Wet Rock: a journey to the Darkside

[Rock.Steady]

SNLxNH (sour northern lights X nevilles haze)

all the numbers are the same, excpt the final ppm.
I nudged the nutes a touch on this one.

1300 ppm.

roots finally made it to edge of the basket.
will prolly need to turn on airstone this week.

[Weedhound]

Well you're a for sure grower now. Those plants looks great Rock. Really! Couldn't make them look any better myself right now. Excellent work. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[hydrocannabis]

Well you're a for sure grower now. Those plants looks great Rock. Really! Couldn't make them look any better myself right now. Excellent work. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

I agree with the hound all the way.:thumbsup:

[Rock.Steady]

WH, Hydro.
thanks

[Weedhound]

So Rock what's your thoughts on the hydro experience so far?

[Rock.Steady]

gotta say i'm very undecided.

certain considerations come into play.

-maybe i coulda done a more aggressive grow, had i more spare time to monitor n adjust.
-the media was a PITA to get neutralized, but maybe part was my not changing the water often enuf during soaking.
-i shoulda used different rooter substance, wool sux.

-in comparison, I have another clone (same age) which is kickin ass in soil. approx 1 wk more progression at this point.
-in a somewhat unfair comparison (diff strain) the other 2 seedlings are kickin this hydro seedlings butt.

-additionally, i cannot get a fair 'feel' rite now cause theres no room in flwr room to move and see results. (flwr room is booked solid), if i could, i'd switch to flwr now.

other thoughts.
-this weekly changing of the water is sucky labor, in comparison, 1 pot change to 5 gal, although a big job, is easier with dirt, overall IMHO.

i'm not 'turned off' on hydro, yet.
i do want to see how these finish out.
to be fair, i will give it another try.

i'm fairly secure i've got the soil thing down solid at this point.

[wman44]

loving this thread rock!
as i traditionally grow in soil and have been thinkin of switching to hydro for my indoor operations...also your using the nutes my friends have suggested.
keep us posted on those girls!

[Weedhound]

Interesting.....sounds like a fair assessment. It's odd that your plants are doing better in soil than in hydro....but....well.....you're Rock.

[Rock.Steady]

ok, looks like more frequent checking will be needed from here on out. this may get tricky.:wtf:


IMO they started lookin a lil 'funny'. uneven coloring in newer leaves.
i figured maybe PH. nope, still about mid 5's. should i raise it a lil???
then it occurred to me, maybe PPM due to evaporation rates?
i remember WH and Rhiz discussing max PPM shouldnt be more than 1300 or 1500, something like that.

so i check PPM.

M2- 1580 ppm
siphoned off a lil more and added 1 gal plain water.
930 ppm.

SNL- 1560 ppm
siphoned off lil more and added 1 gal plain water.
1080 ppm.

its also a lil warm in the cab, but not alot can b done about it right now. possibly considering just changing the bulbs and timers in the grow cab and convert to red cfl's and at least get flowering started.
the downside there is cannot clone or start any new work for the next wave until can rearrange and get some moved out for real.
still lookin at about 2 weeks b4 room in flower room,
life could b worse:wtf:

btw- i feel they have mostly caught up to the soil-grow comparison. about even with the other clone of the same strain.
I'm guessin this must be about when they kick into a faster gear.

the visuals below.

[Rock.Steady]

Interesting.....sounds like a fair assessment. It's odd that your plants are doing better in soil than in hydro....but....well.....you're Rock.

gave it alotta thought b4 answering.
wanted to be fair, and guess my backround helped in the analytical portion of this evaluation.

i was starting to think may be a bit odd, but,i did kinda try to slow them a lil so i could get used to the new routine. so, maybe its me.


unsolicited product review-
GH Flora Nova 1 part grow nutes are very easy for a newbie to hydro.
simple, 1 part and the ph buffers hold solid once PH is set to your liking.