I just threw together an aeroponics system on a very low budget. Its day 20 from the day i planted the seed into the rockwool to germinate. I've only gotten two to germinate so far but the seeds I have dont seem to be that good.
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I just threw together an aeroponics system on a very low budget. Its day 20 from the day i planted the seed into the rockwool to germinate. I've only gotten two to germinate so far but the seeds I have dont seem to be that good.
Also, I use these nutes...bc boost, bc grow, thrive alive, magical, sugardaddy. I dont know if anyones heard of these but they came in this box that pretty much lays out which ingredients to use, how much, and when.
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If your putting the seeds directly in to the rockwool that might be the reason there not popping. Also did you pre-soak the rockwool in ph'd water?
the two that are growing did germinate in rockwool (I had pretreated it before too). The white cubes that you see ARE NOT ROCKWOOL. They are some new grow cube product the shop i went to got. They are ph neutral and apparently they are great for germination.
can you start hydro 12/12 from teh beginning and still be able to clone?
You should take your clones before flower, some people say its alright up to the second week of flower, but I've never tried.
the thing is...i dont knw which ones(if any) are female, I dont wanna clone a male. Also, my leaves are drying up, they show no other symptoms but are just drying up. The roots are healthy and growing great, as is the plant itself. I took a picture of two of the leaves i cut off right after I cut them off.
should I start flowering soon?? i've been flowering for day 26 now, plants are 9-10 inches tall and the stalks are realllllyyyy thick (>.5" dia)
I took some pictures of my plants. I've fimmed them a couple times and I have 6 nodes on both of them with a 7th coming out on one of them. And there not 9-10inches tall but more like 7-8inches.
anyone??
so I went and got three 100watt equivalent CFL daylights which put out 4200 lumens total. Today is also the 1st day of flowering and makes it the 29th day from the time started germination.
Also, I think i'm getting nute burn on my plants. i changed out the water with fresh water for 2 days and then changed it flowering nutes when i started flowering today but only used about 1/3 strength.
I also feel like these could be healthier too.
It turns out the two are females....can I still clone them, its only been flowering for 2 days now. Also, I only have about 12 weeks before I move out of my apt....is that enough time for the clones to grow and be ready for harvest??
no response?? I'd like to clone today but dont know if I can or have enough time for the clones.
it looks like your leaves are showing a little lack of calcium, are you using RO or distilled water ? ... if so, you definitely need to add Cal-Mag+ to your water ... good luck :smokin:
thanks for the response reaper! I'm using tap water but my apt complex has a well for their water supply. I added 2.5ml of magical yesterday and hopefully it'll show better signs. What about the cloning?
So i went ahead and cloned 3 days ago and they dont look too healthy...I just cloned two branches also.
also....how often should I add nutrients to the solution....my two plants currently seem to be drinking almost a gallon of water every 24hrs!
also...its been day 10 of flowering but i'm not seeing any signs of sex yet......shouldn't I see pistils or soemthing by now????
When in doubt, cut the clones. After the clones get to preflower they may take a month to start veg again though.
As far as showing preflowers? Any day now!
Ok bud, slow down. You still got a ways to go. Let her flower and do her thing, I don't see signs of sex for about 12-14 days and then they will take off. Just slow down.
I was just starting to get worried because i hadn't seen ne thing and I'm running aero...I thought since I was running aero that I should've seen something by now. Hopefully they'll show something within a few days here.....also, how ofter should I be adding nutes to my water....my plants seem to be drinking about 1gal of water every 24hrs. Right now i just top of my res when it gets low with nutrient water.
also.....how significant is water temp in an aero setup.....I understand that water temp is important in hydro setups because of the variations in O2 levels at different temps, but in an aero setup, the roots are exposed to the maximum amount of O2. My water temp also hovers around 72F-75F
The faster growth in hydro, or Aero, is not quite like you think. You are not waiting for your plants to grow, you are waiting for them to mature. Much different. Aero will make them grow more in veg per day, so less days veg time before you need to flower , but it doesn't make them mature quicker. Everything you are talking about doing, cloning, sexing, pruning, fimming, all are things that should not be done till the plant is sexually mature, usually 6-8 weeks from germination. Putting a plant in flower and or topping, cloning a plant that is not mature will do nothing but stunt your growth, I speak from experience. This may sound harsh or bad, but the best analogy I got is that it is like trying to get an 8 year old pregnant. Not impossible but never a good idea. At least wait till they hit puberty before you start all the funny business! Never rush plants into flower before they are ready, especially if you want to clone. It takes 3-4 weeks from cutting for a clone to even truly enter veg mode, which is where they start growing green again, not just roots. When people talk about veg time, they mean time spent in veg after the rooting or seedling stage signified by the start of new growth. If you put an immature plant in 12/12, they still flower for 8 weeks (or whatever the strain takes), but it takes longer for the flowers to appear than if the plant is mature, which means much smaller yields. You will know a plant started from seed is mature when it preflowers, and when it starts to grow nodes asymetrically. (alternating one on the left, then one on the right, not a pair on each side every time like when it is young.)
You need meters to tell you ec or tds. If not, mix the nutes in the res, and top of with freah PH'd water every other day to keep the res level up wher it should be. Once a week to 10 days, drain the res, rinse it out, then re-mix new nutes. If you aren't using meters, I wouldnt top with nutes, just water. Especially since those plants are so small, they may get overfed and lock up!!Quote:
Originally Posted by k1ng87
So I think I see a pollen pod growing on one of my plants....the first two pictures are from the same plant and the 2nd is from another.....in the first one you can see a small spherical shaped object but dont know what it is.
that thing in the first pic i had that on a plant and didnt know if it were a female or male. turned out to be a female, but still yours could be different but be patient and let it mature longer to get a + i.d. oh those cubes are "sure to grow" from hydrofarm huh? i just got like 40 of them for free from my hydro shop. will be definately be watching to see how they turn out. they are pretty wierd. cotton or dacron cubes with a felt top. looks like roots would love that stuff.
thank you soo much for the reassurance..i've had a pretty rough day and was about to :chainsaw: the freaking thing out of frustration.....
Condolonces on that boy!:(
I think you're right AllforMe...I found two more sites with that same shape.... :-(
I've also noticed that the nodes are bulging where they meet with the main stem.
BUT..No sense in chopping it just yet, wait and see but 80% that is a male flower, conservatively. Sorry!
got a female!! I tried to attempt this one about a week ago and it looks like the roots are coming out of the stem...
okay...so i was wondering if anyone could help me find out what kind of yield that I may be able to achieve with my plant. its about 2sqft in "bushiness" and is 20" inches tall right now.....I've fimmed the hell out of it and it has alot of side colas...I'm also using one 100watt hps and 3 100watt equivalent cfls(putting out about 10,000+ lumens I believe)....you think I would be able to get atleast 2oz off of it??
anyone?
Day 58 from seed.
28th day of flowering.
heres another picture(taken on 3/8 four days after the previous ones).....its about 30" tall today and extremely wide. I'd say its foot print is close to 3 sqft. I fimmed the hell out of it when it was in veg so it would get extremely bushy. I would fim every node after the 4th one till about the 8th one.
okay....i really need to trim this....i know this sounds stupid but its getting way too big for my grow space....it has over 4sq ft footprint and its about 33" tall right now......can i trim it??
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So can I trim some of the fan leaves?? has anyone done this on their grow? I'm asking because they seem to be shading the light to the lower branches and I'm only using 1 100w HPS and 2 20w(100w equivalent) CFLs which are putting out about 10,000 lumens total.
how do you tell when your close to harvesting (< 2 weeks).....I want to change to the water in my system to plain water with sugardaddy nutes only for the last 10 days.
You have to check the trichomes with at least a 30x microscope for harvesting/flushing... Plenty of info around here about that. It's very much personal preference, but your harvest window starts when all the the trichs are all cloudy, and thc begins to degrade at about 80/20 cloudy/amber
Soil takes longer to flush than hydro does. I think for hydro you only need to flush with regular water for a couple days... not sure maybe some other hydro growers can chime in.
can you just tell by the colors of the hairs?? A small percentage of hairs (3%) are starting to turn orange on my buds....I'm guessing I have another 3 weeks of flowering before they are ready(hopefully).