Opie Yutts I need your help friend

[Opie Yutts]

*crying* They respect me. They really respect me.

Thank you.

[GodBud]

OPIE

Simply stated you ROCK!!!!!!!!1

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my questions and concerns! This is a great thread and you really make it shine bro!

Peace

[Opie Yutts]

Absolutely no problem, and my pleasure and stuff. Glad I can help.

[GrowMe]

Thanks again Opie..I think for the first grow i might try and use the same sytem all the way through flowering..hopefully it wont be a waste..I bought a small single outlet aquarium air pump and two air stones..theyre like 5 or 6 inches long...I used a T-splitter and ran it to both air stones..You think my air pump is too small? The stones are not putting off a whole lot of bubbles..the pump says 5-15 gallon but maybe i should have only ran it to 1 air stone instead of 2? I planned on just replacing with a bigger pump, what do you think?

[Opie Yutts]

If funds permit, I would definately get a little bigger pump so you can have good bubbles from each 6" stone. Otherwise, you could just run one with the pump you have and that would be sufficient. Many people don't even have that much in one bucket.

[GrowMe]

awesome..thanks opie, few pics here..PH sky rocketed to 8.0 all the sudden today..got that taken care of..had to throw one away that didn't make it and am afraid i might have to do the same to the smallest of the 3 in the pic..It hasn't done anything for prob 3 days and looks dark in color with a tiny bit of white on the leaves...??????? Have a few more seeds germinating right now to take the fallen soldiers places. They seem to grow pretty quick..i put them in the RW exactly 7 days ago i think or maybe 6, but either way they show improvement each morning..THanks for all the help..see you soon

[Opie Yutts]

The PH fluctuation like that is often caused when the rockwool is not soaked sufficiently before use. Perhaps that is what happened here. Just keep a close eye on it and it should eventually stabilize. Yeah that is pretty lame bubbling in the picture. I would just use one stone or get a bigger pump. The good news is that they appear to be making a good effort at growing, I think they will probably be OK.

[GrowMe]

Thanks again Opie...Talk to you soon

[whatsthatsmell]

There was a rather lengthy discussion about light cycles a couple of months back. One point that a number of people seemed to agree on is that going from 24/7 to 18/6, the plant thinks the days are getting shorter so it wants to grow faster.

Ok, i'm not sure if i have over looked this on this thread or not but there was a very lengthy discussion on roots and the what goes on in a 24 hour period using different light schedules. To boil this doing to keep it short, here is what happened during that test (this is a hydro test if i remember correctly)

24hour period:
24/0 - 29cm root growth
20/4 - 33cm root growth
18/6 - 38cm root growth

the only thing i dont know is what nutes were used during that 24hour period...would be nice to get an experiment to find out during which stages of growth the plant uses which nutes more specificly....for example during the first week after pop'n the bean which nutes does it use the most and in what quantities..... If anyone has that info i would love to know it...

Hope that info helps, and if its a repeat, sorry...

[Weedhound]

Another unscientific opinion here.....my plants have done better on 18/6. Something about a rest period from the photosynthesis or something.

I hope my detailed and thorough explanation here has helped.