedule on the GH website for nutes. the seedling stage it says 2.5 ml/gal and the plants look great so i will chilll on the superthrive for a bit. as for the mylar...that shit is a bitch to work with and get flat. haha thanks for the feedback and keep it coming. have more pics up soon
peece

[italian04]

the bigger ones were transplanted from soil about six days ago. the four others are 8 days into veg

[italian04]

one of the plants we transplanted from soil to rock wool last week looks a lil droopy. just the tips of the leaves are sagging a lil. i am not going to water it today and see how it looks tomorrow. what do u think? also the pump seems to be heating the water up when it is on so im goin to start throwing a frozen water bottle in there at night.

[italian04]

ok so since im a perfectionist i totally changed the setup for vegging. instead of the drip i went ahead and got 4 2gal buckets hooked up my pump and running DWC throughout now. in about a month i will just take the net pot out and place it in the 5 gal buckets which will b under my 1000w hps. alot easier and these babies get constant water and oxygen. i took all of them out of the rockwool and placed in hydroton. they perked up after the first couple hrs. still got them on low nutes. there are some pics. im gonna add two more lights today. also check out the GH nute schedule im using. what u guys think? thanks for the comments ahead of time

[the image reaper]

sorry, but don't call yourself a 'perfectionist' yet ... you are over-fertilizing like crazy, and where in the world did you get the idea of flushing with HOT water ? :wtf: ...
I am NOT trying to ridicule or embarrass you ... it's your plants, you may do as you please, but inexperienced growers will see the mistakes you are 'getting away with', and try to duplicate it ... it is a WEED, and tends to thrive 'DESPITE' what you're doing, and not because of 'what' you are doing ... regardless, good luck with your grow, and don't be so resistant to following the normal grow methods, they have become routine, for a reason :thumbsup:

[italian04]

well the title is "test run"...i dont even have my seeds yet(using bag seed). so if this fails then i will know to do it different nxt time. how can anything b harmed by flushing with hot water and
h202?? anyways, i really dont think im doing anything outside "the norm". i put like a tsp of nutes in each bucket i dont see how that is over-fertilizing. they are almost 2 weeks old. i am a newbie but i have read many many post on ppl who put ferts in this early. i appreciate the input of course, and like i said if this doesnt turn out well i will not fert until later. thanks and peece

[potsim420]

this is very sexy!!!!!!!

[LITTLEANDI]

this is very sexy!!!!!!!


so is this :D check my buds 1st-time-greenhouse-seed-co-fem-cheese-grow (http://boards.cannabis.com/attachments/basic-growing/190518d1213044561-1st-time-greenhouse-seed-co-fem-cheese-grow-hpim1196.jpg)

[italian04]

thats looks tasty!! cant wait till i get my northern bright seeds!!!! hopefully tomorrow!! :D

[italian04]

so one of our plants given to us has some purple stems. it has been transplanted from soil to DWC and has been doin fine. i think the growth has been stunted a little but besides that i havent seen any other problems. here are some pics. the leaves are still green. just the stems are purple. ppms for that one are under 800. it is almost 4 weeks old from seedling. what do you guys think??

[italian04]

one of our kush plants that was given to us is having a few problems. it was transplanted from soil to dwc. it is a lil droopy and the stems are turning purple. here are a few pics. the roots have alrady grown alot in a few days. there is about 2tsp of grow, micro, bloom and thats it. it ias about 4 weeks old from seedling. what do you think?? thanks for any help ;)

[italian04]

ok well i flushed the bucket and added the low dose of nuets in case there was a nute lockout. it could still be feeling some stress from the transplant right?? and the other ones look beautiful. and advice would b appreciated. i was reading about phosphorus def. but i dont think thats what it is cuz the leaves arent really changing colors. it is a kush plant so im not sure if the genetics of the plant have purple stems. thanks in advice and happy smoking

[italian04]

here are some pics. plants are looking pretty good. love the bubble buckets. easy to maintain. :jointsmile:

~peece

[italian04]

so im turning on my 1000w hps today to see what the room temp is gonna jump to after i start flowering. it looks like it has stabalized at about 85. the closet door is left open all the time and there is plenty of circulation. im prob goin to get an exhaust fan that leads to the attic through the hole for the ceiling light. rm=55-60. so 1000w for 4 plants. i should get some crzy flowering if all else goes smoothly right?im hoping. so far so good. plants are developing great root systems. i now have my cannazym(i added 1tsp in each bucket) and the awesome blossom i will b using for flowering. my sloset is literally glowing with that 1000w hps. its pretty sweet. still using GH 3 part. goin by GH nute schedule. still using 1/4 strength. ph= 5.3-5.8. PPM= 450-560. what do you guys think. ?

Thanks for comments!
Peace.

[jkalb42]

This all looks really good to me. I'm a pretty big noob too, just have a soil grow going, and its coming along great. I have a hydro setup in my closet, i just can't use it until i come back from my month long christmas break. If I had to give you any advice at all, it would have to be don't worry so much about little things. I pretty much look at my grow once every few days, just to make sure the light is where it needs to be and stuff. From what i can see, they still do great if you sit back and let them do their work. If you have any wisdom to share with me about the system you have going, it would be great to have when i start my hydro-grow in January.