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hi ya this is my first grow i have all the gear set up in cloeset with 150 sont bulb with ballast. in nft tank. the seeds are now in germination. but once they have sprouted and i put them in to the larger rockwool cubes how much light should i give them? please need sum help. i have took some pics of set up ect.
Show us some pics then man!
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this is my problem the starter cube is to small for my cube ... is that normal or should it fit in without any gaps???? or could i pull some bits off an anoughter cube and fill in the gaps if you get me??? help:mad:
Fill in the gaps and give them 18/6 with the light. Once they sprout good start bringing the light down so they don't stretch. If you can hold your hand at the top of your plants and the light doesn't burn you it's not too close.
thanks for the help i will do that and update with pics
my plamts seem to be leaning the light is only 3 inchs above the plants though do i need a another light ?
What light you using and also are you growing in Nft? If so where di you get that lid from with the hinged flap at the end cuz mine hasnt got one of them!
[attachment=o237988]150w phillps sont bulb.. and yea in a nft tank ..ebay have them lids on there.
Oh i haven't heard of that light but maybe im just stupid lol! Try and get some extra cfls in there, that should sort it if its a problem of them stretching because there not getting enough light. or if not, how hot does your light get or does it run cool?
i dont know how hot the light gets .. the tank its self gets up to 28.c
should i be able to see roots coming from the bottom of the big cubes.. as i carnt see any yet.. there was some of the starter cubes thats when i put them in to the bigger cubes , i feel ive done somhing wronge might just start over
Get your tank temps down to near 21.11c . your risking root rot.
With those big cubes you won't see roots for awhile then water roots coming down.
maybe a silly question but how am i going to get the temp down... i havnt used a heater to warm the water up . as it gets real hot with out.. would a fan help get it down ? if not any ideas
we used the smallest A/C we can get. It's a 5000btu from slowes.
Something to bring your room temps down to bring your water temps down.
If that is not possible a water chiller for aquariums. Very costly.
Or you can freeze plastic soda bottles full of water and float them in your rez to bring temps down.
Rez temps are what we fight the most.
you are a gem what a good idea il freeze some bottles as i dont want to spend to much..thank you very much for the tips.. hope they will start to look better