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skinner
08-29-2005, 10:20 AM
can any1 help???first time grower germinated in tissue then transplanted into rockwool,the plants looked fine but then started too wilt i dont no what the problem is can any1 give some words of wisdom.cheers skinner
AandKdaddy
08-29-2005, 11:23 AM
what kind of nutes are u using? what kind and how much light? what are your watering times? how are they being fed...drip, flood, nft, how? what is your pH and ppm? Alot of factors huh...
Stormcooker
08-29-2005, 06:00 PM
It's easy to overwater or overfeed with rockwool. It sounds like just that. Rockwool absorbs and retains a lot of water so it's best to let them dry out between feeds.
jesta510
08-29-2005, 09:58 PM
Rock wool is basic, did you bring the pH of the rock wool down to a nuetral level?
skinner
08-29-2005, 10:51 PM
im only using oxy/water at mo only just come out of seeds,lights r 2 4ft floros 35watts each,times r a bit scattered,if they look dry i give a little till they look wetish again,were feeding by hand at the mo,out of a sringe,ph is at 5.8. im getting a little bit of help from a m8 but im struggling when it comes 2 doing it on my own,the plants r in the props now and seem 2 be doing well but we got 45 seeds from sensi seed bank and idont know if they were bad seeds or i was going wrong somewhere.
skinner
08-30-2005, 02:13 AM
what kind of nutes are u using? what kind and how much light? what are your watering times? how are they being fed...drip, flood, nft, how? what is your pH and ppm? Alot of factors huh...
im only using oxy/water at mo only just come out of seeds,lights r 2 4ft floros 35watts each,times r a bit scattered,if they look dry i give a little till they look wetish again,were feeding by hand at the mo,out of a sringe,ph is at 5.8. im getting a little bit of help from a m8 but im struggling when it comes 2 doing it on my own,the plants r in the props now and seem 2 be doing well but we got 45 seeds from sensi seed bank and idont know if they were bad seeds or i was going wrong somewhere.thanks for ur time ill keep u updated, skinner.smokers of the world unite
Zandor
08-30-2005, 03:38 AM
What is the temperate at the top of the plants under the lights?