My babies are 2 weeks old and starting to yellow! HELP!

[Hempsouth]

When I ran hydro the top of my netted pots where 1.5" above the water line, most of the roots stayed wet all the time. The exposed roots were able to supply enough oxygen.

I always start much weaker with the nutes and build up to full strength over a few week period. You can always tweak up your nutes but you cannot take it down real easy if overdone.

[leglesscrow]

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[leglesscrow]

When I ran hydro the top of my netted pots where 1.5" above the water line, most of the roots stayed wet all the time. The exposed roots were able to supply enough oxygen.

I always start much weaker with the nutes and build up to full strength over a few week period. You can always tweak up your nutes but you cannot take it down real easy if overdone.

So are you saying that I should start weaker than 1.5ml per gallon. Thats what the General Hydroponics feed chart suggests for seedlings. If so, how much would you suggest?

[Italiano715]

I would go with 1.5 (maybe even 1.25) each of the FloraGro, Micro, and bloom instead of the recommended 2.5 the first time. Like mentioned above, if you give too much you can't take it out, but if you get a little less and it needs more, then all you have to do is add a bit more.

This is the chart your going by I'm assuming too correct?

[leglesscrow]

I would go with 1.5 (maybe even 1.25) each of the FloraGro, Micro, and bloom instead of the recommended 2.5 the first time. Like mentioned above, if you give too much you can't take it out, but if you get a little less and it needs more, then all you have to do is add a bit more.

This is the chart your going by I'm assuming too correct?

Yeah thats it. Well theres two, the one you have there is the "Recirculating Program". There is another called the "Drain To Waste Program" It suggests to use 1.5ml for seedlings. This is the system Im assuming that I have.

[LOC NAR on probation]

The GH feed chart calls for 1.5ml of Gro, Micro, and Bloom for the "seedling phase". Is that already cut to half or am I supposed to do half of that?

I am using a 5 gallon bucket, drop-in net pot, hydroton, rockwool starter cubes, and an airpump / airstone with GH nutes. (I forget what the technical term for that system is.)
(This is a "DRAIN TO WASTE PROGRAM" (according to the GH feed chart) though right?)
Also real quick, my buckets are from Home Depot and they are orange, should I paint them black to prevent light from getting in?
And how much water should I put in them (I.E. How far should the bottom of the net cup be in the water)?

Sounds like just DWC (deep water culture) or bubbler. The others sound like they have you on the nutes, just start light you can always add more.

As for your netpots and buckets. The water level should be just barely below the bottom of the netpots. The idea is for the bubbles to come up and pop at the surface and splash the netpot a bit. Once roots have grown into the water the level can be dropped alitlle as it is less critical. You are coaching the roots down into the water. If they look like they are drying up before the roots hit the water then you can just pour a litle water over the top much like a drip system again to coach the roots to the water.

Those orange buckets should be fine if you do not see any green algea in them. Or you can hold one up to the light real close and see if you can see light through it. If your light is real strong like MH or HPS then you may want to paint them black.

[leglesscrow]

OK! Plants are in the system, nutes are in the water, lights are set to 18hrs. LETS CROSS OUR FINGERS and see what happens!
Thanks for all the help so far guys! Im sure this wont be the last of my questions!
. . . CHECK OUT THE PICS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

[LOC NAR on probation]

Looks good. What kind of light are you going to step up to ?

Cause you got the room to veg alot.

[leglesscrow]

Looks good. What kind of light are you going to step up to ?

Cause you got the room to veg alot.

Right now Im just sticking with the 4 plants and the T5 HO Florescent bulbs. Ive got the blue spectrum bulbs in the now for the veg stage and I have some red spectrum bulbs for the flower stage. I do have plenty of room for more and even a whole other closet Identical to that one that I can set up for a flowering room, but this being my first time, my plan is simply to practice with these guys, get it down pat, and then MAYBE build up from there.
And as far as answering your question about the what I would like to move up to, I really dont know. I'd certainly be open to suggestions if I decide to go that route!

[LOC NAR on probation]

No need to add more plants, it's just your spacing is very good for growth. I might top them out and put a 600 or 1000 HPS just for flower but I'm a little over kill and heat will be a problem you have to learn from.

You are absolutely right. Learn your room and get a few grows under your belt. That is what they had me do. Don't top or anything. Veg to about 12 to 16 inches and flower. The fewer the pieces to the puzzle, the easier to fix problems.

Keep us up with pic's.

Oh the other space could be veg room and mother room. Then you got a Sea Of Green. Now there's some work.