NFT IS THE BEST.DO U NEED HELP?

[bonker7]

ive been doing it 4 a long time and not bad at it .iam hear 2 help just ask.the more persons doing it the beter.thats why i share the knowledge.stay slippery. :) :mad: :D

[kuri]

i agree nft is the best.

[bonker7]

sorted stay slippery dude

[abcmofo]

hey could do with some help! using nft. got air stone in tank. ec of fert an water about1.3. ph about 6. clones, rooted and placed on tank in 12/12 then topped. problem is leafs are lightening and yellowing then burnin. seems to be happenin at top of plant an workin down. have been sprayin with nitrozyme but have stopped this now. plants have been on tank 1 week now?????? roots seem to be developing, new growth can be witnessed but seems to have stopped

[bonker7]

wow ur ph should be betwwen 5.8 & 6.3 thats the safe zone dude not 1.3 i would serious start again.

[bonker7]

i think u have writen it out wrong if iam right ur saying ur ph is 6 ur ec 1.3 its to high 4 clones that have just rooted and been put straight to flower u should flush 4 three hours whith a ec of 0.4 then refill ur tank with ec of 0.8 three days later u will be smileling take it up each week with ur tank changes.ie.0.8-1.0-1.2-1.4-1.6-1.8 even 2.0 at this stage.then flush ur last two weeks.presto large fat jusie buds.stay slippery.

[abcmofo]

yer man thats jus me writing it out wrong. i 've put in clean water now, ph adjusted, thought about taking half out tomorrow and replacin it with clean again? ill do jus as yer instruct matey and i trust and hope you right in sayin i be smilin. ill keep in touch through this thread and let yer know, cheers geez

[bonker7]

well so far thees green spirt are behaving them selfs.

[arthurjob]

hi bpnker7 your grow looks ace. ive just bought a starter nft set up called the gro tank 205. i was wondering if you could help me out now and again. ive made another post in this part of the forum which zandor has been kind enuff to help me so far, but seeing as your offering more the merrier :) thanking in advance

[bonker7]

no problem just come here and ask.

[arthurjob]

hi bonker7 and thanks. right down to buisness :)im germinating my seeds the paper towel way and id just (atm) like to know what i shud do with them once theve cracked. i have rockwool cubes soaked but shud i put them under my hps 400watt lite and in a propagator or just the propagator in the shade. its a heated 1. if i do use the light, how far away shud i have it and how do i go about covering the rockwool to stop algae, and still not impead the plant from growing. thanks again m8 :)

[bonker7]

cool,what i dont knew or tryed i wont guess,once seeds sprote and u see a littel white root.CAREFULLY pick up and make a hole in ur rock wool block with tooth pick quater of a inch.soak ur blocks the nite berore water ph6 ec 0.2 if ur water has a ec berfore adding nutes dont add any at this stage.sqezz the blocks a litel before u pop seed in so not to water log them.dont switch ur popergster on cause ur house dont need it ,put lid on close air fents. keep 400hps 32 inches away after 1-2 days u will see baby leavf remove lid straight away and drop light 18 inches .watch them grow,as soon as roots are comming out small block ,put in to big block pop on to u nft tank,and smile,always uder feed or water its easyer to add,put a pice of string on ur light and move up when needed that way u know ur are 18 inches safe zone. now once ur plants are in get some black refusse bags and just put them around the base of the plants and cover ur lid -top aswell this stops alge,its the white lids that do it ,when u bye a nft set up u must ask 4 a blak lid.

[arthurjob]

thanks bonker7, my set up is in the shed at the bottom of my garden atm so ive switched the propagator on, ive got the light at about 40 inches away bcus when i lower it the temp rises above 90 inside the propagator. shud i just turn the under heating of and check temps at 36inch. atm i have the temps at 85f. i have a grey card to fit over the top i was just worried before its plcaed in the system but i gather that doesnt matter. im gonna look into buying one of these ecolite propagator lights for sale. as yet i dont have ph pen but 1 is ordered and shud arrive sometime this week. ive just got a liquid test. ive ordered most things and in a few weeks shud have the full kit. my room isnt the biggest neither, only 4ftx4ftx8ft. ive already soaked the rockwool in ph 5.5, at a guess judging by the chart (it only goes to 6!) ive put 1seed in compost made for lime hating plants, will this be ok to grow in? my ol man had it for growing orchids or sumin or other. thanks for the hep

[bonker7]

cool in ur case because ur in the shed ,move the light 3 feet away and turn on the propergater cause at this stage of life roots are more in portant,thye dont need mutch light yet but will gane nice roots if propergater is on as soon as u see them stech lower the lite back to 18in cause by then the can handel it .go to ur pet shop and by two fish tank lights 2feet long 20w for promoting growth they are cheep and u can just put them staight on top of the prpergater they dont burn nothing,soil is cool just dont over water make sure u have good dranged.

[arthurjob]

cheers bonker7, i recieved my ro machine today and my ph pen and after checking the ph it was 7.3 on water and im not to sure about the soaking of rockwool bcus i had none of the water left. anyways ive mixed some water at 6.6-6.7 for the soil and 6.1 for the rockwool if it drys out. im also soaking 5 cubes in 5.5 now. ive also just started using my fridges filtered water until i set up the ro machine as that wont be for awhile as it looks rather complicated. i picked up from work today a fluroescent light. it has 2 bulbs at 2x 15 watt, does that sound like the sort of light i cud use. its made to plug in as 110v and for the building trade. does it sound about right at a guess?. i cud take some photos of it if u like. thanks again :)

edit: oh yeah, ive also filled up 2 pots with the soil from a tomato grow bag which my ol man had lieing around. ive heard this is good and the drainage from it is ace. i guess the seeds ive planted atm wont even break the surface as the ph in the soil and water was seriously messed up before planting. lol

[arthurjob]

bonker theve just shown thru. the 1 in the soil is just 2 big leaves and 2 tiny leaves, but the stalk is in the dirt. the rockwool 1 has sprouted out about half inch and hasnt even opened up properly yet!. ive removed the lid on the propagator and have lowered the light to 32 inches bcus any lower and the temp gets to high. im realy suprised with the rockwool seed. ill take some pics tomoro :) thanks

[arthurjob]

just lowered to 16inches, gonna leave like that for the nite and see how they go. i hope this is ok?

[bonker7]

18in not 16in lol any soil good 4 tomatoes is good 4 ganja iam glade u have groweth cant wait to see some photos

[arthurjob]

lol you were right, one of my seedlings has a yellow mark around the edge. its the 1 in the soil. i guess its just burning so ive raised to 18-19 inches like you said lol. the 1 in the rockwool is growing well but 1 of the big leaves is pointing up and the other is pointing down, ha. is this a prob? ill sort some pics tnite but my camera isnt gd and for some reason wont take any coloured picture under my hps except for yellow 1`s.

[arthurjob]

test:
http://img16.imagevenue.com/loc46/th_f04_IMG_0463.JPG (http://img16.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc46&image=f04_IMG_0463.JPG)

[arthurjob]

here you go, best i can do atm :)

[bonker7]

fine yea keeep the light 18in leaves pointing up dont worry thats the norm keep eye s open 4 sresss urs look k .nice whatch them grow.

[arthurjob]

bonker, how long before i start adding nutrient? is it a week or 2 weeks after the day they first showed? also, wud u reccommend a 1/4 strength mix or maybe suminelse. thankyou once again, youve been a great help :)

p.s oh yeah, the ingamars punch seedling is playing up already. it has yellow on its leaves and the stalk is growing all bendy and not straight, it has like 3 bends in it lol, ill take a pic later.

[arthurjob]

bonker the 1 in the soil has got sumin wrong with it. the leaves seem to b losing the colour and going a white-grey instead. the snow white seedling seems to b streching as the leaves are all pointing up? does that sound like streching?. ill take a pic wen i get time. thanks

[arthurjob]

ive ordered some new stuff this weekend. this is it, is all that ok, hope so :)
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[arthurjob]

new pics :)

[arthurjob]

woke this morning to find all 3 snow whites dead lol, i put a door on yesterday and it was so hot it just dryed em out and killed em. i have 1 that mite push thru but 2 are def dead. nm. ive learnt my lesson about how much heat they can take lol. anyway, germing 4 more, and by the time they get to that age ill have my ec pen and new fan installed so things can only get better. i new it was to hot for them, but guess i jus hoped they wud see it thru until my fan arrives. thanks

[bonker7]

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