Quote Originally Posted by guyfromchi2004
I just took my morning measurements,my ph is 5.5 my tds is at 290,which means they are eating right?2 days ago I added 150ppm of cal-mag and 150 ppm of veg food,which brought me to a total of 310 ppm,am I underfeeding or over feeding?This is so frustrating because the other times I grew "dro",I knew less but the plants were happy,theses plants seems extremely sad in optimal conditions.:wtf:
i think with there age they don't need much, but i had mine at around 400 at 3 weeks i kept them at 300 till 3 weeks but if u add to much to soon u will burn then and it takes awhile for them to bounce back my tap/well water is 25 ppmi think the nutes say 1/4 tsp per gal is that what u used??well really iv'e read abunch of diffrent stuff on here from people like stinky, and abunch of others, and they all say diffrent stuff, but all the same if thats understandable lol. sum say to much sum say not enough, and most of what iv'e read is'nt exact.

as iv'e read everywhere to start seedlings either the papertowel or vial with water method, and to keep in a dark place. i started all my seeds in peatmoss plugs in a dome under 2 big cfls and got 100% sprouts in 3 to4 days. so it's not an exact science more of know the basics and trial&error comes into play.although iv'e also read that u don't give nutes only ph'd water for the first week or till they have a good root system showing. i started all mine under the dome and with 1/4 nutes.not to say iv'e never messed up about 2 weeks ago i changed my nutes, but not all the way i really topped the res's off and i forgot about the nutes and ph i had in there and i added the reg 15ml of ph down to 1 res, and within 3 or 4 mins my plants on that res all wilted up, so i checked the res and saw the ph was 2.8 so i rushed and brought it back up to 5.8, and they recovered but just lil stuff like that makes u remember for next time what to and not to do.

some say u have to have 100% dark some say 87% im at about 95%, as sum real dim light is leaking out of the air vent but still dark to where i can't see my hand or anything but looks more like and moon overcast or something. and there budding up real nice so it's a constant learning exp!!!! but iv'e noticed it makes me feel like the first time i started prospecting for gold, and found my first gold nugget, u get hooked and it becomes apart of ur life. as it's a feeling u get that u just know it will be with u the rest of ur life, and u won't get tired of it. it's hard to explain but they say in geology, prospecting,once u get bit by the gold bug ur hooked for life. i take that as a good meaning in life too as once u find that thing u love, u love it for life and i have been bit by the green bug now so now i have 2 loves lol.