Illusion's grow log #1

[Illusion]

Your plants look like they are stretching a lot, so you should think about moving your light closer. Otherwise, they could stretch too far and topple and never recover. I had to keep my lights within 1-2 inches or they would stretch for the light like mad, so 24" is probably too far away. I used CFLs and not HPS though, so you probably won't be able to get the HID that close to the plant without getting them too hot.

Hydroguard and Hygrozyme are pretty different. Hydroguard is basically just bacteria that helps with fungus and algae. Hygrozyme is a supplement kind of thing that will help your plants, hence the higher price. I just started using the Hygrozyme since I started flowing a week ago, so I think its too early to say if its worth it. Just make sure you don't use any H2O2 with the Hydroguard or it will kill all the Hydroguard and really gunk things up fast.

As far as your methods, I'm not quite sure I understand what you're doing with the rockwool and keeping it out of your E&F system. I am on my first grow and I'm also using E&F, but I just put the cracked seeds directly into rockwool cubes that were in the system surrounded by hydroton and I watered every 6 hours and 7/9 of my seedlings sprouted and grew very nicely. The other two I suspect that I damaged the taproot because one I dropped into the hydroton and had to dig out and one slipped in upside down and I couldn't flip it around. So my success rate with my method was essentially 100%. I dunno about the smells; mine never smelled like that, but just make sure and watch for signs of mold or fungus if you are getting funky smells. Keeping your res temp low (around 70) helps protect from that too.

I would suggest filling the net pots with hydroton enough that the rockwool will sit down in the net pot and not go over the top, and then fill in hydroton around it. Water every 6 hours for 15 minutes. Also remember to take the plastic off the rockwool before putting them into the system, or at least I do.

That is what has worked for me so far, but the thing is finding a method that works for you and sticking to it. Your plants that are doing well look just fine for being one week old other than the stretching. Unfortunately, cannabis grows slower than paint dries, and growing a plant from start to finish will take a few months. Just make sure you don't get too impatient and overfeed or do other things trying to make the plant grow faster because you expect it to grow like a weed. Take your time, be patient, pay attention to small details and you will hopefully have an awesome end product. Good luck! :thumbsup:

dejayou thank you !!!!

I didn't think that I needed to have my rockwool in the system until it needed nutrients. I dont get this rockwool stuff. If I'm supposed to have it moist, not too wet, not too dry...

If I water the rockwool every 6 hours, is the reason why its not too wet because I take the plastic off, and because its sorrounded by clay pebbles?

I've been watering them not that much at all, just once every couple days and they seem to stay completely *drenched*...

When you say water every six hours, did you mean run my pump to flood the buckets every six hours? and if so, should the flood rise level touch the rockwool, or only the hydroton?

And if you water by hand every six hours, it is safe to assume there is a good amount of run off, right? and would that mean the rockwool is 100% saturated every six hours?

Thanks for the reply, needed it

Welcome to the wonderful fucked up world of using rockwool.

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