Second Hydro Grow, please comment

I have calmag+. it is only two leafs that did this. they were the first two leafs to come out of that plant. No other leafs have curled like that. And the two that did never got any worse. I think it is just the way they are. I had a Dwarf Plant the last time. When it popped out of the medium it looked all deformed, but it was one of my best producing plants by the end. It was cool. The stock split into two plants, so it had two colas. It looked like a Banzi Plant.

On the 400watt MH light, I already have one, but my house is at 80++ degrees right now. I would love to use it for my vegging, But I know that even with a Ventilated Hood my temps in my room will be 90+. This is why I am building a new room which will have a 5,050 BTU AC unit in it, so I can then put my 400 watt HPS light in there, while flowering. I want to try and keep my temps down to about 75-80 degrees in there.

I am checking my PH with a digital PH pen. My PH is at 5.3 right now.

On my first part of this thread I did not ask how to get a higher Yield. I am already certain I will get a bigger Yield.

I was useing those PH drops, with the color chart. And My PH increased each day pretty fast. From what I have read and heard, I am thinking this is the only real problem I had. My PH is pretty stable now.

I did not add nuts for the first 7 days at all. On the 7th day I added nutes to 330ish PPM then added calmag+, Pot of Gold, Hygrozyme, Liquad Karma, all these items I added at 25% of what they suggested for seedlings. This schedule I read on one guys thread. after all this items were added my PPM was about 650. But within two days it was up at almost 900, with very little water use. I did a res. change and this time only added my nuts. In 4 days I will do another res change and go back to adding everything again. This will be at the 14 day point.

Ok, here is a picture of my Light and AC unit. Once I hit flowering my room will be under 80f, and I will have my 400watt hps light above and (6) 43 watt cfls, and a t-5 48" light on the side. Full mylar walls.
My next grow will have a room set up for vegging also, In that grow I will use a 400watt MH light and the cfls also. You have to remember, it is 110f outside right now, and hits 120 easy in the middle of summer. So heat is a bitch, even with cfls.

Sorry if I got defensive, But when I started this I figured it would be maybe $100, I am pushing $1,000 right now. I think my set up is pretty nice for the second grow. You guys do not see my other set up, my room, my fans, my semi automatic res change out system i built or anything. WHICH I AM SO HAPPY I BUILT. Now my plant tray does not sit on my Res. I can change my Res in my flower room in nothing flat. 5 minutes of time to change, 5 minutes of time to clean. That includes emptying my Res also. Next I am going to set it up where I have R/O water running to my grow rooms. Carrying, and buying that water is the worst part of changing my Res. Even though it is at most stores out front in a machine for .25 cents a gallon. It is not the money, it is the work. Fill the Jugs, put them in you truck, drive home, carry the SOB's up stairs, then try and pour them into tank with out spilling them.

This new set up is so easy. throw a valve, throw a switch, wait a minute, shut off switch, add nuts, check ppm, check PH. throw another valve, walla Res. is changed

Ok, here is a picture of my Light and AC unit. Once I hit flowering my room will be under 80f, and I will have my 400watt hps light above and (6) 43 watt cfls, and a t-5 48" light on the side. Full mylar walls.
My next grow will have a room set up for vegging also, In that grow I will use a 400watt MH light and the cfls also. You have to remember, it is 110f outside right now, and hits 120 easy in the middle of summer. So heat is a bitch, even with cfls.

Sorry if I got defensive, But when I started this I figured it would be maybe $100, I am pushing $1,000 right now. I think my set up is pretty nice for the second grow. You guys do not see my other set up, my room, my fans, my semi automatic res change out system i built or anything. WHICH I AM SO HAPPY I BUILT. Now my plant tray does not sit on my Res. I can change my Res in my flower room in nothing flat. 5 minutes of time to change, 5 minutes of time to clean. That includes emptying my Res also. Next I am going to set it up where I have R/O water running to my grow rooms. Carrying, and buying that water is the worst part of changing my Res. Even though it is at most stores out front in a machine for .25 cents a gallon. It is not the money, it is the work. Fill the Jugs, put them in you truck, drive home, carry the SOB's up stairs, then try and pour them into tank with out spilling them.

This new set up is so easy. throw a valve, throw a switch, wait a minute, shut off switch, add nuts, check ppm, check PH. throw another valve, walla Res. is changed

It's coming toghether. That's good. It's all about tuning it in. Keep us posted.Good luck. Once you get past that startup cost it's great.

Happy growing!

My PH is at 5.4 right now. I will be doing a Res Change in 3 days, at that point my plants will be 14 days old. Should I boost my PH up to like 5.6 then, and boost my PPM to about 600 I am thinking. then slowly raise it each res change until I hit about 1,000 PPM? Or until my plants start singing the BLUES.

Here are a few pictures of my plants at 11 days from planting. the last picture is of my system for raising and lowering my lights. It works out very well, and is very cheap.

My temp in my House is 80 degrees right now, and my vegggy room is at about 82. My Res is at about 82f also. I am hoping to get my Res Temp down to like 75 degrees in my flowering room. Even if i have to vent some of my air from the AC unit I bought straight into my Res water like a Bubble Machine.

Not that great of pictures. I did not want to move my 48" light.

Happy Smoken to all you..:smokebong:

OH>> P.S. My next time around I will also have a Air Conditioned room just for Vegging. So Next time I will drop in my 400 watt MH light. I could not do it this time around. I needed the 400 watts in my flowering room more. and I can only have time to build one room right now. Going to work eats up a lot of my time. WORK SUCKS at eating up my time. I need a job that I show up and Noon, leave at 1PM, and get an hour paid lunch.

looks good cant wait to see how these turn out..

Look at the first pictures from 3 days ago, in first post. and then look at these. I think they grew rather well in those 3 days.

Maybe i should just remove the door from that room, and replace it with a plywood door, with my AC unit fitted in it, so I can drop in my 400watt MH light. That would be the best. Heck with it. I will leave it as I have it. I have work to do on my flowering room.

See the difference from the 7 Hydro Plants, and that one plant in soil?

looking good man. Temps sounds a little high but they are doing good.
Drop in the 400 and you will see much more.
Keep us posted.