My first grow: 2 hydro, 2 soil (how do they look?)

could it be im trichome creator, :confused: get a grip man whats he done moved across the ocean so he can now post incognito, :rolleyes:tut tut tut

I think I figured out what my problem was with the hydro plants.

Today my See More Buds DVD came in the mail. Two important things I got out of this movie were to:

1. use foil covers over the rocks to prevent mold/algae growing on the rockwool or the hydrotron rocks.

2. monitor the PPM of the nutrient solution

I spent $250 at the hydro shop today on a nice digital PPM and PH sensor. I caliabrated the sensor and then checked my water. Both plants had a PPM of about 1900 which I guess is way to high.

So today I mixed a batch of nutrients using tap water and GH nutrients at the ratios recommended by See More Buds. The PPM is now around 640 with a PH of 6.5 in both.

I also raised the light about 6" and put the watering system on a hour on hour off timer.

Now I will wait and hope my changes help. I will post more pictures either late tonight or sometime tommorrow.

now your getting it

not on the issure but if you dont mind i see your using GenHydro WaterFarms units ...how do you like then and are they ez to set up and use ???i ask because the inst say that mostly they are self containrd and only require topping off with a diluted nuet mix (when your using the smaller controler). if you are using the controler are you also ckin the buckets and return lines for PH bal? thanks

So far I like the waterfarm systems. I dont have any separate reservoir or controller. I just bought the two units and plugged each of the air pumps into a separate plug.

The waterfarms come with everything you need....Except for a meter that will tell you the PH and PPM (strength) of your nutrient solution. This almost killed my plants. I mixed the nutrients in the kit at the strength recommended by GH. My plants never seemed to really take to this...infact they showed signs of burning. When I finally bought a meter I found that my PPM was 1900 when it should have been closer to 500.

The other problem I am having with the waterfarms is figuring out the proper watering schedule. I started out with the air pumps on all the time. This left my plants looking way overwatered (and burnt due to the PPM). Yesterday I put the water on an hour on hour off timer and this didnt dry them out at all. Today I put them on a one hour on, two hours off watering schedule.

dude im basacially usin the same kinda systen (drip feed recovery) w hydroton and DNF (Dutch Nuet Formula) w 3 hrs off 15 min feeding and this is the result (germed in rockwool w plain water) after 14 days. i came in 25% low with the nuets - w/a 7 gal resv change the food every 5-6 days on 16 hr photoperiod. all ive done was to da EXACTLY what ive heard here and not fuck around with anything. i figured if others are sucessful who am i to try to reinvent the wheel?