BIG PROBLEM

[legal growman]

I have grown with 100 percent success for a few years
this time my clones took a long time to root and they have been put in the 4 inch cubes now and they don,t look good
I am on well water and used the same rooting stuff the girls in the flower room look great so far
My nute meter showed that the just water went up from 44 to 70 the max on my meter is around 220 this is the only thing i can see that could cause the prob
And my mother has gone into preflower WHY thanks for any help

legal growman Reviewed by legal growman on 01-07-2008. BIG PROBLEM I have grown with 100 percent success for a few years this time my clones took a long time to root and they have been put in the 4 inch cubes now and they don,t look good I am on well water and used the same rooting stuff the girls in the flower room look great so far My nute meter showed that the just water went up from 44 to 70 the max on my meter is around 220 this is the only thing i can see that could cause the prob And my mother has gone into preflower WHY thanks for any help Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

What are the units on your nute meter?
Are you feeding them anything?
What is the pH of your water?
Preflowers come with age; an older mom will often stay in a constant state of preflower under even 24h light.

[legal growman]

sorry it took 24 hrs. I started feeding them veg nutes 1/3 strength my ph is 5.5 9 of them have rooted through the 4 inch cube
today i rinsed them all with ph 5.5 and a mild nute i tested the water after and the ph was high
I wonder if the veg nutes could have bloom butes in it i found out the store fills up the containers keep in touch stinky attic

[stinkyattic]

Have you been pre-conditioning your rockwool cubes? They are not pH stable right from the factory and should be soaked in pH'd water or a commercial RW conditioning solution before use. The pH WILL go high if you don't. Same deal with hydroton pellets. Gotta pre-soak.

[legal growman]

Yes i have treated them I always do
today i have 20 that have rooted the 4 inch cubes I am going to run these and hope they don,t go hermie do you think I can take clones from the mom in preflower ?

[stinkyattic]

Sure, that's fine. You can even take clones up to the third week of flower if you are okay with allowing them 3 weeks to re-veg.