HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!

So what your sayin is that for tha 1st 2-3 weeks I don't need to add nutes to my rez, right? Just make sure tha PH is normal, correct? Now should I use these 50/40 cubes or use the rapid rooter in tha system I got?

Yes that's right. I'm not shure what 50/40's are. Are they the rockwool cubes for starting seeds I saw with the system. If the rapid rooter is the cloning hydro setup then yes.. the rapid rooter plugs are for starting from seed you need some thing that will not wash down into hydro system when put into place . That's why we use rockwool and you have to be careful because rockwool can cause stem rot if it stays too wet later.

Yea they rockwell cubes, so u sayin the rapid rooter will end up breakindown & makin my rez a mess? I guess I'll go wit tha cubes.. Now before I place my seeds in the cubes should I treat the cubes before using? I was told to put tha cubes in a bowl with water, then check the PH level of the cubes because the cubes have a high level of lime in them & they can mess up my PH balance in my rez. I was told that the cubes are high in PH like 8.. So they said for me ph down the cubes to about 5.5 or 6 on tha pH levels... Does this sound correct?

Soak the cubes in PH 5.2 to 6.2 water for 24 hours. Then pop a seeed in the little hole or make a hole. Keep them warm and moist but not dripping wet. Or you can germinate with a wet paper towel in a baggie in a warm place. When they spout put them in the cubes root down. When roots start coming out of cubes they go in the main grow chamber for veg. You place the cube in the middle of the net pots and surround them with clay pepples to support them. Soak clay pepples for 24 hhours in PH water and to get dust off them.

Ok, so when I put the seed in the cubes, so while the seed roots thru the cube should it be expose to any light? Our do I wait for the root to be expose to put it in light? So what's the deal with this Supernatural Excellofizz http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm/pro...id/0/home.html when do I use this stuff? Or do I even need to use it?

When the seedling pops up you need light. flouro's best for seedling . Roots do not like light it hurts them. Take the cloner out of the top and put the cubes in a plastic tray. keep them moist with a touch of water in the bottom, just a touch. As soon as you see the root coming out of the cube it needs to go in the main 14 plant hydro setup in the bottom with clay pepples. You have a MH light bulb for vegging. You don't want to burn them but you don't want the light too far away, they will strech and you don't want that. When 2 to 3 weeks old you can feed with 1/4 strong nute mix and build up. Keep an eye on PH. When the plant get to about 12 inches you change bulbs to HPS and go to 12/12 light. 12 on 12 off. Always keep the light as close as you can without burning them. Hold your hand at the top of your plants for a minute if it burns or is real hot move light up. The co2 pucks are for flowering and only when the lights are on. I have heard very little about those. If they were really good everyone would be using them. Remember to keep your bulbs clean. Do not get finger prints on bulbs . Use a cloth or paper towels to handle them. They can get really hot wait for them to cool good when changing. You are taking your fisrt steps into a larger world. There is no knowledge that is not power. Rock on and we all want to see pictures of your grow, it helps when you have problems. Have you looked at my grows yet ? First and second ,very primitive. Not much in the way of funds. But I did good with what I had, and the great help here. No green thumb here, if I can do it anyone can.

since you are committed to buying and building a good system, you should buy an r-o unit to distill your own water

tap water is around 200ppm's...mine from my deepwell is 163-187 depending on season
after running through rodi unit, I have 003 ppm's...so you see, you draw water,test it,
now you know what your natural ppm is...then add nutes and test it, this is your ppm's with nutes added...then check your ph. Alot of nutes have built in ph buffers and sometimes i get a perfect 5.8 ph reading after adding base nutes...hope this helps,
there is alot of good help here, sorry if I reiterated anyone else's advice, but I came to a point reading this thread that I said...this is what my man needs to know. You can use your tds pen anytime you want. It is for telling you the strength of your nute solution, plain and simple....good to see all the healthy responses here...lw

Will anything happen if I soaked my clay pebbles for like 3-4 days?, reason I'm askin is my seeds should be germinated sometime 2nite. I have soaked my cubes in ph balanced water for nearly 17 of the 24hrs, but I also have my clay pebbles soakin at the sametime, now that I'm readin that I have to add the clay pebbles when the roots comes out the cube, will it matter if I leave the clay pebbles soakin while I wait for the root to come out the cube which could be a couple of days?

No it will not hurt they do not hold water. Won't hurt the cubes either, just sqeeze the extra water out of them. When you see roots coming out fill the net pot about 1/3rd the way up with pepples and put in the cube . Add or take away pepples to get plant with top of net pot and fill in around the cube to the top with pepples. Many peeps wash clay pepples off and reuse.

Ok I'm tryin to prepare for my rez,, so this is what I did. I took a cup of tap water, I turned on my dist 1 conductivity tds meters with automatic temperature compensation HI98300/1/2/3/4 I got a readin of 100.Then I take a cup of my 800 PPM solution put the dist in the solution, it read 70, then I I turned the screw on the side of them meter until it went no higher, I got a readin of 1248. So now I'm confused, so I started over after I put it in the solution. I put the tester back in tha cup of tapwater & got a reading of 170-173 . Then I put the tester back in tha solution & it stayed around the 1248 reading. I turned the screw but nothin happen. Then I read the instructions that the HI98300 is supposed to read 1500 ppm. But it won't go higher tha 1248 in tha solution? Did I do it correctly? Does this sound right?