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This is my first grow and I decided to go hydroponic. I am using a home-made DWC setup, your basic bubbler. I am just using some bagseed I had, I am considering this more of a learning experience so it doesn't matter if I get some sensi. Posted pics below. Any suggestions or comments? I am using 2 47 watt 2700k CFL's, 4 6500k 26 watt CFL's and 4 27 watt 6100k CFL's for a total of about 18800 lumens.
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The picture with the dollar bill in it is a week 3 pic since the seed was germinated,
Ok so here is the rundown on my grow, I know I have made 4 consecutive posts but I had to take breaks and go down stairs for a little :stoned: if ya know what I mean ;). Ok so I have a 2 5 gallon buckets with one lid so resevoir changing is made easy. They will be covered in thick black tape in a week or so when I change the water so I dont have to tape a full bucket... seems like it'd be a bit more tedious. I have a whisper 100 pump running a 5 in. airstone and the whisper 40 running 2 bubble wands run circularly around the airstone at the bottom. I am using GH 3 part nutes with GH ph up/down, hydroton/rockwool medium. It has been about 3 weeks since germination, I had 3 seeds, 2 sprouted, one of the sprouts limped over and died. This guy is the survivor. I plan on topping it once it gets to that point, which by the way is when? I get pretty good ventilation through the vent on the side wall which is an inlet to the closet this is set up in. There is also an outlet which is the vent that the A/C uses to suck air so I have good air quality in the room. I use the heater below the vent to warm the air if its cool. It also creates some turbulance and give the plant a good little shake so I haven't needed an occilating fan yet. I was thinking of running some ducting from the side vent once I start to flower with an HPS so it can cool the light and the just run the end of it to my plant so the plant has warm air. Thoughts?
Well, I don't really have anything to add, except I LOVE the custom cfl reflector hood! Good job on that one!
Thx bro, shows what 50-60 bucks at home depot/walmart can do.
For topping you should top it when it has four full nodes and has just started its fifth. Reason being you will be adding stress to the plant by doing it and the plant will be decideing its sex soon. According to Zandor's Grow Report, by topping it at this stage you will help avoid stressed related sex problems.
I have no idea what is going on with my stem.. can anyone tell me how to prevent this from further developing? I already have the plant propped up with a paper clip. What else can I do?:stoned:
Stem rot! Not sure as to the best fix for it though.
It is my understanding that the main cause is too much moisture coming in contact with the stem. It happens sometimes in Rapid Rooters when one doesn't squeeze out enough moisture before planting the cutting. The stem is in constant contact with the wet surface of the R.R. and slowly begins to rot. I've done a little research for you, but it seems a cure is hard to come by. I've seen some articles that mentioned using a fungicide, since it is a living fungus feeding on your precious plant.
Sorry for the bad news. Do a sh*tload of research before doing anything drastic.
Ok so stem rot... shit... well it doesn't appear to be progressing any. I have been monitoring for about 24-28 hours and the plant is still getting larger like crazy and the rest of the plant except for that one part looks perfect... Any chance that this WON'T affect my plant and given a few days time the plant will repair itself or at least be able to survive?