Are my plants ready for Hydro? HID? Nutes? +PICTURES+

[Weedhound]

Quite honestly I've never heard of anyone having to water two or three times a day so I'm stumped too.....maybe someone else will have a better answer for you.

Good luck.

Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on 05-06-2008. Are my plants ready for Hydro? HID? Nutes? +PICTURES+ Right now I am watering my plants filling that baster (pic) like 2-3 times, a couple times day with about 5.5-6pH water... I am just using the 3 (42watt) cfls now.. I feel like I am loosing two of those plants.. One of them (the really small one) lost the seed shell when I was putting it in the rockwool I think that is limiting its nutrients because it just has plain water.. Anyway, I cant really find much when these seedlings go into the next steps? Should I put it in the hydro soon with a Rating: 5

[line1260skr]

Haha thanks anyway Weedhound hopefully it all works out!

[Weedhound]

Best of luck....hope they grow big, tall and sticky for you.

[line1260skr]

Haha well I threw them out today... Since all we could figure out was it must have dried out.. or the pH?... Is there an alternative to rockwool that anyone would suggest? I was adjusting the pH (and soaked) but if it could have been the pH what should i use? Oasis cubes?

[line1260skr]

also now that i think about it the rockwool might have been getting dried out by sitting on the tupperware container like weedhouse said.. because i put them in the hydroton to seee what happened for last final try and the cubes stayed wet proabably 5 times longer... does anyone have any suggestions on what to set the cubes on or whatever i use next time?

[stinkyattic]

What temperature are you running in that grow chamber?
There's no reason that pH corrected RW cubes should not work to raise seedlings to about a week beyond sprouting, when you will be ready to put them into the next container or medium. I don't like them, but that doesn't mean they don't work.

[Weedhound]

Stinkster have you heard of RW drying out so fast like that? Weird......:wtf:

[stinkyattic]

Yeah, when you're running way too hot.

[moneyshotpb]

He says 79/80*f
I was thinking RH with a fan to make it worse??
Like mabee the desert?

[PlantHeadJ]

Just out of curiosity when you say they dried out how heavy were the rockwool plugs? Unless like Stinky said and it's too hot they shouldn't dry that fast. I also have to ask if a fan is blowing directly on them, that may cause them to dry. Rockwool is known for holding too MUCH water usually so it's gotta be heat or wind. just me 2 cents.